It seems like the majority of holidays these days exist for the sole purpose of playing on Americans’ addiction to buying pointless things and feeding the hungrier-than-ever corporate beast. But not Record Store Day. See also- PHOTOS: Record Store Day 2012 at Radio-Active RecordsEach year on 4/20, appropriately aligned with…
Your headphones are drenched in sweat, lower back locked in the shape of an old office chair, and the crushed aluminum of too much guzzled taurine litters the space around your feet. Your heart pounds like a bass drum. It’s 3 a.m., and the pulsating blood vessels in your eyeballs…
Since Pinback debuted in the late 1990s, the San Diego duo has maintained a distinctive sound based on the product of two creative minds and bodies joining forces at an opportune moment. Rob Crow reacted to Armistead Burwell Smith IV’s desire to collaborate with someone when the latter’s band, Three…
And the downward spiral continues! If we described an international music sensation who was addicted to drugs, consorting with “hos” in different area codes, and showing up to concerts late, who would you think we were talking about? Axl Rose or Justin Bieber? Believe it or not, it’s the Biebs,…
Following an online campaign led by a petition posted to Change.org, Carly Rae Jepsen has announced that she will no longer be performing at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia this July. Train will also boycott the event. Jepsen released a statement explaining that her decision is rooted in…
TMZ reports that rapper/singer Drake dropped (flung, threw, tossed, etc.) $50,000 at a strip club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Apparently Drizzy and his posse rolled in with a cardboard box loaded with dough. And then proceeded to make it rain. Profusely. Like, Old Testament-flood style. As post-Enlightenment secular humanists, we…
You see Tommy Lee on the beach, his junk is delicately cradled by a thin, stretchy fabric, his leathery flesh crinkles in the Florida sun. You know what you do? You take a fucking picture. Freelance photog and Palm Beach County resident Freddy Hernandez did exactly that, he took a pic…
Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain might very well be the nicest guy in heavy metal. The legendary British-born South Florida resident is frequently spotted at local metal concerts, signing autographs and smiling perpetually, taking care of business at his BBQ restaurant, Rock n Roll Ribs in Coral Springs, or participating…
There are several surprising facets to Morrissey’s concert tonight at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. The first is that Morrissey is able to play a venue as large as the arena that houses the LA Lakers basketball team. The second is that Morrissey requested that all the vendors at the arena…
Touring is a way of life for the Mantras, a jam band native to the Southeast, and since their fourth studio album wrapped, they’ve been bringing their strongest energy yet. After losing a founding member last year, the Mantras have been busy polishing their new sound, minus that lead guitar. New…
DJ Epps has both good and bad to say about making music in South Florida in 2013. You might think the East Harlem-bred, Haitian DJ is contradicting himself. But the truth is, he thinks Miami is making progress, thanks to some of our shining stars of hip-hop. His beef is…
When we were busy making fun of Sen. Marco Rubio’s totally lame Spotify list, we didn’t realize he was such a big fan of the Thug Life. TMZ accosted a friendly and chatty Rubio at Reagan National Airport and asked him about the whole Lil Wayne-Miami dis debacle. Specifically, they addressed…
It may be hard out here for a pimp, but why’s it also gotta be hard for a nice guy making quality hip-hop? While filming a cameo in a Rocko video this weekend, Hollywood, Florida, rapper Andre Scott, whom we know as Young Scrilla, was shot in Overtown. The Miami Herald…
Sometimes you end up in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong people. And subsequently arrested, tried, and sent up the river for being a shmuck who couldn’t prove they were innocent even though they were. Other times, criminals get away with shit in broad daylight. This…
LMS is one of the handful of local MCs whom we like to write about because of their sheer dedication to the game, productivity, sense of community, and in hopes that the locals will awaken to realize the awesome amount of hip-hop that is basically everywhere in South Florida. While…
The musical void between Delray Beach’s Dada and Fort Lauderdale’s Green Room is being filled by a new indie night at Deerfield Beach’s American Rock Bar and Grill. Northern Broward music fans, rest assured. You can now avoid traveling on I-95, at least for one night, and still catch a…
For the Hives, Sweden’s ultimate contribution to the canon of “karrangin’ ” guitar chords and shouted choruses, it’s back to brass tacks these days. Their most recent release, the “cheaply” recorded and undeniably rocking Lex Hives, bottles some of the lightning that earned the band its reputation as one of…
You’re drinking your fourth delicious draft of domestic swill when darkness overtakes the Culture Room. A random girl’s ass shakes against your leg excitedly. Someone hoots, someone hollers, someone lights a joint. With a flick of his wrist, bass player Jesse Miller triggers a sample on one of many electronic…
As you already know, Lil Wayne made some seriously powerful enemies in South Florida this week by flapping his big weird grill at Birdman’s b-day. Out of his maw poured those awful words: “fuck the Miami Heat.” And let us tell you, our memory is long down here, and we…
The internet is teeming with ridiculous, over-the-top, crap trends that make “hip you” blush with shame.But secretly, there’s an “inner you” who wants to burst out of your coolcoon and hop on it. The “it” being hopped on right now is the Harlem Shake, a video lasting about 30 seconds…
This past Valentine’s Day, Britney Spears was spotted on what appeared to be a romantic rendezvous with some regular ol’ shmucko.See also- Britney Spears Quits X-Factor and Embraces EDM! Next Stop: MDMA Meltdown!!- Britney Spears Does Las Vegas: Five Potential Themes for Her Upcoming Revue- Six Drugs That Britney Spears…
Recently, Lil Wayne got either kicked out of, or asked to leave a Heat-Lakers game, for likely gesturing that he had a gun on him in a threatening gesture toward another fan. This type of bad behavior will also get you arrested on an airplane, locked out of a movie…
