Warning: Kesha-bashing post to follow.I almost threw up in my mouth when New York Times wrote a piece of trashy pop star Kesha and made comparisons to Philly MC Amanda Blank. Yea, they are both white and they rap, but Blank has been doing it for years and has plenty…
The current local buzz about JESP, the new solo project by singer/songwriter/producer Joseph Espinoza, threatens to soon eclipse that of his old band, Outereach. That group, now defunct, never fit into any neat scene categories, floating somewhere in the sonic atmosphere between pop and prog. (This was, after all, an…
Saturday’s “Miami Monstrosity” mini festival at Churchill’s features, unsurprisingly, a wildly divergent mix of styles in its all-locals lineup. But among the artists who depart most drastically from the venue’s usual sounds is Static Moon, a.k.a. producer John Paul Sindoni. A multi-instrumentalist on the South Florida scene for the past…
Here comes the Ultra Music Festival shuffle! You have to remember nothing is concrete even on the day of the festival (Bloc Party canceled last year at the last minute). According to an official press release from Ultra’s organizers, indie-rock band Passion Pit has been added to the Day 1…
Hercules & Love Affair perhaps single-handedly ushered in the nu-disco era that South Florida’s hipsterati current find themselves dancing to. Their self-titled debut album was a breakthrough filled with glittery gems including tracks like “Blind” and “Hercules Theme.” While we wait for a follow-up, Andy Butler, the main force behind…
Last time Of Montreal came to South Florida, the band stopped at Revolution in Fort Lauderdale. While they aren’t planning to return in the near future, guitarist James Huggins III side-project James Husband will come to South Florida on March 13.Huggins released his debut album, A Parallax I, in October…
Is it possible to start out a blog on Gloria Estefan without some sort of allusion to rhythm and its getting you? Is it even possible to avoid aforementioned allusion when the place is called Bongo’s? Considering how inescapably annoying that song is, probably not. But here’s an attempt: In…
Have you ever been on the “Plug The Band” section of Backpage.com?Today we found this amazing video of Anjell singing her future classic, “A Girl Has To Do What A Girl Has To Do.” The song is produced by Tad Sharpe for Batovision Digital Entertainment.Click here to Anjell’s full ad…
I rarely ever take flier handouts while walking at night around South Beach, but for some reason as I was leaving Klutch I took an Ultra flier from a guy. Honestly, the first thing I felt was exhaustion because I don’t know if I can handle the fact that Winter…
Click to read parts one, two, and three of this list.Jacuzzi BoysNo Seasons (Florida’s Dying)myspace.com/jacuzziboysMiami’s best garage rock threesome seems to succeed in spite of itself. Where a lot of local bands spend all their time on self-promotion through social media abuse, the Jacuzzi Boys really couldn’t care less. Instead,…
Click to read parts one and two of this list.Jacobs Ladder Ours For The Taking (JMB Records)myspace.com/jacobsladderLook past the complicated MySpace presence, deliberately goofy promo photos, hell, even the hair of this Miami threesome. Jacobs Ladder is not yet another color-by-numbers pop-punk band. Sure, in some of the tunes there are…
Welcome to 2010. Newsflash Fontainebleau: Where mainstream, corporate, and alternative media cameras cannot shoot Lady Gaga, citizen cameras can, and this year they’ll get better and more able to easily subvert your stupid rules.Here’s video of Lady Gaga in a bikini (does her cock flop out the side? Is Lady…
Dear 2010,I don’t want to start off on the wrong foot with you or anything, but…WHAT THE FUCK? Were the bleary-eyed shambles that I awoke in this morning really necessary? The spinning room was called for, the throbbing of my brain, which is now apparently three sizes too big for…
To read part one of the list, click here. Awesome New RepublicRational Geographic Vol. I, Rational Geographic Vol. II, Hearts (Honor Roll Music)anrmiami.comA year’s round-up of the best local albums, without an entry from Awesome New Republic, would be like a South Florida summer that is actually mild and pleasant. Unthinkable,…
Here’s the exact email we received from UB Tha UnderbossThe Hottest Label In The Game; MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP & Multi-Platinum DEF JAM Recording Artist “The Boss” RICK ROSS Introduce the newest branch of the label; MAYBACH MUSIC LATINO!!! Presenting MAYBACH RIDERS Volume 1featuring…
What other DJ can speak it into existence like Khaled does? Maybe none.For a guy whose job it is to play records, he makes it seem like the most important job on the planet, like the entire future of world civilization depends on it, like the very fabric of space…
Do you find yourself scrambling for something to do every year on New Years Eve? Are you one of those people calling around at the last moment, “Hey! Is so-and-so finally having a party?” and “Hey! So what are you finally doing?” Well, you could end up at a lame…
Broward County’s Macknifa$ent has just uploaded a new video where he raps his remix to Tupac’s song “Hit Em’ Up.”Macknifa$ent is from Ft. Lauderdale and represents Pairadice Music. You can hear more of his songs at myspace.com/macknifasent…
Here’s a brand new upload from Jodi Jo who apparently is from Chicago, but likes to tag his yotube uploads with “Miami.” Anyway, the strippers down here might like this song so here’s the video and some of the lyrics that were funny from Jodi Jo’s new song “Your Pussy…
Everyone knows that Spam Allstars are the shit. They are, without a doubt, one of Miami’s best homegrown acts. Stellar descargas spin out seemingly without end, a delectable torrent of Afro-Caribbean, Latin, funk, electronica and other treats all melded into one unified and supremely danceable groove. As a group, they’re…
Jay Z’s Empire State of Mind was an instant classic. It’s still on the radio, it still gets stuck in your head when you hear it, and it still appeals to everyone from farmers to lawyers to middle school nerds to prison bound thugs.But if it does one thing other…
Face it. You waited until the last minute to buy Christmas gifts. You could take the easy route and just get everyone gift cards, but a piece of plastic hardly says you put in any thought. That’s where everyone’s favorite local independent music store comes in. Tonight, Sweat Records is…
