With Winter Music Conference and the madness around Ultra in full swing, it seems that almost all of Miami-Dade County is currently pulsing to a four-four beat. This show at Bardot both fits in with the overall electronic Zeitgeist of the week and subverts it. Four Tet is the alias…
The members of Nashville foursome Hot Chelle Rae all boast parents and various other family members from high up in the Music City industry echelons. (Two, Ryan and Jamie Follesé, are brothers.) As such, though they play their own instruments and appear to write their own material — and flirt…
Husband-and-wife wonder twins Pocket of Lollipops’ wonderful new video, “Cute Chaos,” leans more on the cute than the chaos. Yeah, mailboxing, fire-shit stomping, and loitering are badass ways to spend the day; but that’s more like delinquency. The song is tense as hell, the muted bass sounds like rubber bands…
Clearly, we here at County Grind are psyched about the upcoming Ultra Music Festival. We’ve been thinking about it, writing about it, and talking to performers who’ll bring the beats and, let’s call it, personality to the stage at Bayfront Park for three days this weekend. We’re not gonna lie. We’re…
Dance music fans likely know Gary Richards for Hard. That rapidly exploding brand of parties and shows includes local events like Holy Ship, the all-electronic music cruise that departs again from Fort Lauderdale next January, as well as a two-night stand at Grand Central in Miami that starts tonight. But…
While the reggae scenes in surrounding areas like Boca and Miami have been maturing like young dreadlocks, with lots of shows from up-and-coming local bands at spots like the Funky Buddha, the scene in Fort Lauderdale has been less natty. The beloved Fourth Dimension rocks Fat Cat’s downtown once a…
The new film documenting the experience of Ultra Music Festival called Can U Feel It takes on a hardy task. Describing what it’s like to be at Ultra is like trying to explain the joys and trials of one’s birthing experience. In a little way, at least. It’s filled with…
“The momentum has not ceased since Ultra two years ago,” says Lorin Ashton, better-known as freeform electronic bass artist Bassnectar. “At that point, I couldn’t really have asked for more. I was at a point in my music career that was already so intoxicating and exciting, and now it has proceeded to…
Tonight’s Moombahton Massive party at Grand Central marks the first of two back-to-back, Hard-sponsored nights at the venue. As that name indicates, the entire late-night party is devoted to the breezy, 110-ish-bpm bass sound that’s currently burning up the underground the way dubstep did a few years back before it…
Caribbean lifestyle blog LargeUp, founded by DJ Gravy, is bringing a big voice in dancehall to one of South Florida’s biggest electronic music festivals. You might think Mr. Vegas and Winter Music Conference are an unlikely pairing, but the similarities are clear: It’s all dance music and all kinds of…
Just steps south is a new neat bar that keeps the gays in mind. Stache, located on Normandy Isle, is an oasis of fun on a quiet strip of street. Recently, Hialeah’s finest, as it is known, started a new monthly night there called Made in Dade Mondays. The finest…
SlaughterhouseRevolution Live, Fort LauderdaleMonday, March 29, 2011Better than: A 112 reunion concert Joell Ortiz was the first to step out from backstage to recite his share of “The Illest,” a song that samples fellow Brooklyn native Biggie. The song served as the introduction to Ortiz’s and fellow members Crooked I and…
Steve Aoki uses the word experiential liberally when discussing music. His engagement with the philosophy of the experience of existence is apparent from his crazed wild-eyed live shows, which feature regular stage-diving and crowd interaction. Live music as a medium is clearly a visceral force that should catalyze something transformative, or…
It’s no surprise that Dutch DJ demi-god Tiesto again headlines Ultra Music Festival this Friday. For him, it’s now a yearly ritual. “It’s actually the only festival in the world I can play every year. All the DJs over the world come together to go to Miami that week, so…
Australia native Tommy Trash might not yet be a household name for the average casual dance music fan — but give it time. The producer/DJ is currently only part of the way into his first headlining tour, ever, but he’s already got the support of some of the highest-powered names…
Nineties alt-rock as a genre covers sounds that range from unlistenable power pop to wrist-slitting, misery-inducing grunge. It’s a general term that means not much. Look at a band like Lit. They play punky pop, and it’s the kind of rock you can jump up and down and softly mosh…
Ladies love Misfit DJs? Guess so, since two Hollywood bars are bringing the guys up from Dade for two ladies’ nights this week to spin what DJ MOONFOO, AKA DJ E, calls, “the hottest and sexiest dance tracks with twist of Latin flavor.” On Tuesday night at SAS Martini Lounge and…
You were a little flat at the end of your performance of “Happy Birthday” there, Wolf ViolinistThe last few days, Village Voice Media’s indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we’ve been culling another list: the…
On Sunday morning, the local South Florida Blues Society sent out alerts through email and Facebook to notify the community that a friend of theirs, 45-year old Claudia Murphy, had been missing since Friday. She was last seen on Friday around 2p.m., wearing a white shirt in the vicinity of…
Soul Asylumwith Lavola, Chris Alvy Band, and Jennifer KaiserCulture RoomMarch 16Better Than: Staying at home and watching MTV Unplugged reruns The 90s were alive and kicking inside Culture Room on Friday Night as Soul Asylum took the stage for the first time in god knows how many years. (View full…
MuteMathwith Canon BlueRevolution LiveMarch 16Better than: Watching fireworks.There’s something magical about watching fireworks; the way they shoot up, lighting up dark skies, and the reactions you see from people of all ages as they ohh and ahh at all of the colors and shapes. There’s one downfall of watching fireworks, though:…
Steve Aoki speaks with the wired enthusiasm that can be attained only by being a relentlessly touring global DJ, acclaimed producer, owner of Dim Mak Records, and part of an organic nexus of artists including Diplo, Skrillex, and A-Trak, who are the current figureheads of the U.S. electronic dance music…
