Photo by Daniela CruzBoxwoodContrary to what you may be thinking, Boxwood is not what male boxes wake up with in the morning. Or it may be. But that’s not what this post is about. The Boxwood in question is one Jose Ferrer, and the artistic name for the one-man-band came…
If you’ve hit up the downtown/Wynwood nightlife scene, you most likely are familiar with LA DJ duo Classixx, even if you aren’t aware of it. They are partly responsible for turning tracks into dancefloor gold through the art of remixing, including Phoenix’s “Lisztomania” and the Ting Tings’ “Shut Up and…
Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these places you’ve never heard of are subdivisions of real venues, with made-up names just for festival purposes. Others venues are tents; Transit Lounge alone will host a…
Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these places you’ve never heard of are subdivisions of real venues, with made-up names just for festival purposes. Others venues are tents; Transit Lounge alone will host a…
G. Love is the Philadelphia frontman for the band G. Love and Special Sauce. G was down here in Miami for Art Basel week 2009 and played Fountain Art Fair before heading up the street to another show at Bardot.G. Love shouted out Boston punk rock artist Dave Tree a…
Visit miamimusicfestival.org for more details. Individual showcase admission is $10, a three-day wristband costs $50 ($35 for students), and a one-day wristband costs $25 ($20 for students). The Big Bounce: With Miami residencies at the Florida Room, the Clevelander, and Blue Martini, quietly hip locals already know the Big Bounce is one…
Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these funky-named places you’ve never heard of are subdivisions of real venues, with made-up names just for festival purposes. Others venues are tents; Transit Lounge alone will host…
Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these funky-named places you’ve never heard of are subdivisions of real venues, with made-up names just for festival purposes. Others venues are tents; Transit Lounge alone will host…
You’ve probably never heard of of the Massachusetts trio Mindwalk Blvd. But, if like the rest of the world, you spend way too much of your cubicle time over at YouTube, you may have already seen one third of the band. Three years ago, the mother of drummer Tyler Hudson…
Remember that movie, Waiting To Exhale? Well, this Friday at White Room is a show called Waiting 2 Inhale, which is nothing like that. The gig strives to raise awareness for the legalization of medical marijuana, and features performances from rappers Planet Asia and Sav Killz.We’re giving away TWO tickets…
When rapper Noreaga turned into N.O.R.E. in the middle part of this century, at first it was, honestly, worrisome. Longtime fans adored him as half of the killer Queens duo Capone-N-Noreaga, who in the mid-to-late-’90s helped take back New York’s crown as the seat of real street rap. In the…
via Flickr user cole24_You know the streak of “No Jam Band Announcements” couldn’t continue. Today it’s a one man jam band and a band that, while not technically a jam band, plays the same festivals and is generally adored by the same crowds. Keller Williams is, quite simply, a one…
When rapper Noreaga turned into N.O.R.E. in the middle part of this decade, at first it was, honestly, worrisome. Longtime fans adored him as half of the killer Queens duo Capone-N-Noreaga, who in the mid- to late ’90s helped take back New York’s crown as the seat of real street…
Sean Paul’s dancers are the ones you’ll really be watching while he’s onstage at the Hard Rock. That’s because, as reggae fans know, Paul is not the most, well, vivacious of performers. But he is wicked in the studio, as his new album, Imperial Blaze, proves yet again. So even…
Given its members’ myriad side projects, it’s a wonder that we still get to see the Slackers proper live anymore, ever. It seems like each one has his own rock steady, dub, jazz, punk rock, garage or soul iron in the fire so that when the Slackers finally do tour…
Chimaira’s latest album, The Infection, crashed the Billboard album charts in April and landed at number 30. But no matter how well-received the Cleveland metal sextet’s albums are — and credible metalheads line up to drool about them — listening to its CDs is like watching a mixed-martial-arts champion work…
DJ/producer Simon Baker has enjoyed a steady ascent to international fame in the past couple of years through a slew of infectious releases on high-profile labels, countless global tour dates, and a firm grasp on what makes people get down on a dance floor. As a DJ in the ’90s…
Rest assured, dedicated web 2.0ers: D.C. rapper Wale has not forsaken Twitter. One of the most committed Tweeters this side of Japanese schoolchildren, earlier this year, Wale swore off the message-posting website after a particular Tweet got him in trouble with influential U.K. journalist and blogger DJ Semtex. While interviewing…
Half of this internationally renowned Spanish twosome Chus and Ceballos, DJ/producer Chus Estaban has garnered worldwide recognition through the duo’s Stereo Productions label, in addition to chart-topping releases on the esteemed Yoshitoshi, Shinichi, and Defected imprints. High-profile remixes for the likes of Madonna, Danny Tenaglia, and Deep Dish have garnered…
As one of the most consistently in-demand house-music icons, Roger Sanchez plays in all of the world’s most fabled nightlife paradises: Ibiza, Mykonos, Las Vegas, and, well, South Florida. Miami in particular has been a staple market for the Dominican-American DJ/producer since he began dropping singles in the mid-1990s for…
When New Times featured Music is a Weapon over the summer, the Magic City hustlers were giddy with go after a 7-day Netherlands stand that saw the band treated like the rock stars they’re destined to become. You could see the sparkling stars in their eyes, refracting back from the…
Fabio from Destroyio RecordsPolitician scumDecember 17 at Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti (5501 NE Second Avenue) punks not dead and hardcore lives when O.P.S., Beltbuckle Death Sentence, Nobody’s Hero, Johnny Sex Fuck and the Flesh Rockets, Unit Six, and DJ Skidmark take the stage for only $5. Are you easily…
