Nick Weiss and Logan Takahashi, the duo that comprise Teengirl Fantasy, met at Oberlin College, connecting over their favorite old-school techno albums while Nick studied film and Logan attended the college’s conservatory. Taking a break from their final semester to tour with Animal Collective, the project became a full-time pursuit…
When you live in the 305, every weekend is like a dream come true. That’s because no matter how broke you may be, you’re always guaranteed to find a party with cheap booze and some pretty great music. Just check out the ten best things to do under 10 bucks…
The funky house revival lives on, and the latest fresh-faced producer taking the scene by storm is coming to show why he should be named Rookie of the Year. Oliver Heldens was signed to Spinnin Records when he was just 17. Two years later, his song “Gecko (Overdrive)” featuring Becky…
Miami is the undisputed world heavyweight champion of bass, and the globe’s leading progenitor of trunk rattle, rear-view shake, and total body thump. The genre is a direct descendent of Pretty Tony’s freestyle productions, and Henry Stone’s earlier indie R&B Pop. It’s the single hardest electronic boom in the universe,…
The days of dancing in smoky rooms are over, Miami. Or at least in the case that you’re dancing at Grand Central. The downtown concert venue has announced it will no longer allow cigarette smoking inside its hallowed halls. A recent rash of complaints about the smoke-friendly policy convinced management…
“No jaded shock star … A seeking searcher, a shifting shape, a spirit lifter.” Those are the words of post-punk icon Peter Murphy, as crooned and howled on “I Am My Own Name,” a seemingly semi-autobiographical musical musing off his latest solo record, Lion. Once the frontman of proto-goth band…
South Florida’s troupe of fearlessly experimental extremists, Orbweaver released its debut EP Strange Transmissions From the Neuralnomicon last year to a chorus of critical interest. The media and audience were seemingly as enthralled as perplexed by the ambitious group’s Lovecraftian take on heavy metal. The limited-edition cassette of the EP…
Rev it up, ravers. Superfamous pro party pros Baauer and Boys Noize are hitting the road for their Run X Tour. And you can come along for the breakneck, 180-BPM ride. Just buy tickets on August 1. Or you know, win a free pair of passes to the Run X…
Some men like to get on social media and complain about how easy it is to succeed as a female DJ. It’s as if having tits means you must have special powers, although the implication is actually that women don’t have to be good to land gigs. Wow, fellas, listen…
Doin’ it for the Vine is goin from the cell phone to the strip club. That’s thanks to a new club track by Uncle Luke and Pretty Tony, whose work out of a Liberty City studio called Music Specialists Incorporated in the 1980s and ’90s took the sounds of Miami…
Could Primus & The Chocolate Factory be to Willy Wonka as Dark Side of the Moon is to The Wizard of Oz? Well, Les Claypool hopes so. The Primus frontman admits he “always wanted to be Wonka.” And now he’s come as close as possible by reuniting with his original…
Though many of the Florida’s struggling artists lament the difficulty of gaining national traction from the southernmost state, Pompano Beach’s Postmarks and its lush, cinematic pop enjoyed quite a bit of success a few years back. The Postmarks even managed to pique the interest of America’s most widely read music…
Los Treces already has a fairly full plate, playing in punk band Die Trying, which recently finished a rather successful tour, and helping Nayra Serrano with Idle Hands, a booking/promotion entity that continues to bring live music to a post-Dave Daniels Churchill’s Pub. He’s also the club’s current man in…
Endless nights of sweat, dancing, and never-ending parties … That’s one of the many perks of living in the Magic City. And come summer, the heat (and the people) gets even hotter and the bashes get even wilder. Just check out the six best club parties going down this week…
“Back in the world again.” After nearly a half-decade, England’s David Gray is finally taking another trip around America. His newly announced U.S. tour begins in Boston before eventually striding south for a September 30 stop at the Fillmore Miami Beach. As the British singer-songwriter muses on the latest single…
Photo by Nate “Igor” Smith Another Gathering of the Juggalos has come and gone, and with it thousands of face-painted, fun-loving freaks and misfits to and from the event’s first year in Thornville, Ohio. While the move from the deep wilderness of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, to this year’s decidedly more inhabited…
Travi$ Scott With Nuri, SpaceGhostPurrp, Robb Bank$, Denzel Curry, Yung Simmie, Nik SB, IndigoChildRick, and others Presented by Yes Julz and Norma Now Grand Central, Miami Saturday, July 26, 2014 Better Than: Your fave videos of Travi$ Scott in action. Live, Travi$ Scott is even raunchier than Youtube footage of…
Life sucks. There is a multitude of reasons why, and no one has come to terms with this inescapable truth better than juggalos. Zen masters of nihilism and partying, they have become unquestionable experts at finding creative ways to cope with the unrelenting pain of reality. Behind the fun-at-any-cost, consequences-be-damned…
In the Magic City, the Monday blues are cured by one thing and one thing only: music. That’s why there’s never a lack of tuneage across the SoFla region. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week from Michael Franti & Spearhead at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater…
“Please, we ask you to hold your Faygo until the wedding begins,” a woman with electric green braids instructs the crowd. Standing anxiously nearby is the groom, outfitted in a Jack Skellington top hat. His big day has arrived — he is about to be wed to the love of…
Hey, ladies! What if there was a way to get in shape, commune with fellow women, and win a ton of money? You’d be excited, right? And how about if we meant pole dancing? Dawn Price is a dedicated fitness instructor with ten years of experience teaching everyday women how…
Those in the outside world tend to view the Gathering of the Juggalos as a lawless festival of debauchery, with apparently violent clowns — “gang members,” even, if you ask the U.S. government — running rampant and chaos ruling the day. In actuality, this notion is far from the truth…
