Dirty South’s methodical mixing skills can, perhaps, be traced back to the DJ’s humble beginnings. Born Dragan Roganovic in Belgrade, Serbia, the encroaching unrest in then-Yugoslavia sent his family packing to Melbourne, Australia when he was 13 years old. Already a budding music nut, young Roganovic began taping music from…
Memorial Day Weekend is just about wrapped up, but if you’re determined, there are still some parties to hit up tonight. Hey, work doesn’t start until tomorrow morning, right? Here are a few events to check out.Uncle Luke’s Uncensored Finale at Sobe LiveNew York vs. Miami at MansionTrina’s album release…
The annual Best of the Best concert has always been one of the crowning events of Memorial Day Weekend in Miami, and this year’s edition, held yesterday at Bicentennial Park, kept the momentum going. While the lineup of course featured the best in contemporary dancehall and reggae, this year’s version…
Everyone and their mother seems to be offering a free Memorial Day Weekend mixtape, but for something with a little more indie-type flavor and hometown, grassroots pride, check out this offering from 10K Islands. The label and blog is the newest spinoff of Honor Roll Music, with a sharper focus…
The last few years were pretty barren in hip-hop for female rappers. The once-great spitfires seemed to have all disappeared, tried to become actresses, or wound up in jail, even, in the case of the great Queen Bee, Lil Kim.Lil Kim’s out now, but the successor to her throne seems…
There’s a lot to cover at Best of the Best, with so many headlining artist advertised, and with so many headliners also bringing the vague promise of unnamed “friends.” What’s more, neither fans nor artist sin the hip-hop and Caribbean music genres are really known for their punctuality. Still, with…
By tonight, the Memorial Day Weekend festivities on South Beach will kick into high gear. If you’ve got patience, cash to burn, and serious swagger, there’s plenty to do tonight. Highlights include a Young Money/Cash Money blowout at Mansion that should wind up near-impossible to get into without connections, and…
The guys of the Fort Lauderdale foursome Howitzer may sound tough as nails on record, churning out a classic style of street punk in the vein of old Doc Marten-footed acts like Sham 69 and Cock Sparrer. But for all the swagger of their shout-along anthems, which boast titles like…
One of our favorite local music events last year was the So Raw Festival, a two-day summer jam that showcased some of the best local and international lo-fi, garage, and straight-up rock and roll around. Oh, and did we mention the promoters graciously included free booze with the low, low…
Miami New Times’ recent cover story on Scott Storch may not have been the most flattering of portrayals, but it did reveal at few nuggets for those interested in the former superproducer’s attempted musical comeback. When Storch refused to speak with New Times staff reporter Gus Garcia-Roberts, he was actually…
The hip-hop-flavored Memorial Day Weekend 2010 parties started off in a trickle last night, but it’s tonight when things get really busy. Major celebs are promised at events across South Beach, and even across the causeway in downtown Miami. Here’s a quick guide to what’s going on tonight. Click the…
After a blowout weekend celebrating its ten-year anniversary, Club Space this Saturday presents a serious bill of out-of-town stars that should keep the lines at the door as long as ever. In the main room is London-based favorite Funkagenda, which hits Miami in just one of a handful of U.S…
A guide to must-see artists at the Best of the Best concert
The guys of the Fort Lauderdale foursome Howitzer may sound tough as nails on record, churning out a classic style of street punk in the vein of old Doc Marten-footed acts like Sham 69 and Cock Sparrer. But for all the swagger of their shout-along anthems, which boast titles like…
The late ’90s were, in many ways, a musical wasteland, at least above-ground. Rock and roll was dormant thanks to the spectacular death of grunge, and hip-hop was in a weird transitionary period. The dance music that broke into the mainstream was usually a scary brand of commercialized trance. Thanks…
As electro-blog-house-whatever’s star dims, the great one-track wonders of 2008 or so are slowly disappearing. (What, for example, happened to all those chainsaw-bassline-wielding people from L.A. who buzz-bombed every IheartComix compilation?) Still, when any trend wanes, those with talent make it through. Among likely survivors is the duo L.A. Riots,…
After a blowout weekend celebrating its 10-year anniversary, this Saturday Club Space presents a serious bill of out-of-town stars that should keep the lines at the door as long as ever. In the main room is London-based favorite Funkagenda, which hits Miami in just one of a handful of U.S…
As electro-blog-house-whatever’s star dims, the great one-track wonders of 2008 or so are slowly disappearing. (What, for example, happened to all those chainsaw-bassline-wielding people from L.A. who buzz-bombed every IHeartComix compilation?) Still, when any trend wanes, those with talent make it through. Among likely survivors is the duo L.A. Riots,…
Theophilus London’s This Charming Mixtape, released early last year, was a hit seemingly as soon as the Brooklyn MC hit “upload.” There was that clever Smiths-referencing title, of course, which got more than a few click-throughs from people who wouldn’t usually be interested in a hip-hop mixtape. But the unofficial…
The five-piece Oxford, England-based band Foals first scored serious buzz around late 2007, as the band hit industry-filled events like CMJ hard and critics ate up early songs like “Hummer.” The band’s debut album, Antidotes, dropped in spring of the following year, and was instantly praised for its off-kilter, No…
Rapper Rick Ross’ past turned out to be a little less sordid than everyone thought. So perhaps to obfuscate, he lifted his artist name wholesale — from the real Rick/Ricky Ross, a drug kingpin in ’80s Los Angeles who also went by the nickname Freeway. In ’96, drug dealer Ross…
As we posted yesterday, Kingston, Jamaica still remains under a state of siege by gang members, and both they and Jamaican officials have blockaded streets throughout the capital city. At the center of it all is Christopher “Dudus” Coke, a notorious drug lord with bloody local roots. In the late…
