Mike Banger subscribed to our You Tube channel. He’s a talented music dude. Here’s the interview.New Times: How’d you get your nameMike Banger: You may know the slang term “banger” when speaking of a hard track. Well, when I first began producing I made nothing but hard mean heavy colossal…
Locos Por Juana, considered by many to be Miami’s best Latin band, makes their way to La La Land today for a string of performances surrounding the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Whether their getting the crowd going at one of the city’s many festivals or barring the entrance to Jazid…
The sudden closure of Circa 28 late last year came as a shock to us. However, after the bar parted ways with Sweat Records’ Lolo Reskin, Circa’s Saturday nights were never really the same. By the end, Safe promoter Diego Martinelli came in and booked acts like M.A.N.D.Y. to play,…
Forgive us Miami. For the past few days, a Rick Ross/50 Cent war of the words has been all over the internets and we’re just getting around to reporting on it. Blame it on the fact that a headline containing “Curtis Jackson” and “beef” made us think that it was…
The South Florida Music Scene blog is a digital archive of as much as you can humanly find of what has gone on down here. There are old flyers, articles, digitized records, videos, shit like that. Here’s how the “About Me” section of the blog reads.”This blog is meant to…
Launched in 2007, Leggo My Demo is a Miami Beach-based demo competition aiming to expose and promote distinguished new electronic music productions from around the world. Each month they select new demo submissions, providing winners with network exposure and a feature at their monthly events in Miami Beach. Leggo My…
If you haven’t heard already, two of the world’s greatest living blues guitarists descend on South Florida on February 9. The legendary BB King and Buddy Guy will be rocking the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The show is not sold out and the cheapest tickets available can be…
Those of you who missed the Music Musica Exhibit at the Miami Science Museum in early December will get another chance this week. The exhibit returns to give museum-goers a chance to learn about the impact of Latinos throughout the history of American popular music, and also to play with…
The new release from Miami psych/blues outfit the Psycho Daisies, Return from Blood Island, is a wash of feedback, distorted growls, bumps, grunts, reverb, and haunting vocals, courtesy of Johnny Salton and company. Salton’s roots are embedded in Miami musical history, from power-pop group the Reactions, through his extensive work…
If there’s such a thing as Miami royalty, Gloria Estefan is undoubtedly the queen. Along with husband, producer, musician and impresario, Emilio Estefan, she’s literally changed the landscape of the Magic City over the years, first putting the town on the map with Miami Sound Machine’s run of rampant success…
R3K was on the streets of downtown putting flyers on peoples cars. I asked him what the deal was. Here’s the interview.New Times: What’s your name and what do you do?My [DJ] name is R3K+. I spin at Psychic Tuesdays with DJ Healer at Bella Rose and Nightdrive Wednesdays at…
The kid Mish contacted me about documenting the Palm Beach County movement. Here’s what he had to say:…
The Hustle Holicz are the Dade County group behind the streets-to-radio hit “I’m So Throwed.” The song has a great ad lib and you’ll find it hard to get it out of your head. It’s a sound effect that sounds like a cross between Master P’s “uuhhhh,” Lil Jon’s “Yeeeeaayah”…
Everything’s cyclical. It’s the reason for a resurgence of skinny jeans and Keds — the 1980s were due for a comeback that started early in the New Millennium and steadily gained steam. And that trend wasn’t lost on Latin rock groups. Outfits like Belanova, The Pinker Tones, and Babasonicos began…
Vincent Spann and The Spann Family Band from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Back in late December I embedded myself for 24 hours with the Basic Training Deliverance Academy in Miami’s Liberty City. This video of Pastor Vincent Spann covering a classic track with his kids on keys and drums is…
There are few rap songs as important to modern culture as Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” a rallying cry against political indifference. Well, it’s been 20 years since PE’s frontman Chuck D helped scare the hell out of white America, and a black man now sits in the Oval Office…
I am a composer of modern music.The video above is my new group, Died in a Plane Crash. Let me explain: One of my current roommates is a sports fanatic. So, while I enjoy my morning coffee, he is watching ESPN Sports Center in the living room area. When I…
Gunline Entertainment is a rap group of young gutter dudes from South Dade’s meanest corners steadily making a name for itself by playing shows all over Dade County. From Maracas to Gusto’s, Nice and Naughty to Coco’s to Sobe Live, they bring a real bloodthirsty-party-vibe with em’ wherever they go…
About 20-some-odd years after the fact, Dania Beach alt.country.punk.roots pioneer, Charlie Pickett, is finally getting some of the props in mainstream media that he deserves. South Florida natives and music nerds that are in the know have been clocking this guy’s career since the late 1970s when he was slaying…
Lurk on this suckas. Fusik aka Only Few Are Sick aka play this shit loud til the old lady next door shakes her fist at you then realizes she might as well be dancing and then starts shakin it like a hot tomato aka…
SP Global Radio is a weekly show on www.miamibeatz.com hosted by local DJs JD and Rob Solomon. With over 40,000 iTunes podcast downloads per month worldwide, they are now hitting the airwaves with their eclectic mix of underground EDM. Tune in for their exclusive weekly broadcasts where you will hear…
Check out this live video of The Methodaires playing at Churchill’s. The Methodaires play a mix of ska, soul and rocksteady music, are currently gigging and have recorded material coming out this year. If you see their name on a flyer, go check em’ out, they’re worth it…
