via myspace.com/sharamSharam Tayebi – known to the dance community as just Sharam, for short – first made a name as half of the progressive house duo Deep Dish. As an individual producer, though, Sharam’s style has sort of been the yang to partner Ali “Dubfire” Shirazinia’s ying. While the Dubfire…
via pitbullmusic.comPitbull to Kanye: Ai-yai-yai!It’s high time we gave some link love to the other local music blogs out there. Look out for a weekly roundup here on Wednesdays. Know of another site we should add to our blog roll? (It’s on the right, scroll down). E-mail me and let…
via englishlaundry.comThese Weiland-designed pants are pretty hot in an English dandy sort of way.Lest you ever be tempted to dance with the devil that is the opioid family, first let’s play a little word association game. Okay: Scott Weiland…. What did you come up with? Probably nothing with a really…
photo by Logan FazioAh, Twitter. How better to vicariously live through events you’re not attending, by reading the 140-character summaries posted by celebrities and people who aren’t really your friends? So if you missed the Future Classic Festival last Saturday — dammit, it was a trending topic locally, according to…
No one gets to the top of the pop charts by being a complete idiot. Well, of course it happens for some folks once or twice. But besides a knack for hooks, it takes some serious sharp thinking to stay there. So don’t make the mistake of thinking the rapper/producer/all-around…
photo by Sarah TylerTo view a full slideshow from the event, click here. 30 Years of Churchill’s, 30 Years of Punk Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, September 12, 2009 Better Than: Getting drenched anywhere else.The Review:The 30-year anniversary celebration at Churchill’s this past Saturday night seemed largely like business as usual, except three times as…
Both members of the Bristol, England duo Way Out West – Jody Wisternoff and Nick Warren – have become international star DJs in their own right. But it’s in this twosome that they really sparkle as creators of warm, expansive dance music that knows few genre bounds. At Way Out…
This performance by the U.K. dubstep giant Mala at the Vagabond comes just a day after his colleague Skream’s gig around the corner at White Room. Miami aficionados of the genre may not have to go out again for a long time. And lest you totally miss the boat on…
Glass CandyFriday, September 11*Glamorous new disco duo Glass Candy plays the Vagabond in Miami tonight — and you can still purchase advance tickets online for $10 from Wantickets. Act fast, though, because that offer runs out at 8 p.m. Click here for full details about the show. *Boston-area up-and-coming underground…
Fort Lauderdale had its own alley cat bike race this last weekend, the River Rat race put on by Justin Brunetti, who does the South Florida Fixed blog. It was sponsored by the Bike Spot, Atlantic Bikes, and Keirin Cycles of Miami, and they all also donated their time by…
To understand up-and-coming MC Termanology’s commitment to the golden age of hip-hop, just take a look at the production credits on his new album, Time Machine. It’s enough to make you cry: the Alchemist, Large Professor, Pete Rock, and even the untouchable DJ Premier all lend beats to this sophomore…
Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Marco Argiro was a precocious talent on the local rock scene. As frontman of the Screeching Weasel-style pop-punk act the Outrights, Argiro was headlining at local clubs by the time he was barely old enough to drive. After relocating to New York City, he started…
Churchill’s Pub, the storied, gentrification-repellent venue in Miami’s Little Haiti, is a real institution in an institutionless town. Like time itself, it seems to have no beginning and no end in sight; it’s just there, always, changing little. But Churchill’s did, of course, have a beginning – back in 1979,…
Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Marco Argiro was a precocious talent on the local rock scene. As frontman of the Screeching Weasel-style pop-punk act the Outrights, Argiro was headlining at local clubs by the time he was barely old enough to drive. After relocating to New York City, he started…
There are reasons Depeche Mode is so often called “critic proof.” The group’s performance this past Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise was, in a word, transcendent. That sounds like hyperbole, but ask any of the nearly 20,000 people in attendance that night. The performance drew its otherworldy…
via myspace.com/tkfrocksGrowing up in Fort Lauderdale, Marco Argiro was a precocious talent on the local rock scene. As frontman of the Screeching-Weasel-style pop-punk act the Outrights, Argiro was headlining at local clubs by the time he was barely old enough to drive. A few years later, after relocating to New…
To realize just how truly awesome this last Depeche Mode show was at BankAtlantic Center — and, well, to realize just how obsessive the band’s fans are — just punch in “Depeche Mode BankAtlantic Center” into YouTube. Despite the band’s rejection of most official media outlets’ photo requests, a large…
Depeche ModeWith Peter, Bjorn & JohnBankAtlantic Center, SunriseSaturday, September 5, 2009Better Than: Any other show I’ve been to this year — seriously.The Review:There are reasons why Depeche Mode is so often called “critic-proof.” The group’s performance this past Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise was, in a word,…
photo by Ian WitlenSurfer BloodFriday, September 4*For those of you down south, prog-pop band Dreaming in Stereo plays an early (8 p.m.) free gig at the Apple Store in Dadeland Mall, Miami. Click here for full details.*West Palm-based up-and-comers Surfer Blood return from a recent spate of NYC gigs to…
Oh Churchill’s. Everyone has a favorite (or a few favorite) awesome funny, strange, or just appalling memories of the place. (Anyone remember when a girl just peed on the dance floor during a Municipal Waste show a few years back? Also, personally, I will sadly never forget this chicken-mascot porn…
Enough has already been said about Kaskade’s Mormon upbringing in Salt Lake City. Blah, blah, blah – a little faith never prevented anyone from making good music, even if that music was meant to be played in the decadent world of nightclubs. But Kaskade, born Ryan Raddon, has always listed…
Mexican singer, composer, and producer Marco Antonio Solis began his career early – he was just 12 when he began performing with his first group, Los Hermanitos Solis. But it was with his next one, Los Bukis, that he became a Latin American megastar. Although he started the group when…
