“Ey Nasty, you showed up for work!” Fat Joe shouted at DJ Nasty, long time friend and collaborator, as he walked into Basel House’s backstage Swarm office. It was a Sunday night, but Joe, ever the businessman, was just getting to work, ready to perform a free show for Bushwick…
There’s a pocket of Miami’s music scene that is alive and kicking but usually flies under the radar, overshadowed by the loud and flashier parts of our city. Maybe it’s because many of the live shows are put on in backyards due to the lack of appropriate venues in the…
Trap doors, secret staircases, and ancient tombs have never failed to capture our imaginations. What kid hasn’t dreamed about entering a wardrobe to discover Narnia, strolling through the Chamber of Secrets, or speeding down a water slide to find One-Eyed Willy’s treasure. We eat at Coyo Taco because we’re hungry,…
Psychomagic’s latest record came together fast — maybe too fast. “We only had three weeks to write the songs and three days to record it,” singer and guitarist Steven Fusco says. But they were able to pull it off. The album, Bad Ideas, mixes and matches garage rock with psychedelia…
The 2016 Virginia Key Grassroots Festival returns to South Florida for the fifth year in a row, and it once again promises a wide array of headlining artists, both local and national. Next year’s gathering will take place February 18 through the 21 in its familiar locale midway between Downtown…
Not familiar with grindcore? Here’s a brief definition from Fuck the Facts guitarist Topon Das: “It’s a frame of mind of really fast easily relatable musical expression.” He is quick to clarify, however, that his Canadian five-piece is not a textbook example of the musical genre. “I don’t think we’re…
From scoring a dozen Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs chart to running his own underground house label, Murk Records, with fellow local Ralph Falcon for nearly 25 years, the 305’s Oscar G has accomplished a lot in his career. But it wasn’t until last month that…
Corey Jones called his older brother to let him know he’d be late. His SUV had broken down near the southbound I-95 exit ramp to PGA Boulevard. It was 2:52 a.m., and Corey had pulled onto the shoulder to wait for help. His older brother, Clinton Jr., would call back…
Wet streets and way too many rowdy party options made this Friday during Art Basel Miami Beach 2015 a time to seek refuge from two kinds of storms. Over in Little Haiti, at Churchill’s, was a safe — albeit loud — space where people who both create and genuinely love…
There’s an old stereotype propagated by film and TV, that old white folks just don’t get young people’s music. Mostly it’s because they literally don’t understand the words, whether it’s Bob Dylan or Kurt Cobain or any number of screamers or mumblers. Of course, the one genre that typically receives…
“If you a trill nigga, get your motherfuckin’ hands up,” chanted A$AP Rocky right before diving into his crowd’s mosh pit on Saturday. As he emerged, his Bob Marley T-shirt was ripped to shreds and Nirvana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit” raged throughout Mana’s 36,000 square feet. The night was lit…
10. Glass Animals. With Gilligan Moss. Tuesday, December 8, 7 p.m. Revolution Live, 100 SW 3rd Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-449-1025; jointherevolution.net. Tickets cost $21.50 plus fees via ticketmaster.com. Dive into the “tropical sounds, languid jungle vibes, and electro-R&B” of Glass Animals as the Oxford alternative hip-hip crew make their South Florida debut at Revolution…
Most of you woke up this morning facing just another Friday, counting down the hours till you can clock out of work or school. As for Gerald Gillum, otherwise known as the hip-hop artist G-Eazy, his Friday will start off with him facing the obstacle every recording artist inevitably struggles…
If you’ve been following Stitches lately, you probably know two things: One, the human race is heading in an interesting direction, and, two, he’s no fan of the Game. Stitches, who we profiled a year ago, has never been shy about speaking his mind and one of his biggest and…
Balthazar Getty has a name to live up to. Today, the name Getty may be more associated with stock images than nineteenth-century industrialism, but the billion dollar family Balthazar is a part of made its fortune in oil. Like the Clintons and the Kennedys, the Waltons and the Johnsons, the…
With two nights featuring over two dozen bands, 305 Fest aims to be a showcase for all that is punk and hardcore about South Florida. The night’s roster will include just about every face from the local scene you could imagine, as well as some out of town legends, like…
Art Basel Miami is a celebrity playground, but spotting A-listers can be tough. They’re usually partying behind five yards of velvet rope at a some luxurious invite-only hotel lounge with a name you’re not entirely sure how to pronounce. You, the average Miamian, are encouraged to enjoy Art Basel, but…
With a 6:30 a.m. flight and a total of seven shows over the course of Art Basel week, Aidan Kennedy is going to be a busy man. Still, for his first trip to both Art Basel and Miami, he couldn’t be more pumped. “I’ve heard a lot about how amazing…
K-Pop (Korean Pop Music) is coming to Miami — sort of. The American K-Pop band, EXP (short for ‘experiment’) is making its Art Basel debut this Friday at the Sagamore Hotel. And the boys couldn’t have chosen a better location. “I’m Making a Boy Band” (IMMABB), which began as Bora…
Joel “40oz Van” Fuller, a Bronx native, got his name from passing out 40oz beers at his parties, which have since transformed from unofficial get togethers to the super official 40oz Bounce series. Once an avid wearer of Vans, Fuller has turned his NSFW Tumblr and ferocious social media following…
“Welcome to Miami, no bras, no panties.” That must have been the line Carolina Villalba, dressed loudly in a tiny neon green bathing suit, dropped on the unsuspecting tourists from Atlanta lounging on South Beach. It’s exactly the sentiment she and Linda Attias represent with their rap duo Basside, and…
Life and Death isn’t a label known for playing by the rules. Founded by Manfredi Romano (DJ Tennis) and Greg Oreck (50% of New York’s Thugfucker), the label has a reputation for producing dark, psychedelic tunes, tracks that take time to burrow deep inside your brain, to foreign regions dance music rarely…
