Influenced by Fleetwood Mac, Chicago house music, Animal Collective, and copious amounts of peppermint tea, Cut Copy — made up of Dan Whitford, Tim Hoey, Mitchell Scott, and Ben Browing — began as Whitford’s solo DJ project in 2001. It then emerged on the scene as a performance trio with…
Kiss at Hard Rock Live March 17
Philip Glass at New World Center March 17
Gal Costa at the Fillmore Miami Beach March 19
Bobby Brown and Heads of State at Sun Life Stadium March 20
Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks at BankAtlantic Center March 20
It’s 2011 and after working his way up from Detroit’s techno underground, Richie Hawtin is a world-class dance music institution. Of course, there are his seminal labels Plus 8 and Minus, his acclaimed Plastikman alter ego, and his hard-earned rep as a game-changing innovator in the arenas of production and…
It’s only been about three months since beloved local quirk-pop queen Rachel Goodrich left you, me, and the Magic City for the big, bright floodlights of La La Land. And already we miss her so much. We watched helplessly as Rachel picked out her favorite records, stuffed her suitcase, and…
Having released his debut EP to immediate acclaim on Josh Wink’s Ovum label in January 2010, NYC wunderkind Chris Manik made the leap from virtual unknown to internationally celebrated “It” producer in little more than a year. MANIK has since joined the artist rosters of chic labels like Poker Flat,…
Say you’re playing the 1983 Atari console game Crystal Castles, in which Bentley Bear must collect gems to advance. Bentley accidentally ingests a jewel and falls through a hallucinogenic tunnel that spirals into a secret level filled with panicky confusion, abrasive synths, and warbled voices that morph into machine-distorted screeches…
The last time Crossfade caught up with Pretty Lights, AKA Derek Vincent Smith, he was preparing for his Magic City debut at the Vagabond. Since then, the versatile electro producer has acquired a new drummer, killed Ultra 2010’s live stage, and released a couple of albums that are downloadable to…
Twenty years in the game and the Slackers are still sharper than a stepping razor. On Sunday night, hundreds of people came out for the NYC ska rockers, the Duppies, and Miami’s own Askultura at Churchill’s Pub.The sound man was on point, the room was full, the booze was flowing,…
You won’t find wabi-sabi at your local sushi bar. Though it sounds like a spicy condiment, it’s actually a Japanese worldview centered on acceptance of transience, and it’s the way New York-based singer-songwriter, producer, and DJ Moby determines the aesthetic value of his recordings. “When things are kind of broken…
If you’re a regular of Miami’s EDM scene, then you’ve surely attended a SAFE party. They’ve been responsible for many of the top international house and techno bookings of the last several years, hosting memorable recurrent performances by the likes of Matthew Dear, Radio Slave, Damian Lazarus, M.A.N.D.Y., and Matt…
From all the way back in the day when street-level party music label Nervous Records was first founded in 1991, the master plan was always straight-up support for the deepest and grittiest parts of the house and hip-hop subcultures. “The true underground is the guy who sleeps until 1 in…
After 13 years, Ultra Music Festival has managed to push aside the week that helped create it. Ballsy as the move may have been, we all knew Ultra had long overshadowed Winter Music Conference. With the conference’s attendance at just 3,763 last year, the festival managed to sell out two…
Hard is ready to take over Miami’s party scene. Since 2007, Hard has been giving dance music fans in the West Coast their fix with regular events that consistently feature a killer lineup. It isn’t hard for, er, Hard to sell out a 30,000-person event. And with Los Angeles, New…
See the full 33-photo Nine Mile Music Festival slideshow. The 18th Annual Nine Mile Music Festival (Formerly Bob Marley Movement Caribbean Festival) Featuring Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Slightly Stoopid, Inner Circle, Major Lazer, Thievery Corporation, and Others Bayfront Park, MiamiSaturday, March 12, 2011 Better Than:…
So it wouldn’t be entirely accurate to say that everyone who matters in dance music attended the International Dance Music Awards at Dolce last night. But even if Armin Van Buuren and Deadmau5 couldn’t make the event, a few high-class yet earth-bound performers made the brief awards show and the…
Australia’s Cut Copy began as the solo production extension of Dan Whitford, a DJ in Melbourne. The project then expanded to a trio concurrent with the release of 2004’s Bright Like Neon Love, which cemented the group’s presence in the blogosphere as a premiere “dance-rock” band. Now the group –…
Over the past couple of years, tribute shows have kind of become a staple of Churchill’s programming. And I’ll admit that at first I thought of them as a kitschy attempt to fill slots. But more and more, the whole tribute show thing seems to be a better and better…
UffieWednesday, March 9, 2011The Standard, Miami BeachBetter Than: Not sure it was “better than” anything. Definitely reminded me of being on some kind of bender.The Parisian-by-the-way-of-South-Florida singer Uffie really came out of nowhere in 2006, having lucked out by befriending the right producers (Mr. Oizo and Feadz) on the right…
