Introducing Third World America: Dirty Solja and The Mish
The kid Mish contacted me about documenting the Palm Beach County movement. Here’s what he had to say:…
The kid Mish contacted me about documenting the Palm Beach County movement. Here’s what he had to say:…
We’re two months away from the monstrosity known as Winter Music Conference. While we’re hearing of plenty of parties being scale back this year, we still know it’s going to be amazing. But again, that’s still two months away, so for now we are going to get excited about what…
As New York-based trio the Rub, DJs Eleven, Ayres, and Cosmo Baker have, over the past decade, proven themselves to be some of the most prolific turntablists on the planet. We’re not talking about just production credits and mixtape awards. There are also two monthly radio shows, a critically acclaimed…
Whether music snobs like it or not, the Mississippi-birthed, meat-and-potatoes rock act 3 Doors Down has survived – and thrived – for more than a decade and a half now. Even those who can’t identify by name the staples of the “active rock radio” format can hum along with the…
Neo-honky-tonker Wayne Hancock’s nickname is “The Train,” and though it may appear convenient to give the native Texan the moniker simply because of the Dr. Seuss-style rhyme one can play with his first name, Hancock has earned an allegiance with perhaps country music’s greatest symbol of both heartbreak and freedom…
I first discovered Joshua Radin through the 2006 Zach Braff chick flick The Last Kiss — don’t ask why or how I ended up watching it — but after one listen, I was hooked on “Star Mile” and the whole We Were Here album. To be fair, he probably owes…
When Luca Venezia started his career as a musician, he dabbled mostly in experimental breakcore and drum ‘n’ bass, releasing music under Kid 606’s label Tigerbeat6. But later, under the moniker Drop the Lime, his fame grew as he embraced more current popular styles like electro-house and dubstep. But don’t…
It’s hard to believe that one of last year’s biggest hits almost didn’t make it to radio, let alone on to the album it highlights. But that’s the story behind Estelle’s soul-stirring smash “American Boy,” from her hit LP, Shine. “We were just messing about,” says the relatively newly minted…
You never know where you’re going to meet your future spouse. Or pose for a drunken artist who quickly immortalizes you in crayon. Or if neither of those things happens, you could always just drink until you’re shitfaced. And that’s how it goes with the cast of random-ass characters at…
Like the architecture degree he keeps sequestered and the dizzying heights implied by his name, DJ Vertigo structures some truly classic nights on the town. Sure, the head spinner uses sound rather than steel and concrete to create what he envisions. But that doesn’t make his edifices any less enduring…
Julian Dawson Deep Rain juliandawson.com Julian Dawson’s something of a journeyman, a musician whose good-natured delivery and crossover appeal finds him equally amenable to the folkier realms of his native U.K. and the down-home environs of Nashville. The latter is where he recorded this latest LP, Deep Rain. Like all…
Hardcore Pink Floyd fans are exactly that – deeply, sometimes scarily knowledgeable about their favorite band and sticklers for accuracy and respect in reproducing its music. And from a show that is at all Pink Floyd-related, these folks demand a show. The true Floyd experience, after all, is about more…
A number of really surprisingly awesome artists have already been announced for Langerado’s debut year in Miami. Today, the festival added four more: Modest Mouse, Deerhunter, the Gene Ween Band, and Alberta Cross. Click here to read the list of other artists announced so far…
The last Wednesday of every month, the Grand Groove crew takes over the upstairs at Jazid, playing a hip-hop, funk, and soul-heavy blend of classics and soon-to-be classics. Here’s the description from DJ Sire Esquire, who, full disclosure, occasionally writes about music for New Times: “Dope DJs, music & vibes…
If you’re a fan of today’s reggaeton, there’s a good chance you’re into the romantic crooners that populate the genre. And if you’re into that, there’s an even better chance you’ve heard “Te Quiero,” which dominated the airwaves of Latin radio and video channels in just about every format for…
via www.livenation.comThe last time Fall Out Boy headlined in South Florida, it was for a gig with Gym Class Heroes and Plain White T’s at the Fillmore Miami Beach, on Halloween 2007. That theater seemed like a smallish venue for them then, and thanks to both Pete Wentz’ tabloid appearances,…
The Hustle Holicz are the Dade County group behind the streets-to-radio hit “I’m So Throwed.” The song has a great ad lib and you’ll find it hard to get it out of your head. It’s a sound effect that sounds like a cross between Master P’s “uuhhhh,” Lil Jon’s “Yeeeeaayah”…
www.windishagency.comThe Leeds-born house DJ Dave Seaman, is by now, is a worldwide household name in electronic music, with countless mix albums and original releases, a record label (Audio Therapy), and a constant international touring schedule calibrated with military precision. But in the mid- to late-Nineties, he was still relatively unknown…
By Douglas Sonders, via www.myspace.com/3doorsdownWhether music snobs like it or not, the Mississippi-birthed, meat-and-potatoes rock act 3 Doors Down has survived — and thrived — for over a decade and a half now. Even those who can’t identify by name the staples of the “active rock radio” format can hum…
If you read Crossfade or New Times at all, you’ll know that John Hood is a regular contributor (and a regular man-about-town). But long ago, before I was his “boss” (although nobody is really the Hood’s boss), I happened upon one of his Thug Sinatra evenings, then at the old…
Justin Namon, www.thepopnessparty.comTo read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. What I would like to talk about this week is me being a jackass. Recently, I wrote about predatory men and slutty women, and it’s come to my attention that people got the impression I was…
Each Wednesday night Soultech brings a more soulful side of techno and house music to Skybar at the Shore Club. Tonight they present a special DJ set by Luca Sabellico a.k.a. DJ 2much, hailed as one of the lounge music pioneers of South Beach. His mixing of nu jazz, downtempo,…