AltWeeklies Wire
Evil, Done Doggy-Stylenew
What could Fidel Castro and Pol Pot have learned from Snoop Dogg?
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Tags: Snoop Dogg
Live To Tellnew
Traditional thinking goes that young artists are supposed to forget the past while older ones such as Madonna are seemingly bound by it, and once they venture outside of their fans' comfort zones, they plummet into obscurity.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
01-10-2006 |
Music
Primordial Beatsnew
OG Ron C's remix of 8 Ball's Almost Famous enhances its forebear by deepening the artist's voice and making it possible to hear all the individual percussion sounds.
Miami New Times |
Rachel Swan |
01-10-2006 |
Reviews
Bah...PC Bugnew
A computer virus pales in comparison to some of the anti-piracy ideas thrown around by Sony executives.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
12-28-2005 |
Music
The Reggaeton Bible?new
The Source Latino made its debut as the first nationally distributed magazine to focus solely on the Lation hip-hop and reggaeton markets, ensuring it will be subjected to scrutiny and not-undue cynicism.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
12-28-2005 |
Music
Renegade Radionew
CIA moles, Holocaust deniers, survivalists, white supremacists, fringe Christian sects and an exiled president have all beamed their messages from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego on Radio Miami International's transmitter.
Miami New Times |
Mariah Blake |
12-28-2005 |
Music
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
Across the Universenew
The Secret Machines slow time and stretch space with psych-rock monuments -- and their music makes you think.
Miami New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
08-15-2005 |
Reviews
All That Jazznew
This quartet of self-proclaimed surrealists who profess disinterest in the "obvious" produces a music that eschews categorization. Some call it broken beat, and others call it acid jazz or nu-jazz.
Miami New Times |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Brazilian Girls
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