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…
Thanks for the invite Kill Your Idol. We heard about your private opening last night an hour before it actually happened. No we aren’t mad at all. Not one bit. Whatever.We would give you a description of the interior, but, hey, we have yet to even stop by ’cause we…
–Local hip-hop and jazz fusion group, ArtOfficial, released a new song from their new project, The Payback, which is set to release on April 23rd via free download. The song they released is actually the title track that is also called “The Payback” and features New York City’s K. Sparks…
Made Event always puts on some of the biggest shebangs during Winter Music Conference — Sunday School for Degenerates, Anjunabeats’ annual do, and so on. New to the crew’s lineup this year, though, is a one-off featuring Dutch trance megastar Ferry Corsten, who headlines his own Once Upon a Night party…
The headline is misleading because I’m already quietly judging you. In any case, your tireless Broward-Palm Beach Music Editor will be on hand March 27 at America’s Backyard (200 E. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale) to help judge a Battle of the Bands competition between 6 and 9:30 p.m. The best…
Surfer Blood, seen above covering Guided by Voices’ “Game of Pricks,” has quickly become huge. Not Kings of Leon huge, not headlining a North American arena tour huge, or the biggest thing to hit Europe since, well, the euro huge. At least not yet. Stick with huge for a band…
Here we almost thought online music store Beatport was going to entirely pull out of this year’s Winter Music Conference, but it seems at the last minute they’ve managed to put something together. Definitely on the smaller scale than last year, Beatport has announced its having a beach party taking…
Locally transplanted Puerto Rican superstar and Latin heartthrob Ricky Martin has always had a strong inclination toward philanthropic ambitions, frequently using his own dough and fame over the years to lend a helping hand to worthy causes. In fact, he has his very own organization, the Ricky Martin Foundation, which…
Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications’ music sections. Just for kicks. Here’s last week’s entry.In the Dallas Observer’s bumper crop of content: Surfer Blood mourns the loss of Jay Reatard and confirms that even Pitchfork has its limitations, and Wayne Coyne calls…
Every Winter Music Conference, one the best parties is the Fool’s Gold showcase. It rarely disappoints and the lineup tends to change at the last minute as special guests arrive to take over the decks.This year lineup, which is taking over the soon-to-be-opened Grand Central (10 NE 7th Street, Miami),…
The adorable children above are performing Matisyahu’s reggae-tinged pop smash “One Day,” which got massive play during the 2010 Winter Olympics. On Thursday evening, the Brooklyn-based Hasidic Jewish singer brings his act to West Palm’s SKY309, the rooftop section of Roxy’s Pub. It’s a free show linked to the venue…
Grammy nominations, superstar collaborations, amazing headlining gigs — it easy to be in awe of all the things Paul Van Dyk has accomplished in his long and illustrious career. The man is the envy of the dance music scene, and who can blame them?Well, he’s going to give everyone more…
