Hey, beat freaks! It’s August, and you know what that means … Time to start plotting your annual Winter Music Conference plan of attack! There are only 217 days left until the 2014 Conference kicks off. And no, that’s not a lot of time. Believe us, you’re going to blink…
Justin Timberlake. Those words are enough to make any woman need to change her panties, and we’d venture to say a lot of gentleman can’t help but be titillated as well. He’s the dreamiest dream-boat this side of a wet-dream, and you’re god-damn right Jessica Biel wakes up every day…
The annual Gathering of the Juggalos is about 30-percent music festival, 20-percent drug-running racket, and 40-percent community organization. But all that other shit aside, it’s 100-percent titty central. Like, there are basically a whole bunch of titties. You got big titties, small titties, saggy titties, pierced titties, painted titties, alert…
Three years ago, Holland’s Hardwell barely broke onto the DJ Mag radar, coming in around 300 on the publication’s fan-voted list of top DJs. A year later, he broke through to 24, and last year, he came in at number six, something he said was one of the proudest moments…
Will.i.am is one of the world’s most popular musicians, which is very strange considering he’s also one of the worst pop stars on the planet. What do we mean by “worst?” Well, he continually proves himself to be an untalented, unintelligible hack. His lyric writing abilities — as showcased on…
When you’re getting ready to throw your first music festival in the heart of the city that raised you, it’s important to make a big impression. But how big Is big? Try reaching out to 67,000 people during the height of the International Champions Cup final between Chelsea and Real…
Flava Flav made hype-men what they are today, but Lil Jon makes hype-men what they will be tomorrow. The gold-toothed, dreadlocked madman put Atlanta on the map. His crunk music manifesto started a movement, whose reverberations we’re still reeling from ten years after his album Kings of Crunk, made with…
Dance music isn’t a religion, but taking a look around today’s dance floor might lead you to believe it’s possible. It’s not all sex and hedonism. These beat freaks are having life-changing experiences. They flock from all over the world to pray at the altar of light and bpms. And…
DJ Carnage — he’s “just chilling, eating food, watching Netflix,” doing whatever. You might have heard his breakout Bang! EP. Or you might have heard about how he pissed off a bunch of agro commenters by saying he was over trap. Or you might have killing it at Ultra Music…
What’s dumber? A dance music blog completely fabricates an absurd story about one of the world’s most popular DJs, or that said DJ would be personally offended and find that the clearly false story is damaging to his career. More specifically, possibly affecting his ranking in the DJ Mag Top…
Dear hip-hop, what the fuck happened? When did hip-hop become about bogus egos, dehumanizing women, hating ourselves, and stupid, unrelatable statements like #SufferingFromSuccess? Hip-hop was a music of the people, but now it’s a culture of the blind-leading-the-blind into a party full of strippers and bad decisions. The next morning,…
Has this every happened to you? One day, you’re sitting on a sofa with your best girlfriend, talking about boys and music and dreaming big. The next, you’re touring the world in support of a supersuccessful feminist pop anthem. Most likely not, but Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt now find…
With his first EP, Velvet, Austin Paul won the hearts of musical taste-makers from soulful-producer Kastle to groove-guru Pharrell. In the few months since it dropped, he’s traveled the nation making musical connections with big brands from Vogue to Porsche, and it’s just the beginning. Still, success can be stressful,…
America loves dance music, and bass music is especially beloved by thousands, probably millions, of happy beat freaks, from Miami to New York and Los Angeles. Now, we can’t really say 12th Planet is the man responsible for the current bass trend in the U.S., but we can say he…
Born in Chicago and residing in Brooklyn, Brenmar is one of the hottest producers on the underground scene. His up-tempo productions have hipsters and hip-hop heads doing double takes on dance floors across the nation and the globe. Whether he’s slinging an original, remix, club edit, or DJ set, Brenmar…
Florida has been getting a bad rap lately. And though it might seem at times like we’re a lost cause, that assessment isn’t entirely fair. We’re actually a global cultural force that spawned Major Lazer, one of dance music’s most inspiring and original outfits. Members Diplo and Walshy Fire are…
Something special is going on here. Tony Goldman may have sadly passed last year, but his last cultural mission in Miami’s Wynwood area continues to blossom down the path of a growing artistic force with a mind and manner of its own. It’s an exciting time in this district, and…
How many rappers are there with multiple number-ones and college degrees? How many rappers stay pure amid the media circus, refusing to change who they are physically or morally? How many rappers are immediately embraced by the biggest names in the industry while spitting cold, hard truths? On second thought,…
Before Marilyn Manson painted a stripe across his face, before Lady Gaga turned sonic sex into a catchy summer anthem, and before Johnny Depp donned a pirate hat, Adam Ant was Adam Ant. Even today, this influential ’80s mad man who once led Adam and the Ants continues to be…
Flo Rida is a Florida boy who’s basically made a career of ripping off dance music instant classics, and Diplo is a Florida boy who’s made a career spawning them. So far, the two haven’t really crossed paths. But it seems that’s all changed in the time it takes to…
Trina is Da Baddest Bitch. And that’s the way it’s been ever since her career first took off in the late ’90s. But it’s a decade and a half later. And the 34 year old’s got some stiff competition, what with all these bodacious youngins hitting the charts. In an…
Every good fight deserves a good soundtrack, and bonus points if you throw in some good barbecue. Luckily, Tobacco Road (626 S. Miami Ave., Miami) is bringing you the holy trifecta with the exciting Knock’n’Roll event going down Saturday. Thump Fight Gym, which bills itself as South Florida’s premier fight…
