It looks like Broward is getting another venue. Except this time, there seems to be a serious dedication to promoting local musicians and art! The IWAN concept production facility’s Grand Opening Gallery Event Showcase will take place June 6 with art by 15 artists such as Francesco LoCastro (who painted the entire front of the warehouse…
Since 2001, Oscar G has been Space’s resident DJ and the main reason why patrons still flock to the all-night 11th Street mainstay. Not to mention the fact that he’s done remixes for artists like Madonna and Pet Shop Boys and as one-half of Murk (the other half being Ralph…
Last year, we declared local singer/songwriter Rachel Goodrich “You’re New Favorite Singer,” then New York Times featured her prominently in a story about Miami’s emerging music scene. And now the Miami Herald reports that Goodrich will be going in the studio in July with L.A. songwriter and producer Greg Wells…
I mentioned here previously that out of the six artists chosen as finalists for the Florida Grammy Showcase in Orlando last Wednesday, five were from Miami. They were, to recap, Selena Serrano, Spinlight City, Tristan Clopet & the Juice, and finally local favorites Awesome New Republic and ArtOfficial. I said…
Here’s the official video for “Street Fighter Hood” by 4-3 Kingz. The song has a great hook that goes somethin like “Ayuken, Ayuken, Haduken, Haduken, A-tak, A-tak, A-tak tak tak round kick, A-tak tak tak round kick.” The song is great and the video is well produced so look out…
A week ago this past Saturday, Ferny Coipel, frontman of long-running local band Humbert, was in a serious accident while riding his scooter in Hialeah. Coipel was wearing no helmet when he collided head-on with a car, according to a close friend. As a result, he suffered head and neck…
I have an ashtray sitting on a boombox sitting on a milk crate sitting next to my computer chair. I tune the airwaves whenever I’m home cause I love radio, and I’m all over the dial with it. But I hate commercials, so I spend a lot of time on…
We live in a world of technologically enabled hyperreality, where video games like Guitar Hero and Wii Fit can make simulated rock stars and Olympians out of the talentless unskilled sad sacks of the planet. So it should come as no surprise that the DJ experience is also now available…
What happens why you forget a good friend’s birthday? Well, you perhaps try to avoid that person for a while until you can figure out how to make it up to them and then give them a kick-ass party insisting this was the plan all along. So perhaps this is…
Local live electronic act organicArma are doubtless celebrating a wish come true. Band leader Dharma has long been an outspoken admirer of the New York art-electro-pop outfit Fischerspooner, hinting to me last winter that he wanted to book them to play at his expansive Awarehouse venue.He may not have accomplished…
The annual Lip Sync Party is moving up a notch from the Coliseum to Club VooDoo in downtown Ft. Lauderdale this Friday. It’s a super fun drag show that benefits the Wings Foundation, which helps out American Airlines flight attendants in need. It’s an over the top type of show:…
We reported back in February that the creators of crobar were opening a new Fort Lauderdale club called Exit 66 (219 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-357-9981). Well if you are burning with anticipation, the wait is over as the nightclub finally opens this weekend. The place is…
Mad Skrews is a Miami-bred, internationally renowned producer and musical entrepreneur who uses the Internet to spread his productions, make money, and make a name for himself. He has produced for local bad bitch Trina and true founder of crunk, Pastor Troy. I caught up with him by e-mail. Here’s…
My article on Rick Ross this week has drawn a lot of comments, some of them echoing my contention that Ross’s past fibs — about serving as a corrections officer, for starters — make him an altogether unreliable narrator. One commenter, however, has laid out a lengthy case (nearly as…
Rick Ross’ cover story for the May issue of XXL was meant to be his hip-hop media comeback, an attempt to quash the corrections officer thing and clear the air on his beef with 50. The thrust of the article is made clear by Ross’ cover line quote: “I’ve never…
Oh, this brings back memories of 1990, when New Kids tickets were impossible to get and the meanest girls in elementary school bragged when they could snag ’em. Tickets for NKOTB’s 2009 comeback tour were easier to buy, and lawn tickets for their Cruzan Amphitheatre date were going for a…
You’ve seen them perform at your local dive, friendly neighborhood record store, or at a party. Now let everyone know what band – or artist, performer, theater company – you think deserves recognition. There’s been vigorous debate among our readers on the blog. Currently, readers’ choices stand as follows:Best Local…
It seems like the world can’t shut up about Twitter lately. The micro-blogging network has exploded to over 25 million users already, what with celebrities like Oprah joining along with their mindless minion hordes. But beyond providing us with the irritating mundanities of our friends’ day to day lives, it…
Leah Kaire is a local musician with a great back story who is doing cool shit. I met her over the weekend at a BBQ at Morningside Park where she was hanging out with my friend Matt. I e-mailed her some questions and here’s what she had to say.”Okay cool…My…
The crusty grindy HC 305 Death Squad are hitting the road for the second time in their lives. After a couple of years of toiling in the swampy trenches of South Florida, these guys are getting off to their second tour in less than a year. Big ups to them…
Casual Sax duo Induce and Sven Barth are back with a new video for “Klaus’ Disco Train,” which is sung by their German alter egos Klaus (Barth) and Ulrich (Induce). The video basically consist of a bunch of clip during Winter Music Conference that show the “German” duo crashing multiple…
Obsessive followers of Maynard James Keenan — the elusive brains behind Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer — know that beyond Bill Hicks and artsy heavy music, his other passion is wine. Indeed, recent magazine profiles on Keenan have usually found him in rural Arizona, where he lives on a…
