Calle Ocho 2010 fell on a bright, hot, perfect Miami day in Little Havana on our infamous SW Eighth Street for the biggest street festival in America.There was food, and drink, tight shorts, bikini tops, tattoos, gold teeth, yelling, screaming, dancing, laughing, eating, smoking, dominoes, and a whole lot of…
The Wave PicturesThe Vagabond, MiamiFriday, March 12, 2010Better Than: Having to hear about your own lost loves.The Review:When I heard word Sweat Records and the Vagabond were bringing the Wave Pictures to town, I must admit that I got a little giddy. Not fan-boy giddy, mind you, but the kind…
It wouldn’t be WMC without Sunday School For Degenerates, the legendary Made Event 24-hour party that makes the most of conference’s final stretch, this year from March 27 to 28. It’s a party where you can come and go at will, and let it all hang out, bloodshot eyes, arid…
Finally, here it is. Poplife has announced its annual WMC party, and not a moment to spare — cutting it close there kids. This year Miami’s perennial hipster party is teaming up with Mad Decent and Fool’s Gold to bring you Mad Fools.The party features an endless list of DJs…
Kudos to South Florida chillwave act MillionYoung, AKA Mike Diaz, for snagging a very respectable 7.6 rating for the Be So True EP from the golden pens of Pitchfork. The review, penned by Zach Kelly, is all positive, so we are left wondering what caused the 2.4 deduction. Maybe the…
Barely a month old and Coco De Ville (2377 Collins Ave., Miami Beach) at the Gansevoort South Hotel already has a pretty hot Winter Music Conference lineup. The Miami-outpost of the LA lounge has booked marquee names like Little Boots, DJ Shuttle (AKA Nate Donmoyer of Passion Pit), Larry Tee,…
After voyaging to Portugal last week, the 70,000 Tons of Metal tanker returns to American shores to welcome Tampa-based Obituary aboard. Now there are 13 bands confirmed for the cruise, which sets sail from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico, and heads back to Miami, Jan. 24-28, 2011. The self-proclaimed “heaviest band…
T-minus 10 days. Before you know it Winter Music Conference 2010 will be here. In preparation for onslaught of dance music mania, we’ve made our complete event listings guide available to you online. We’d like to think this is the most complete guide to all the events happening from March…
Ever made a run for it in the name of alcohol? The people behind the Miami chapter of Yelp.com want to see if you can really hang. Every month the Yelpers plan pub and bar crawls, rotating neighborhoods and themes. First up this year was South Miami, with a white…
Way back in 1995, Everclear’s “Santa Monica” (off the album Sparkle and Fade) was one of the best songs on the radio. Although often unfairly accused of being Nirvana-lite, Art Alexakis and his revolving cast of backup musicians were capable of channeling a lot more than grunge into their clever…
Here’s a video I produced from last night’s AholSniffsGlue art show at Butter Gallery with the Miami Bass Warrior’s “Calle Ocho” song as the soundtrack.There were free 16 oz. tall cans of Colt 45 malt liquor and wine.There was art on the walls and people bought it.There was the afterparty…
Thanks for the invite Kill Your Idol. We heard about your private opening last night an hour before it actually happened. No we aren’t mad at all. Not one bit. Whatever.We would give you a description of the interior, but, hey, we have yet to even stop by ’cause we…
Like homies and Visionquest partners Seth Troxler and Lee Curtiss, DJ/producer Ryan Crosson is part of a new breed of Detroit-bred artists who have staked their place in Berlin’s underground EDM scene since the late 2000s. Born and raised in Metro Detroit, Crosson absorbed the native sounds of second-wave Detroit…
–Local hip-hop and jazz fusion group, ArtOfficial, released a new song from their new project, The Payback, which is set to release on April 23rd via free download. The song they released is actually the title track that is also called “The Payback” and features New York City’s K. Sparks…
Deicide is death metal at its goriest. From lead singer/bassist Glen Benton’s burning upside-down crosses into his forehead to the band’s receiving death threats from animal-rights activists because Benton once shot a squirrel during an interview, the Tampa troublemakers have been a contentious presence for disciples of the genre. Love…
Made Event always puts on some of the biggest shebangs during Winter Music Conference — Sunday School for Degenerates, Anjunabeats’ annual do, and so on. New to the crew’s lineup this year, though, is a one-off featuring Dutch trance megastar Ferry Corsten, who headlines his own Once Upon a Night party…
The headline is misleading because I’m already quietly judging you. In any case, your tireless Broward-Palm Beach Music Editor will be on hand March 27 at America’s Backyard (200 E. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale) to help judge a Battle of the Bands competition between 6 and 9:30 p.m. The best…
Steel Pulse with Fourth Dimension Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Revolution, Fort Lauderdale The Review: There is nothing like being in the presence of a vintage Rasta man, and David Hinds, Steel Pulse’s frontman, is an especially potent one. He’s been the driving, spliff-cheefing force behind the monster reggae act since…
Surfer Blood, seen above covering Guided by Voices’ “Game of Pricks,” has quickly become huge. Not Kings of Leon huge, not headlining a North American arena tour huge, or the biggest thing to hit Europe since, well, the euro huge. At least not yet. Stick with huge for a band…
Here we almost thought online music store Beatport was going to entirely pull out of this year’s Winter Music Conference, but it seems at the last minute they’ve managed to put something together. Definitely on the smaller scale than last year, Beatport has announced its having a beach party taking…
Locally transplanted Puerto Rican superstar and Latin heartthrob Ricky Martin has always had a strong inclination toward philanthropic ambitions, frequently using his own dough and fame over the years to lend a helping hand to worthy causes. In fact, he has his very own organization, the Ricky Martin Foundation, which…
Blind people jokes and creative reinterpretations of “Feliz Navidad” aside, my knee-jerk reaction was, is this dude still alive? Yup. Alive and active. He’s been keeping busy on the live circuit and in the studio, releasing a pair of digital albums last year (American Classics and Djangoisms) and shopping for shades…
