New York legends Interpol have just announced a rescheduled North American headlining tour, after losing its supporting slot on U2’s tour. (The band was set to open for the Irish greats on its extensive North American outing, but U2 canceled all the shows after Bono was required to undergo emergency…
MTV Tr3s, the network juggernaut’s bilingual English-Spanish channel, is relaunching on July 12. It’s dropping the “MTV” from its name, instead going with the moniker “Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas.” It may not have the same punchy ring as before, but Tr3s is definitely making a new entrance in style.Continuing…
Nak is one of Miami’s rising newcomers. Representing B2 Entertainment, he offers a good mix of lyricism and clear delivery with a bit of southern twang thrown in the mix. Nak has been creating quite a buzz with a couple local releases, including his 2009 mixtape Half Man, Half Cadillac…
If you were as shocked as we were when 103.5 the Beat suddenly ceased broadcasting, you can now breathe a sigh of relief. Newly launched, Florida-based web broadcaster Da One Radio is now catering to fans of hip-hop and R&B who seek an alternative to what urban radio has become.Da One…
Media outlets from TMZ to Perez Hilton are reporting that Jay-Z is being sued for stiffing a Miami-based charter jet company, Air Platinum Holding, to the tune of $250,000 for not paying his flight bills.Not so fast. The owner of the company, Mickael Cohen, is what you might call a…
The intimate venue might reach its event horizon trying to contain what promises to be an amped-up evening of straight up Afro-Cuban jazz in the hand of some very adept musicians. Check out a video of Lamoglia at the Van Dyke after the jump. Felipe Lamoglia’s Cuban Project. 9 p.m…
There’s been no positive update to the condition of Argentine singer-songwriter and Latin rock pioneer Gustavo Cerati, but his family hasn’t lost hope. Cerati remains in the FLENI clinic in Buenos Aires, where he was transferred on June, 7, following his May 15 hospitalization in Caracas, Venezuela after a collapse…
Here’s some more Live Nation ticketing news. As we told you at the beginning of the month, the concert promotion juggernaut has, in June, been offering no-service-fee tickets for all of its amphitheater shows. In South Florida, that includes some major shows coming up at Bayfront Park Amphitheater in downtown…
South Florida-born, Paris-based Uffie has finally released the video for her latest single “ADD SUV” featuring part-time Miami resident Pharrell Williams off the newly released full-length Sex Dreams and Demin Jeans. Produced by Mirwas (who is best know for giving Madonna her groove back back in 2000), the track is…
It’s been five years since former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight was shot at the Shore Club, a crime that remains unsolved and that put a serious damper on the MTV VMAs’ last year in Miami. By last year, though, Knight decided he wasn’t going to let it drop,…
This Friday and Saturday marked the second annual edition of the So Raw Festival, which, along with its attendant warm-up one-offs, just scored a New Times nod for Best Concert Series. We adore a homegrown labor of love, and especially one that keeps the free-with-low-admission booze a-flowin’. Saturday night’s turnout was…
We’ve lost track of the hype-backlash-hype-backlash cycle that aims to tell us whether it’s currently “cool” to like Vampire Weekend or not — but who really cares. The band’s sophomore album, Contra, achieved the previously unthinkable feat of scoring number one on the Billboard charts. It was welcome proof that…
It’s easier than ever to record and distribute music, and still, this seems to have frozen many musicians stiff. Sure, there are enough new, one-off tracks to keep you torrenting all day and night, but the time gap between many artists’ proper albums seems to be widening. Still, this is decidedly…
Fourth of July has become synonymous for many a South Beach club rat with the annual IndepenDANCE Pool and Beach Party at the Surfcomber Hotel. Now on its 6th installment, IndepenDANCE has showcased a variety of local and international DJ favorites in the past, including Space regular Victor Calderone and…
Tel Aviv has become something of a breeding ground for world class beat-keepers. Whether it comes from the psy-trance sweep of Infected Mushroom, or the minimal tech-house of Miami transplant DJ Lee Or, Israel’s second city is now a hotbed of beatitude. And no wonder — OUT magazine called Tel Aviv…
Jose Flores has been a fixture of the Miami punk rock scene since his outfit Pin Kai caused a stir in the leather jacket rockers of the mid-90’s. From there he went on to involvement with a myriad of bands (Pretend Milk, Rerun, Disney Violence, The Surf and Rock Dudes),…
In another test of Pitbull’s continued impact on the music scene, he’s been nominated for the “Best Rap Artist” at this year’s Teens Choice Awards. He faces some stiff competition as Jay-Z, Ludacris, Drake and Eminem are also up for the award. Fans will be able to go to the…
Donnis is definitely a member of the Class of Kid Cudi, Drake, and company, a performer who’s neither commercial “rapper” nor obscure lyricism-obsessed “MC.” And still, thanks to a shrewd, intelligent-pop sensibility, the Atlanta resident appeals to both urban hipsters and girls who just wanna shake it at the club…
If you’re gainfully employed, Sunday may not the ideal evening for checking out killer rock at Churchill’s. This week, though, it’s worth the case of the Mondays, though, if you’re among those with an appreciation for the long-lost version of ’90s punk/hardcore that existed just before “screamo” became a dirty…
Go into Dead Meat’s site, and you’ll find a triangle with a mustache, surrounded by what looks to be some kind of animal fur. And that’s it. We’re not kidding. The South Florida band — akin to what we’re guessing an Ian Curtis-birthed thrash/ punk lovechild would sound like –…
MadMartiganCall of the Wild (Self-released)www.iammadmartigan.com Pennies on the eyes of the dead and full-fledged rock and roll for we the living. As I’ve pointed out on numerous occasions, MadMartigan’s one of those outfits that have toiled in the South Florida music scene without committing studio time. Well, now I guess…
UffieSex Dreams and Denim Jeans(Ed Banger/Elektra)When French electro label released “Pop the Glock,” a bratty club anthem by then unknown chanteuse Uffie, it was the sort of a carefree record that everyone could get into. That was 2006. In four years, Uffie still has a minuscule body of work, failing…
