Art and politics can make strange, confusing bedfellows. German playwright (and all around Commie) Bertolt Brecht would tell you that unless your work directly protests the global capitalist hegemony by alienating the buorgeois theatre-going audience, it amounts to little but titillation for the ruling classes. On the other end of…
Everyone in North Florida is straight freaking out about this band Hundred Waters and its otherworldy indie sound. Having just released a six-song EP, ironically titled EP, the group’s being hailed as the best thing to hit the mean musical streets of Gainesville in a long time, and one of…
The folks over at MTV News are the tits when it comes to milking arbitrary blog coverage for web hits. In December, Music Television’s news team assembled a March Madness-like bracket system to countdown Britney Spear’s 30 best videos. Over 1 million people voted and crowned “I’m A Slave 4…
Prior to his untimely death last March, “G-Funk’s most melodic homie” had several “hoes in different area codes.” And on at least one occasion, he and his “Bad Girls” kept it “G-A-N-G-S-T-A” by shooting a homemade porno. According to TMZ, there is a Nate Dogg sex tape that’s being “shopped…
If there’s one party during WMC week that truly encapsulates the transatlantic tech-house zeitgeist, it’s Leftroom vs. Culprit at Treehouse Miami Beach on March 21. And that’s because the party showcases two of the scene’s most hotly tipped labels from (literally) both sides of the pond — the UK’s Leftroom…
As subtly alluded to via our front page illustration (see right), the Storch story involves a shit-ton of drugs. Not just any drugs, mind you. He wasn’t just smoking a lil’ weed and hitting a whip-it every now and then. No, Scott Storch — whose collaborators include Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Dr…
Diana Ross is coming out to South Florida and she wants the world to know. The 67-year-old Motown singer is bringing her live show to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s Hard Rock Live venue on Thursday, February 23. And if she’s anything like her Supremes soul sister Mary…
The internet, a safe haven where perverts can download fetish porn and degenerates bet on sports. It’s an information superhighway trolled by digital pirates on the lookout for copyrighted gold and a place where everyone can be the star of their very own Truman Show. But on Saturday, February 18,…
A week ago local poet, musician, and promoter Benjamin Shahoulian started a comment war on his Facebook page, stemming from his frustration at local musicians’ constant complaints about promoters. As the exchanges were getting pretty intense, hip-hop artist and promoter Erik Grizzly jokingly suggested making a video for “Shit Miami…
Check out Ultra Music Festival 2012’s Phase 1 lineup. There are only five weeks left till epic levels of uhntz-uhntz turn Downtown Miami into a 150,000-person public orgy! Back in December, Ultra Music Festival announced its initial 92-act roster. And just 14 days later, the fest “completely sold-out.” But this…
Miami isn’t just some metaphorical cheap beach motel where the electronic dance music industry from overseas gathers to mingle and party during WMC. No, it’s also the place where some of the world’s top EDM brands are actually born. Case in point: Flying Circus, the long-standing WMC party conceived by…
Miami beatmaker Amtrac celebrated the release of his album Came Along at Grand Central in September. And ever since, he’s been riding a chillwave of success. He put out a video for the album’s title track. The song was recently featured on Jersey Shore. And now he’s back with another…
Bonnaroo unveiled its 2012 lineup moments ago with the random help of ESPN’s John Anderson. And according the SportsCenter funnyman, it’s going to be “crazy good.” Appearing in a YouTube video, Anderson pulls out a Roland AX-Synth from under his desk–a keytar he lovingly calls his battle-axe–and comically recalls the…
Last year, when Frank Ocean’s Nostalgia, Ultra and The Weeknd’s House of Balloons dropped within weeks of each other, critics and music fans celebrated the arrival of a fresh movement in R&B. Though the moods of those recordings differed considerably, they were both remarkably self-assured and sophisticated for artists so…
Here’s a musical math lesson. What do you get when you take 16 DJs, divide them by three dance floors, and add everyone 18 years or older? Well, besides the obvious onslaught of kandi bracelets and neon tanks, you get 1 Night In Miami, Committee Entertainment’s latest endeavor. Committee’s the…
It’s a shame the Grammy Awards don’t scroll real-time Tweets throughout the ceremony because last night’s show was Osama Bin Laden-level funny. The “twitterverse” was on fire last night with Grammy-related commentary, a real laugh fest courtesy of indie celebrities, common folks and even the Grammys themselves. With so many…
Just three-days removed from Madonna’s big tour announcement, reports that Madge’s biggest fan had escaped from the California mental health facility he was living in an effort to either (a) “slice [her] throat from ear to ear, or (b) drop serious coin on the Ultimate VIP Package, have surfaced. You…
Did you know that Young Money Cash Money Billionaire boss Lil Wayne isn’t actually a billionaire? Well, homie … It’s true. Despite squashing his $5.6-million beef with the IRS, slanging 1.92 million copies of Tha Carter IV in this totally shitty economy, ranking among Billboard’s Top Artists for the last…
What started out as a fairly modest afterhours party at the former Studio A space in Downtown Miami in 2006 has since evolved into the WMC event par excellence. Of course, we’re talking about Crosstown Rebels’ Get Lost. And now in its seventh installment, this party has pretty much come…
What does it mean to rock? That is the eternal question. And according to StubHub, “the world’s largest ticket marketplace,” it’s all about a willingness to shell out obscene amounts of money (approx. $130) for resale tix to U2’s 360° Tour at Sun Life Stadium. Earlier today, the “eBay company”…
Simultaneously reviving the clubland economy and refueling America’s obesity epidemic, fast food giant McDonald’s is damn near ready to crown this year’s “hottest DJ” at a hamburger party inside South Beach’s Cameo Nightclub. But first, three mix-masters will have to woo a panel of judges comprised of relatively washed-up “celebrities”…
Damn you, leap year! This extra day nonsense is really starting to piss us off. With so much to look forward to in March, the thought of February 29 holding us back is killing us. Especially ever since we found out that Boys Noize is throwing a WMC party at…
