Really, we don’t know why are shocked anymore. It’s getting obvious that clubs are grasping anything in order to stay afloat. But during our daily Pitchfork read, we stumbled upon the news that M.I.A./Santogold producer/DJ Diplo would be spinning at LIV alongside Dave 1 of Chromeo Wednesday, March 4.LIV is…
Look for a split seven-inch with Pink Reason from Miami’s garagey Electric Bunnies, forthcoming from Ohio’s Die Stasi label. Despite longtime creative contributor Eldys Diaz’s partial departure from the bunny-fold, Victor and company are soldiering on, supposedly with a new complete album in the works as well. Their side of…
The Scion A/V Tour is coming back to Miami for the millionth time March 8. This time its to celebrate the CD release Pioneer, a Scion A/V mix by French record label Kitsuné. The tour’s first stop is Miami at The Vagabond and will feature L.A. DJ duo Guns ‘n’…
Video Games and Hip Hop are worldwide phenomenon’s of the past 30 or so years. GamerTagRadio.com is bringing you both, free, in a big and underground way. Find out what Godfree and PeteRocc got in store for you……
If there is one guide to Winter Music Conference (other than our own, of course), it’s definitely The List. It’s the official guide to everything WMC, and while it’s obviously still incomplete, there are a lot of interesting events already listed.Most of the list so far compromises the downtown clubs,…
Buggah D. Govannah (pronounced Governor) has been a fixture in Miami’s hip-hop scene for a long time now. Here’s an old picture of him with Wyclef. In this segment of Who’s Haitian, Buggah gives you some black history, since it’s February and all…
Mike Banger subscribed to our You Tube channel. He’s a talented music dude. Here’s the interview.New Times: How’d you get your nameMike Banger: You may know the slang term “banger” when speaking of a hard track. Well, when I first began producing I made nothing but hard mean heavy colossal…
Locos Por Juana, considered by many to be Miami’s best Latin band, makes their way to La La Land today for a string of performances surrounding the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Whether their getting the crowd going at one of the city’s many festivals or barring the entrance to Jazid…
The sudden closure of Circa 28 late last year came as a shock to us. However, after the bar parted ways with Sweat Records’ Lolo Reskin, Circa’s Saturday nights were never really the same. By the end, Safe promoter Diego Martinelli came in and booked acts like M.A.N.D.Y. to play,…
Forgive us Miami. For the past few days, a Rick Ross/50 Cent war of the words has been all over the internets and we’re just getting around to reporting on it. Blame it on the fact that a headline containing “Curtis Jackson” and “beef” made us think that it was…
The South Florida Music Scene blog is a digital archive of as much as you can humanly find of what has gone on down here. There are old flyers, articles, digitized records, videos, shit like that. Here’s how the “About Me” section of the blog reads.”This blog is meant to…
Launched in 2007, Leggo My Demo is a Miami Beach-based demo competition aiming to expose and promote distinguished new electronic music productions from around the world. Each month they select new demo submissions, providing winners with network exposure and a feature at their monthly events in Miami Beach. Leggo My…
If you haven’t heard already, two of the world’s greatest living blues guitarists descend on South Florida on February 9. The legendary BB King and Buddy Guy will be rocking the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The show is not sold out and the cheapest tickets available can be…
Those of you who missed the Music Musica Exhibit at the Miami Science Museum in early December will get another chance this week. The exhibit returns to give museum-goers a chance to learn about the impact of Latinos throughout the history of American popular music, and also to play with…
The new release from Miami psych/blues outfit the Psycho Daisies, Return from Blood Island, is a wash of feedback, distorted growls, bumps, grunts, reverb, and haunting vocals, courtesy of Johnny Salton and company. Salton’s roots are embedded in Miami musical history, from power-pop group the Reactions, through his extensive work…
If there’s such a thing as Miami royalty, Gloria Estefan is undoubtedly the queen. Along with husband, producer, musician and impresario, Emilio Estefan, she’s literally changed the landscape of the Magic City over the years, first putting the town on the map with Miami Sound Machine’s run of rampant success…
R3K was on the streets of downtown putting flyers on peoples cars. I asked him what the deal was. Here’s the interview.New Times: What’s your name and what do you do?My [DJ] name is R3K+. I spin at Psychic Tuesdays with DJ Healer at Bella Rose and Nightdrive Wednesdays at…
The kid Mish contacted me about documenting the Palm Beach County movement. Here’s what he had to say:…
The Hustle Holicz are the Dade County group behind the streets-to-radio hit “I’m So Throwed.” The song has a great ad lib and you’ll find it hard to get it out of your head. It’s a sound effect that sounds like a cross between Master P’s “uuhhhh,” Lil Jon’s “Yeeeeaayah”…
Everything’s cyclical. It’s the reason for a resurgence of skinny jeans and Keds — the 1980s were due for a comeback that started early in the New Millennium and steadily gained steam. And that trend wasn’t lost on Latin rock groups. Outfits like Belanova, The Pinker Tones, and Babasonicos began…
Vincent Spann and The Spann Family Band from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Back in late December I embedded myself for 24 hours with the Basic Training Deliverance Academy in Miami’s Liberty City. This video of Pastor Vincent Spann covering a classic track with his kids on keys and drums is…
There are few rap songs as important to modern culture as Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” a rallying cry against political indifference. Well, it’s been 20 years since PE’s frontman Chuck D helped scare the hell out of white America, and a black man now sits in the Oval Office…
