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…
Trance remains one of those peculiar genres with as many admirers as detractors. For years, even as it climbed international pop charts, some electronic music circles persistently criticized it for being too simplistic and formulaic. Yet trance has not only endured but also thrived, outselling most styles of dance music…
During WMC, there are plenty of poolside rendezvous, eardrum-splitting techno sets, and VIP meet-and-greets, but there is only one Jump n Funk extravaganza. Almost a ripple in time during the seven-day digital festival, JNF is the open-air, twilight party where your two-step gives way to a bowlegged grind as you…
Fedde Le Grande is a busy man. When he’s not collaborating with international music icons or wrapping up his latest record, he’s touring the world, jetting from his home in the Netherlands to remote locales. To say his 2006 single — the homage to the mecca of techno called “Put…
San Francisco duo CyberSutra is fairly new to the dance music scene, but producers Scott Binder and Nathan Heal have wasted no time in making their presence known. Blending the hard edge of electro with the melodic expanses of trance, they incorporate unique vocals by some of the top vocalists…
Fillup Banks is a business visionary with a digital hustle. 305HipHop.com, the successful site he started in 2003 is forging a new era in South Florida independent media production with the launch of Urban Union on March 22nd at 3:05pm. Urban Union is a multimedia production house. Here’s the Fillup…
When Circa 28 suddenly shut down last year, it came as a shock to many. Well its back, er, sort of. We reported about the Electric Pickle taking over the space back February, and just in time for Winter Music Conference, the place is ready for the public. Good thing…
We received word that Get Physical Miami’s event Saturday, March 28 at Charcoal Studio has been canceled. Calls to Charcoal Studio confirmed that it was true. We still are looking into the specific reason why the party was scraped. We did some snooping around on our own and we noticed…
While 2008 was a quiet year for Jean-Baptiste de Laubier — better known as Para One — 2009 promises to be a busy one for the DJ/producer. Laubier will be in town during Winter Music Conference to celebrate that label that pushed him to the forefront of the French-house craze,…
In case you didn’t notice it, Mexican rockers Jaguares canceled their Miami show, scheduled for last Saturday night at the Fillmore Miami Beach. If you didn’t notice, then you probably didn’t have tickets. Or, if you did and you still didn’t notice… give me some of that shit.Disappointed concertgoers found…
Fushu Daiko from MiamiNewTimesBlogs on Vimeo.Fushu Daiko is a South Florida Taiko Drum troupe with a dojo in Dania. According to Fushu Daiko’s myspace, Taiko Drumming is a musical martial art hybrid involving traditional and modern rhythms and movements that developed in the 1950’s.I caught a Fushu Daiko performance recently…
When we last checked in with Dharma, the single-monikered head of the local live electronic band OrganicArma, his biggest project was still more or less a dream. He and the rest of his band had purchased a sprawling warehouse space in Wynwood, planning to turn it into a creative funhouse called…
Just got word that Our House West of Wynwood will be hosting a party during Winter Music Conference. The Allapattah gallery hasn’t been open for long, but it’s quickly becoming a favorite. It’s already hosted numerous parties, include a string of them during Art Basel that we’re easily some of…
Er, I just received this in my inbox. Actor-turned-rapper Joaquin Phoenix had threatened the world that he was going to become a rap superstar, but I don’t think anyone took him seriously. Well, apparently at next week’s edition of Dirty Hairy with Craze and Klever, Joaquin Phoenix will be performing…
Used-to-be-local HC/post-HC/metalcore band Shai Hulud have a nice little interview up on Italian music site UnderTheory on their recent tour with Comeback Kid. This interview is a very my-first-zine series of questions in English by Italian cutie, Vale, in a halter top. Things like the band name, music type, and…
This Saturday is the Second Annual Lourdes P. Aguila Memorial Walk-a-Thon honoring La Reina de la Salsa herself, Celia Cruz. The event is being hosted by La Liga Contra el Cancer and will take place at Tropical Park, where community leaders and celebrity residents of our fair city will turn out…
It appears that the Berlinophile techno generation now has its very own Quadrophenia in the form of a new film called “Berlin Calling.” Starring real life EDM producer Paul Kalkbrenner, the movie is a moral tragicomedy of sorts about a successful Berlin DJ (metaphorically named DJ Ikarus) who succumbs to…
If there is one party you must never, and I mean never miss, it’s Berlin-label Get Physical’s Winter Music Conference party. For the last two years, Studio A has served as its venue, so we were a bit worried about where the party would move to this year. We finally…
Helping Organize Music Entertainment from Miami New Times on Vimeo.The DIY venue movement is a growing phenomenon in Miami’s urban core and suburbs. Maybe it’s being spurred on by the current economic climate, or maybe people are just sick of the same old sameness of commercial nightlife. Whatever the case,…
Raise your hands if you love street festivals. Okay. I can’t see you…but then again, how could I? Not sure what I was hoping would happen there. Anywho, that most phenomenal of all street festivals is coming up and you know what that means. Calle Ocho. About three quarters of…
