First night didn’t go so well for me. After a few too many glass of champagne early in the day at the Gansevoort’s rooftop pool, I had to go home to sleep off the buzz. Yes, I broke my rule of not drinking early in the week. I woke up…
Close watchers of the local electro scene may remember producer/DJ Jason Tyler’s splashdown here from Chicago a couple years ago. (Read a past New Times article on him here). While last year he went back to the Windy City for a while to work on some new music, he’s returned,…
Before heading off to see Wavves (for the third time in 36 hours, as it turned out) an No Age (for the second time in 24), one of the last shows I saw at last week’s SXSW was Kid Sister at the Don’t Mess with Texas fest. Flanked by DJ…
Tonight at 6 p.m.as a WMC-connected teaser for the annual Red Bull Music Academy, Chuck D, Professor Griff, and DJ Lord will be speaking at the Wolfsonian (1001 Washington Avenue) and giving their insider’s view on Public Enemy’s musical journey. The moderator for the event is New Times’ own music…
This year marks the eighth edition of Steve Lawler’s annual Lights Out WMC party, one of conference’s most popular and bullshit-free parties. This year, the event was originally set to take place at Kore, on Washington Avenue — but it’s now been moved to Nocturnal. The warehouse-like downtown space is…
ZOMG, ya’ll! Winter Music Conference is finally here. Hopefully, you’ve already picked up our kick-ass guide and checked out our listing online to plan your entire week. Still, there a few things you should keep in mind if you are going to come out of this weekend alive. So here…
Fans of Latin music, the time has come once again for artists and industry folk alike to descend upon the city for a whirlwind of performances, parties, glitz, glamor, bling, and enough media ops to get ravenous media whores Heidi and Spencer drooling like Lindsay Lohan in the Miami-Dade evidence…
Compared to most DJs, Benoit Heitz, better known as Surkin, is a relatively young to be so far ahead of the game. Yet, the 23-year-old proves he has plenty of maturity when it comes to laying down the beats. Tracks likes “Ghetto Obsession” and “White Knight Two” are regularly played…
When we heard that the “blog worth blogging about” Hipster Runoff was hosting a party during Winter Music Conference, we admittedly thought WTF. Not because it’s a bad thing, but because this means we might be able to meet the man (or woman, we aren’t sure) behind the site. He…
Yes, Ultra Music Festival was born of and remains true to the best and the brightest in DJ culture. But the fest’s preeminence goes well above and beyond two turntables and Serato. According to UMF codirector Russell Faibisch, this year’s lineup numbers nearly 260 artists and runs from the Satellite…
Things are tough all over — and that’s not just the name of a Cheech and Chong flick. And while the U.S. economy continues to freefall, the talking heads on the 24-hour news network of your choice barrage viewers with an unrelenting shitstorm of news so abysmal it makes drinking…
Every Winter Music Conference, every attendee and his brother claims to have been to the best party of the year. Some of them are close to correct; most of them have no clue. Unless, that is, they were at White Room in 2008 for the first Poplife-sponsored Fool’s Gold annual…
Thank goodness the Martinez Brothers in question here are not the same-named Austin taxidermist siblings who come up eventually on a Google search. Really, who wants to concern themselves with the “Deer Season Special”? But just because our brothers hail from the Bronx rather than Texas, and spin for a…
MARCH 24 Aero Bar. Toronto Meets Miami: Markus Schulz, Glenn Morrison, and more!: Markus Schulz (Global DJ Broadcast, ColdHarbor), Glenn Morrison, Noel Sanger, Manzone & Strong, Joee Cons, DJ Ampz, Kaeno, Marcie, David Akermanis, Lucho, Richard Guerra, Jose Mata, Relik. Tue., March 24, 10 p.m. $20 advance, $25 before midnight,…
There are plenty of big-room beats this week, if that’s your thing. Still, one of the best parts of WMC is getting to scope out the fringe sounds making the rounds. Whether you are into dark Euro-electro or left-field breakbeats, there’s something unusual for you. Below are some of the…
Five hundred people. That’s how many bodies it takes to get Miami’s massive Ultra Music Festival off the ground and running. Five hundred people. From promoters in nearly every major city in the country, to a production staff that ranks among the world’s finest. Five hundred people. All on the…
A 14-year veteran of promoting techno events in Miami, Nelson Fernandez, AKA DJ Nova, has observed that folks tend to arrive in town early for WMC. “They’re always ready to start partying as soon as they get here,” he says, “or, for the locals, as soon as there’s an excuse!”…
The English quartet Late of the Pier is among its homeland’s best, brightest young hopes, boasting all the high cheekbones and music press praise that usually entails. But don’t mistake them for one of the dour, fedora-topped Brit indie groups of recent years. This band makes fun music for the…
It wasn’t too long ago that we were renaming French fries to freedom fries, but Franco-American relations have come a long way. Featuring touches of R&B, soul, disco, hip-hop, and rock ‘n’ roll, the new wave of French dance music is heavily influenced by American sounds. Labels such as Ed…
Trash” might not be the first title that springs to mind when you consider a great pop song. But believe it or not, it happens to be the title of four of the greatest pop songs in history. Really. The first “Trash” came way back in 1973, on the New…
In 1906, an American inventor named Lee De Forest was tinkering in his Council Bluffs, Iowa workshop when he accidentally created an electronic amplification device that could detect radio signals. De Forest wasn’t exactly sure what he had come up with; in fact, he had to have others explain to…
For three years, the folks at NYC’s Made Event have brought to Miami their all-star amalgam of underground overlords. And for each of those three years, their closing party, Sunday School for Degenerates, has proven the ultimate way to close WMC. In 2009, year four promises to be an even…
