Music

If you’ve recently tuned in to 104.3 FM, you were probably surprised to find that the voices of Dan Le Batard and Stugotz have been silenced, replaced by the sounds of Beck and Butthole Surfers. Listen a little longer and you’ll hear Cake, MGMT, and Florence + the Machine too…

Since its 1935 opening, Little Havana’s Ball & Chain has gone through a slew of owners, changing names along the way, before it finally closed and was vacated in the late 1950s. But prior to reaching its premature demise, the venue was the bustling epicenter of a city full of…

Despite what insiders and locals know of Miami’s thriving and eclectic rock ‘n’ roll scene, the area is not exactly a known hub for guitar culture. However, things might be changing on that front thanks to a former Dade County police officer who decided to follow his dreams. Rick Sell’s…

If you’re tired of seeing the same old faces in the Miami rap scene, Yung Simmie might be exactly what you need. The Miami native has been making a name for himself both in South Florida and around the country for a few years now, rapping about weed, life in…

Minimal has been orbiting the heart for the Latin indie rock scene for quite a while. Not just in Miami, but on a national level. And this much respected four-piece has recently released its fourth, and perhaps greatest album, Fauna, produced by Multiple Grammy Award winner Rafael Lazzaro, and recorded in…

It was a hot Sunday afternoon, and passersby may have wondered at the commotion. The intersection of Biscayne and NE 33 Street was taken over by a parked cop car and a pop-up film set. At five ’o clock, the scene was still. The crew, already tired from a long…

In the early morning of January 1, 2015, Mohamed Youness Adlan, a 22-year-old Moroccan student from Rhode Island, was found unconscious and beaten outside Miami Beach’s Cameo nightclub. The beating left Adlan, who was visiting Miami on vacation, in a coma for three months. While police at first had no…

While our local public radio station WLRN (91.3 FM) is now mostly talk, it still provides listeners one daily dose of music. Every weeknight, from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Tracy Fields helps Miami unwind from the long day with Evenin’ Jazz. The show started 13 years ago but Fields took…

Concert promoter John McHale has taken on the role of label owner with the advent of Eighty-Sixed Records.

It’s been a few years in the making but it finally arrived: Gunplay’s solo debut, Living Legend. The Carol City rapper and childhood friend of Rick Ross first rhymed to the world on Ross’ 2009 album Deeper Than Rap. His first breakout single, “Bible On The Dash,” had fans itching…

In a small one-bedroom Brickell apartment, Elizabeth Ann Clark, dressed in all white, sits in front of her studio equipment — a Virus synthesizer, a voice box, a MIDI controller, and a couple of microphones that feed into her Mac Pro. “Let me play you the track I worked with…

Sixteen years ago, Michelle Leshem flew direct to Miami from Toronto, and she’s never looked back. “I’m a snowbird who turned into a flamingo,” she jokes. In her day job as the leading lady at SuperMarket Creative — the agency behind many of Miami’s wildest nightlife adventures — she helps…

It isn’t just hall of fame football players like Michael Irvin and Jim Kelly or action movie stars like The Rock and Sylvester Stallone that have walked across The University of Miami’s campus. There are also a boatload of renowned and acclaimed musicians who attended class in Coral Gables. And…