Electro Homecoming
Cedric Gervais performs for the release of his new mix CD, Yoshitoshi Miami, at 5 a.m. Sunday, May 13, at Club Space, 34 NE 11th St., Miami. Tickets cost $20. Call 305-372-9378, or visit www.clubspace.com.
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A Little Bit Dead
As one of the elder statesmen of the local gothic/industrial community, Doug MacDuff has seen his fair share of weekly parties come and go. The 33-year veteran DJ, better known as Godfather (“because I don’t know anyone who’s been doing this longer than me,” he says), has been filling dance…
Java D’Lites
I have to admit it. I really dislike Starbucks. OK, that’s not a revelation I’m likely to catch fuzz over, but it does pose certain problems for me: I live west of I-95, and I like coffee. So I was pretty bummed when Java D’Lites — an independent coffee and…
Maguey Mama
The margarita is a staple at every Mexican restaurant from here to Jalisco — but as I savored the version of the drink served at El Torito (1401 S. Federal Hwy., Pompano Beach, 954-725-3339), I wondered exactly what elevated it to such slow-sipped perfection. I called our waitress over and…
Sonny’s Stardust Lounge
A yellowed newspaper article set in a hazy frame hangs in the back of Sonny’s Stardust Lounge, proudly proclaiming that the aged honky tonk bar is the last bastion of Old Fort Lauderdale. It’s dated September 1988. Last time I checked, Fort Lauderdale was still here and still kicking —…
Café Iguana Pines
It sure doesn’t look like much from the outside, but Café Iguana is the place to be out west. The nightclub is awkwardly crammed into a vanilla-yogurt strip mall in the drabbest part of the ‘burbs (technically, it’s Hollywood out here), sitting among dollar stores and pawn shops. It’s an…
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The Deep End
Ravenous electronica fans probably won’t be satisfied, even though Ultra Music Festival has expanded into two electro-filled days. From a partier’s standpoint, it just means there’s more debauchery to locate when the Cure leaves the stage Friday night until the festival reopens on Saturday morning. While there’s guaranteed to be…
Funkey Nutz
When the City of Delray Beach needed some room to build a new parking garage downtown last year, there were some unfortunate casualties, and the debauched dueling piano bar Hugh Jorgan’s was one of them. Now with a new name and a new home near Mizner Park in Boca, Funkey…
Dubfire
Since putting their collaborative efforts on hiatus last year, the dynamic duo of Dubfire and Sharam, known more famously as Deep Dish, have each sought to create a stronger distinction between their solo recordings. Although Sharam has adopted a free-wheeling aesthetic, Dubfire has taken a decidedly rootsy turn with his…
The Deep End
Broward County may not be the bastion for electronic music that it once was, but, damn, where did all the weeklies go? Sure, you could catch an odd night of breaks here or there, but since the demise of club nights at venues Ebar and Karma, electronic lovers in this…
The Duck Tavern
The Duck Tavern, a laid-back pub stuck in the thick of gaudy Boca, has a very un-Boca uninhibited vibe. This is a place where people drink — and live — from the cup of plenty. A glance at the nightly specials is proof enough, with a variety of strange tequilas,…
The Deep End
With both Ultra Music Festival and the Winter Music Conference fast approaching, South Florida is already bracing itself for countless fans of house, techno, trance, ambient, glitch, and every other form of music made with a turntable and a drum machine to start flooding local venues. Although most of that…
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Gypsy Wanderlust
Judging by how often their early work is still, nearly two decades later, being pumped out on the PA systems of Spanish and Latin-American restaurants in this country, it’s pretty plain that Americans generally regard the Gipsy Kings as some kind of gold standard for what passes for Latin music…
The Deep End
Goth is like the wasting disease. It’s all about death, but you can never quite get rid of it. There are plenty of willing participants in South Florida all dressed up for funerals, but is there really anywhere to go? A couple of local goths didn’t think so, and they’ve…
City Limits
Just a few days ago, I was eating lunch with a friend when I mentioned that the once-great rock bar City Limits had recently reopened. A fellow two tables over from us perked up immediately when he heard the name. “City Limits is back?” he yelped out, spilling some of…
London Calling
From the wave of acclaimed DJ/producers blowing outward from Orlando in the ’90s to the nightlong escapades at the infamous Edge, if any place in the country has truly embraced the breakbeat genre, it’s Florida. That said, one of the most promising sounds in Nu Breaks is coming from a…
The Deep End
Venezuelan-born DJ Miguel Colmenares started experimenting with electronic music after being wowed by two Miami mainstays — the up-all-night trance sessions of Club Space and the feverish beats of the Ultra Music Fest. Since then, Colmenares has gone on to spin a blend of house and ambient techno at a…
The Deep End
It looks as if Christmas presents are going to be arriving early — at least for the many electro fans who’ve managed to slip some nice into their naughty this past year. Yup, Candyland is back. The 11th rendition of the longest-running dance event in South Florida goes down Saturday…
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The Deep End
As part of the most successful American DJ duo in history (Washington, D.C.,’s Deep Dish), Sharam has had his fingers in a horde of glossy dance-pop remixes ranging from Dido to Diddy. Now that Sharam has put his Deep Dish dreams on hiatus to pursue a solo career, he’s again…
The Deep End
Things for the local goth scene just haven’t been the same since Manray South closed. The once-vibrant Pompano Beach nightclub was a virtual mecca to the legions of goth and industrial fans that piled into the club on Fridays and Saturdays for live bands and dark-themed dance nights. But that…
Scallywags Lounge
When I need to share a few brews with my buds, I look for a place that’s conducive to good conversation and has a dash of debauchery thrown in for good measure. Doc and Sean must have had this concept in mind when they opened Scallywags Lounge just two months…
The Deep End
While most of us remember Russell Simmons’ HBO series Def Comedy Jam as the launching pad for dozens of black comedians, it’s easy to forget that it was also the show that launched the DJ as a pop icon. Every week, notorious scratch master Kid Capri revved the audience to…