See also “Best Coast Ranks Other Coasts, Survives Slayer Riot, Can’t Punch Out Glenn Danzig.” As one half of Best Coast, Bobb Bruno loves California and stands by his band’s designation of it as “The Only Place.” That’s the title of the album and single they’ll be touring at Grand…
Shit is poppin’ and it ain’t no Redenbacher. French Montana is back with another boobie-shaking music video featuring Drake, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, and one sick-ass 2 Live Crew sample. In true Miami pool party fashion, there’s plenty of near-nude bitches, squirt-gun violence, product placement, and drug references. So essentially,…
Since the turn of millennium, both fate and faith has held Tercer Cielo together. It began when Juan Carlos Rodríguez, a well-respected music producer and composer, invited his friend, Marcos Yaroide, to record new material together under the name Tercer Cielo in the Dominican Republic. The pair released three records…
About a month ago, New York City’s W.i.P. Lounge at Greenhouse nighclub was one of SoHo’s hottest spots. But then Drake and Chris Brown allegedly fought at the afterhours joint on June 14, prompting an unwanted police investigation by the State Liquor Authority that resulted in 14 code violations and…
See also “Ultra Music Festival TV Debuts With Avicii and Madonna: ‘That Was One of the Most Amazing Experiences of My Life!'” We want our UMF TV. And this is it … A new YouTube channel featuring original EDM-themed content from the people at Ultra Music Festival and Final Kid…
Humans are obsessed with the beach because it reminds us that we are sacks of flesh fulfilling the evolutionary teleology that began when all life on Earth was, like, primordial soup. This is about more than sand, saltwater, and boobies, dammit. We’re talking about the birthplace of our existence. The…
See also “Who Wants Tickets for Kaskade’s Freaks of Nature Afterparty at LIV Miami?” and “Kaskade on EDM’s Future and Freaks of Nature: ‘Summer of 2012 Could Go Down as Best Ever.'” Oh, yes, America. The freaks are living (and dancing) among us. Ever since EDM went massive in 2011,…
“We realized there was a problem in Miami,” says Jeremie Akiba, who runs Dementia Events with Jeremy Carpenter. “All of the artists that come to South Florida cost an arm and a leg to go see. So we wanted to produce an affordable music festival for the masses, along with…
See Crossfade’s review of 305 Fest’s Day One and Day Two — plus interviews with Speedfreak Presents, Merchandise, Torche, Noothgrush, and Dropdead. 305 Fest 2012, Day Three With Shitstorm, House of Lightning, Iron Lung, Bastard Noise and othersChurchill’s Pub, MiamiSunday, July 8, 2012 Better Than: Chinese checkers in the dark…
See also “Paris Hilton’s DJ Debut Sucked Balls” and “Jane Bang’s Diss Track: ‘Keep Sucking on That Afrojack Dick.'” Paris Hilton stabbed electronic dance music in the heart last month when she made her DJ debut at the Pop Music Festival in Brazil. Sounding like a “prepubescent child on downers”…
TenDJiz is a Russian-born producer and engineer in Miami on an Extraordinary Ability in the Arts visa. He owns a studio on Miami Beach, and he’s the mastermind behind an awesome mixtape series that mashes Soviet jazz instrumentals with American hip-hop. The first two releases were De La Soulviet, and…
Before 1982, network television after 2 a.m. was an absolute waste of valuable airtime. That’s about the time stations literally signed off until programming resumed later that morning. But 30 years ago, a dude named Frank Cannella convinced some networks to let him push hair-growth products in the wee hours,…
See also “Best Coast’s Guide to Local Eats Across America.” When Bobb Bruno and Bethany Cosentino bring their band Best Coast to Grand Central on Tuesday night, it’s entirely possible that Downtown Miami will break out into a riot. And if it does happen, count on Bobb to keep a…
See Crossfade’s review of 305 Fest’s Day One — plus interviews with Speedfreak Presents, Merchandise, Torche, Noothgrush, and Dropdead. 305 Fest 2012, Day Two With Floor, Dropdead, Noothgrush, Post-Teens, Rose Cross, Failure Face, and others Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, July 7, 2012 Better Than: Day Two of 305 Fest 2005…
See Crossfade’s review of 305 Fest’s Day Two — plus interviews with Speedfreak Presents, Merchandise, Torche, Noothgrush, and Dropdead. 305 Fest 2012, Day One With Torche, Jacuzzi Boys, Merchandise, Black Mayonaise, Fistula, Gorilla Pussy, No Qualms, No Childen, Sure Charm, Baker Acted, and others Churchill’s Pub, Miami Friday, July 6,…
See 305 Fest’s full lineup and set times — plus Crossfade’s interviews with Speedfreak Presents, Merchandise, Torche, and Dropdead. Bay Area heavyweights Noothgrush are heavier than the Higgs boson particle. Back in the early ’90s, the ‘Grush took a long, hard look at the explosive, West Coast powerviolence scene –…
Gasping to regain relevancy in a post-“Pretty Boy Swag” rap game, Soulja Boy has inserted himself into the A$AP Rocky vs. SpaceGhostPurrp Twitter beef. Though Rocky and The Ghost used to be buddies, collaborating on tracks and rhymes, shit’s gone bad. About 14 days ago, someone from A$AP’s crew allegedly…
See 305 Fest’s full lineup and set times — plus Crossfade’s interviews with Speedfreak Presents, Torche, Noothgrush, and Dropdead. Tampa, Florida is home to a long tradition of phlegm-throated snarling and buzzsaw shredding. In the ’80s and ’90s, the Gulf Coast industrial metropolis was a petri dish of brutality, producing…
See 305 Fest’s full lineup and set times — plus Crossfade’s interviews with Speedfreak Presents, Merchandise, Noothgrush, and Dropdead. Steve Brooks has a South Florida sludge pedigree unlike any other. As the chief songwriter for legendary late ’90s and early 2000s doom-drone trio Floor, the guitarist and vocalist has definitely…
If you saw the ads and announcements popping up for the UR1 Music Festival, you know that there is something brewing for the week of Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 in December. We have to admit our first thought was, Wait, another EDM event in Miami? How many do we…
In an interview with CBS, Anne Romney opened up about her husband’s search for a vice presidential running mate. Above all, she said, the VP has to be someone “with the same personality type” as Mitt, narrowing the list of potential candidates from the likes of Marco Rubio and Condoleezza…
See also “Those Darlins to Scrap EP Plans, Record Full Album with R.E.M. Producer Scott Litt.” When Tennessee rock band Those Darlins opens for Best Coast at Grand Central on July 10, it’s a safe bet the trio is going to get loud enough to turn your ears into sour…
