I'd seen Mark Garza's name a lot on the internet for a while, as I'm sure many of you reading this have as well. I knew they were around my age, and eventually they followed me back on Twitter and accepted my Facebook friend request. However, I didn't really know them that well and my curiosity kept leading me to ask myself, "what's the deal with that Mark Garza kid?" So I decided I should take matters into my own hands and get down to the bottom of this question. I really enjoyed finding out Mark's deal, as well as their endeavors with their label/blog Funeral . . .

The swampy air of Miami has cultivated a microcosm of art and artists. It pains me a bit to have to make a distinction between genders when it comes to talking about an artist, poet, or musician, but unfortunately there is a disparaging unbalance in the artist landscape, as it favors guys. Not to say that Miami or the broader United States are disenfranchising women (intentionally at least), but I think a comment should be made about the unbalance. Rather than focusing on the lack of women making gains in their artist endeavors, I would like to focus on a few of my favorite artists, who happen to be women.

I first came across Rebecca Lima, aka Whorish Boorish, at one of the first shows I covered, and she has continued to be one of my favorite musicians in Miami. Rebecca’s music puts you . . .