Yo Yo Yo! ’90s Jam With Soul Clap at Electric Pickle Tomorrow

After wearing out our ’80s nostalgia on the dancefloor all through the 2000s, it’s safe to say we’ve now collectively moved into full-blown ’90s retro mode. You can hear it across clubland, where DJs everywhere have started to drop their fair share of jacking house classics from seminal ’90s labels…

Hot Damn Indeed! Punk and Hip-Hop Party at Eve Tonight

There is something culturally synchonous about the moments that gave rise to punk rock and hip-hop. Both were musical genres that began as reactions. And one need only peruse the photo work of Glen E. Friedman and see that they were both there, growing independent of each other, but achieving…

Winter Music Conference 2011 Lineup and Party Listings Event Guide

This year WMC makes history as the kickoff to an electronic music party marathon that will see over 300 events in the course of three weeks. Starting March 8, there will be more pool parties, hotel throwdowns, megaclub orgies, underground raves, laidback lounge-offs, and hardcore marathons than you can throw…

Bruise Cruise: An Internet Recap of All the S@!T We Missed

The Bruise Cruise set sail last weekend sans Crossfade, and while we were totally bummed El Jefe didn’t swing us the $500 cabin fee, we were stoked to be part of the Grand Central kickoff party last Thursday. And honestly, after eight-hours of live-blogging, a 50-image slide show, and an…

Julieta Venegas at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, February 27

Julieta VenegasPresented by Jack DanielsGusman Center for the Performing ArtsSunday, February 27, 2011Better Than: The last time she was here, at a smokey Dolce and very pregnant. And that show was damned good.Without question, Julieta Venegas is one of Latin pop’s chameleons. And the reasons we’ve listed previously in print,…

Philip Glass at the New World Center March 17

Philip Glass is a heavyweight of contemporary minimalism. Alongside auteurs like Steve Reich and John Cage, Glass is, simply put, one of the biggest, boldest names in 20th century music. Much like the aforementioned peers-in-experimentation, his ouvre delicately (and delightfully) blurs the line between the colloquially dubbed “Classical” genre and…

A Cozy Evening for Paranoiacs with Out of the Anonymous and Friends

Out of the Anonymous with Astro Blak, Space Between Words and Bulletproof Tiger Fox’s Sherron Inn Friday, February 25, 2011 Better than: Staying in and letting personal delusions take over. While I find the ongoing capital improvements to Fox’s somewhat inspiring, I’m having a hard time judging the depth of the…

WVUM Still Working Toward That Woodie!

Sadly, FIU’s Radiate FM went soft in the second-to-last round of MTV’s marathon contest for best college radio station in the nation. So they’re out. Thanks to WVUM 90.5 FM, though, Miami can continue to dream about bringing home a big beautiful Woodie, polishing it to a high gloss, and…

Von D. at Loft 168, February 26

Von D Loft 168 Saturday, February 26, 2011 Better than: Kat Von D from LA Ink.  Out on the sidewalk a block away from Loft 168, we could already hear the metal grates over closed storefronts reverberating with bass. Always a good sign…

Mod Miami Coming March 3

A four-day event featuring Miami Modern architecture and style begins this week and runs through the weekend. There will be music, including a DJ set by Fred Schneider of the B-52s, at the American Legion Hall just off Biscayne Boulevard. The event will also include art shows, workshops, and “a swankadelic experience for…

Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party at Grand Central, February 24

See the full Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party slideshow. Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party With Black Lips, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Vivian Girls, Thee Oh Sees, Strange Boys, Surfer Blood, Ty Segall, Turbo Fruits, and Jacuzzi Boys Grand Central Thursday, February 24, 2011 Better than: Catching a case of e. coli poisoning…

Behind the Scene of Caligula’s “Light in the Dark” Video Shoot

Local dubstep duo, Caligula, recently wrapped up its first-ever music video. The track, “Light in the Dark,” comes from forthcoming EP, The Rise — available digitally March 8 via Beatport. Overthrow’s Samuel Baum sent over a few pictures of the video shoot at Studio 1415, which was filmed under the…

Kid Rock and Jamey Johnson at Hard Rock Live March 8 UPDATE

​Win free tickets to Kid Rock and Jamey Johnson’s Hard Rock Live show. UPDATE: Mr. Rock’s tour management just released 100 production holds the March 8 show. Score yours via ticketmaster.com. When Kid Rock first surfaced in the late ’90s, slightly goofy hip-hop trappings and incongruous long hair in tow,…

Out of the Anonymous Returns to Form With CD Number Four

Out of the Anonymous CD Number Four (Self-released)oota.com The last time I had the pleasure to review Out of the Anonymous within these pages was way back in 2004 with their sophomore release, Masked Media. And this trio of extremely adept musicians has now shared more than a decade together…