One of the great things about Miami’s burgeoning underground EDM scene is that we usually get to catch the international up-and-comers before they really blow up. Take Daniel Bortz, currently one of the most buzzed-about DJ-producers in Germany, who’s stopping by the Electric Pickle on Friday in support of his…
Jay Z and Beyoncé love Florida. So much, in fact, they’re planning to spend their family vacation exploring the 65,755-sqaure-mile peninsula that 19 million of us call home. According to Contact Music, after Jigga and Coldplay wrap their respective world tours, the hip-hop power couple is teaming up with BFFs…
Cuba. It’s the mother land. And yet Miami rapper Garcia and his Crazy Hood homie DJ EFN haven’t even stood on its soil. Until now. “We, as Cuban Americans, have never been to the country that our parents are from,” EFN says. “But it still feels like we’re going back…
Will Call is Downtown Miami’s newest sports bar, speakeasy, grill, and music venue. It’s located just below the Metromover at NE Second Avenue and Seventh Street, offering a perfect a view of both Freedom Tower and the AAA jumbotron This joint’s got an outdoor wooden deck for chilling. It features…
In the gritty rap game, honor is everything. And honor usually means a bag full of automatic weapons at an airport. Alright, not every rapper’s got a rap sheet. But if you talk the talk, you’re expected to do the time. A mean MC with a big mouth is just…
A fundraiser on Sunday for one of Miami’s most beloved musicians, Nabedi Osorio, was spoiled when the cashbox was stolen towards the end of the night. Hundreds gathered at The Stage for NabediPalooza, a farewell party and fundraiser for Osorio, one half of The State Of and a dear friend…
Historically, West Coast rap is the homeland of gangsta rap. From cop killing to drug dealing, every horrifically real element of life in the hood has made it into song, for better or worse. While the game hasn’t changed much since its earliest pioneers, the message and the messenger has…
Surfer Blood! The West Palm Beach band is currently recording its second full-length slab in California with Gil Norton, a studio pro who’s previously produced The Foo Fighters and Counting Crows, as well as the final three albums by The Pixies (with whom the Blood boys toured last year). Given…
Riding the “Niggas in Paris” wave all the way to Europe, Kanye West and Jay-Z’s Throne tour finally made it to France. The rappers performed two-sold out shows at the Paris Bercy over the weekend. And though the gigs were attended by the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, the NBA’s Amar’e…
If you’ve driven down I-95 in the past few days, then you’ve been invited to a beat-freaking Dayglow party. It seems the Committee Entertainment crew is getting superserious. And they’re doing absolutely everything (including buying a huge Interstate billboard) to make sure the next local installment of its Dayglow Tour,…
Whether he’s being denied access to the Oklahoma City Thunder game or pulling Nicki Minaj out of Summer Jam, there’s never a dull moment in Lil Wayne’s life. He is undeniably one of hip-hop’s most colorful characters and, beginning next week, he’ll become one of the game’s most transparent moguls…
Pitchfork just launched its newest project, Soundplay, and it’s pretty awesome. A team effort with video game and culture mag Kill Screen, Soundplay is a series of beautiful and enigmatic online games based on the music of M83, Cut Copy, Matthew Dear, and others. They’ve done a wonderful job of…
Between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean on that long, narrow strip of South American land named Chile, there are hundreds of excellent fiestas going down. And nine men collectively known as Chico Trujillo claim to be providing “the soundtrack to every Chilean party from Santiago to Valparaiso.” In 1999,…
See SpaceGhostPurrp’s win for Best Solo Artist in Miami New Times’ Best of Miami 2012. Shrouded in all-black swag, SpaceGhostPurrp can be a seriously mysterious dude. And from the very moment he began haunting the Internet’s music blogs in the late winter of 2011, this enigmatically spooky Miami rapper has…
On May 7, Laura Sutnick, AKA Laura (of Miami), said goodbye to her longtime Monday-evening slot on WVUM. Her show, Vamos a la Playa, was arguably one of the station’s most recognizable, thanks in large part to Sutnick’s mix of indie rock, dance music, and local acts. Why did she…
He’s considered the forefather of funk and he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 15 years ago. But to the Federal Government and the Internal Revenue Service, George Clinton is a delinquent. According to TMZ, Clinton owes Uncle Sam more than $115,000 in unpaid taxes from…
Win free tickets to Afrojack’s Jacked Summer Tour at Mansion Miami on June 15 and 16. What could RPGs, the Internet, Disney cartoons, the Grammys, and dirty Dutch house beats possibly have in common? Simply, 24-year-old Nick van de Wall, better known to Miami’s party crowd as superstar DJ Afrojack…
In 1994, Hot 97 became the country’s first true rap station. Nearly 20 years later, FM rap music’s holiest institution is using its annual Summer Jam festival as a forum to diss one of contemporary hip-hop’s most powerful crews, Young Money. Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg was addressing a large…
Yacht With Onuinu Bardot Miami Saturday, June 2, 2012 Better Than: Watching a PowerPoint seminar … in a classroom. At 12:04 a.m. on Saturday night, a little piece of dance heaven landed at Bardot. It arrived from Portland, Los Angeles, and Texas after more than 200 miles of driving and…
If Berlin is the world capital of techno, then Steve Bug might very well be its commander-in-chief. The celebrated DJ-producer has been at the forefront of the German uhntz-uhntz scene since the wall came down. A prolific and versatile producer, Bug’s discography speaks for itself. But he’s probably been most…
Despite the fact that Gotye had two solo LPs under his belt before releasing last year’s Making Mirrors, it wasn’t until the Australian released a xylophone-heavy track that he became a household name. This week, “Somebody That I Used to Know” became the year’s biggest hit, comfortably spending its seventh…
See the full 21-photo slideshow from St. Vincent at The Stage. St. Vincent With ANR Presented by Mute Miami The Stage, Miami Thursday, May 31, 2012 Better Than: Bath salts and anxiety attacks. Annie Clark is a real rock star. Unlike those shallow pop stars all about presentation and looking…
