Initially catching a break as an opening DJ for progressive figurehead Sasha, U.K. DJ/producer James Zabiela funneled an interest in acid house’s tightly pitched trills and the instant editing potential of the Pioneer CDJ decks into a blissfully slick sound that’s both sci-fi and hi-fi. Digitally assisted by MIDI controllers,…
Is a DJ a musician? Some say yes, some say no. If you say yes, what happens when the DJ ditches the turntable and kicks on the Serato? Are they still musicians? And what about the Pioneer CDJ folks? Or the Apple core crowd? Are they musicians too?The question is…
I’m not going to make the usual references to Teenage Bottlerocket being from the small town of Laramie, Wyoming and then go on to say that they remind people of the Ramones even though they are from this really small town in a western state and the Ramones are from…
Here are excerpts from a recent email interview with local hip hop photographer Derick G.”I started in the music industries by getting on music video sets. The ball really started rolling when i was on set of “we takin over” by DJ KHALED featuring a star studded line up …Akon…
You wouldn’t think the American Civil War and reggae music would be closely associated. Nothing’s less Rasta than people warring over states rights and abolition, but John Brown’s Body begs to differ, at least when it comes to their name. Originally a marching song for the Union, John Brown’s Body…
She of the haunting, breathy voice and unpredictable stage shows is coming to Culture Room on July 13. Cat Power aka Chan Marshall recently announced a new U.S. tour in support of her most recent album Jukebox.Just be forewarned if you buy tickets to this show. If she’s on, you’re…
Featuring the Spam Allstars, Suenalo, and more Saturday, June 13, 2009 Jazid, Miami Beach Better than: Bottle service and a roomful of fake tits. It was 9:13 p.m. and across the street on Washington Ave., a couple hundred members of the steroid and cosmetic surgery set were waiting outside one…
To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. There’s a side of me people hardly ever see, simply because I am old enough to understand the business and the attitudes people carry. Like me or not, if I get hired to do a job, get out of…
Friday, June 12*South Florida music scene sweetheart and Sweat cofounder Lolo celebrates her birthday at the Vagabond in Miami tonight. DJ Hottpants is the special guest, and there will be cupcakes and candy galore. Cover is free before midnight, and just $5 after. Click here for full details on the…
In the world of Miami Beach party spots, Jazid (1342 Washington Ave., Miami Beach) is a welcome oddity. Not only does the small speakeasy-like joint stand in stark contrast to our city’s cavernous superclubs, but it has also managed to find a more permanent public than your average hipster bait…
Steely Dan should have belonged to the oughties. Their particular blend of soft-rock bears so many of the hallmarks of latter-day indie royalty that one begins to wonder whether it’s a coincidence at all, or if Walter Becker and Don Fagen are actually time-traveling sonic explorers sent from the far…
Fatboy Slim will be forever preserved in the mainstream pop culture annals as that funk soul brother who all but left so-called “electronica” behind as he crafted commercial-ready dance hits. Seriously, his late Nineties/early 2000 hits are so massive that they need not even be named. (Oh, here are a…
I just saw this on the Off the Radar blog. Richard Haig aka Panic Bomber gets down with MJ and B-Robb of Awesome New Republic on a collabo remix. This is like a Miami New Times Best of 2009 love fest for dance fans. It’s FreeFreeFree.com. Follow the link below…
Here’s a video of Glocca Morra playing at The Bubble in Ft Lauderdale on June 6 in their first show since signing to Livid Records. The show was thrown by the Independent Artists Working Network…
Remember when Eddie Murphy decided it was time to turn away from the silver screen and dive into pop music? If you said yes, you’re officially old and probably hesitant to give another actor a shot at a music career. The difference between Mr. Foxx and Mr. Murphy, aside from…
If you missed her last month, there’s no need to continue crying. Britney is coming back to American Airlines Arena on September 2. Continuing along her ‘Circus’ tour, Britney herself is promising that even those who caught her the first time will be in for a surprise. Her blog states…
Vous etre un chien! That means, “you are a dog” in French. It’s not terribly impressive, but it’s all I managed to retain from a year of introductory French in freshman year of Christopher Columbus High School, before I got kicked out and began my extensive tour of SoFla’s high…
New York Dolls Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale Better than: A half-authentic tribute act. Maybe I’m a natural-born negative creep. Or maybe my inner lonely planet boy has been shocked out of his bubble a few too many times by the cruel, harsh realities of our post-punk…
Few frontmen are as wildly energetic as The Legendary JC’s Eugene Snowden. Backed by a badass eight-piece, he confidently recreates the soul revue sensations of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Snowden brings his own explosive quirks to the indelible personas created by such greats as James Brown and Al…
Walking home from Omni Station last night some kid sitting on a bike’s handlebars as his buddy pedalled south on Miami Ave. waved his hands and said, “Listen to that jazz music” in a mocking tone. So I stumbled into a mostly empty Electric Pickle at around 11 and tried…
Once upon a time a man named Ace Roller was walking down a canyon wearing a fury coat of arms and carrying a deranged, damaged instrument that seemed like it might have at some point been a guitar. At the lowest point in the valley he came across two musical…
When you’ve spent a quarter century reinventing rock music, altering the landscape not only for yourself, but for pretty much every band to come after, releasing a new album can be a tricky affair. It’s not just a matter of increased expectations — of course everyone expects their musical gods…
