It’s finally here! Winter Music Conference starts today. And while the big, splashy parties don’t really get going until next week, there are still plenty good reasons why you should start your electro rendezvous today.Word to wise, if you are heading to South Beach car pool or cab it, we’re…
If there is one act that rarely disappoints, it’s Simian Mobile Disco. We’ve caught the duo so many times live that we’ve started to lose count. From a cavernous light show at the now-defunct Studio A to an odd New Year’s Eve booking at the Shore Club, what stays consistent…
For the Winter Music Conference attendee who felt that six days of constant pounding beats wasn’t enough to shake off the winter cold is in luck this year. Organizers had the bold idea of expanding the panels and parties throughout the course of 10 days. And if that wasn’t reason…
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Here’s a quick break from the pre-Winter Music Conference hoopla to give you some local music news. Sweat Records has announced the lineup from its third annual Sweatstock on April 21, which also coincides with Record Store Day. Headlining the party is Miami’s favorite electro-pop act Afrobeta along with local…
In October 2011, good news came early for beat freaks when Winter Music Conference announced the 27-year-old event would be growing — not only with new events but also with an expanded ten-day itinerary. Even better, organizers also eliminated the Sophie’s Choice they’d created last year by squabbling with Ultra…
Before Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week became a spring breaker’s paradise, it was all about discovering new music and artists. When did we all lose sight of that? Well, if you look close enough, you’ll still find there are acts worth discovering. Just let us introduce you to…
The excitement of talking with Ralf Hütter, the man behind legendary krautrock crew Kraftwerk, proved overwhelming. An interview seemed like a long shot, especially considering the fact that the last thorough press clip I could find was a June 2009 chat with The Guardian’s John Harris. And my over-sharing on…
During Art Basel, everyone likes to pretend it’s all about the art, but we know better. It’s about the easy-on-the-eyes guys and gals, the parties, and, most importantly, the booze. Nothing makes contemporary art seem more tolerable than your favorite libation. That’s why we are not going to try to…
As far as Miami circuit parties go, Winter Party is the best. And after almost a week’s worth of events, what better to way to show your pride (and raise money for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force) than to keep on partying? It’s Sunday’s Winter Party Beach Party…
The official start of Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week is less than a month away, and local venues are starting to reveal all the beat-wrapped goodies. One of the bigger juggernauts of the week, of course, is the Opium Group, which stands to dominate a good portion of…
This past weekend’s news about R&B and pop icon Whitney Houston’s death still seems unbelievable to us. But even with all the demons that seemed to haunt her until her untimely passing, we’d still like to remember her as The Voice.So let’s take a look back at a bit of…
Shocking news as publicist Kristen Foster confirms the death of R&B and pop legend Whitney Houston at the age of 48.The singer, who catapulted instantly to super-stardom in 1985 with her self-titled debut, had struggled with sobriety and rumored drug problems. Still, her musical contributions were no less diminished with…
Tool is just one of those bands that inspires crazy cult-like fandom. Or a totally indifferent shrug of the shoulders. But according to our sister blog County Grind, last night’s show at the BankAtlantic Center was crawling with rabid devotees to the Temple of Tool. So what if most of…
Today, the world got an overdose of Maya Arulpragasam, AKA M.I.A., who released not one, but two music videos. The first was a featured guest spot on Madonna’s “Hollaback Girl” “Give Me All Your Luvin'”. Tween SMS misspellings aside, Madonna’s track is basically an ode to herself and how everyone…
Last time we checked, ANR’s Brian Robertson and Michael-John Hancock said they were busy recording an album. So when 10K Islands’ Will Suter emailed us about the band’s upcoming show at Mamushka’s, we asked for an update on Robertson and Hancock’s doings.”[They’ve] added [a] live drummer, Luke Moellman, to the…
Midnight on Saturday, I found myself walking down Main Street U.S.A. after a long day at the Magic Kingdom. I was there to celebrate my sister’s birthday and had met up along with former New Times music editor Arielle Castillo, Ocean Drive’s Crissy Borges, and their respective significant others. After…
Hard, the long-running Los Angeles club night and electronic music festival, made its Miami debut during WMC 2010 with a pool party at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. We called it out for being a lite version of Hard’s notoriously heavy throwdowns. Now we won’t try take credit for it. (Actually,…
A while back, we talked to Otto Von Schirach about his recent collaboration with German DJ-producer duo Modeselektor. He called the collabo track a “banger,” which is a spot-on description of the glitchy, pulsating beat that dominates “Evil Twin,” a song off 2011’s Monkeytown. In its dark and twisted sort…
Coachella’s lineup got announced on Monday. And personally, we were underwhelmed. But it got us thinking how excited we are for Ultra Music Festival 2012. Sure, Deadmau5 may think the number of headliner acts on the bill is horrible. But we have to disagree with you, Zimmerman. We haven’t been…
