Besides “spaghetti and milk,” Justin Bieber didn’t give much of an explanation as to why he puked on stage last week during the first North American show of his Believe tour. He simply said that he’d try to get better for the following night’s show and inexplicably tweeted an emo-ish…
Temper Trap has such a “Sweet Disposition.” Casual music listeners probably only know snippets of that song from television ads for Chrysler and Diet Coke. Or TV dramas like One Tree Hill and 90210. Or the soundtrack to their spinning class. But an appearance in quirky 2009 rom-com (500) Days…
Andrew BirdWith Here We Go MagicFillmore Miami BeachMonday, October 8, 2012Better Than: Combing NPR’s All Songs Considered archives. Last night, the Fillmore Miami Beach was temporarily transformed back into the old Jackie Gleason Theater as incredibly skilled multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird brought his talents to South Beach…
EDM has America by the throat. But how did it get to be this way? Well, we can’t say definitively. Although, it kinda started with blogging hipsters in 2006. Hell, some of the DJs making waves on the scene today started out as bloggers, like Italian electro badass Congorock. He…
Real men love Jesus. Or so said the faded bumper sticker on the back of an F-150 that recently cut us off in traffic. We also learned that day that red, white, and blue “don’t run” and the United States can’t afford another four years with a “Liar-in-Chief” making all…
Sometimes it’s a good thing for a rapper to get caught in some crossfire. All that jazz about living what you rhyme and staying true to the streets and whatever. But is street cred ever worth more than $15,000? Jim Jones and his management team at 4th and Goal must…
Diego Garcia is a first-generation Latin kid who grew up in Florida. Now he’s touring the world’s stages and playing tiny desks for NPR. On Wednesday night, he’ll be at the Fillmore Miami Beach, opening up for Jovanotti. And he says that if the maladies of love have taught him…
Gotye is having a huge year. The Aussie singer, Wally De Backer, and his five-man band are riding the still-cresting wave of hit single “Somebody That I Used to Know,” which exhibits a stunning musicality and dedication to craft not often found on the Billboard Top 40. Last night, Gotye…
Hip-hop is a giant pissing contest set to music. But while diamond-plated rims and gold watches will always be rap music standard bearers, you rarely hear declarations of being tremendous in the most literal sense possible. Yes, many rappers are fat. However, only a certain subset of the hip-hop community…
Emetophiles (i.e vomit fetishists) are having the best month ever, and there are still 23 days left in October! Last week, Justin Bieber spewed chunks twice while on stage in Arizona during the kickoff to his Believe tour. And this weekend, Lady Gaga one-upped the Biebz by barfing thrice during…
This past weekend, English alt-rockers Muse had to step up and carry Saturday Night Live after guest host Daniel Craig made it abundantly clear during his monologue that comedy was foreign to him. Watching James Bond deliver punch lines was about as entertaining as a Schindler’s List viewing party at…
Wally De Backer, better known as Gotye, is seeing huge success with his most recent album Making Mirrors, especially hit single “Somebody That I Used To Know.” But that’s not quite the reaction he was expecting. In fact, De Backer wasn’t sure if he was creative enough when he wrote…
Public Image LTD Grand Central, Miami Friday, October 5, 2012 Better Than: Getting pooped on. The opportunity to see one of the originators of punk-rock iconoclasm perform in an intimate setting is a rare one indeed. However, Miami was treated to just such an experience on Friday night courtesy of…
Not too long ago, Wally “Gotye” De Backer was sitting in his room, playing with loops and samples, building melodies and a lyrical narrative about “broken relationships” and “confusion.” As of press time, the music video for “Somebody I Used To Know” on the official GotyeMusic YouTube channel has 329,598,389…
Gotye wants to know if you’ve seen the mashup he just made. It’s actually quite the inspiring piece of work. Dude took more than 130 of the countless “Somebody That I Used to Know” covers and parodies on YouTube, sampled them, cut them up, and blended them into a moving,…
Holy, Manhattan Project! Did you know we’re living on a post-apocalyptic island? It’s true. But on the upside, we just might get to spend the End of Days sharing a bunker with indie goddess and longtime SoFla resident Cat Power. In a new interview with Ocean Drive magazine, Power (née…
Guys … Kanye is acting really weird. In a totally uncharacteristic move, the mouthiest, most self-righteous rapper breathing deleted all his genius tweets, with basically no warning or explanation. How could he do such a thing? Like, we’re gonna let you finish … But Kanye West is the best tweeter…
Wow, Chris Brown is such a bummer that we’re thinking about moving to The People’s Republic of China so we can’t even Google him. But alas … With each passing day, Breezy does something weird (like get a ratchet neck tattoo of a battered woman that kinda looks like Rihanna),…
It seems as though newly minted Rastafarian, Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Doggy Dogg), has picked up more than a newfound appreciation for the work of Haile Selassie in service of Jah Rastafari. If the one-time West Coast gangsta’s Twitter is any indication (not to mention his endorsement of Obama), the…
Hip-hop has rarely been heralded for its acceptance of the gay community, but all things must change with time. Lots of rappers and hip-hoppers are speculated to be gay. Lil B seemed like he was coming out when he dropped a mixtape entitled I’m Gay (I’m Happy), but denied it…
Where would Miami be without Beached Miami? Well, we’re not entirely sure, but it would definitely be poorer without it.Created and nurtured by Jordan Melnick and Robby Campbell, the blog has become a great source and insight into Miami’s local music and cultural scenes.”We had a feeling that the assumptions…
Diplo Dirty Hairy’s at LIV, Miami Beach Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Better Than: Being dead or in jail. Trappin’ is hard work. But someone’s gotta do it. Good thing the World’s Crunkest DJ came through town last night to serve the fiends with every bit of crack music they could…
