WMC’s The List is Up

If there is one guide to Winter Music Conference (other than our own, of course), it’s definitely The List. It’s the official guide to everything WMC, and while it’s obviously still incomplete, there are a lot of interesting events already listed.Most of the list so far compromises the downtown clubs,…

Valentine’s EDM Lowdown

Valentine’s doesn’t come around on a Saturday very often, making this year’s an ideal reason for EDM lovers to consummate their love on a dancefloor somewhere (as if we needed an excuse on Saturday nights anyways.) Here’s a lowdown of some choice shows happening around town that night, which should…

Martini Bar – Hip Hop Tuesdays – Tonight: Gunline Ent and Hustle Holicz

                                    Photo From http://www.martinibar.com                                               Hey Kendall, Grove, South Miami, what’s closer than the beach, less confusing than downtown and stays open til 5 am? Martini Bar, your one stop shopping, drinking and dancing experience. Where else can a party-mom send her kids to the movies, drink herself stupid, doo…

Yonder Mountain String Band Show at Revolution is Postponed

Bad news for fans: Yonder Mountain String Band just announced that it was postponing all of its shows from February 11 to 15, with the vague explanation, “due to circumstances surrounding the band.” That includes this Friday’s previously scheduled gig at Revolution. The okay news is that rather than an…

More Langerado Rescheduling: Tokyo Police Club at City Limits, Mar. 8

via www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclubCity Limits, besides snagging Bad Brains, has also grabbed blog darlings Tokyo Police Club to play the same weekend the band would have played Langerado. Unfortunately, the show goes up against two others that night that attract similar fans: Girl Talk and Deerhunter at Culture Room, and Modest Mouse…

Bad Brains Bringing ’77 Punk Back to City Limits on March 6th

via myspace.com/badbrainsAsk any self-respecting punk rock fan to list his or her top 10 punk bands, and Bad Brains will almost certainly be toward the top. These hardcore punk rock pioneers began playing together as a jazz band with a rough edge and a hint of reggae way back in…

Kat DeLuna to Run da Show at Score Nightclub

Kat DeLuna will be visiting Miami this week.  The Dominican songstress, who enjoyed rampant radio success at the tail end of 2007 and into 2008 with her hit single, “Whine Up” featuring Elephant Man, just turned 21 in November, and it’s lucky for her.  She’s recently kicked off an 8-city…

The Postmarks Play South Florida Again, with John Ralston, Feb. 13

by Stefano Giovannini, via www.myspace.com/thepostmarksThe February 13 show at Respectable Street Café features two of the finest local acts to break out of Broward and Palm Beach counties: John Ralston and the Postmarks. Of the two, the Postmarks are perhaps the better known, garnering a degree of international critical acclaim…

The Pogues Langerado Show moved to Pompano Beach Amphitheater

via forgottenjournal.comAnother of Langerado’s casualties has found a new home. Irish supergroup The Pogues brushed off Langerado’s cancellation by announcing they’ll be holding their own show on Saturday, March 7th at 8:30 pm. Better yet, Shane MacGowan and crew have announced this will be the first show of their North…

Cubans wash up on North Beach

Que vuelta, mi gente?  That’s Cuban for “Hello, dear friends.  How are you this fine day?”  You might be wondering the reason for the lesson in Cuban slang.  Have I been watching Pichy films’ 299 again?  No.  Well…okay…yes.  Yes, I have.  Damned if I’m not still running around screaming, “que…

Sammy Dee Plays Glass on Friday

The peeps from Safe have hit the ground running this new year it seems, what with them booking international techno magnate Konrad Black for Valentine’s at Glass, in addition to Sammy Dee this Friday night at the same venue. Hailing from Berlin (big surprise) Mr. Dee is a scene veteran…

Buggah Da Govannah Tells You Who’s Haitian

Buggah D. Govannah (pronounced Governor) has been a fixture in Miami’s hip-hop scene for a long time now. Here’s an old picture of him with Wyclef. In this segment of Who’s Haitian, Buggah gives you some black history, since it’s February and all…

Introducing Mike Banger, Miami’s Future Super Producer

Mike Banger subscribed to our You Tube channel. He’s a talented music dude. Here’s the interview.New Times: How’d you get your nameMike Banger: You may know the slang term “banger” when speaking of a hard track. Well, when I first began producing I made nothing but hard mean heavy colossal…

Streetlight Manifesto

New Jersey’s Streetlight Manifesto deserves a couple of props. First, for still carrying the torch of third-wave ska as it was largely played at its tail end in the late 1990s: in a group of many, many musicians, and with a heavy punk edge. Second, for remaining pretty much the…

Designer Drugs

No not those designer drugs. We’re talking about Designer Drugs the DJ duo from New York. Half of the team played Miami’s Monday-night Exposure party at White Room this past September. Now the duo is set to return to South Florida this Thursday, where it’ll take over the decks at…