In 2000, a record emerged onto the scene asking a simple question: Who Is Jill Scott? 16 years later, we’ve got an idea. One part neo-soul, one part hip-hop, and another part deep poetic verse, the answer was a timeless talent. “I’m Barbara Streisand and Bette Midler’s child” was how…
Rubén Blades is a national treasure in his native Panama. One day soon he may also be the country’s president. The 68-year-old activist, actor, musician, politician, and Harvard-educated lawyer has already cemented his legendary status in the pantheon of great songwriters and vocalists in both his home country and throughout…
Jay Sean isn’t the type to look back nostalgically at his past successes, though he’s had many. His driving force is his search for the accomplishments that still await. His latest single “Make My Love Go” — his second collaboration with Sean Paul after 2009’s “Do You Remember” — is…
The Degeneration party series is back this Saturday, August 20, at the bar at 1306, and this time it comes with a pretty sweet deal. Local promoters Stephany Torres and Lauren Palma are saying goodbye to the very cruel and sticky Miami summer with a series of dance parties bumping everything…
There aren’t many Miami bands that reach the decade mark. Luckily for all of us, Modernage is one of them. The rock outlet formed by guitarist Xavier Vazquez, guitarist/keyboardist Garcia Freundt, bassist Izzy Silva, and drummer Alex de Renzis have been composing tracks together since 2005. Many locals over the…
Drake will be returning to E11even in two weeks to host two consecutive after parties at the 24/7 downtown mega-club, August 30 and 31. This won’t be Drizzy’s first E11even experience. Last New Year’s Eve, Drake hosted a party at E11even, and whatever happened that night must have left a…
Some people might recognize Seal solely from the scars that line his face or the tabloid tales that were the inevitable result of his marriage to and subsequent split from supermodel Heidi Klum. Sadly, though, those things have nothing at all to do with the music he’s made over the…
In 1991, when LL Cool J dropped perhaps his most popular track, “Mama Said Knock You Out,” he famously opened with the lines “Don’t call it a comeback/I’ve been here for years.” The members of Orishas — a highly influential Cuban rap group that made a name for itself with…
Ever since its initial lineup announcement back in May — where we learned we’d be treated to LCD Soundsystem, M83, Flying Lotus, and more in October — III Points has been steadily tweaking its lineup. Two months ago we learned Machinedrum was leading another wave of added acts. Then it was Vince…
Wes Anderson’s 2004 flick The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was a film full of memorable performances that changed the way we saw red beanies forever. But perhaps no one in the movie was a more efficient scene-stealer than Brazilian musician Seu Jorge. Jorge appears throughout the film as the dutiful and…
Assembling a collection of great songs is tough work. Divining just one compelling melody or hook from the creative ether can present a steep challenge unto itself — but a whole EP or LP? That’s asking a lot. It’s a challenge that has long beset electronic artists. Regardless of subgenre,…
Ray LaMontagne dresses like a wilderness survival expert or Indiana Jones’ long lost brother and — taking into consideration his new record, Ouroboros, and the accompanying tour — his outfits are incredibly apt. His current show is a meticulously crafted, carefully designed journey through time and space, head and heart,…
This Friday night will be a busy one in Miami, to say the least. There are a minimum of ten shows running all throughout the city at one point or another. However, the absolute can’t miss of the bunch is Heavy Drag at Gramps inside Shirley’s Theatre at 9 p.m…
This weekend, fight the Zika paranoia in Wynwood and head to the Electric Pickle to see the Brooklyn-based No Regular Play live this Saturday. Unless, well, you’re pregnant or trying to get pregnant. If that’s the case, sorry, but Wynwood for you. But for the rest of us non-fertile, healthy folks,…
“Okay, start asking so I can start answering.” El Chino DreadLion didn’t want to waste time when sat down earlier this week. Born Eduardo Rodriguez in Cuba, his artistic grooming is DJ booth to dance floor — and dressing room too. At the Escuelas Nacionales de Arte in Havana, Rodriguez studied…
At first glance, at least three quarters of the band Sunghosts — with their greasy long hair and Lennon-style glasses — do not appear to be the picture of ambition. But on the band’s long awaited, full-length self-titled debut, you can hear the hunger that’s made them a success of…
Gregory Paulus and Nicholas DeBruyn, a duo better known as No Regular Play, first visited Cuba when they were high school students at Saint Paul Academy in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Their Spanish teacher, Rolando Castellano, took some students every year as part of a cultural exchange program. Paulus, a classically…
This year has been an eventful one for Cog Nomen. The local duo released its latest EP, Twin Stars, in May, and alongside the EP came the debut of a music video for the single “Fear of Missing Out,” which saw the robot-voiced, electro-pop twosome join forces with the Third…
If Sanctified People Of Righteousness Truth and Soul sounds like the name of a ’60s Aquarian cult, that’s because the collective behind this budding Miami record label tends to wax mystical when it comes to music. “As musicians, it is our sanctified duty to share our souls in a manner…
“We want it to be for the freaks and for the people who want something off the beaten path,” Miami Music Club cofounder Rob Goyanes says. For the past few months, the Miami Music Club has partnered with the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) to do just that with a…
Life’s hard in between seasons of Game of Thrones. Luckily, South Florida fans of the show will have something to quench their thirst while we wait for our Sunday night programming to return to its former glory. A Game of Thrones concert will be touring the states, coming to 28…
A blown up poster of the Port of Miami album cover was wedged in the corner of Komodo’s top floor. Rick Ross, at our request, took a moment to glance back at it and reflect. There he was: somber, looking down at a shiny medallion with the words “Carol City Cartel” carved…
