This Week in Miami Hip-Hop: Fat Joe, SIN, Zoey Dollaz, and More

South Florida’s army of independent rappers continues to show its strength this week. While West Palm natives Malc Stewy and Wifisfuneral drop visuals for their fan’s favorite tracks, Miami rapper SIN and North Miami resident Zoey Dollaz keep Dade county hungry for more with fresh verses. Meanwhile, the anticipation for…

Peach Kings Make Music With Movies in Mind

You know that feeling you get when the credits roll after your favorite TV show left you with a cliff hanger? Turn that feeling into a band and —poof — you’ve got Peach Kings. For the sultry duo, headlining an extensive summer tour can become a haze, a series of…

YesJulz Launches Her Own Station on Dash Radio

Julieanna “YesJulz” Goddard’s hustle as Miami’s premiere party host and Snapchat queen is taking a turn into a new medium: radio. In between flying around the country and throwing her infamous “1AM Vibes” party, the reigning it girl is busy building her brand new radio station on DJ Skee’s Dash Radio. It will…

In a World Stuffed Full of Dutch DJs, Yellow Claw Stands Out

Throughout its history, the Netherlands has not always been known as a hotbed of musical talent and innovation. Before the EDM explosion, Americans largely visited to get high or to wile away hours during a layover. But in the past decade, the country’s soundscape has been dominated by one of…

Daddy Yankee: A Five-Step Guide for Gringos

Daddy Yankee is an international superstar who has sold nearly 20 million records worldwide, winning dozens of awards along the way. However, Ramón Ayala Rodríguez might be something of a mystery to those who are familiar with only his club bangers “Gasolina” and “Lo Que Pasó, Pasó.” For that reason,…

Poison the Well Return to Churchill’s After Five-Year Hiatus

Come next year, lead guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook will celebrate 20 years of Poison the Well. From the early days as a hardcore punk band through a trend-setting evolution to metalcore before, finally, settling and pioneering a melodic and more rock-oriented post-hardcore sound, PTW boasts a five-record…

Miami’s Best Concert of the Week: Rudimental at Story

Rudiments are the essentials, the foundation of a subject. Consequently, Rudimental, a genre-hopping outfit from northeast London, take the foundations of drum and bass to craft dance music that’s essential listening. First coming to prominence in 2012 with the massive hit single, “Feel The Love,” featuring vocalist John Newman, Rudimental…

Lyric Live Offers a Stage for Hidden Talent of Overtown to Be Discovered

In the heart of Overtown, the Historic Lyric Theater has long stood as the cultural pulse of Miami’s historically black neighborhood. Count Basie, Sam Cooke, Ella Fitzgerald, and many more of America’s greatest entertainers have graced its stage since the theater’s opening in 1913. Now, the Lyric is giving Miami’s…

Miami Nightlife’s Five Biggest Failures

Despite playing host to one of the most vibrant and financially successful club markets in the world, Miami has had more than its fair share of nightlife misfires. In the cutthroat world of capitalistic enterprise, one’s product needs to not only be better than the rest, but downright spectacular. In…

Red Bull Is Live-Streaming Lollapalooza 2016 From EAST, Miami

There was once a time  when South Floridians could go to Lollapalooza without buying a plane ticket. In the ’90s, Lollapalooza was a traveling music festival where, each year, alternative music fans could compare piercings and watch bands from Pearl Jam to the Beastie Boys tear shit up in their…