Lazaro Casanova: Don’t let the baby face fool you.Local DJs like Oscar G and Cedric Gervais may get all the glory on a national level, but they better watch out for Lazaro Casanova. The young musician has gone from obscure indie-party DJ to legit techno/house producer. He even paired up…
Brad KuntzDo you find yourself scrambling for something to do every year on New Years Eve? Are you one of those people calling around at the last moment, “Hey! Is so-and-so finally having a party?” and “Hey! So what are you finally doing?” Well, you could end up at a…
Broward County’s Macknifa$ent has just uploaded a new video where he raps his remix to Tupac’s song “Hit Em’ Up.”Macknifa$ent is from Ft. Lauderdale and represents Pairadice Music. You can hear more of his songs at myspace.com/macknifasent…
Ian WitlenWhy is it that everyone expects New Year’s Eve to be so awesome when the preceding 364 days sucked so hard? Maybe all this emphasis on the End is just some banal expression of Western Civilization’s apocalyptic mindset. Or maybe we’re all a bunch of overstimulated creeps incapable of…
Alright, so while it briefly crossed my mind to check out Candyland 14 this past Saturday, in the end I just couldn’t bring myself to do so. I attended a couple of the early numbered editions of this party in the late ’90s/early ’00s, and then popped back in last…
Every time I look at Propaganda’s web site and see the drink specials and cheap prices, I want to crawl up inside it and stay. Unfortunately that’s not an option, as I have to report to offices in the counties south of Palm Beach. But if you live in northern…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. The Isle Casino & Racing in Pompano is seriously like Disney World for degenerate adults. Seriously, you lose entertainment-and-booze filled hours in a casino and walk out to find it’s already dark (or light, whichever…
Live in South Florida long enough, and the idea of the cruise loses its luster with the appearance of ever sunburned, hair-braided tourist clutching a cardboard box of souvenir rum. It’s okay, says Jason Beukema, founder of the Miami Beach-based Whet Travel agency. “I’ve been on 35 cruises, and it’s…
With the explosion of live music hitting South Florida this week (and next) comes Atlanta’s Sound Tribe Sector 9, complete with cult following and a new, tricked-out LED wall. The instrumental/experimental electro-jam band headlines Revolution in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, January 2, before setting sail on the Jam Cruise. New…
via magiccitycasino.comThanks to whatever changes in the gaming and racing laws (it’s hard to keep track), there’s finally a pseudo-casino within City of Miami limits: The Magic City Casino. It’s in a new building on the site of the old Flagler Dog Track, in that west-ish area of the county…
Here’s a brand new upload from Jodi Jo who apparently is from Chicago, but likes to tag his yotube uploads with “Miami.” Anyway, the strippers down here might like this song so here’s the video and some of the lyrics that were funny from Jodi Jo’s new song “Your Pussy…
Another year in the books. It is just us or did 2009 seemed to rush by like it was in overdrive? Still, 2009 was another stellar year for clubland, music and all. The economic recession didn’t prove to be the wet blanket many had predicted it would be. The nightclubs…
Miami’s big-room nightclubs usually go all out for New Year’s Eve celebrations by booking some of the biggest names in international dance music, and this year is no exception. Here’s the lowdown on some of the top NYE parties going down on Thursday night: Cocoon Label Party at Nocturnal’s Eden…
Sweet Bronco with The Pretty Faces, A Hunters Pace, and Retrocities Saturday, December 26, 2009 Propaganda, Lake Worth Better Than: John Elway and John Wayne dodging ponies as rodeo clowns. As Sweet Bronco rocked the stage at Propaganda Saturday night, people were moved in various ways: Some shouted “Yeehaw!”, most…
Not to be outdone, White Room is hosting its own special events today through Wednesday, courtesy of Glitterglu Productions and Under One Beat Entertainment. The stand of shows is called “Black Curtains at the White Room,” and are all electronic gigs — the flyer bills the series as nights of…
Miami prepares today for the Great Invasion of 2009, a.k.a. the Phish Comeback New Year’s Eve Concert Run. Along with the four arena shows by these road warriors comes a string of local afterparties. One of the best kickoffs tonight is Orchard Lounge’s late night dance-a-thon at the Vagabond, curated…
Here’s more in immediately useful news over the next few days if you’re into this sort of thing. As we’ve mentioned here, the Vagabond has its own events planned every night of this week, with Phish afterparties starting tonight. If you’re in town for the show and are the traveling-for-music-festivals…
via myspace.com/cityofgodLocal pop-minded six-piece City of God plays the Road on New Year’s Eve.The Vagabond and White Room aren’t the only downtown Miami venues opening their doors to the Phish crowds who will invade starting any minute now. A little further south, Tobacco Road starts its own spate of after…
Everyone knows that Spam Allstars are the shit. They are, without a doubt, one of Miami’s best homegrown acts. Stellar descargas spin out seemingly without end, a delectable torrent of Afro-Caribbean, Latin, funk, electronica and other treats all melded into one unified and supremely danceable groove. As a group, they’re…
Santa: Imposter or the real deal?There was a time, often called “childhood,” when catching your unmarried moms making out with a fat, bearded guy in a red suit would’ve been a wonderful development of the most Christmassy proportions. Who’d have thought that Santa could be your stepdad? No one. And…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. Tryst4 E. Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach 561-921-0201 The halls of Tryst had been more than significantly decked. The tree in the back patio dining area was full of lights; inside, poles had been wound with…
Jay Z’s Empire State of Mind was an instant classic. It’s still on the radio, it still gets stuck in your head when you hear it, and it still appeals to everyone from farmers to lawyers to middle school nerds to prison bound thugs.But if it does one thing other…
