I have a confession: I’ve never done drugs. I’ve never snorted blow or dropped acid or even lit up a joint. I’m not straight-edge or anything, and I’ll happily have a drink at the right time and place. But anything beyond that has never really appealed to me, not even…
Deez Bands, Johnny Pickles, and Yung Stew, AKA the Doolie Gang, drop off their new single ahead of their debut mixtape, Not The Life We Chose.
The year is 2004. America is halfway through the long slog of the Bush era. The nation has been in Iraq for only a year, but it’s becoming increasingly apparent that WMDs will never be found. Still, America saves its shock and righteous indignation for an accidentally exposed nipple on the Super Bowl stage. Rock bands are still on TV and radio, and “American Idiot” is ranking pretty high on the TRL countdown. The iPhone is still years away from its launch.
It’s that time of the year again. Those of us who suffer from vinyl fever will trek to IKEA for new shelving units to store the dozens of records we plan to lug home this Saturday, April 22. Record Store Day (RSD), a sacred holiday for vinyl enthusiasts, artists, and music fans, marks its tenth anniversary celebrating independently owned record stores.
Every year, Record Store Day invites vinyl fanatics, collectors, and even casual music fans to visit their local independent record store to shop for exclusive releases from acts across all genres and from all over the world. This year, if you can find them, you can nab limited releases by…
Iggy Pop has released his new song, “Asshole Blues,” on Jacuzzi Boys’ Mag Mag label.
It’s 4/20 week, so if the music seems a little hazier than usual, that’s to be expected. Bud-happy parties aside, L.A. rock group Froth will take the stage at Churchill’s Pub Wednesday, while Detroit rapper Big Sean will stop by the Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday. Looking for noise that’s more…
Since 2000, Damon Albarn of Blur fame and illustrator Jamie Hewlett, best known for co-creating the comic book Tank Girl, have been shaping their own alternative rock/hip-hop/what-have-you act with Gorillaz. And in 17 years, the virtual band has never set foot in Florida. That will change this fall when Albarn and…
The purple lights inside the American Airlines Arena dimmed around 9 p.m. to showcase a handful of Ariana Grande’s coveted male backup dancers and her staple drawstring ponytail, which was longer than usual. The ponytail swung left to right to the beat of “Be Alright,” the opening song of her…
When my editor told me I’d be reviewing the launch of the Chainsmokers’ Memories Do Not Open Tour at the American Airlines Arena last night, a number of thoughts ran through my head. First and foremost, Why me?
Much like Super Bowl Sunday (and the Hangover Monday that follows), April 20 — or 4/20 — has become an unofficial holiday. Employees will call in sick and students will skip classes. It’s a national day of stoned joy resulting from the now-mainstream embrace of those three simple numbers: 4, 2, and 0.
You’ve been dancing all night, drinking, and perhaps sampling some mild recreational drugs, but now it’s time to catch a rideshare and go home. So as you gather yourself together to request a ride, you start feeling around for them. Your house keys. Where are my keys? you ask yourself…
Lake Worth’s Everymen is a difficult band to pin down. Their sound is an amalgamation of attitudes and instruments that can best be described as “folk-punk” but that transcends both of those genres. It’s a sound they’ve tirelessly shared on tour with the rest of the nation, and even Europe, for years.
Miami’s Bribery Corporation, a record label and fashion house, takes a creative approach to resistance under Trump.
Fans of the new generation of Dade County rappers, who came up during the booming internet age of Miami’s underground hip-hop scene, have watched artists like N3ll grow up and discover their own claims to fame. But while other Carol City rhymers, like Denzel Curry and Yung Simmie, have gained…
Elastic Bond’s “Honey Bun” explores what it means to connect as humans in the digital age.
Two months and 38 states into their first national tour, members of the Magic City Hippies have evolved beyond the average bandmate relationship. “Before this tour we’d only ever been gone from Miami for a week,” drummer Pat Howard says. “On this tour we’ve become a brotherhood, with all the…
Chris Brown often says Michael Jackson is his biggest inspiration. And it’s easy to see the foundation laid by the King of Pop in Brown’s work. Take his video for “Party,” for example; as the 27-year-old Brown dances, you can imagine Jackson’s moves, so much a part of Brown that…
This morning, the Bayfront Park Management Trust voted in favor of allowing the third edition of Rolling Loud to move forward. The vote comes after a city commissioner balked at the hip-hop festival over claims it was too close to Ultra and that he hadn’t been properly informed…
Outside of country music, no musical genre is as white — or at least believed to be as white — as metal. Blame it on Beavis, Butthead, Bill, or Ted, but if asked to describe a typical metalhead, most Americans would draw a long-haired Caucasian bro making the Devil’s sign…
The transition from child starlet to mainstream pop diva can be rife with awkward and uncomfortable moments, as young stars become adults right in front of the world’s eyes. Every pop star who’s made the leap has put her own stamp on the big change. Christina Aguilera graduated from The…
It finally happened, and it took only five years. Tortuga Music Festival, selling out once again, set a record for attendance this past weekend. More than 100,000 people filed through the gates of the country-music beach party. Held annually on Fort Lauderdale Beach since its inception in 2013, the fest this year featured headliners Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, and Kenny Chesney. In short, Tortuga is big.
