The Overthrow Takes Siege of Wynwood Castle

Photo by Aleksandra MarcotteHave you seen this castle?​We’ll give you a moment to process that headline. Are you back with us? Great. Yes, the Overthrow staged a hostile take over — via a real estate agent and signed lease — of a castle located in Wynwood. Where is this castle…

Bands on Bands: Sammy of Jacobs Ladder Reviews Coheed, Circa Survive, Torche

via myspace.com/coheedandcambriaCoheed and Cambria​For this concert review, Sammy Gonzalez, bassist of Miami’s Jacobs Ladder, weighs in on a show this past Sunday by some of his favorite bands. Local musicians, if you’d like to contribute a review of a show by some of your favorites or influences, e-mail me. Torche, Circa Survive,…

Tupac Live On Stage For Night of Hip Hop Theater

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnseb/ / CC BY 2.0Live on wax.​”The hate you gave little infants f**ks everybody” is the breakdown of the THUG LIFE acronym Tupac Shakur had tatted on his belly. Before exploding metal cylinders sent his body to the pavement and his soul to Heaven’s ghetto, he’d already survived five bullet…

The Shapeshifters Play Mansion on May 8

​Pulling off the whole big-room commercial house music thing without falling into the lowest common denominator is no easy feat (I’m looking at you, David Guetta,) but The Shapeshifters have managed to find that difficult balance between mainstream appeal and true musical quality fairly successfully. The West London DJ/production duo…

Crossfade Live at Swamp Stomp with Jahfe and The Lee Boys

Jacob Katel​Any given Saturday in Miami the bass, sweat, sex, liquor, music, and dancing flood the concrete tropics like a hurricane on South Beach. This year a bigger, better Swamp Stomp shook the wooden floorboards at The Bayside Hut to their core with more local soul than the Miami section…

Jon Cowan Spins at Cameo Tonight

via residentadvisor.net​Jon Cowan deserves a lot of credit in recent years for keeping alive some hope of quality dance music on the Beach. Back in the ’90s, he was known for spinning around town and co-promoting the Bliss parties at Groove Jet, which were responsible for beginning the tidal wave…

Llamabeats’ Spits Talks Setai, Timbaland, Lil Jon, Distant Relatives

via myspace.com/llamabeats​ Lurking in the trenches of obscurity, tomorrow’s super producers toil in darkened studios surrounded by empty malt liquor bottles and ashtrays full of blunt roaches.Or maybe they’re up and grinding at The Setai. Either way, Llamabeats Crew bring a sample heavy musicality to live guitar, bass, and key…

Concert Review: Julieta Venegas at Dolce Ultra Lounge, April 21

​Julieta VenegasWednesday, April 21, 2010Dolce Ultra Lounge, Miami Beach(Even) Better than: The last time I saw her, at the Gibson Showroom in 2008, actually.Julieta Venegas is something of a shape shifter. Her sound has remained in a state of perpetual motion throughout her career. Hers has been a constant evolution…