DJ Behrouz, the San Francisco native and now Miami Beach transplant, will be spinning live tomorrow night at Mansion to celebrate the release party of his two-disc mix CD Pure Behrouz. We sat down to talk with him about how the album came about, as well about his new label…
The biggest concert to hit Nassau, Bahamas all year is right around the corner and anticipation is building up for it. The Millennium Concert 2008 is scheduled for Oct 30-Nov 2nd and features three nights of top notch music acts plus a night of fashion and partying. The line up…
I just got the good word that Cape Verdean singer Anané and her husband, New York house legend, Louie Vega, are playing a show together in Miami two weeks from now. The show is set for November 6 at the Florida Room inside of the Delano Hotel, and sounds like…
It’s Chrome-o-o-o-o-oh! Oh Chromeo. We remember seeing you play at Circa 28 during Winter Music Conference 2007. Back then, you had released your debut album She’s In Control, which was filled with syrupy synthetic beats and Prince-like melodies — in other words, it was sex on a platter served via…
Hey Pitbull, we sincerely hope you read this post. Not because we want to bash you. In fact, you sort of like you. When you commanded us to shake our “culo” we gladly obliged, and when you teamed up with the Ying Yang Twins to simply command us to “shake”…
There’s nothing uncommon about seeing a line of men drooling over cute girls at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. Anyone who’s ever been there knows the place is hookup central — where guys dressed in Ed Hardy shirts flirt zealously with girls wearing almost nothing. That’s…
The title of Gloria Estefan’s latest album, 90 Millas (“90 Miles”), alludes to the physical distance between her native Cuba and the mainland United States. It’s no surprise, then, that lyrically, she continues her peaceful activism in favor of democracy there. This includes beautiful ballads like “Cuando Cuba Sea Libre”…
A jam-band summit of sorts, this trio brings together drummer and Grateful Dead alum Bill Kreutzmann, former Aquarium Rescue Unit/Allman Brothers bassist and Peacemakers bandleader Oteil Burbridge, and guitarist Scott Murawski of Max Creek. Although cross-pollination among bands has been the hallmark of the scene that all three players hail…
When Bay-area avant-garde funkateer Mike Silverman, AKA That 1 Guy, hits the stage, even the most jaded music fan needs a double take to discern what in the hell is going on. Just when you’ve recovered from the visual freak-out of Silverman’s invention, the Magic Pipe — a two-stringed, 13-trigger…
During an era of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1970s that seemed dominated by men, it’s fitting that a woman like Donna Jean would plant herself in the middle of the Grateful Dead and shake things up. After working for years in the fabled Muscle Shoals, Alabama, music scene —…
Even if we lose love, we’ve got to try to love again,” says Jojo Garza, bassist and middle brother of Chicano blues-rock trio Los Lonely Boys. “If you’re having rough times, you gotta get up because you have to — you have to.” With that, Garza pretty much sums up…
After sitting down with Deejay Smeejay, it’s not at all difficult to imagine his being a go-go boy despite the fact that he probably hasn’t, er, bar-topped for a decade or so. I mean, the cat literally dances in his seat. And in the rare instance when his body’s not…
Legend has it that during Ronald Reagan’s first run for president, his wife, Nancy, suggested that using Bruce Springsteen’s then-popular anthem “Born in the USA” as a campaign song might be one way to siphon off the youth vote. So Nancy arranged for a backstage visit after one of Springsteen’s…
While other top MCs have had to create their own bogeymen to battle — Kanye has his ego, Eminem had Kim, Lil Wayne has those cough-syrup Martians — T.I.’s got real problems. Released from house arrest and in the midst of 1,500 hours of community service, he still has to…
Michna’s meticulously prepared latest album, Magic Monday, is a weave of erratic sampled snippets, live instruments, and programmed beats folded into one continuous track list. The Secret Frequency Crew member and active New York DJ (alias: Egg Foo Young) is hardly green when it comes to set organization, and Michna’s…
Many music fans salivate at the mention of those who presaged the concept of roots-consciousness. Gram Parsons, one of Americana’s forefathers, envisioned “cosmic American music” (his words), a holy blend of country, rhythm & blues, rock ‘n’ roll, and gospel. Why Taj Mahal is not more often mentioned as a…
We ‘R’ Us is a lot better album than its self-serving title might imply… so much better, in fact, that it could be one of the best local rock albums released in recent memory. Chock-full of effusive grooves, resilient melodies, and supple hooks, it finds the New Planets in a…
Monkeys have always made me happy. They can be eating ripe bananas, puckering their lips at zoo visitors, or swinging from trees in a National Geographic documentary. Whatever — total joy. As I kid, I played Monkey in the Middle, Barrel o’ Monkeys, and plenty of Donkey Kong. And every…
Everyone rejoice! The loud continuous thump of the bass all over Miami is only a few months away. Yes, every March the dance music community congregates in Miami for Winter Music Conference, bringing with it superstar DJs and parties galore. But it’s easy to forget that despite all the debauchery…
Treasure Fingers: the man with the magic fingers. Tonight, Fool’s Gold Records invades White Room to celebrate the release of its two-disc Scion A/V compilation Fool’s Gold Remixed. Last time the Fool’s Gold DJs — Nick Catchdubs, Nacho Lovers, Treasure Fingers and Jokers Of The Scene — gave the decks…
Stuntin Like My Daddy – Birdman & Lil Wayne So Lil Wayne is back in the news today (as if he ever leaves) and it’s related to his arrest last year on gun charges in Manhattan. Last July, the rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, was arrested and charged…
Tiffany Rainey MIA Skatepark’s Matt Cantor quizzing some kids on their multiplication tables (seriously). DJ Z-Trip at the Habitat Skateboard Demo Saturday, October 8, 2008 MIA Skatepark, Doral Better Than: Lurking on Lincoln Road Z-Trip who? Though sponsor Fuji Film probably shelled out a pretty penny to get the King…
