Photo by David “Dro” Rosario– DJ Khaled continues to ride the wave of success that his song “All I Do Is Win” has garnered. Since releasing the song, he’s received tons of iTunes downloads for it. So I guess as a thank you of sorts, Khaled recruits pretty much all…
Tim DenAnti-Justice Self-Titled EP (Self-released) Chances are you never heard about Anti-Justice and while I’d love to follow where alcohol leads and promote my coolness over you; I will not – not out of some “professionalism” or because I’ve been edified and tempered by age. No, I will not laud…
UPDATE: The Flaming Lips will not perform Thursday at SunFest due to the hospitalization of Steven Drozd. Click here for more. Few bands embody the festival atmosphere quite like the Flaming Lips, especially effervescent frontman Wayne Coyne. For uninitiated SunFest revelers, the Flaming Lips performance Thursday evening could very well…
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that shook Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 12 was an immeasurable tragedy with a ripple effect hitting Boca Raton. Lynn University lost students Stephanie Crispinelli, Britney Gengel, Christine Gianacaci, and Courtney Hayes and faculty members Dr. Richard Bruno and Dr. Patrick Hartwick to the devastating tremor. The…
In the middle of a drab cluster of warehouses just east of the Flagler railroad tracks near downtown Fort Lauderdale, color flies in every direction and a series of faces stare out: aliens, a vivid purple punk-styling of David Bowie-meets-Jem and the Holograms sexpot, a quasirealistic depiction of London gangster…
As we walked through the parking lot of Sullivan’s — past a Corvette with a vanity license plate (JAK POT) — I glimpsed a flash of electric-blond hair through a window. Then, an unbuttoned white shirt. That trademark loose red tie. I clamored through the door. The man on stage…
Gunplay has been doing the artist thing for a long time now. First time a lot of people heard him was on the “Represent (Remix)” with Trick Daddy and others. He’s come a long way since then. He’s been part of Triple C’s for almost a decade now and has…
Smitty and the Pink Robots just doesn’t have the same ring to itIt’s strange enough that the Flaming Lips will not perform tomorrow evening at SunFest due to an unknown medical emergency involving their guitarist. Follow that up with the revelation that a Buzz 103 morning DJ is the last-minute…
© Andrew Haagen/CorbisSadly, the Flaming Lips SunFest performance has been dousedA heartbreaking development just crossed our desk: New Times cover stars the Flaming Lips will not perform Thursday at SunFest due to the hospitalization of Steven Drozd. As we had reported in this week’s cover story, the Lips were expected…
Axe and the Oak’s Record Store Day 2010 release was created with love (and gold foil)In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Just when you thought it was safe…
Nick Morrison and Supersede, AKA the Miami Ski Team.At 26-years-old, Andrew Beckwith, AKA DJ Supersede, has a career most local DJs would be envious of. He spins at some of South Florida’s most popular nightclubs; he was selected by you, the reader, as Best Club DJ for last year’s Best…
Her Madgesty might (not) be moving to WellingtonOur bosom buddies over at the Juice have a nectar-filled tidbite regarding Madonna, and her latest real estate overture that would place her home address in the 33414 zip code, and might necessitate a gym membership at Ultima Fitness.In an entry titled “The…
Photo by Ian WitlenIt’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday (and Stonefox)No matter what happens Saturday at Poor House (110 Nugent Avenue, Fort Lauderdale) on Saturday evening, the results will probably warrant another blog posting.Thanks to a tip from New Times shutterbug Ian Witlen, we discover an intriguing Facebook…
The best DJs dig deep into the sounds they’re spinning. And that doesn’t mean just the the components of a given track – the structure of the beat, the motion of a melody, the drive of a bassline, and so on. No, the best want to know where a song…
Coral Springs native and hip-hop producer Jim Jonsin is suing Lil Wayne’s Miami rap collective for $500,000 in allegedly unpaid royalties for the smash hit “Lollipop”. According to the suit, filed this week in New York federal court, Young Money Entertainment “failed to provide any accountings or payments whatsoever” to…
Image Courtesy of: C. StilesMiami New Times columnist and Miami bass legend Luther “Luke” Campbell will be honored at this year’s rendition of the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, along with the group he made history with: the 2 Live Crew. The awards show will be taped on June 3rd, and then…
Hit Play! is an up-and-coming outfit boasting a cool local punk rock pedigree, with members coming from bands like Against All Authority, the Stop Motion, and Underpaid. This here MP3 is the opener of the band’s upcoming In Case of Emergency EP. What fun! Gaston de la Vega on bass…
Since 1982, SunFest has grown from a quaint jazz and arts festival to something worthy of Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Black Crowes, and now Weezer. As headliner for Wednesday’s New Music Night, the alt-rock superstars help kick off five days of music on Flagler Drive in downtown West…
When Scott Storch was 8 years old, he was dizzied by a soccer cleat to the head. His mom did not take such injuries in stride. She had been apoplectic when Scott lost his baby teeth in a living-room dive five years earlier, leaving him with a Leon Spinks grin…
Motion City Soundtrack isn’t exactly a household name beyond its Warped Tour disciples. However, the Minneapolis-grown and road-groomed melodic punks’ fourth studio effort, the recently released My Dinosaur Life, is destined to expand that reach, regardless of the band’s intentions. The quintet’s sound blends fuzzy-guitar-filled pop-punk with other subgenres like…
Coheed and Cambria is known for its emotional, narrative-driven lyrics, little-girl-on-helium vocals, and rip-roaring ’80s-metal-style guitar solos. But beyond that, Coheed and Cambria has always been a musical anomaly: loved by a diverse crowd stretching from nerd to metalhead. The band has defied classification since its mid-’90s inception, and the…
A bar is only as good as its bartenders. And while most can make a mean drink, an elite few can make your bar experience truly magical. Here’s a tour of three bars that house the coolest bartenders around. Café Maxx: “He can make gin fizzes!” my friend Fancy shouted…
