On any given Thursday evening at the Palms Hotel on South Beach, you’ll find an intimate confab of hipsters swaying to a decidedly worldly beat. The party’s called Sip and Spa, and, as the name implies, it’s as heavy on the cocktails as it is on the massage. Actually, there…
It would be enough of an accomplishment if 24-year-old DJ Chachi simply spun at Tenjune — after all, it is one of the Big Bad Apple’s hippest hot spots. But that’s not nearly enough for this go-getter, who also counts to his credit residencies at both Mur.Mur in the Borgata…
The Citrus Circuit Tour Is Juicy
It would be enough of an accomplishment if 24 – year – old DJ Chachi simply spun at Tenjune — after all, it is one of the Big Bad Apple’s hippest hotspots. But that’s not nearly enough for this go-getter, who also counts to his credit residencies at both Mur.Mur…
On any given Thursday evening at the Palms Hotel on South Beach, you’ll find an intimate confab of hipsters swaying to a decidedly worldly beat. The party’s called Sip and Spa, and, as the name implies, it’s as heavy on the cocktails as it is on the massage. Actually, there…
Is a DJ a musician? Some say yes; some say no. If you say yes, what happens when the DJ ditches the turntable and kicks on the Serato? Is he or she still a musician? And what about the Pioneer CDJ folks? Or the Apple Core crowd? Are they musicians…
Not many swing bands boast an axe man who’s a fan of Rush. Then again, when the original swing bands were around, prog rock wasn’t even the horizon, let alone a dream in some long-haired Canadian’s mind. Oddly enough, the swing bands got along fine without it. Though truth be…
It would be enough of an accomplishment if 24 – year – old DJ Chachi simply spun at Tenjune — after all, it is one of the Big Bad Apple’s hippest hotspots. But that’s not nearly enough for this go-getter, who also counts to his credit residencies at both Mur.Mur…
Is a DJ a musician? Some say yes, some say no. If you say yes, what happens when the DJ ditches the turntable and kicks on the Serato? Are they still musicians? And what about the Pioneer CDJ folks? Or the Apple core crowd? Are they musicians too?The question is…
Born in Santiago, Chile, and raised right here in stormy South Florida, Ashe has been at it for more time than most folks devote to realizing their lives, let alone their dreams. And never once has he lost faith, either in himself or in the music. Ashe gained his pivotal…
When New Times first caught up with DJ D-Up, the DC native was bringing his no holds barred “party music” to The Rose Bar at South Beach’s infamous Delano each and every Saturday night. He also was swooping into the continually cool Mokai once a month or so.Fast forward half…
Astari NiteFriday, June 5, 2009Flamingo Fridays at PS14, MiamiBetter Than: A pop goth cocktailAs my esteemed colleague (and de facto boss) Arielle Castillo so keenly wrote in these pages last September, Astari Nite singer Mychael Ghost is unquestionably “a proper frontman.” Which is to say (as she said), that he…
Poplife Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary This Saturday
Hurricane Wilma was devastating for a lot of folks, but not for Jenni Foxx. See, on that 2005 day after the storm hit, she happened to have a scheduled DJ audition at the Clevelander. But there was no power. And a few hours later, when it was restored, Foxx got…
Amazing what three months alone in a northern Wisconsin cabin will do for a fella, especially if he’s bedridden with mono and has nothing but a complete collection of Northern Exposure for company. Or at least that’s the tall tale behind Bon Iver’s debut LP, For Emma, Forever Ago, a…
Hurricane Wilma may have been devastating for a lot of folks, but not for Jenni Foxx. See, on that 2005 day after it hit, she happened to have a scheduled DJ audition at the Clevelander. But there was no power. And a few hours later, when power was restored, Foxx…
Some people work at ambition while others are born to it. And then there are those who take the ambition they’re born with and work it till it gels into something successful. And each success spurs even more successes, until, well, their names become synonymous with the very word succeed…
That Gwen Stefani hasn’t become a caricature of herself is either testament to her utter savvy or to the fact that she basically began as a caricature in the first place — and beat everybody to the punch line. That’s not to say that, back in the day, No Doubt’s…
Not many DJs can boast a big-screen portrayal by Wilmer Valderrama. Then again, not many DJs can brag about surviving some of the most decadent nights of 1990s New York clubland either. But both are the case with DJ Keoki, who spun his way through nights so depraved that they…
Throughout the ‘90s, Rene Lecour was known around South Beach as DJ Sugar. And like many of those who crawl by night, he got caught up in the party life. Flash-forward a decade and Lecour is a clean-living, hard-working single father of two who supports his family with a full-time…
The Crystal MethodThursday, May 14, 2009Revolution Live, Fort LauderdaleBetter than: Revenge of the NerdsWhen I spoke with The Crystal Method’s Ken Jordan last week, he assured me that when he and his cohort Scott Kirkland hit town “they’d be pulling out all the stops.”Unfortunately, the stage at Revolution reportedly wasn’t…
The Crystal Method’s Divided by Night Tour Hits Revolution Thursday
