Miami rock band Lochness Monster follow innate desire to make music...
Once you’re a musician it’s hard to repress the desire to make music. Though former Giving Chase drummer Justin Shaner is a happy family...
Storytelling through collaboration – Director Monica Peña discusses filmmaking and upcoming...
Miami’s film scene is not only booming with talented filmmakers, but it is also among the more diverse platforms for filmmakers due to an abundance...
Moonlight filmmakers talk shooting beauty of Miami and connecting with material...
Miami is a city cursed by prejudice. We can thank “Miami Vice” for some of it as well as a too many New York...
Independent Ethos Radio Hour – episode 1
It's here, the first episode of The Independent Ethos Radio Hour on Joltradio.org. To sum it up, this was recorded just after I attended...
5 recommendations at Miami Film Fest + New indie rock –...
It's been a while since I've been on Jolt Radio with a new episode of "The Independent Ethos Radio Hour." Reviewing movies for Miami...
Miami solo musician Xela Zaid evolves as he searches for raw...
Local gem Xela Zaid has long been one of the most innovative musicians working the Miami music scene, from his early career as a...
Billy Croben on the inspiration of child actors in Screwball and...
In my recent Miami New Times review of the new documentary Screwball, I praised the filmmakers’ decision to incorporate children in their reenactments of...
Dracula releases first vinyl record via Sweat Records Records and talks...
When Dorys Bello and Eli Oviedo started making music together, they never imagined a vinyl record of their recordings would be released, but today...
One of South Florida’s guitar greats remembered via “New Times”
We're coping with the loss of one of the best guitarists the Miami-area local scene has ever been blessed to have. Dan Hosker passed...
Live review: PiL at Grand Central, Miami, Oct. 5, 2012
I've seen the unglamorous aging of punk rock and--- wouldn't you know it--- John Lydon, once known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, is...