La Pinguería Continues With the Cuban Interpretation of Major Lazer

Last week, we brought you a double dose of YouTube hilarity with Cuban interpretations of Rick Ross and Live. And today, it is our utmost pleasure to present el Cubanito’s take on Major Lazer. Let’s just say he’s got a different interpretation of Diplo and Switch’s colorful, on-the-floor donkey show. Our…

Ephniko y Sus Tesos, Live at Transit Tomorrow for SanKocho

By now, Jazid regulars might be well versed in the lyrical style of Ephniko. The Barranquilla-born emcee has been banging out shows in the cozy SoBe spot since his steady stint as part of the International Thursdays Hip-Hop Latino night, which you might recall from last year. This Saturday, he’ll…

Tyler the Creator Is Strapped and Set to Swag the F#$% Out

Earlier this month, Tyler the Creator and his Odd Future collective arrived at the Coachella Music Festival strapped and ready to start a ruckus. They were swagging the fuck out after a chaotic mid-afternoon Friday set, spraying unsuspecting victims with squirt guns until security said no mas and allegedly kicked the…

Full Event Schedule for Billboard Latin Music Awards and Conference 2011

We’re now officially entering the final week of the Last Chance registration phase for this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards and Conference. The absolute deadline is April 25. So all you wannnabe música Latina superstars and reggaetonero minimoguls need to bundle up your dollar bills, rake together your change, and…

Five Questions with Beings’ Beatriz Monteavaro

South Florida artists wear many hats and no one wears them better than Beatriz Monteavaro. A darling in the contemporary visual art scene, Monteavaro’s revered as a living legend by fans of sludge-pop-metal outfit Floor. And her current band, Beings is gaining great momentum at both the local and national…

Deniz Kurtel Takes Over at the Electric Pickle April 29

The international EDM community is a major sausage fest. But there’s no denying that women are on the rise. Over the last few years, DJ-producers such as Anja Schneider, Cassy, Nina Kraviz, Maya Janes Coles, and Steffi have been challenging the norm with their own chart-topping output and headlining performances…

Teen Prodigy Tony Madruga at the Van Dyke Cafe This Thursday

Most children hate piano lessons when they are forced upon them by overambitious parents. And sometimes, children in musical households don’t necessarily follow mom and dad into music. But neither of these scenarios was the case with Pembroke Pines’ Tony Madruga. Learning the piano at the age of five, Madruga…

Assholeparade Charges Into Churchill’s Pub April 22

If Shakespeare got it right and brevity is indeed the soul of wit, then Assholeparade’s Student Ghetto Violence is some Poor Richard’s Almanack-level shit. Issued back in 2000, Student is the closest thing the Gainesville five-piece has to a definitive release, cobbling together pieces from singles, tapes, and other ephemera…

Lil Daggers Survive the South and Slide Deep Into Slave Exchange

The American interstate system is a dangerous maze, riddled with death traps and dead ends. Of course, there’s the always-imminent threat of being maimed (or worse) in a fiery, 27-car pileup disaster. But you’re also prime prey for recreational road-ragers, random rest stop ambushes, and catastrophic heart failure due to…

Five Great Buys for Tomorrow’s Record Store Day at Sweat Records

We’ve talked non-stop about Sweatstock 2011 and all the bands playing tomorrow. But let’s not forget, the reason Sweat Records is throwing this whole shindig is in celebration of Record Store Day — and the store’s anniversary.What’s Record Store Day? In 2007, it started as a way to get people…