Fang With No Fraud, Powerhouse, To Be Hated, Out of Sorts, and FWA Presented by Idle Hands Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, December 22, 2012 Better Than: An Xmas weekend spent with anything besides loud abrasive music and old friends, reminiscing about those who are no longer here, in a sea…
Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels is a world-class dance music institution by now — a regular shoo-in for best international label on yearly polls like Resident Advisor’s, and a permanent presence on the global scene through its myriad transatlantic artist bookings and formidable Get Lost and Rebel Rave lineups. It follows…
Mr. Nice Guy Records’ Second Anniversary at Mansion December 20
SkaPocalypse at Talent Farm Studios December 21
End of Days Party at Grand Central December 21
Carrie Underwood at BB&T Center December 22
Photo by Liz TracyIs that Jarvis Cocker? Nah … Just Gaslamp Killer. No one’s really interested in reading about the actual performances taking place on this musical ship of contradictions, the S.S. Coachella, amirite? Instead, you want a spoonful of gossipy anecdotal sugar, straight from the decks of this funny…
Sure, DJ sets at clubs are fun. But DJ sets inside convention centers are funner. Especially when you’re covered in someone else’s sweat and buckets of non-toxic paint while rolling face with your absolute favorite mix-masters. Benny friggin’ Benassi, dirty boy Diplo, and motherflippin’ R3hab are bringing the noise, beat…
There’s a veritable tsunami of electronic dance music coming out of Berlin. After all, it’s the techno capital of the world. But amid this overwhelming wave of white noise, one of the artists currently standing out on the international charts and club bills is Till Von Sein. It helps that…
Photo by Ian WitlenJarvis Cocker and Pulp aboard the S.S. Coachella.The S.S. Coachella set out to sea rather unceremoniously. There weren’t horns, not a streamer in sight, and no one smashed bottles against the body of the ship. But we’d all been aboard the Celebrity Silhouette for about four hours…
Pig Destroyer With Priapus, God Harvest, Implosive Disgorgence, and Maruta Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, December 15, 2012 Better Than: Thurston Moore doing anything in Miami. Churchill’s Pub had itself a busy weekend. Right on the heels of Friday night’s Torche/Holly Hunt album release party, the legendary Pig Destroyer laid siege…
Holly Hunt’s Year One Album Release With Torche, Post Teens, and The Tunnel Churchill’s Pub, Miami Friday, December 14, 2012 Better Than: Any episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that didn’t have to do with a spaceship battle or a malfunctioning holodeck. Over the weekend, Miami was given a…
The commercial success enjoyed by Visionquest since the label’s 2011 inception might be a testament to how much the mainstream EDM industry underestimates people’s taste in music. The notion that the masses want to be spoon-fed the sonic equivalent of junk food via the likes of David Guetta and LMFAO…
There’s a loud, in-your-face sound coming out of Miami, making waves in clubs across America. It’s got a hip-hop lean and sometimes a tropical vibe. It’s dirty, sexy, and full of hype. It’s a raw sound, sought out by some of the biggest names in EDM. And it’s coming from…
In the rapidly proliferating world of stoner/droner/doom metal, it has become increasingly more difficult to say something original and relevant. While most anyone with a taste for the sludgy side of things appreciates any band doing something of quality (regardless of innovation or lack there of) in this realm, sometimes…
The deep house genre label gets stamped on releases a little too liberally these days by producers and imprints jumping aboard the bandwagon of its current commercial popularity. But so many records saturating the market lack the substance and soul that characterizes the authentic classic deep house sound. With its…
DJ Shadow at Mansion Miami December 14
Vince Neil at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek December 15
KC & the Sunshine Band at Hard Rock Live December 15
Funkagenda at Gryphon December 15
Got your “I Love JIG” tees? Well, looking deliver on their promise of an “an all the way live weekend,” Jazz in the Gardens and mayor Oliver Gilbert have just added human “Stress Reliever” and pop-hop loverboy Ne-Yo as well as R&B diva Monica (AKA “Miss Thang”) to JIG’s 2013…
Y2K didn’t screw us. And that kooky Christian group was wrong about May 21, 2011, which came and went sans apocalyptic incident. The third time, however, is always a charm. And the world is almost certainly going to end on December 21 — the date the Mayans predicted would be…
