Looking for things to do this holiday season? Here are a couple shows that can get you away from your family for at least a few hours. On December 26, after you’ve probably spent about 48 hours too long with people you’d rather never see again, get some of that…
Mike Bones and Brian DeGraw. Max Fish is the coolest no-bullshit bar on Manhattan’s L.E.S., and in celebration of its 20th birthday, the good folks at OHWOW have recreated the bar here in Miami, in its entirety. Bonus for those of us missing out on our own late beloved dive…
At one point, the California MC Ras Kass seemed poised for a real mainstream takeover. Known for killer freestyles and guest verses, he issued a pair of early albums, Soul on Ice and Rasassination, that were well-received. Things started to unravel, though, around the time of his third album, Van…
In a departure from his usual soulful house sets, the Philly DJ/producer King Britt gets glitchy and left-field in the Miami installment of Saturn Never Sleeps, a monthly party he cofounded with his fiance, Rucyl Mills. King and Rucyl man the beats on laptops and other sundry gadgets, including, possibly,…
Goodfellas cover the Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” at Titanic Brewery & Restaurant in Miami.This is the Godfellas’ description of theirselves on their Facebook page: “GOODFELLAS IS THE GROOVIESTTitanic continues its tradition of showcasing live, local music. Log on to titanicbrewery.com for more info…
Hipster girls flashing their tits and a DJ with a French touch — what could be better? Well, the fact that it’s happening during the week of Art Basel is a bonus. And it’s all going down at Louis (2325 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) December 4.If you aren’t familiar with…
Few Latins have had as fruitful and influential a career in electronic dance music as DJ/producer Erick Morillo. Born in Colombia and later raised in Union City, New Jersey, the house music veteran began DJing in his teens. By the early ’90s he was experimenting with provocative genre-bending fusions of…
After eluding the annals of popular dance music for practically ever, France finally got with the program in the late ’90s thanks to a quirky little duo by the name of Daft Punk. It didn’t take long after that for France to grow its own crop of DJ superstars, the…
Nightlife never takes a holiday — nightlife, as a concept, exists permanently as an alternate-universe holiday. So in case you were wondering, yes, the usual (((SHAKE))) hip-hop party and bullshit will still be going down at the Vagabond this Thursday. And if you indeed find yourself there, that means you’ve…
We’ve already blogged a couple times about Poplife’s big Art Basel party on Saturday, December 5 featuring the Golden Filter. Electric Pickle’s got a lot of other stuff going on during Basel week, though, including a huge Aquabooty blow-out on Friday, December 4. Here’s the line-up.Wednesday, December 2″A meet and…
What makes a party America’s Best Party? We’re not entirely sure, but if you have a strong desire to give show some hometown love, Miami’s own Poplife is nominated for the title in Paper Magazine’s Fifth Annual Nightlife Awards. The uber-hipster publication has pitted the party against other hipster nights…
Miami hip hop group Flow Official has just released a new album, the Architects LP, which features Itagui from Locos Por Juana, Malverde, !Mayday!, and L.M.S. What Up Kid is a song off the new album. The members of Flow Official are Omniscient, Emo, A Priest Classik, and Sic Vic,…
DJ Andres Amadeus has been a staple of Miami’s electronic dance music scene for several years now, holding court at various hotspots around town including Segafredo, the Delano, and Skybar, where he presided over the weekly Soultech sessions and its slew of cutting-edge international techno bookings. In 2008 Andres joined…
With all the Art Basel hype (only one week away, woooo), you can be forgiven if you forgot our previous announcement about the Miami Music Festival. In its inaugural year, it’s a three-day shebang styled after bigger industry conferences like SXSW and CMJ, with simultaneous showcases at a bunch of…
Well, Thanksgiving is finally upon us. I know I’m not alone when I say that I start getting antsy for this holiday right around the end of summer. After all, I no longer need to fit into my bikini, so why not gorge myself on copious amounts of sweet potatoes,…
We were more excited this weekend about the upcoming long weekend plus all the Basel fun that will follow. Still there were a few things that caught our attention. So here is what you missed over the weekend:Vivid Video Porn Star Ball at CameoVivid Video sure gets around within the…
You want cool? Try this on for size. In a town and a time where everyone works every angle and drops every name, here comes a cat who, in this Head Spins interview, didn’t mention the fact that we both knew each other in the old-school days of Jessie’s and…
Jackson BrowneThe Fillmore Miami BeachSaturday, November 21, 2009The Review:Like much of his audience these days, Jackson Browne seems to have embraced age and maturity only reluctantly. That’s the inevitable result, perhaps, of growing up in the untamed times that were the ’60s and ’70s. That’s evident, of course, in his…
Night Watch is a regularly-occurring feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg.When we walked in to the Whiskey Tango All American Bar and Grill (1903 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood Call 954-925-2555 or visit whiskeytangofl.com), we were assaulted by the sounds of an atrocious cover band playing “Summer of…
Auteur Explosion XIWith Soma, Sage and Tag, and the ShutterCinema Paradiso, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, November 21, 2009Better Than: Any chic gallery on Las Olas or a drunken stupor on Himmarshee.The Review:In this land of palm trees and Tommy Bahama shirts, the fact that the monthly Auteur Explosion has survived this far…
Night Watch is a regularly-occurring feature about bars and clubs, written by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg.This week, I bar-hopped in Hollywood and stumbled into the PRL Euro Café (1904 A Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood. Call 954-980-8945 or visit prlcafe.com). PRL is a narrow venue with a few chairs at the front…
Despite the hordes of electronic dance music artists living and working out of Berlin — natives and foreign transplants alike — few embody the spirit and sound of Berlin’s contemporary EDM scene as fully as DJ/producer Cassy. Born Catherine Britton in England to a Caribbean father and Austrian mother, Cassy…
