AltWeeklies Wire
Mary J. Blige on Life, Death, Drugs, and Whitney Houstonnew

"I wanted Whitney to make it ... I didn't want her to die like that."
Miami New Times |
S. Pajot |
03-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige
Righteous Maytalnew

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert on his band and the birth of reggae.
Miami New Times |
S. Pajot |
11-16-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Check The Rhimenew

Q-Tip Talks Kanye West, the Roots, and the Reunion of A Tribe Called Quest.
Miami New Times |
Stacey Russell |
10-13-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lil Jon Talks 'Crunk Rock,' Pitbull and Fine Winenew

Don't make the mistake of thinking rapper/producer/all-around Svengali Lil Jon is a buffoon. The man behind the blinding grills and creatively shocking lyrical allusions to sex is a shrewd businessman and songwriter who swirls the winds of pop into his own entertainment hurricane.
Miami New Times |
Arielle Castillo |
09-28-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Page Six is a Long Way from Black Tide's South Florida Homenew

It's safe to assume it was the first time a bunch of West Kendallites appeared in the New York Post's infamous gossip column. And it's especially notable because they did so for indirectly inciting a minor riot in L.A. alongside a famously celebrated, then disgraced, then semi-redeemed memoirist.
Miami New Times |
Arielle Castillo |
07-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Order's Peter Hook Speaks About the Band's Final Live DVDnew
Even though New Order has officially split up, bassist Peter Hook isn't exactly resting on his laurels. The 52-year-old travels the world as an in-demand DJ, amid writing and recording new music with Freebass.
Miami New Times |
Annie Zaleski |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kristopher Hull Tries to Bring Classical Music to the Streetsnew

Armed with a full-size upright piano, a repertoire of Chopin's etudes and nocturnes, and his nerves, the 33-year-old pianist planned to storm Miami Beach's Lincoln Road, guerrilla-style.
Miami New Times |
Arielle Castillo |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nostalgic Like Datnew
Doodlebug of Digable Planets discusses the band's reemergence after 10 years of silence.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
01-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Digable Planets
Uncertain Smilenew
Ray Raposa is Castanets' sole permanent member and its primary driving force; the music is entirely his vision -- loose, nois and potently evocative.
Miami New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
12-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: California, San Diego, Album, bass, Castanets, Cathedral, drums, First Light's Freeze, guitars
The Other Xiu Dropsnew
Jamie Stewart says Xiu Xiu's music is "provocative," which may be a mild term considering one of their songs is about anally raping to death and then eating George W. Bush.
Miami New Times |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
12-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dead Againnew
In April, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the original four members of Bauhaus found themselves back in black for the first time since 1998.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
11-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
More Than Meets the Eyenew
Like many a musical epiphany, the Benevento-Russo Duo came together through a fortunate convergence of raw talent and abject poverty.
Miami New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Trick or Trinanew
Though comfortable in the hard-core persona she developed while collaborating with rap star Trick Daddy, Trina had begun to branch out.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
10-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Missy's Recipe for Funnew
Missy Elliott is one of the few artists whose videos are still considered events. They are gleeful, frantic, and full of delicious visual puns and quirky effects.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
08-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
DJ'ing Is Easynew
James Zabiela storms the DJ world with a bag of utilities and an ear for grooves.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
07-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews