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Los Amigos Invisibles at Grand Central September 24

Wow … Buying a Richie Hawtin release needs an instruction manual. Let’s say you want Arkives, his new retrospective boxset of Plastikman material from those acid-soaked and sleekly minimal years between 1993 and 2010. Well, you can be sure that there will be no less than four different versions from…

Earlier this week we previewed Annie Mac’s upcoming Thursday gig at the Electric Pickle and there is definitely no shortage of buzz and anticipation for this show building up among Miami’s dance music cognoscenti. The Irish-born BBC Radio 1 host specializes in a wildly energetic blend of styles and sounds,…

Photo by Ian Witlen​Click here to view photos of the Nylon Show at Sweat Records.With Raffa Jo Harris, Animal Tropical, Lil Daggers, Afrobeta, ANR, Rachel Goodrich, and Deaf PoetsSweat Records, MiamiTuesday, September 21, 2010Better than: A professionally blended cocktail.The Review:Last night we saw the true power of word of mouth…

Been wondering what’s up with Modernage lately? You’re not alone. Fact is, the normally ubiquitous indie crew has been tucked away from the local scene. And it isn’t because the five-piece was off on the Left Coast, slipping south down the seaboard to Mexico again. “We went away on purpose,”…

Without question, Shakira is Colombia’s hottest export since blow and plastic surgery. (Oddly, she doesn’t indulge in either.) Now in the business of donning belly shirts and shaking her money maker, the blonde beauty has certainly come a long way from the quiet, dark-haired quasi-hippie on Piez Dezcalsos or the…

Call it disco. Call it acid jazz. Call it funk. Hell, call it gozadera, electroparranda, or a Venezuelan journey into space. Call it whatever you like, because when trying to stir up an adequate description of the Los Amigos Invisibles sound, any of the above — and countless more –…

We’re guessing you don’t like waiting six months or more for a tour to finally come to our fair city, either. (Lady Gaga and KoL, we’re lookin’ at you.) Scrambling to change your plans at the last minute and calling everyone to let ’em know about a crazy impromptu event…

Deep house has made a remarkable comeback in the last few years. A great deal of EDM producers have shifted their sound from the more percussive minimal techno style prevalent in the latter half of the ’00s and towards the deeper, melodic end of things. The deep house genre owes…

BBC Radio 1 host Annie Mac is a well-respected female DJ — a real rarity in the dude-dominated halls of clubland. Not that there aren’t great lady DJs out there, but people always seem to assume that a woman’s success is somehow linked to her looks. (Sample misconception: “She’s hot,…

When we first heard that Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor would be scoring The Social Network, we got a little confused. First off, a movie about Facebook?  But once we saw the trailer, we breathed a sigh of relief. Oh, so this movie might actually be good. And it’s directed…

​On a first encounter, a Beach House song, much like the boarded-up building from which it takes its name, can offer a lot to unpack. There is, above all, always an unforgettable, sometimes eerie melody, stretched out with a drowsy fluidity by singer and organist Victoria Legrand. But there are…

The DrumsWith The Young Friends and Surfer BloodAt Grand Central, MiamiSaturday, September 18, 2010Better than: Goin’ surfin’.The Review:People who eternally run late to everything, take note: When Grand Central says the show starts at 7 p.m., they mean it. The lines were already wrapped around the block when we arrived…

Click here to view photos of Toro y Moi at Electric Pickle.Toro y Moi Electric Pickle Saturday, September 18, 2010 Better Than: A foam party in Ibiza. Columbia, South Carolina’s Chaz Bundick is Toro Y Moi and he’s trademarked a magical brand of sample-based sentimental synth-pop. Although there are two…

Click here to view photos of Bassnectar at the Fillmore Miami Beach.Bassnectar, VibeSquaD, ESKMO
Friday, September 17, 2010
The Fillmore, Miami Beach Better Than: Watching Avatar for the first time at IMAX in 3D … while tripping on acid. There’s no question that people in Miami love bass. Some might even say…