Think Tank, a project of the Llamabeats and Parable MC, have a new video out for their song “Gun In My Hand” all shot in the City Of Miami in and around the Omni area of Biscayne and NE 2nd Ave South of 36th street. Recognize the landmarks, graffiti, pawn…
Remember that little beer joint that nabbed our award for Best Bottled Beer Selection just a few short weeks ago in this year’s Best of Miami? The DRB? Well, The Democratic Republic of Beer is proving us right this weekend by holding their own Downtown Summer Beer Luau. I know,…
Sam Sneak — or @SamSneaker for all the Twitter addicts out there — is already well-known offline for his nonstop work promoting Miami’s underground (and now, overground) rap artists. Mixtape aficionados probably recognize his trademark yell of “Sam Sneak!” over the countless street release he’s hosted and produced, and party-goers…
Simplicity rules. The Fest, an annual, well, fest in Gainesville, gets away with its bare-bones name because, well, it is THE fest in the Southeast. The yearly three-day shebang is the Sunshine State’s ultimate, temporary mecca for all that is sludgy and dirty in metal, hardcore, and punk. No, not the…
Voila, the magic of editing! Just as Weezy was going away to prison, Gucci Mane was preparing to be set free. Yet somehow the rappers with overlapping sentences have managed to (finally) release a new video for their collabo track “Steady Mobbin.” Yes, the song’s already dominated the summer airwaves…
Miami may not have completely shed its reputation as a party mecca, even for its full-time residents. But with cats like DJ Manuvers coming up and taking over, we might one day also be known for our work ethic.Of course you might expect some fast action from one whose name…
Fox’s Shuffle Tuesdays has long been provided a cool weeknight hangout spot for good tunes and cheap drinks southwest of I-95. Last month, though, came a special edition that gave the people what they really want — a night devoted entirely to the music of the Smiths! Okay, by “people,” that…
What do you get when the equally weirdness-loving Roofless Records and Laundry Room Squelchers team up? Thursday, July 8 marks the first such promotional collaboration, but apparently, it yields an awesome night of lo-fi, scuzzy, and experimental sounds that marry old-school with new. Representing the old-school (by now) is L.A. underground…
Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd quietly announced his debut album, The Wild Trapeze, via his Facebook page only a month ago, and not much else has been said about it since.Today, it was officially released. His first solo album a music career spanning more than 15 years, Boyd describes his debut…
The Latin Alternative Music Conference, or LAMC, descends once again on the normally peaceful city of New York. Okay, it’s never peaceful, but from today through Saturday, at least one of the causes for all the ripples on the surface will come from the annual Latin Alternative Music Conference. For anyone…
Fresh off of the enormous success of Avatar, James Cameron’s latest 3D effort will include tons of live music as he teams up with Black Eyed Peas to make a not-yet-titled full-length tour film. We’re not kidding.Will.I.Am spilled all the deets in a recent interview with Vibe, where he said:”We…
Poe Boy’s princess Brianna returns with another freestyle that offers a look into her lyrical prowess. She chooses the instrumental from one of the hottest street records in the country: Rick Ross’ “B.M.F.” that currently has the mixtape and club circuits in a craze. Ross’ original version opens up with…
Click here to view photos from Black Kids at the Vagabond.Black Kids With Pop Glow The Vagabond, Miami Friday, July 2, 2010 Better than: Dancing in your underwear a ‘la Tom Cruise in Risky Business — hey, we know you’ve all done it. The Review: The first room at the…
Click here to view photos from Hole at the Fillmore Miami Beach.HoleThe Fillmore Miami BeachFriday, July 2, 2010Nobody can blame Courtney Love of being fake and insincere. She always wears her emotions on her sleeve, a rare trait in rockstars these days. Love is dying breed of iconic stars that…
Here in Miami it feels like a new club is born and dies every week. Regardless, the party-hopping frenzy continues when a new neighbor takes over the lost one. Here are some new paint jobs and fixer-uppers to get your party panties rattled up. Lux1439 Washington Ave., South Beach The…
If you could go back in time, would you kill Stalin before he ruined the communism? Do you live in a state of perpetual war against all that sucks? Is your total commitment to the cause what keeps you going everyday? Want to help create an entertainment industry in Miami…
-Hip-hop fans can officially relax now that Rick Ross and company have released the Kanye West collabo track from Teflon Don titled “Live Fast, Die Young”. The track features Kanye on the second verse as well as on the production side.Recorded in Hawaii not too long ago, the song finds…
Given its stellar lineup, we couldn’t pass up a shout out to the Novitech Recordings launch party scheduled at the Clevelander on Friday, July 9. The event will be headlined by internationally acclaimed artists Steve Duda and Deepchild. Novitech is a new digital-only label, the brainchild of two emerging like-minded…
This week, West Coast news agencies had a field day thanks to all the hoopla caused by this past weekend’s Electric Daisy Carnival, which took place at the Los Angeles Coliseum and its immediate surrounding grounds. The event is billed as North America’s largest rave, with over 185,000 attending the…
Whatever. Taking on acts from alternative hip-hop, post-hardcore, and the vilified emo only brought Epitaph more success and more whiny cries from its old punk fan base. Boo-hoo-motherfucking-hoo, ya big babies! Gurewitz did set up plenty of sub-labels (ANTI-, Hellcat) that have kept peddling that Southern California sound. But the…
We love a good lawsuit just as much as the next person, but we never thought we’d utter these words: Drake is being sued by Playboy? The rapper — who caused riots in New York City just a few weeks ago when he scheduled a free concert with Hanson at the…
Who loves summer time? I know I do. Sure, it’s hotter than hell in SoFla these days (next time they’ll listen to you, Al Gore), and with a humidity index of, like, 975, opening the front door is practically like taking a shower, only in your own sweat. But it’s…
