When it comes to New York City hardcore, Sheer Terror is one of just a handful of bands from the ’80s to still be around and playing shows. The band’s lead singer, Paul Bearer, got into punk rock as a kid in Staten Island. He’s got a face like a…
Attention passengers. You’re normally allowed one carry-on per flight. But Ultra Music Festival is going to go ahead and upgrade that to about 10. No, we’re not actually flying anywhere, but Ultra is spreading the love with their Carry On series of after parties throughout Miami Music Week. Festivities kick…
Calle Ocho 2012 music and entertainment guide, March 11
Elton John at BankAtlantic Center March 9
Miami New Times’ Artopia 2012 with Otto von Schirach at Villa 221 March 8
Henry Rollins’s spoken-word show at Revolution Live March 9
Waka Flocka Flame’s Spring Break Kickoff at SoBe Live March 8
The Casualties at Churchill’s Pub March 8
Amtrac and Brass Knuckles at Grand Central March 8
Ricardo Arjona at American Airlines Arena March 9
Experience Hendrix 2012 Tour at Hard Rock Live March 14
When speaking of legendary DJs, you need look no further than François Kevorkian. The man’s resume reads like the history of popular dance music itself. He cut his teeth at NYC’s seminal Studio 54 and The Loft during disco’s heyday, and at the Paradise Garage during the birth of house…
Who leads a sexy life of million-dollar beats, limitless bottles, sweaty groupies, massive megaclubs, rooftop condos, famous friends, and international travel aboard personally branded private jets? Well, we certainly don’t. But Tiësto does. And as usual, the Dutch electronic dance music superstar’s gonna be returning to his second home –…
See also ShipRocked interviews with “Gilby Clarke, Ex-Guns N’ Roses Axe Man” and “Godsmack’s Robbie Merrill.” Thanks to South Florida’s various ports, the region has become the epicenter of the music cruise phenomenon. We’ve already battled through the Bruise Cruise, uhntz-uhntz-ed aboard Hard’s Holy Ship!, and even done time (and…
The excitement of talking with Ralf Hütter, the man behind legendary krautrock crew Kraftwerk, proved overwhelming. An interview seemed like a long shot, especially considering the fact that the last thorough press clip I could find was a June 2009 chat with The Guardian’s John Harris. And my over-sharing on…
Before Steve Aoki was voted DJ Most Likely to Waste Champagne, he already had a pretty sweet reputation as the head of Dim Mak records. When he started the label back in 1996, he focused mainly on signing massive indie rock acts like Battles, Bloc Party and The Von Bondies…
To the three producers who make up Swedish House Mafia — Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso — operating on a massive scale is no big deal, pun intended. From the beginning of the trio’s rise to international prominence, they’ve seemed to always operate at a sweeping level, beginning with…
The ever-rolling bass waves created by the tectonic booty claps of Miami in the 80s have tsunamied through space-time and crashed across Canadian borders. Low-end marauder and fresh-coast connoiseur Ill Gates is proof. And for his first-ever Miami show at The Vagabond on March 15, the Toronto native (who recently…
Record fairs are like hypercompetitive, cut-throat, life-or-death archaeological digs. But instead of some swarthy scientist digging up the missing link between man and ape or some rugged Indiana Jones type discovering lost civilizations, you’ve got über-nerds frothing at the mouth, damn near ready to shank a motherfucker over a mint-condition…
What do bass and barbecue sauce have in common? Well, they’re the main ingredients of Dirtybird’s infamous Golden Gate BBQ parties. Of course, Dirtybird is the beloved label of San Francisco DJ-producers Claude Von Stroke and Justin Martin. And it’s home to some of the most sleazetastic, fun-loving sounds in…
Even after 27 years, four albums, and a few line-up changes, Jane’s Addiction is holding on strong. In fact, Perry Farrell and company’s latest album, The Great Escape Artist, made it to the third spot on Billboard rock chart. So rather than kick the habit in 2012, these ’90s alt-rock…
It feels like only yesterday that we were shaking our hips with Gloria Estefan in a record-breaking 119,969-person conga line at Calle Ocho. But that was March of 1988, Reagan was in still office, and Miami New Times was only a fortnightly newspaper, not the massive multimedia empire that it…
