Steve Aoki is a rock star … or so it seemed by the turn out at the Dirty Hairy party Wednesday night. The monster venue was packed with bodies early on, with those hoping to avoid LIV’s notoriously exasperating cattle call at the velvet rope. The spot to be seen…
By now you’ve heard of the multitude of ways you can provide much needed aid to devastated Haiti. Maybe you’ve tweeted, texted, or donated supplies or blood. But this Sunday it’s time to get together with some of the most generous degenerates in town and dance.The Electric Pickle and Musical…
If there is one party that never fails to attract the masses during Winter Music Conference, it’s Juicy Beach. The event, spearheaded by house DJ/producer Robbie Rivera, takes over Nikki Beach (1 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach) for over 16 hours of non-stop partying , and this year it will be…
Since alighting on Brooklyn’s underground dance music scene with partner Zev Eisenberg in 2001, DJ/producer Gadi Mizrahi has emerged as one of the most influential tastemakers in the wider international network of EDM labels and collectives. As a DJ and co-owner of the Wolf + Lamb imprint, he has garnered…
I’m perhaps not Dim Mak founder and DJ Steve Aoki’s biggest fan. He puts on too much of a show not enough interest in the music for my taste, but I understand why people like him. He’s charismatic and his DJ sets are more akin to a mosh pit at…
I know for a fact that most of you, dear readers, like to have fun. Usually in a musical and beer-drenched setting, Hell, I like it too. I was born and raised in Venezuela and if there’s one thing you won’t read in the dailies, is how much fun Venezuelans…
“Any musician certainly can come in with their own sound system.” Why does 2010 feel so awesome? Time is flying by like a space shuttle. I keep getting into these long “chats” on Facebook with people that I haven’t seen or heard from in almost 20 years…..
Last night, I hit up the official Get Physical label site while looking for some info on Philipp Jung of M.A.N.D.Y.’s upcoming DJ gig at Space on the 23rd. On a lark, I decided to hit the little “Miami” tab on the label’s tour dates page, and lo and behold……
Furious DudesSons of Bitchin’ (Self-released)facebook.com/furiousdudes Thrashy lo-fi garage punk is currently storming out of my speakers with the potential to turn my capable system to abject shit. Wow. Though I can’t wholly get behind the moniker these guys have chosen for themselves (think of the jokes), I do get completely…
As any Argentine worth his Dos Anclas (Two Anchors) salt will tell you, they’re better than you. Also, che boludo! Just kidding about the whole better than you thing. Not so much the cursing. But the holier than thou fame is a bit unjust, something Latinos say when they want…
Okay, so I’ll admit this post is really just about posting another hot-as-fuck picture of DJ/model Tamara Sky. So sue me. I’ve already publicly admitted my love for her. So sorry that from time to time I want to look at something pretty.That being said, despite her astonishing good looks,…
Folk star Richie havens plays the Broward Center Sunday, January 17
Radioboxer, which formed in the Magic City from the remnants of a previous incarnation called Falaz, has earned a strong fan base around town thanks to the band members’ honesty and sincerity. And, of course, because they really rock out. The band crafts alternative yarns built on thoughtful storytelling, while…
Saturday’s Miami Monstrosity minifestival at Churchill’s will feature, unsurprisingly, a wildly divergent mix of styles in its all-locals lineup. Among the artists who depart most drastically from the venue’s usual sounds is Static Moon, producer John Paul Sindoni. A multi-instrumentalist on the South Florida scene for the past decade, he…
Make no mistake: Four Year Strong loves the ’90s. Not only is its pop-hardcore sound a throwback to genre innovator the Movielife (as well as the guys who took it to the bank, New Found Glory), but also its new covers album, Explains It All, is a love letter to…
Guitarist and vocalist Warren Haynes is a busy man, juggling roles in the Allman Brothers, the Dead, and Gov’t Mule, which he leads, having founded it with the late Allmans bassist Allen Woody. Like the other bands Haynes is involved with, Gov’t Mule is based on a classic-rock sound: hard,…
Best South Florida albums of 2009
Cash Money Records, now based in Miami, again dominates the charts like it’s 1999
Here’s a Haiti Earthquake Twitpic music video we made using Obama’s address to the nation on the Haiti earthquake crisis. The images are Twitpics from across the internets: They’re first-response citizen media reports of crushed buildings, death, destruction, hope, and life.Wyclef’s Yele Foundation has been working in Haiti for years…
2009 was a big year for Wolf + Lamb, the NYC-based DJ/production duo and eponymous label responsible for some of the most exciting and imaginative new sounds in electronic dance music. From their growing cult following, centered around the infamous “Marcy Hotel” parties in Brooklyn, to their recent leap from…
Arturo Sandoval’s 2003 release Trumpet Evolution is perhaps the most aptly titled album he, or many others, for that matter, have ever dropped. It’s not only a fitting title for what the listener finds on the record–19 lush jazz tracks that span the history of the genre–but a very accurate…
Finally. A place to hang out in downtown Miami that’s not a club or a “lounge” or a restaurant or a venue of any kind, just a bar, and one that’s cheap but not depressing and full of bros. Okay, okay, so we loved PS14 and everything as a late-night…
