The 27-year-old Serani’s 2008 single, “No Games,” with its sped-up, hiccuping beat and indelible chorus, was everywhere that year. A debut album of the same name followed in 2009, but since then, he’s been working to prove he’s no one-hit wonder. Newer songs like “When It’s Cold,” “Naked,” and “Romance”…
CC by 2.0, via xxmisa on FlickrBarbie princess Nicki Minaj is all over Miami during Memorial Day Weekend.Thousands of people will flock to South Beach on Memorial Day Weekend, and there are a head-spinning number of beach parties, pool parties, club parties, concerts, and a seeming million other things to…
Since the mid-’80s, Lady Saw has represented for the females in the highly male-driven world of dancehall. And throughout her career, she’s racked up a lot of firsts. She was the first female dancehall artist to headline major genre events outside of Jamaica, the first to win a Grammy, and…
Barrington Levy has had two musical lives, it seems, in the past few decades. There was his first one, as a wildly popular singer of reggae and a splash of early dancehall, a career which began in the ’70s and netted him hits like “Collie Weed” and “Under Mi Sensi.”…
via myspace.com/titoelbambinoAct fast and you could still score free tickets to see Tito.The good news: There are still some tickets left for some of the free Heineken Inspire events taking place Friday and Saturday at the Moore Building in the Design District.The bad news: That doesn’t include the most coveted…
Rick Ross needs little introduction in this town, but whats curious is that he’s billed here alongside a new protege. Meet Magazeen, a Miami-based dancehall artist who’s a new signing to Ross’ own label, Maybach Music. You may have heard him on a remix to Ross’ single “Here I Am,”…
This thirtysomething singer holds it down for Trinidad on this bill, one of the few artists here to represent soca. Still, if anyone has a shot at bringing the Caribbean style over into the mainstream, it’s Machel Montano. While he’s been recording and releasing albums since his teen years, in…
Over the coming days, leading up to Sunday, May 30, we’ll be taking a look at all of the main artists performing at the huge Best of the Best concert that day. If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, do so soon. General admission right now is $54, and VIP…
Alright, so at the beginning, Crossfade didn’t have anything particular against David Guetta. We admired his particular brand of Gallic panache, and his unabashed goal in taking dance music back into the pop realm. We drunkenly got excited about “Love is Gone” more times than we would now care to…
Who’s still the baddest bitch? After a few years’ lull of mixtapes and pushed-back albums, Trina is once again riding high on the success of her fifth studio album, Amazin’. The lead single, “Million Dollar Girl,” which features Keri Hilson and Diddy, continues to tear up clubs and the radio…
While stations like 99 Jamz and Power 96 got all the shine in the urban/rhythmic/party music broadcasting wars, contender 103.5 the Beat quietly cultivated its own devoted following. The station’s slogan for a time was “Grown and Sexy … And Loving It!” and its programming and on-air banter reflected this…
It seems like just yesterday Crossfade was hanging out at the Miami Light Project, basking in the feel-good glow of P.A.T.H., the annual hip-hop summer camp spearheaded by Brimstone127 and Amit Regev. In a throwaway culture saturated with negativity, and in a world of “hip-hop” populated by the likes of…
For fans of actual hip-hop, Wacka Flocka Flame had a few things against him from the outset. First, there is, of course, the unfortunate name that recalls Fozzie Bear more than anything. Oh well, that’s what you get when you decide to take your professional moniker from Gucci Mane’s mumbled…
via myspace.com/torcheGear theft is a sad reality of the touring life, but despite its many, many months on the road, Miami-birthed Torche had been lucky enough to avoid a major incident — until this past Friday. The band is currently on tour with Circa Survive and Coheed and Cambria, a…
For a particular breed of rabid, morbid fan of Joy Division (and as one myself, I don’t think there are any other types of fans of the band), there have been a lot of macabre little anniversaries to celebrate in recent months. Last year, of course, marked the 30-year anniversary…
Skarhead, repping the outer boroughs of New York City, gives those ’90s bands who put the “hard” in hardcore a run for their tough-guy money. The band started as a side project formed by members of Madball and Subzero along with notorious frontman Danny Diablo. The tattoo-covered Diablo had already…
There is little that’s revolutionary, either politically or musically, about Buena Fe, the Cuban duo of Rojas Fiel and Yoel Martinez Rodriguez. Perhaps that’s because the pair are truly products of the studiously apolitical pop music scene in late Castro Cuba; they formed as a musical act in 1999 and…
via myspace.com/teepeeaselElectric Bunnies have been disappointingly quiet lately, but while the band hibernates, erstwhile member Teepee, has taken flight as a solo artist. Born Eric Lopez-Zareno, he’s also sometimes known as That Guy Who Seems to Play In Every Band That Ever Plays at the American Legion. His solo work,…
via iscreamrecords.comThe ’90s were full of bands who put the “hard” in “hardcore,” but Skarhead, repping the outer boroughs of New York City, gave many of them a run for their tough-guy money. The band started originally as a side project, formed by members of Madball and Subzero, along with…
photo by the CobrasnakeYes, Jared Leto has been a certified heartthrob for more than 15 years now. But unlike many actors who moonlight in vanity acts, Leto makes serious work of his decade-plus-running band, 30 Seconds to Mars. In fact, it was as an aspiring musician that he first headed…
A cappella music is a strange thing. It conjures up either images of old-man barbershop quartets, or, more likely, the specter of those over-eager, overly animated dudes on your freshman dorm floor. Yes, these days, single-sex a cappella groups are largely confined to campus life, but every so often, a…
Nocturnal, the other major superclub on NE Eleventh Street, has suffered its ups and downs, surviving through its fare share of closing and re-opening rumors over the years. But that’s just par for the course in nightlife, where longevity is rare and a fifth birthday, which the dance warehouse celebrates…
