Josh Simkowitz has written fifty songs in the year and a half since he took up the moniker Chaucer. “I have a song in my head, but they usually come out as a different song than I thought they would,” the ultra-prolific Palm Beach native tells New Times. Inspiration can come…
If you thought Tara Long’s music-cum-performance art project Poorgrrrl was just a temporary thing, Long is back to prove you wrong. Not that she ever really went away. After a buzzy — and busy — Art Basel this past December, Long opened for rising queer rapper Le1f at Bardot back…
The most talented and big-hearted soul I’ve ever had the privilege of calling a friend has passed away. Kairo Gudino, aka Chalk, was a producer with releases on Nervous Records, Mr. Nice Guy, Loveless, and more. He was a DJ, singer, rapper, artist, designer, and all-around creative human. He was…
Wynwood’s role as the makeshift art capital of Miami is now a well-worn cliche. And while the neighborhood is now attracting its fair share of corporate interest and apartment buildings, one of the neighborhood’s older establishments, Wynwood Cafe (AKA the Wynwood Warehouse Project) is giving a voice to the local…
Miami’s top tier artists like Pitbull and Rick Ross have dropped off monumental records throughout the week. And while we wait for DJ Khaled to drop his next single off Major Key, rising artists like Bizzy Crook, Bobby Biscayne, and Denzel Curry hold it down for Dade County with fresh…
Miami’s hip-hop scene has evolved significantly since the days when 2 Live Crew, Trick Daddy, and Trina were the only rappers representing Dade County on a national level. As the aforementioned revolutionaries encouraged a new generation of Miami artists like Rick Ross and Denzel Curry to grab the mike, rappers…
When University of Miami senior and jazz vocalist Zoë Fromer discusses her adopted home, the imagery of a “plastic wonderland” is frequently invoked. “A lot of Miami is fabricated for tourists — not a lot of it is real,” Fromer says. “[Miami’s] been around for a long time, yes, but……
For many of Disney’s 90-plus years, diversity came only with respect to species. Sure, you could watch a crab share a scene with a mermaid, but good luck finding a black person. Luckily, that changed in 2009 with the release of The Princess and the Frog, a film featuring Disney’s…
Just under a year ago, Florida made its relationship with Pitbull official. Visit Florida, our state’s private/public tourism promotion group, struck an undisclosed deal with the Miami native to make Pitbull Florida’s official tourism ambassador. So far, his relationship with Visit Florida has been most visible through social media, where…
If you happen to come across a squadron of tween and teen girls armed to the teeth with guitars and drumsticks, fear not. Put aside your Children of the Corn nightmares, for it’s probably only the Miami Girls Rock Camp. MGRC, a Miami summer camp where young ladies learn the…
Opened in 1963 and closed nearly three decades later, Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key gave spectators a seaside view of some of the biggest names of the 20th Century. Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, and Richard Nixon all graced the stage, which used to float a few dozen feet…
It’s Monday, which means you’re probably nursing a hangover and doing your best not to think about the fact that you’ve got a full work week waiting for you. But, whatever it is you did this weekend, it probably can’t compare to Eskeerdo’s two-day pachanga in the official visual adaptation…
Dance music and Miami have been bedfellows pretty much from the start, from way back to its R&B and disco roots to its current EDM form. To have a conversation today about dance music without mentioning Miami is to leave out a very important chunk of the genre’s development. From…
Finding success in the competitive world of film scoring is challenging enough. But coming up with a completely new type of musical invention with which to play one’s craft is likely even more daunting, especially in a universe where seemingly every sound and sample has already found a practical use…
Men have had it pretty good for the last, oh, few thousand years. Ruling the world, waging war, oppressing anyone weaker and penis-less — it must have been tiring work. Well, good news, men. You can take a break. Your time at the top of everything from the corporate world…
Like other urbanized bastions of creative inspiration, the South Florida landscape alternates between mind-numbingly dull and breathtakingly stunning. For as much as the monotonous stretch of suburban sprawl dominates the conception of South Florida living, people are all too quick to forget about the quiet wonders and opportunities that are…
“How Pitbull Went from Miami Street Rapper to Global Brand Ambassador.” That was the headline for Vanity Fair’s recent profile of Armando Perez, which will run in the magazine’s April issue. But, sadly, over the course of 2,396 words, the magazine fails to deliver on its promise. What it gives…
Last week we saw Trick Daddy nearly lose his marbles on Facebook live, but it’s not all bad news for Miami hip-hop. Check out the brighter side of South Florida rap and see what dropped this week that caught out attention. 5. Zoey Dollaz, “Port Au Prince.” North Miami native…
Yesterday was the world premiere of Otto Von Schirach’s newest video for “Biscayne Block Boyz.”At first glance, the four-minute long video seems like an acid trip of bass, but even that fails to capture the gestalt of the work and its pure Miami-ness. “All love, zero budget,” is how artist…
Last year Zack Bush, co-owner of Little Havana bar Ball & Chain, was devastated after the death of Sandra Bland, an African-American woman who was arrested and later found dead, hanging in her prison cell. At the time, Bland was just the latest in a string of police killings involving…
With the recent demise of Grand Central, it’s easy to feel there’s a dearth of locations serving up local sounds in Miami. Thankfully, places like Bardot and Churchill’s still fill their bills with homegrown talent, but outside of the customary clubs, what else is out there? Thankfully, the A+E District,…
One of South Florida’s hottest hip-hop and Latin venues isn’t even in Dade County. To the north, sandwiched between the desolate wastelands we call Weston and Miramar, an odd little joint known as Cafe Iguana Pines has been giving people a reason to commute to Pembroke Pines for years. After some pricy…
