Afrobeta has a very important question for you: Do you party? If we only have a nickle for every time we’ve been asked that in Miami’s club bathrooms. (Answer is YES!) Well the duo, compromised of Cuci Amador and Smurphio, are releasing their new EP, Do You Party?, and celebrating…
Woohoo! Remember when we said last week Goldrush (23 NE 11th Street, Miami) was your alternative if you wanted to keep partying and looking at T&A well beyond the normal 5 a.m. closing time? Well, look here, Goldrush is hosting Overthrow’s WMC closing party, Hard to Leave, Sunday, March 28.On…
Blog house/nu-rave/dance rock has definitely taken a bit of back seat this time around for Winter Music Conference. Perhaps it’s the lack of icons like Justice and MSTRKRFT that make is seem a little more quiet for the genre this year or maybe it was just time for it to…
It’s safe to say that the crowd that attended Taylor Swift’s sold-out BankAtlantic Center show earlier this month will be identical to the Justin Bieber faithfuls coming out August 5. Don’t know about Usher’s shaggy-haired, Canadian protege already? Ask your 15-year-old sister/daughter/cousin and wear some freaking earplugs because the reply…
Twitter confirms that Baywatch fans Surfer Blood have safely arrived in Austin, Texas, for a week of playing for college students and, apparently, enterprising hairdressers at SXSW. Plus, the South Florida studs have joined the esteemed company of B.o.B, Two Door Cinema Club, Anarbor, and Mayer Hawthorne as mtvU’s Freshman…
Fans of all that is red, white, and black don’t have to wait for their White Stripes rock-doc to arrive in the mail. In honor of the limited-edition box set release, Under Great White Northern Lights, Sweat Records is holding an official screening of the film tonight, Tuesday, March 16,…
Greek-Swedish DJ/producer Steve Angello has become one of the most recognizable names in commercial EDM since the mid 2000s, with big international hits like his jacked-up rendition of the über-soulful “Show Me Love” by Robin S, a track exemplifying his glitzy disco diva-vocalized big-room house productions. His massive international notoriety…
Local promoter Diego Martinelli called us Monday to tell us he felt the Get Physical party lineup needed some extra oomph. So what’s a promoter to do? Add more mega-wattage to an already awesome DJ lineup, of course.Added is the brother DJ duo out of Berlin Tiefschwarz who are already…
Props to Crown the South for pointing out a new song from West Palm’s own Karbeen Mafia, “Getting to the Money,” that popped up over the weekend. Karbeen frontman Schife, whose production work with Fat Joe caught Crossfade’s attention in the fall, has also cooked tracks recently for Trina, Rick…
Normally when a press release arrives with approximately 198 exclamation marks after the subject, we’ll chop it down to about two or three. In this rare case, we’ll print “KINGS OF LEON @ CRUZAN AMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Whew.On Friday, September 17, the Followill family will indeed turn Cruzan Amphitheatre into their bearded…
At 24, Burns has a DJ career most would be envious of. But his meteoric rise has been because of the hard work and dedication he’s put into his craft — and well, a shout out from the likes of Annie Mac, Mylo, and Calvin Harris doesn’t hurt either. He’ll…
AOL’s music blog Spinner tracked down Surfer Blood lead singer J.P. Pitts (center) as part of their project to interview every single freaking band playing SXSW’s music festival, which begins this week. We weren’t afraid to mention that SB will be in Austin either. Now, for the uninitiated artists, this…
Even if Jack Johnson’s mellow, acoustic slices of unbridled happiness aren’t for everyone, at least when he comes to Cruzan Amphitheatre August 26 as part of his just-announced U.S. tour, he won’t be screwing with our lungs. (We have a feeling that Lady GaGa fans will need more of a…
Our esteemed colleague Michael J. Mooney has posted the initial results of his conversation with Connie Francis, an actress, singer and all-around symbol of what has become the Spring Break beach culture in South Florida. Over at the Juice, Mooney identifies what effect Francis’ film Where the Boys Are had…
Calle Ocho 2010 fell on a bright, hot, perfect Miami day in Little Havana on our infamous SW Eighth Street for the biggest street festival in America.There was food, and drink, tight shorts, bikini tops, tattoos, gold teeth, yelling, screaming, dancing, laughing, eating, smoking, dominoes, and a whole lot of…
Finally, here it is. Poplife has announced its annual WMC party, and not a moment to spare — cutting it close there kids. This year Miami’s perennial hipster party is teaming up with Mad Decent and Fool’s Gold to bring you Mad Fools.The party features an endless list of DJs…
Kudos to South Florida chillwave act MillionYoung, AKA Mike Diaz, for snagging a very respectable 7.6 rating for the Be So True EP from the golden pens of Pitchfork. The review, penned by Zach Kelly, is all positive, so we are left wondering what caused the 2.4 deduction. Maybe the…
Barely a month old and Coco De Ville (2377 Collins Ave., Miami Beach) at the Gansevoort South Hotel already has a pretty hot Winter Music Conference lineup. The Miami-outpost of the LA lounge has booked marquee names like Little Boots, DJ Shuttle (AKA Nate Donmoyer of Passion Pit), Larry Tee,…
After voyaging to Portugal last week, the 70,000 Tons of Metal tanker returns to American shores to welcome Tampa-based Obituary aboard. Now there are 13 bands confirmed for the cruise, which sets sail from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico, and heads back to Miami, Jan. 24-28, 2011. The self-proclaimed “heaviest band…
T-minus 10 days. Before you know it Winter Music Conference 2010 will be here. In preparation for onslaught of dance music mania, we’ve made our complete event listings guide available to you online. We’d like to think this is the most complete guide to all the events happening from March…
Ever made a run for it in the name of alcohol? The people behind the Miami chapter of Yelp.com want to see if you can really hang. Every month the Yelpers plan pub and bar crawls, rotating neighborhoods and themes. First up this year was South Miami, with a white…
Here’s a video I produced from last night’s AholSniffsGlue art show at Butter Gallery with the Miami Bass Warrior’s “Calle Ocho” song as the soundtrack.There were free 16 oz. tall cans of Colt 45 malt liquor and wine.There was art on the walls and people bought it.There was the afterparty…
