It’s not that long ago that Miami Beach was proud to be a racist entity. Segregation meant that by law the beach was only for whites. This week, South Beach will go insane with Super Bowl parties for everybody to enjoy, but don’t forget what a fucked up place it used…
Here’s a Dade history doc I made about Hialeah horse racing at the Hialeah Park Race Track with an original soundtrack. Frank Sinatra and a lot of other famous people used to go to the Hialeah Park Race Track. It opened in 1921 and is one of the oldest recreational…
Pity the hapless hipster who wanders into Sweat Records this Saturday night looking for a copy of Vampire Weekend’s “Contra.” In an unusual but welcome change, the evening’s in-store show takes a turn away from the mellow indie and toward the grimy in a four-band show organized by local trio…
It’s easy to look at Jencarlos Canela and get the wrong impression. People have been mistaking him for a telenovela actor turned musician since before he began storming the world of Latin pop with his hit single “Amor Quedate” last year. But there is one thing the first-generation Cuban-American wants…
If you’ve been out and about at any of the hipper venues that still allow live music, you’ve most likely seen Astari Nite swoop in and swoon through a few cool songs. You may have even wondered just what those songs were and where you might get your mitts on…
This six-piece melodic punk act from Arizona is oft labeled “post-hardcore,” but we think their pairing of fantastic riffs with serviceable vocals is reminiscent of early Metallica. Certainly, thrash is back — but not with kids this age. So they tended to claim more fashionable influences, and when the supercatchy…
Nothing about Friday night’s party at Revolution, presented in part by South Florida rave-scene stalwarts Culture, is forward-looking. Take the party’s deliciously ’90s-trip-tastic flier: It boasts, near the top, that it’s “at the old Edge building with the old Edge hours!” For everyone under, oh, 27 years old, the Edge…
The Alabama foursome Thomas Function makes its label home on Fat Possum, that Epitaph offshoot that began as a blues imprint. That family tree indeed tells you a bit about the band’s sound — propelled largely by a punky euphoria but informed by a bit of a Muscle Shoals thrust…
via Reggae Zine UKA dub plate used to refer to an acetate disc used in mastering studios to test recordings before mass producing the vinyl.Caribbean battle music in DJ vs DJ soundclashes took on the dubplate to create exclusive remixes to popular songs usually with the artist shouting out the…
Miami loves Justin Martin! The San Francisco-based DJ/producer and Dirtybird label co-owner burned up the dancefloors at White Room and Electric Pickle in 2009, cementing his reputation as one of the most crowd-pleasing and oft-anticipated American EDM acts we’ve hosted in recent years. Martin made his auspicious grand entrance into…
Armand Van HeldenBritish house music label and booking agency Milk’n’2 Sugars has been contributing to the dance music scene for 15 years. So it’s only fitting that they celebrate the milestone during the biggest gathering devoted to electronic music, Winter Music Conference.The agency will take over Klutch nightclub (136 Collins…
photo by kara StarzykIf it is true (as surely it must be) that in the world of pop music there is nothing truly new under the sun, then surely a budding pop star has no choice but to steal from the best of everything that’s come before. Okay, so stealing from…
via Ana MendezAny time we hear anything about performance art we flash on Big Lebowski scenes of a naked lady flying through a warehouse on a zipline, and a pudgy dude in a unitard performing in a near empty theater.Well, maybe Miami needs more of that type of shit, and…
Photo by Hannah PerssonCasiotone for the Painfully AloneBar, MiamiSaturday, January 23, 2010Better Than: Slitting your wristsThe Review:It’s hard to say whether or not it’s really a wise idea to catch Casiotone for the Painfully Alone while plunged into the proverbial depths of despair. On the one hand, it’s kinda heartening…
Erol Alkan headlines Hard’s first-ever Miami event.Hard has been bring electro-house to the masses in Los Angeles ever since blog-house exploded over the scene. Sometimes the events can go down as epic, but the event’s organizers have had a few blemishes too. We’ve got to say, we wondered when the…
via livenation.comIt’s easy to look at Jencarlos Canela and get the wrong impression. People have been mistaking him for a telenovela-actor-turned-musician since before he began storming the world of Latin pop with his hit single “Amor Quedate” last year. But there is one thing the first generation Cuban-American wants to…
When most people think about Latin ska, chances are good that the first group that comes to mind is the legendary band from Buenos Aires, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. But there’s another group that deserves just as much recognition hailing from a little town about 3,000 miles due northwest, known as…
Photo by Ian WitlenTo view a full slideshow of photos from the event, click here. Stonefox 1921, Fort LauderdaleFriday, January 22, 2010 Better Than: Having someone say, “It’s not you, it’s me” through a medium other than rock music.The Review:Have we just been dumped? There have been so many hot, sweaty nights that…
Pity the hapless hipster who wanders into Sweat Records this Saturday night looking for a copy of Vampire Weekend’s Contra. In an unusual but welcome change, the evening’s in-store takes a turn away from the mellow indie and towards the grimy, in a four-band show organized by local trio Green…
D.I.M.If there is one thing Germans do right, its electronic music. Some of the best consistently comes out Deutschland, Berlin in particular. Why? I’m not sure. But D.I.M. is definitely not an exception. The Boys Noize Records DJ/producer has found plenty of success behind the decks with tracks like “It’s…
photo via Shorefire MediaGov’t MuleRevolution, Fort LauderdaleJanuary 20, 2010Better Than: Paying to be crammed in a container with 1000 old, loud, smelly people and then shipped from Haiti during a earthquake with nothing but Gov’t Mule on my MP3 player. The Review:I am guessing that since Revolution Live has an average…
For this year’s Super Bowl festivities, a four-day, celebrity-filled affair is about to check in to the newly renovated Eden Roc Renaissance Resort under the name of Hotel 944. The party kicks off with a charity event hosted by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and his Super Skins partner, Nick Lachey…
