Wow. Much year. Many new. Miami turned a corner in 2014. The Heat may have failed to three-peat, but there’s a certain positivity in the subtropical air that can’t be denied. Even as some of our most treasured music and nightlife establishments disappear into the abyss of time, there are…
Electronic music is the sound of the future, so it makes sense that one of WVUM’s longest-running weekly radio programs is Electric Kingdom Live. “Most specialty shows are focused on a specific genre, but Electric Kingdom is focused on a format,” says Kunal Chohan, 20. He currently hosts the 20-year…
Twelve’Len is an indie-pop trio from Miami. They are Zach Fogarty, John Falco, and Lavares Joseph. And together, these three spin smooth, organic sounds coupled with bright melodies and crisp vocals that make for a mesmerizing listening experience. The Twelve’Len guys just released a song called “Apple Tree,” from their…
Brownsville rapper D-Mac has a message for all racist cops and his peers in music — and he put it in a music video called “The Code.” Using Black Panther imagery, sampling a Fred Hampton speech, and staging his scenes in the shadows of skyscrapers and on the front porch…
It was a Wednesday night. And we attended a pop-up show in Wynwood, starring Miami’s own Austin Paul. The next day, we hung out with Austin on Miami Beach and he showed us an unreleased video for his most recent release “The Garden.” Oh, and we saw a dolphin swim…
For many locals and tourists, overpriced bottles and $80 cover charges at South Beach clubs are losing their appeal. Low-key venues like Trade and Treehouse, once industry hangouts, are becoming the new nightspots. According to Hugo Bianco and Danny Tory, two of the minds behind the city’s most popular underground…
Down in Florida City, Rasta Rick used to live in an air conditioned tree house, serve bricks of good outdoor ganja, and jam reggae tapes all day. Dade County is both a downtrodden Babylon, and a Rasta’s paradise. And many of the world’s greatest reggae artists, bands, and performers can…
Miami’s been a leader in the electronic dance music industry for decades. So it’s only natural for a local to have a hand in the beatification of the online streaming world. Erik Velez is a Miami guy, entirely dedicated to spreading the joy of dance throughout his city and the…
Is this the end of the Cuban embargo, or just another imperialist conspiracy to infect the world with capitalism? The masses are fervently anticipating what Obama’s new deal with the Castro regime really means. So before you go popping bottles of Havana Club and lighting up Cohibas, stop and think…
“I’m like Willy Wonka with his chocolate factory, always coming up with ideas,” My Deer’s Jo Viscaino says. “I just checked my phone and I have 367 recordings saved of ideas for songs.” To some completing 367 songs might seem an outlandish ambition, but as many a fortune cookie have…
Do the Peacock. ‘Cause Miami New Times just became the musical party planner for the Coconut Grove Arts Festival. Today, CGAF (that’s the fest’s catchy new acronym, pronounced see-gaf) announced the New Times Music Showcase, a three-day, main-stage lineup of over a dozen national and local bands set to perform…
Stop lettin’ your tape rock till it pops. There’s a new place in town to get a dose of classic hip-hop. Every Thursday, DJ YNot is taking over downtown Miami’s Therapy with Juicy, a night of real hip-hop from the edge of the golden era, played through a good sound…
“Isolation has not worked,” President Barack Obama said today in his address on U.S.-Cuba policy. “It’s time for a new approach.” At the same time, Cuba’s Raúl Castro, speaking to his own country from the capital city of Havana, delivered the news of the two nations’ plans to normalize relations…
Welcome to the 305. The city that vibes. And shakes ass. And shreds. Too often, jetsetters and Midwestern tourists land on the sandy white shores of South Beach seeking only uhntz-uhntz and a trip to the VIP. And sure, we love that stuff too. But the locals know Miami is…
In the great traditions of DJ Uncle Al, Disco Dave, and Milton “Butterball” Smith, DJ Roliboy is a Miami street DJ known for dropping tremendo bass. He was posted at the Graffé Cafe in Wynwood during Art Basel Miami Beach throwing his “Rollin Balls 7.8: Booty Monster” mix straight onto…
Gunplay approaches a medium height Hispanic male who has jus taken a bump of coke. He disrespectfully places a finger in front of Gunplay’s face suggesting for him to hold on. Not one to take the disrespect lightly, Gunplay pulls out a gun from his waist and shoots the man…
Glitz. Glamour. And obscene, seven-figure weekly paychecks. Such is the life of the rich and famous pop tarts, rock stars, rappers, and superstar DJs who enrich our lives with their inspiring music, spectacular tours, semi-nude Instapics, and endless drug-taking, DUI-ing, sex tape-ing antics. Can you imagine making $100,000 a day?…
After a four-year stage absence, Phil Collins was finally set for a comeback concert. During Art Basel Miami Beach week, he would perform “three or four songs” as part of a gala to benefit the Little Dreams Foundation, a youth scholarship and mentoring program that he founded with ex-wife Orianne…
The world’s most sensitive rapper got cold-cocked by the mogul with the softest name in the game.
Khaotic is an Overtown rapper who collaborated with a Hungarian abstract artist named MSL for “Khaotic Killz Basel,” a mobile pop-up art performance. They put a painting on a Benz and staged impromptu street performaces of Khaotic’s new single “Dime Piece” while parked on the busiest block in Wynwood. Up…
At 11:30 p.m., a gaunt, bespectacled Phil Collins walked on to the stage of the Fillmore Miami Beach, flanked by his ex-wife Orianne Collins-Mejjati and their young son, to tell the sold-out Little Dreams Gala crowd that he had to cancel his performance. It was to be Collins first concert…
“Back in 2006, I had no band, no car, and a lot of free time,” says Miami musician Jose Flores. “So I was doing hundreds of home recordings. I always thought freestyle and Miami bass were these fun and lost genres. I noticed that the simpler, funny bass-heavy jams were…
