YACHT

YACHT, the duo led by former the Blow member Jona Bechtolt, had a good portion of their lunch eaten earlier this year when Discovery released LP, the laptop R&B record Bechtolt and his Portland cohorts had been trying unsuccessfully to make for years. But a lot’s happened since 2007, when…

Video: Ms. Jones, “Broward County First Lady”

She calls herself Ms. Jones, Broward County First Lady and according to her Myspace page “A fake bitch will take you were you need to go – A real bitch throws you her keys and says it needs gas!”She has a song called “Ice Cream” that follows the South Florida…

AFI Show Not Cancelled, Just Moved to Revolution

​It’s been a rough couple weeks for show cancellations, so we’ll file this one under good news. Rather than canceling a show, punk rock and rollers AFI has just announced a venue change. The show will no longer be at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater, now it’s going down at Revolution Live…

Dynas Album Release Party at Champion Sound at Electric Pickle Tonight

​Ah, Champion Sound. This weekly jam at Electric Pickle deserves ten gold stars for being one of the few regular parties in Miami where quality hip-hop lives. Tonight’s edition is special for two reason: One, it’s a birthday celebration for Crossfade/New Times music contributor Esther Park. Happy birthday, Esta!Second, it…

Head Spins: DJ Ipek, at White Room This Thursday

photo by Gokhan Kali​Latin and Caribbean beats may be in Miami’s blood, and when you track the rhythms back to Africa, their enduring presence does make a sort of sense. But of all the beats in all the world, wouldn’t it make just as much sense for us to embrace…

Justice Coming to Mansion December 4

Justice​Yes, you read it correctly. Just in time for Art Basel Miami Beach, Mansion is bringing French electrohouse duo Justice to Miami Friday, December 4.The pair haven’t really played a proper club set since Winter Music Conference 2007 when they spun at the Fixed/Ed Banger party at Studio A. They’ve…

Slip-N-Slide DJ Purfiya Wants To Be As Big As DJ Khaled

via Purfiya’s myspaceDiamond and DJ Purfiya​DJ Purfiya is on the streets grinding.Not only is the team Slip-N-Slide DJ from southwest Florida not dead, he’s living with purpose.Last week we brought you news of the Purfiya death hoax that was circulated via Twitter.We also interviewed his former boss, Howard Roberts, CEO…

Queen Latifah and Ensiferum Cancel Shows

via Flickr user forcefulally​Bad news for huge fans of Living Single. The star of the criminally underrated ’90s sitcom has canceled her plans to show up at The Fillmore on November 17 (and the rest of her tour for that matter). No official reason was given, but here’s to hoping…

MP3 of the Day: “The Looker” by Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers

Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers’ Socialismo Americano​Hollywood band Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers have remained a recognizable presence on South Florida’s music scene for over a decade. They’ve released three records, and have a fourth on the way called ¡Socialismo Americano!, due out Thanksgiving week. For a peek into the…

Thursday’s Evergreen Terrace Show Originally Set for the Dugout in Miami is Now at Ground Control in West Palm

via purevolume.com/evergreenterrace​Thursday’s show was meant to be a huge booking coup for Miami all-ages venue the Dugout; warehouse drama has now shifted the show to Ground Control, a similarly bare-bones venue in West Palm Beach. Evergreen Terrace is arguably Jacksonville’s most famous musical export in recent years, a mega-popular heavy…

Wolf + Lamb and No Regular Play at Electric Pickle on Friday

​Few contemporary dance music labels, even by underground vanguardist standards, can take credit for the sort of daringly forward-thinking and wildly imaginative flavors that have come to distinguish Wolf + Lamb Music in recent years. Founded by the eponymous DJ duo of Zev Eisenberg and Gadi Mizrahi in 2005, Wolf…

Video: Boynton Beach’s Amber Leigh Shredding on the Fiddle at Ribfest

Boynton Beach country girl Amber Leigh rocked the stage at Homestead’s Ribfest yesterday from 2 to 3 p.m. The video above is her rendition of the Charlie Daniels Band classic “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” Amber Leigh throws in a Led Zeppelin fiddle breakdown.Amber Leigh’s web site describes her…

Concert Review: Peaches at Revolution, November 7

Photo by Ian Witlen​Click here to view photos from this event.Peaches with MENFriday, November 7, 2009Revolution Live, Fort LauderdaleBetter than: Rockin’ out with your cock out.Peaches is anything but subtle. After the curtains parted, the audience was instantly led into her surreal, hypersexual world. Draped in a woolly coat, she…

Ultra Early-Bird Tickets Sold Out

Photo by Ian WitlenMSTRKRFT at 2009’s Ultra Music Festival.​If there is one guarantee in life is that Ultra Music Festival’s lineup is always one of the best in the country. Need proof? Early-bird, two-day tickets to the festival, which sold for $99.95, are gone. What’s impressive is that it happened…

Q&A with DJ Ralph Lawson of 2020Soundsystem, Playing LIV on Saturday

​In this age of laptop-toting faux live electronic dance music acts, an actual band employing actual live instrumentation and vocals is a rare thing, especially when said band is delivering funked-out dancefloor bangers like 2020Soundsystem. The musical brainchild of Leeds-based DJ and esteemed 2020Vision label owner Ralph Lawson, the Soundsystem…