Early this morning, Opa-Locka-based rapper Toro, was shot and killed in Miami. The artist, whose real name is Derek Johnson, 23, was killed in a drive-by shooting while leaving Coco’s Strip Club at around 4 am. Toro, who was signed to Iconz Music, was a popular local rapper that didn’t…
I wrote about shimmering local quartet Astari Nite — and its charismatic frontman, Mychael Ghost — recently for the Miami New Times, when the band was set to play its own occasional Static Interference event at PS14. While these usually happen once a month, on a Saturday at PS14, the…
All the way from Italy comes the Crookers, a DJ duo who basically put its nation on the electro-house map. For a country who loves its traditional house, it’s refreshing to see someone actually breaking the mold and the Crookers have no problem doing so. So when they stop by…
While there are a number of high-profile club DJ sets going on this year on Halloween, save some energy for the following day, when the Viva Tour hits Mansion. Featuring a WMC-caliber lineup of Steve Lawler, Tiefschwarz, and Audiofly, this is a DJ tour with a twist — instead of…
Our sister paper, the LA Weekly, reported this morning on some sad news for longtime local scene-watchers. The artist and musician Brad Stewart, a.k.a. Gidget Gein, was found dead yesterday in his home in Burbank. He was born and raised around Hollywood, Florida, and gained notoriety in the Nineties as…
Ugh, we can’t believe it’s coming already. Our bodies were just starting to recover from the havoc known as Winter Music Conference. But lo and behold! Ultra Music Festival organizers have announced via a newly redesigned Web site that UMF tickets go on sale this month. For how much? We…
So it’s now official that R&B singer Erykah Badu is carrying her third child. During a recent concert in Texas, the Dallas-born chanteuse announced that she is in fact pregnant again…and it looks like the father is Jay Electronica pictured above. Back in June, Erykah took some slack when the…
For those who can’t get enough of this pseudo-scandal, it seems that Rick Ross has finally copped (lol) to his past as a corrections officer. After photos leaked recently of his academy graduation, he first flat-out denied it was him, claiming someone had Photoshopped his face onto someone else’s body…
No event that ends with “–con” is complete without highly specialized musical guests. (Just check out, for example, this long list of wizard-centric bands that just rocked the huge Harry Potter convention in Chicago earlier this year. Anime Supercon, South Florida’s biggest anime/comic/manga/etc. convention, which takes place Oct. 31 through…
Antoine Asseraf Je suis fashionable. Ze French iz always at ze forefront of — how do you say? — ze fashion. This iz why French chanteuse Yelle wants you to, eh, wear ze mask she gives online. Silly Americans can hide their fat faces they stuff with ze McDonald and…
You know a band from your city is awesome when one of my favorite people in music, Greg Puciato of the Dillinger Escape Plan, has to ask about them or shout them out every time he’s in town. So it goes with Miami’s own Poison the Well, the decade-plus-running metal-ish,…
According to a press release that showed up in my inbox this morning, pop icon Janet Jackson has indefinitely postponed her concert scheduled for tomorrow at the BankAtlantic Center due to ill health. Just a week and a half ago, Jackson postponed three shows in Montreal, Philadelphia, and Boston for…
For those who don’t know, Jay-Z is putting on two free concerts in Miami at Bayfront Park starting tonight (Sunday) at 9 p.m. and tomorrow (Monday) at noon. He’ll be here, alongside Wyclef Jean on behalf of Barack Obama’s campaign trying to help register people to vote before the registration…
Did you cry your poor little eyes out because you waited in line for hours and hours but didn’t score any tickets for Sunday’s Jay-Z concert? Well, rejoice because Hov has added a second show in support of Obama for Monday afternoon at Bayfront Park. Doors will open at 11…
So Miami-based super rapper/pop-star of the year Lil Wayne is now officially a blogger. He’s recently started a weekly blog over at ESPN.com about his opinions on sports and, so far, it’s actually enjoyable. The first post of his was a little dry but it gave a glimpse into how…
Here’s some late-breaking news for jam band lovers…. The O.A.R. show scheduled for tomorrow, Friday October 3, has been moved south from the Mizner Park Amphitheatre in Boca, to the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre. The showtime is 7 p.m., and nothing else has changed — opening acts are still Between the…
The local scene’s been showing a lot of love for Sweat Records after the break-in there a few weeks ago. The little indie store that could is slowly bouncing back, but is still smarting a little. In comes Sweat-Aid, another benefit show tomorrow night at the Vagabond. There’s another reason…
Jay-Z + Obama = Party in Bayfront It’s a celebration, bitches! The good folks at Obama For President just made your week. Jay-Z will play a free show in Bayfront Park Amphitheater this Sunday at 8:30 p.m. to drum up voter registration for his favorite presidential candidate. A quick call…
Click the flier for full view. Last time the Scion A/V Tour came to Miami, it brought with it Frankie Chan and Drop The Lime to celebrate the release of the IHEARTCOMIX compilation. We attended the party , but don’t ask how it was; many drinks were consumed to the…
I can remember DJ Laz being on the air at Power 96, in some form or another, since I was in elementary school in the early/mid-Nineties. Much like his home station itself, I really didn’t expect him to go anywhere. Still, Beasley Broadcast Miami, who owns Power 96 (and 99.9…
Dixon spins at Aquabooty at The King Is Dead. As our economy takes a turn for the worse, there are still people out there who know what people want to do to forget that their life savings are going to shit — drink and dance. So it isn’t a surprise…
Attention bands: If you have yet to play one of Oski’s and Queen of the Scene’s mini festivals at Tobacco Road, and if you’ve got a lady or two in your band, here’s an opportunity. The follow-up to last year’s estrogen-heavy Femme Fest is happening this November, and the promoters…
