Two big names in the contemporary underground techno scene will be alighting on Parkwest nightclub in downtown on Friday, February 5, Brooklyn-based DJ/producers Camea and Alexi Delano. Camea Hoffman is a classically-trained musician boasting a darkly sexy and funked-up brand of minimal techno with releases charted by the likes of…
No amount of bloggy rapture from here or other local outlets can save a promising local band from the usual frustration and wanderlust. And so it goes that Stonefox, the Boca-based trio (and sometimes foursome) over which I’ve publicly geeked out, is likely no more. The band has already been a…
Gov’t MuleRevolution, Fort LauderdaleJanuary 20, 2010Better Than: Paying to be crammed in a container with 1000 old, loud, smelly people and then shipped from Haiti during a earthquake with nothing but Gov’t Mule on my MP3 player. The Review:I am guessing that since Revolution Live has an average of six shows…
Snobby, indie music site Pitchfork awarded Surfer Blood’s debut album, Astro Coast, an 8.2 rating, also tagging as “Best New Music.” However, if you’ve followed the bands meteoric rise, thanks in large part to Pitchfork, this doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise. The site has shown its love for the…
For this year’s Super Bowl festivities, a four-day, celebrity-filled affair is about to check in to the newly renovated Eden Roc Renaissance Resort under the name of Hotel 944. The party kicks off with a charity event hosted by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and his Super Skins partner, Nick Lachey…
Looking to score $500? Are you handy with a camera? Do you enjoy local music? Well, Sweat Records has got a contest for you. The Little Haiti record store is calling for aspiring music video directors to act, animate or whatever Rachel Goodrich’s track “Light Bulb,” which as we know…
Yep, another Tamara Sky post. I’m not going to say much except she’s spinning at Louis tomorrow night for its Misfit party. She’ll loved my other post about the Sloppy Seconds event at White Room that she took of part of that she gave me a big hug when she…
If you’ve been paying attention to the news–and it’s almost impossible not to at a time like this–you’ve no doubt witnessed the horrors our poor Caribbean neighbors in Haiti have endured since a major earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter mag scale all but obliterated the small impoverished country sharing…
You guys all know all about Jazid and MiamiAlterLatino.com’s International Thursdays parties, right? Here’s hoping you’ve even partaken of the good times to be had at Fiesta Colombiana two weeks back and the Argentine shindig last Thursday. Well, the series continues tonight with a third installment paying homage to a…
…Speaking of DJ Craze (check the previous post on this blog for an un-missable nugget of joy he passed along), Miami’s finest DJ champ will head to the desert this summer to play Coachella for the first time. On the mega-festival’s second day, Saturday, April 17, he’ll take the stage…
Mushroom Jazz originator Mark Farina does Nocturnal Saturday, January 23
An unlikely pairing of Victor Calderone and M.A.N.D.Y. at Club Space Saturday, January 23
Considering the circumstances surrounding the bungling would-be plane bomber on Christmas Day, Laura Meyer’s decision to dub her recent northern jaunt “The Long Underwear Tour” might have proven somewhat unfortunate. So it’s a wise choice she shed that banner for her current tour, which includes an extended stay in South…
In a surprising change from its usual highfalutin programming, this Broward Center-affiliated venue on the Nova campus gives itself over Friday night to local hip-hop. The star of the event is 954 rapper Breyan Isaac, who celebrates the release of his album Extraordinarily Average. Luckily, the disc is more than…
What in hell happened to hardcore? It’s right up there with hip-hop in the constant hand-wringing and state-of-the-genre analysis from its fans. The mid-’00s, MySpace, and regrettable haircuts came along and — voila — a genre that was once famous for its no-nonsense rage became a morass of sub-subgenres tangled…
Like fellow New Yorkers Danny Tenaglia and Danny Morales, DJ Roger Sanchez has become one of the most ubiquitous names in the world of electronic dance music. He’s an icon of the jet-setting transatlantic scene stretching from the East Coast to Ibiza, where he has held residencies every summer for…
For South Beach legend Tony Garcia, the beat goes on at his monthly Zodiac parties
The Strip to open in the old Rumi space in South Beach
It’s January, which means it’s time for another edition of the Village Voice’s annual Pazz and Jop poll of music critics. Yes, it’s probably the latest, high-profile wrap-up of the best music of 2009, but it’s also the biggest in sheer number of voices — some 697 voters submitted ballots…
Don’t let anyone tell you DJing isn’t an art form. Being able to control a crowd of people — most who are probably drugged out of their minds — takes skill. Not everybody can DJing, no matter what W Magazine says. So why not prove your prowess on the decks…
Music is a WeaponUnplug Your Mind (Self-released)musicisaweaponband.com Music Is A Weapon has already proven its chops beyond simple question, and this EP is a natural progression for the outfit. It opens with the post – industrial – hardcore track “1968 the 2-Bit Hustler,” and bleeds into a rocking, danceable “Benz and…
The LINK crew is back for another round of techno madness at the Electric Pickle on Friday night, where they’ll be serving up a double booking featuring Marco Resmann and Tony Rohr. A veteran of the ’90s Berlin scene and prolific producer, Marco Resmann has released under the monikers Audiogain,…
