Chayanne

Let’s put to rest the age-old question of what happened to Elvis. He was reincarnated in Puerto Rico as Latin pop phenom Chayanne. Forget the chronological conundrum posed by the fact that the latter was born before the King died. For Exhibit A, just look at Chayanne. Where else have…

Cobra Starship

Cobra Starship is a bit of an anomaly — the veritable mullet hairstyle of popular music. The fluorescent-swathed, power-pop- and punk-infused electro band sticks to a surprisingly strict regimen when it comes to its work — business in the front. Still, the group maintains a serious party in the back…

Get Housed With Chuck Love at Electric Pickle on Thursday

For true house music aficionados, Chuck Love needs no introduction. For going on two decades the long-standing scene veteran and renaissance man has juggled the roles of disc jockey, video jockey, multi-instrumentalist producer, vocalist, label head, and all-around musical evangelist, spreading the joys of classic soulful house on labels like…

Concert Review: Best of the Best 2010 at Bicentennial Park, May 30

​Click here to view a full slideshow of photos from the concert.Best of the Best Concert With Gyptian, Barrington Levy, Capleton, Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane, Diddy, and othersBicentennial Park, MiamiSunday, May 30, 2010Better Than: Last year’s Best of the Best. The Review:Another Best of the Best is in the bag, and this…

Concert Review: Oracledang Festival at White Room, May 28

​Oracledang FestivalWith Raffa Jo, Radioboxer, Mayday, and othersWhite Room, MiamiFriday, May 28, 2010
 Better Than: The sum of its parts The Review:
 Hot dang, White Room was white hot Friday night as Miami author J.J. Colagrande successfully incarnated the formerly fictional Oracledang music fest, making existential history in the name of local music,…

Dirty South Hits Mansion This Saturday, June 5

Dirty South’s methodical mixing skills can, perhaps, be traced back to the DJ’s humble beginnings. Born Dragan Roganovic in Belgrade, Serbia, the encroaching unrest in then-Yugoslavia sent his family packing to Melbourne, Australia when he was 13 years old. Already a budding music nut, young Roganovic began taping music from…

Bad Boy Bill Does Cameo This Friday, June 4

​You’d be hard-pressed to name an uptempo, superstar DJ who has won a major DMC (Disco Mix Club) battle championship–or even entered one. The super-club circuit is filled with producers, storytellers and understated mixers, but razzle-dazzle, scratch-and-juggle spinners they’re not. While a few DMC winners (A-Trak, Craze) have made their…

Lil Daggers Get Blitzed in Brooklyn

Six weeks ago, the Sin City’s unelected, unofficial representatives of the undead, Lil Daggers, got blitzed in Brooklyn, made friends with all the zombies there, and eventually returned home a conquering horde full of Bushwick and Williamsburg’s finest booze and brains. The bad news: No one remembers a thing. When…

Q&A with Mark Henning, Playing Electric Pickle with Heron on Friday

In just a few years, DJ/producer Mark Henning has managed to rise from mere hobbyist — juggling his fledgling musical pursuits and a full-time corporate job — to internationally acclaimed touring artist. And it’s all been by sheer virtue of his talent and uncompromising work ethic.Henning’s musical development and sound…

L.A. Riots

As electro-blog-house-whatever’s star dims, the great one-track wonders of 2008 or so are slowly disappearing. (What, for example, happened to all those chainsaw-bassline-wielding people from L.A. who buzz-bombed every IheartComix compilation?) Still, when any trend wanes, those with talent make it through. Among likely survivors is the duo L.A. Riots,…

Backstreet Boys

The late ’90s were, in many ways, a musical wasteland, at least above-ground. Rock and roll was dormant thanks to the spectacular death of grunge, and hip-hop was in a weird transitionary period. The dance music that broke into the mainstream was usually a scary brand of commercialized trance. Thanks…

Howitzer’s Memorial Day Veterans Benefit

The guys of the Fort Lauderdale foursome Howitzer may sound tough as nails on record, churning out a classic style of street punk in the vein of old Doc Marten-footed acts like Sham 69 and Cock Sparrer. But for all the swagger of their shout-along anthems, which boast titles like…

Funkagenda and Magda

After a blowout weekend celebrating its ten-year anniversary, Club Space this Saturday presents a serious bill of out-of-town stars that should keep the lines at the door as long as ever. In the main room is London-based favorite Funkagenda, which hits Miami in just one of a handful of U.S…