Million Dollar Mano was already a favorite on Chicago’s free-spirited house/hip-hop crossover scene. His new project, though, might get even wider attention, thanks to the addition of a little female energy in the form of frontwoman Drea Smith. Together they are He Say She Say, and over squelching electro-pop, Smith…
Now in its seventh installment, Aquabooty’s infamous Art Basel special, “Fuck Art Let’s Dance”, is going down at the Electric Pickle on Friday night and headlined this time by the legendary DJ/producer and self-anointed “high priest of spiritual house music” Osunlade. The religious title isn’t merely symbolic, as Osunlade is…
A couple recent concert announcements bring a little something for people on both your naughty and nice lists this Christmas. If you or someone you know happens to be on the nice list, consider celebrating Christmas (or at least the ghost of Christmas) a couple weeks early with local stars…
The long weekend may be over but the busy season is just getting started. With Art Basel Miami Beach starting this weekend, you’ll be lucky if you’re alive come Sunday. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves — here is what you missed over the weekend: ’80s Prom at the…
Skinny Puppy Revolution, Fort LauderdaleFriday, November 27, 2009 Better Than: Hanging out at your local weekly industrial gathering The Review: One of the coolest things about Skinny Puppy is how the act has always been more than just a simple band. Since its inception in 1982, this Vancouver industrial juggernaut has turned out…
With a loud and raucous sound zigzagging over the lines of alt rock, rock n’ roll and punk like a driver 14 shots of Jack deep, Cage the Elephant have been rattling the bars of that pen plenty. The quintet out of Kentucky blurs the lines of what their sound…
Borrowing an opening bit from Coffee Talk with Linda Richman, Manchester Orchestra is neither from Manchester, nor a real orchestra. Okay, talk amongst yourselves. They’re actually a five-piece rock band from Atlanta, who just released their second album. And they kick serious ass. Their debut, I’m Like a Virgin Losing…
Who is Paul van Dyk, really? Obviously he’s one of the most famous figures in electronic dance music worldwide — and arguably the best-dressed. But why? Well his industry accolades speak for themselves. Paul van Dyk (born Matthias Paul in East Germany, 1971) is a Grammy Award-nominated artist, named “World’s…
You could make the argument that Canadian anarcho-industrial-rock pioneer Skinny Puppy has been at its most artistically potent (and successful) over the past 27-plus years when there’s a right-wing boogeyman at the helm of the free world to rail against. The group — long led by frontman Nivek Ogre and…
Few Hispanics have had electronic dance music careers as fruitful and influential as that of DJ/producer Erick Morillo. Born in Colombia and raised in Union City, New Jersey, the house music veteran began DJing in his teens. By the early ’90s, he was experimenting with provocative genre-bending fusions of house,…
After eluding the annals of popular dance music for practically forever, France finally got with the program in the late ’90s thanks to a quirky little duo named Daft Punk. It didn’t take long after that for France to grow its own crop of DJ superstars, whose prime example is…
Ali Shirazinia, AKA Dubfire, is half of the renowned duo Deep Dish, and is its decidedly more musically forward-thinking member. As a solo producer, though, he has garnered equally significant recognition. In 2007, he launched his own label and tastemaking music platform, Science + Technology Digital Audio, and has since…
It’s hard to believe 311 has been at it for 20-plus years, especially after listening to the band’s recently released 12th album, Uplifter. (Well, it’s actually the 15th, if you count three early indie records that were later compiled to form Omaha Sessions in 1998.) The new disc more than…
Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa bridged the awkward end of the ’80s and the massive untamed wilderness of the ’90s local music scene, especially helping to cement Churchill’s Pub as the musical hub of South Florida. But a spinal injury, relocation to Oakland, deaths, and dwindling finances have limited the band’s commercial…
If you missed Kid Sister’s performance not long ago at LIV, here’s an opportunity to check her out again in a slightly more relaxed setting. Giant Step always curates quality events, and for Art Basel the label is putting on Chicago’s favorite femme fatale electro-rapper at the Delano. She and…
Looking for things to do this holiday season? Here are a couple shows that can get you away from your family for at least a few hours. On December 26, after you’ve probably spent about 48 hours too long with people you’d rather never see again, get some of that…
Mike Bones and Brian DeGraw. Max Fish is the coolest no-bullshit bar on Manhattan’s L.E.S., and in celebration of its 20th birthday, the good folks at OHWOW have recreated the bar here in Miami, in its entirety. Bonus for those of us missing out on our own late beloved dive…
At one point, the California MC Ras Kass seemed poised for a real mainstream takeover. Known for killer freestyles and guest verses, he issued a pair of early albums, Soul on Ice and Rasassination, that were well-received. Things started to unravel, though, around the time of his third album, Van…
In a departure from his usual soulful house sets, the Philly DJ/producer King Britt gets glitchy and left-field in the Miami installment of Saturn Never Sleeps, a monthly party he cofounded with his fiance, Rucyl Mills. King and Rucyl man the beats on laptops and other sundry gadgets, including, possibly,…
We’ve already blogged a couple times about Poplife’s big Art Basel party on Saturday, December 5 featuring the Golden Filter. Electric Pickle’s got a lot of other stuff going on during Basel week, though, including a huge Aquabooty blow-out on Friday, December 4. Here’s the line-up.Wednesday, December 2″A meet and…
With all the Art Basel hype (only one week away, woooo), you can be forgiven if you forgot our previous announcement about the Miami Music Festival. In its inaugural year, it’s a three-day shebang styled after bigger industry conferences like SXSW and CMJ, with simultaneous showcases at a bunch of…
We were more excited this weekend about the upcoming long weekend plus all the Basel fun that will follow. Still there were a few things that caught our attention. So here is what you missed over the weekend:Vivid Video Porn Star Ball at CameoVivid Video sure gets around within the…
