Slip-N-Slide’s Qwote Plays Club Premier

Qwote makes the kind of music that sparks a sweaty hunch on the dance floor, right before you and your new friend start kissing. And back at the crib, after poppin’ bottles, he can be there, again, when you need some more of that sweet lovemaking music. This decade is…

International Noise Conference

It’s puzzling why people who are hell-bent on blowing the minds of other people via so-called “noise music” so often also seem hell-bent on blowing their sonic victims’ olfactory senses. So weird smells aside, the International Noise Conference is the place to see and hear shit you will not likely…

Blues Traveler

Yes, Blues Traveler is still around. Long ago, frontman John Popper graduated from the more-is-more school of blues-rock jamming, his dissertation a seven-minute harmonica solo tucked into a 23-minute jam about a sweet-talking hippie. Since 1990, he has led the band in diligent touring and understatement-free recordings, including an album…

Julio Iglesias

There are few hispanophone ladies and gents of a certain age who at some point have not been reduced to misty eyes by the ballad stylings of suave Spaniard Julio Iglesias. Although Iglesias’s true crossover peak came mainly in the 1980s, he has hardly receded from the international spotlight, cranking…

Konrad Black

Miami is in for a special techno lovers’ treat this Valentine’s Day. Esteemed Berlin-based producer, DJ, and Wagon Repair label owner Konrad Black will throw down that night at Glass at the Forge. This exclusive South Florida performance comes on the first leg of Black’s debut 2009 U.S. tour and…

Black Tide

The last time the Kendall-born quartet Black Tide made it back to South Florida was last September, when the foursome played a date at Revolution on its tour with the Welsh metallers of Bullet for My Valentine. It was an extremely short homecoming. And the band’s nonstop touring schedule has…

MDC to Return to South Florida, at Churchill’s on April 11

M.D.C., a.k.a. Millions of Dead Cops, a.k.a. Multi-Death Corporation, a.k.a. Millions of Dead Children, a.k.a. Millions of Dead Christians, a.k.a. Millions of Damn Christians, a.k.a. Magnus Dominus Corpus, a.k.a etc., etc., return to Miami on April 11. The hardcore punk originators hail, originally, from Austin, Texas (although now claim Portland…

HEARTSREVOLUTION, Guns ‘n’ Bombs at Vagabond March 8

The Scion A/V Tour is coming back to Miami for the millionth time March 8. This time its to celebrate the CD release Pioneer, a Scion A/V mix by French record label Kitsuné. The tour’s first stop is Miami at The Vagabond and will feature L.A. DJ duo Guns ‘n’…

Gipsy Kings to Perform Tomorrow Night at AAA

Tomorrow night the Gipsy Kings will perform at the American Airlines Arena’s Waterfront Theater. Known for a style called Rumba Catalana, the Kings have been wowing audiences for 17 years, ever since the release of their debut album, Allegria. Rumba Catalana is essentially a spin on traditional flamenco made more…

Q&A with Konrad Black, Playing at Glass This Saturday

In the murky underworld of minimal techno, Todd Shillington a.k.a. Konrad Black has made a name for himself through perseverance and continuous innovation. A highly sought-after producer and remixer, this Vancouver native now operates out of the seminal Berlin scene and his Wagon Repair label has emerged as a global…

Spam Allstars Share the Love at Transit Lounge This Saturday

If you’re onto Corporate America’s scheme to fleece consumers out of their hard-earned dollars with the whole Valentine’s Day scheme, good for you! Restaurants consistently have the worst service of the year on February 14, and the fact that it falls on a Saturday this year will only add to…

WMC’s The List is Up

If there is one guide to Winter Music Conference (other than our own, of course), it’s definitely The List. It’s the official guide to everything WMC, and while it’s obviously still incomplete, there are a lot of interesting events already listed.Most of the list so far compromises the downtown clubs,…

Valentine’s EDM Lowdown

Valentine’s doesn’t come around on a Saturday very often, making this year’s an ideal reason for EDM lovers to consummate their love on a dancefloor somewhere (as if we needed an excuse on Saturday nights anyways.) Here’s a lowdown of some choice shows happening around town that night, which should…

Slideshow: Chat Noir at Dream

Wanting to get in the mood for Valentine’s Day, our cameras ventured out Monday night for Dream’s Chat Noir party. If you haven’t been, you are missing out on one of the hottest parties on the beach that features sexy burlesque dancers and brave clubbers that still want to keep…

Martini Bar – Hip Hop Tuesdays – Tonight: Gunline Ent and Hustle Holicz

                                    Photo From http://www.martinibar.com                                               Hey Kendall, Grove, South Miami, what’s closer than the beach, less confusing than downtown and stays open til 5 am? Martini Bar, your one stop shopping, drinking and dancing experience. Where else can a party-mom send her kids to the movies, drink herself stupid, doo…

Yonder Mountain String Band Show at Revolution is Postponed

Bad news for fans: Yonder Mountain String Band just announced that it was postponing all of its shows from February 11 to 15, with the vague explanation, “due to circumstances surrounding the band.” That includes this Friday’s previously scheduled gig at Revolution. The okay news is that rather than an…