Miami isn’t a city in need of superstar DJs. On any given night in any given nightclub, big-shot disc jocks flock to this Magic City for hot chicks, endless bottle service, and the best nightlife this side of Ibiza. So what’s stopping a 24-year-old Florida native with model looks and…
If you’re among the fortunate few whose acid-soaked inner child hasn’t been snuffed by a billion boring days at the office, then Rachel Goodrich’s twisted, jaunty tune “Light Bulb” should still fill your skull with all kinds of weird and wacky hallucinations. “You know, I like to take a dark…
Who is Phil the Mayor? He is a nationwide party promoter, and the Thursday-through-Sunday boss in Miami.What’s happening this Friday? His birthday.Why should you care? Well, it’s at Club Play on South Beach, you’re invited, and Cash Money Records’ Birdman, the legendary Biz Markie, Superbowl winner Atari Bigby, and the…
Have you sold your Serta, gutted your bedroom, and turned it into an elaborate shrine to the magic of percussion by erecting an exact replica of Rush beatkeeper Neil Peart’s 360-degree drum kit? Or do you prefer to bang on a beat-up trashcan? Either way, go join Roofless Records’ Percussion…
After stocking Sunday School for Degenerates with 30 stellar DJs such as minimal mastermind Richie Hawtin and then another 10 including Guy Gerber, Heidi, and Jesse Rose, Made Event’s gotten busy bringing the bang to its other Ultra week engagement, the Anjunabeats party at Ice Palace Studios. As always, trance-y…
Indeed, Crossfade’s 24-hour Swedish House Mafia watch continues … Back in December, we announced that Masquerade Motel would be returning to Miami for some serious Ultra week excess. Then we blasted the lineup (Calvin Harris! A-Trak! Eight More!) across the interweb. And now here’s the latest news: The club-killing triumverate…
See the full Yann Tiersen slideshow. With S. Casey Presented by the Rhythm Foundation Grand Central Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Better than: Just a Wednesday night soundtrack. With his first three albums — 1995’s La Valse Des Monstres (The Monster’s Waltz), 1996’s Rue des Cascades (Road of Waterfalls), 1998’s Le…
Premio Lo Nuestro is here once again. Now it’s not exactly the Latin Grammys. But PLN is Univision’s next biggest night in music. And there’ll be beef between reggaetoneros, more fake boobs than can be found in all of Colombia, and a few celebs who need to be carried out…
“This is not bar band music,” Fernando Perdomo says emphatically of Dreaming in Stereo 2, the follow-up to the band’s remarkable 2009 self-titled debut. Like its predecessor, the new album takes its cue from a distinctly ’70s sound, one that melds the orchestral style of the Moody Blues with the…
Every year, coinciding with Winter Music Conference, the International Dance Music Awards (IDMAs) recognizes those who make electronic music great. Sure, it’s not exactly the Grammys or MTV’s Video Music Awards. But dammit, it’s a homegrown awards show and that’s reason enough to give it some respect.The list of nominees…
Though its name conjures up thoughts of isolation, the reality of Canadian indie-rock juggernaut Broken Social Scene is quite the opposite. The Scene’s earliest incarnation began at the turn of the millennium and it has featured 25 different members. As hard as it is to pin down a head count,…
Miami native Mike Marsh is no stranger to South Florida’s music scene. After all, the Dashboard Confessional drummer grew up here, cutting his teeth on Rush covers while still a student at Sunset Senior High School. And eventually, a trio of Marsh, guitarist Klaus Ketelhohn, and bassist Chris Drueke formed…
Last year marked the quarter-centennial of Miami’s Winter Music Conference. It was also the 25-year anniversary of Detroit techno, the seminal electronic dance music movement that spawned a worldwide phenomenon. And this year is another significant one for Detroit techno, as Carl Craig’s Planet E imprint, founded in 1991, enters…
Cleaveland Jones just might be the ideal Miamian — the alpha Floridian, if you will. And if there’s any doubt that he’s as fitting a face as the MIA could want, consider his new album Tao Jones, a happy marriage showcasing reggae, soul, and samba in perfect spiritual harmony. “Eastern…
Hey noiseniks, it’s time again to subject your auditory system to those 72 hours of awesome sonic abuse known as International Noise Conference. As always, Rat Bastard and Laundry Room Squelchers will be helming the whole thing with backup from a sprawling roster of 100-plus gear freaks and brutal geeks,…
If you can believe it, there was a time, i.e. back in the day, when a female with a microphone could be cute, dirty, sexy, funny, and smart. This was before Lil Kim and the boom of the MC slut. And back then, the undisputed rap scene queens were the…
Does Bob Sinclar really need an introduction? The French DJ-producer is practically the Jesus of dance music. But if you lived under a rock throughout the late 2000s and missed out on globe-spanning anthems such as “Love Generation” and “World Hold On,” our heart goes out to you. After a…
Whoa, have you heard Nicki Minaj’s remix of “Hold You,” the sexy hit single by smooth reggae dude Gyptian? If the answer is no, then you are way, way, way behind the game (and potentially celibate) ’cause this lusty, little tag-team track totally dominated the Summer 2010 baby-making season. Oozing…
It’s ironic that the Dropkick Murphys have become practically synonymous with the words Irish and insurgency, especially since that particular outfit hails from Boston, a city that’s separated from the Emerald Isles by several thousand miles. Now while Los Angeles’s Flogging Molly purveys a similar sound, the band actually maintains…
For a certain kind of music snob, there’s nothing more annoying than all that saccharine radio-pop stuff called bachata. At best, it’s elevator muzak. At worst, it sounds like a sad baby wailing over a karaoke tape full of stuttering guitar, bongo, and maracas. But there are millions of people…
Growing up in suburban White Plains, New York, during the early ’90s, Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller) was a pretty average teenage kid. He watched a lot of MTV. He listened to De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest. And he smoked weed. The son of liberal, social worker…
Can you imagine roadtripping through the hot gothic guts of Florida with a bunch of crazy old limey metalheads and one skinny zombie named Eddie the Head? Well, the members of Miami metal crew Black Tide are doing more than just dreaming about a lost weekend among hard rock royalty and the…
