So it’s approaching Sunday of WMC. That’s no excuse to sit down. The witching hour between Saturday night and Sunday morning marks the beginning of one of the most legendary closing parties, Sunday School for Degenerates. The debauched shebang is a 24-hour deal where you can come and go at…
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The annual Radio One pool party is almost eerily absent this year, but don’t worry about getting wrapped up in brand names. All of the superstar DJ talent will be here anyway, and Pete Tong will still helm it — they’ll just play under the banner of “Pete’s Pool Party.”…
Although we already discussed SunFest’s New Music Night offerings, it would be poor form to let the day’s other additions go unmentioned. For the youth contingent, 20-year-old Sean Kingston already has a wealth of Caribbean-flavored catchy melodies in his arsenal. “Fire Burning” is the one that raised Stephen Colbert’s ire…
Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications’ music sections. Just for kicks. Here’s last week’s entry.An in-depth look back at N.W.A. frontman Eazy E resides in Phoenix New Times.SF Weekly goes deep with indie darlings of the moment the Morning Benders and Washed…
Photographer Ari Justin got a lot of quality shots at Tuesday night’s massive post-hardcore showcase featuring Alesana, A Skylit Drive, Of Mice and Men, the Word Alive, and We Came as Romans at Culture Room.Take a peek at the slideshow over here. …
American Idol Season 8 star Danny Gokey, who finished third behind Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, will not perform at the Culture Room on April 8, according to the venue’s website. Gokey’s debut country album My Best Days is selling briskly, though. The album’s first single is “My Best Days Are…
DJ/producer Seth Troxler has to be one of the most archetypal characters in contemporary EDM. Born and bred in the Detroit techno scene, schooled by the scene veterans and absorbing all the sounds he could get his hands on at the record shop/DJ hub where he worked as a teen,…
Steve Starks is 1/3 of Washington DC’s Nouveau Riche party crew alongside Nacey and Gavin Holland.Monday, he played White Room to welcome in WMC. Tonight, he’ll be at Spiderpussy’s Set Up For Scandal at Klutch on South Beach.We caught up with him by phone to get his perspective as an…
There is cutting it close and then there is just waiting to last possible minute. NYC party Fixed chose the later. Its annual Fixed WMC Freakout just got announced. This party has hosted some big names over the years including Justice, Erol Alkan, Simian Mobile Disco, and more.This year it…
Whoa, we were sure excited the day SunFest announced their initial slate of performers the 28th installment of the music festival, which takes place April 28 – May 2 in downtown West Palm Beach. Nas, Damian Marley, the Flaming Lips and Weezer are among the choice goodies in the batch.After…
If you’re out and about today, here are some worth checking out. *The Shelborne’s DJ Mag Recession Sessions pool party, with Sharam, Steve Lawler, Dennis Ferrer, Will Saul, James Zabiela, Joris Voorn, Nic Fanciulli, and S.O.S. Presale tickets long ago sold out, but you may be able to pay to get…
King Britt has never been an easy talent to pin down. The main common thread, perhaps, throughout the career of the easy-going Philadelphia artist is one of experimenting. In every genre he tackles, he’s always been a little out in left field. That’s been true from his beginning as the…
It’s refreshing to see a young salsero stick to his guns. Largely ignoring the route that most of his contemporaries have taken (well, excluding his brief cameo as Rubén Blades in 2007’s El Cantante), Victor Manuelle continues to forge his identity as a pure sonero while still exploring within the…
We normally try to conserve our energy the first few days before getting too crazy the rest of the week, but how could we skip out on the first night of Winter Music Conference? In fact, there were a few good reasons to nix the sleeping for some weekday partying.Mansion…
Good morning, local rockers. Perhaps some of you slept better last night than you have ever before. That would either be because of the mixture of intoxicants you ingested, or because destiny is on your side. The in-house selection panel (including yours truly) started out with 22 acts, and narrowed…
Last week and this week, we had the pleasure of following the adventures of our very own Meatist, Bradford Schmidt, during his first visit to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. In addition to providing us with coverage, he tweeted and blogged his face off. Get all of our SXSW…
Time to hit the gym because BET’s Spring Bling 2010 is right around the corner. On April 10, West Palm Beach’s Rivera Beach will host the spring’s hottest revelers. A couple names that might be on the bill include: Soulja Boy, Chris Brown, Trey Songz and Trina.If you’re a dead-ringer…
Think of this as a chill way to kick off the week, or, if dance music is not your thing, to get a final taste of live sounds before you go into hiding. (The latter would be kind of a shame, considering the range of genres and artists represented, including,…
Building on our obvious love for music and meat from down under, there aren’t enough bands out there like Australia’s Karnivool. Delivering monumentally thunderous riffs that still sound beautiful, catchy hooks that don’t get cheesy, and extended songs that avoid sounding forced is no small undertaking. But Karnivool, with their…
