Yes! BEN FOLDS of the Ben Folds Five, Fear of Pop, and um, Ben Folds’ solo albums, is performing in South Florida this week! Cross your fingers and hope that he’ll play his X-rated Dr. Dre cover… In the meantime, here’s his G-rated cover of “Such Great Heights” by The Postal Service: He’ll be at …
(Well not versus, really.) This week PSYCHIC TUESDAYS, one of the best-kept secrets in Miami nightlife, presents guest selectors/record store owners yours truly of Sweat Records and Mikey R. of Ft. Lauderdale’s awesome Radio-Active Records! The musical slant at Psychic Tuesdays is toward the dark, post-punk, goth, and obscure yet DANCEABLE so we’ll both be …
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Hey all, Just wanted to say thanks to the 350+ who came out to the Upper East Side Garden’s 2-Year Anniversary last night w/ Matt & Kim!! M&K were spot-on and had the crowd going nuts (and yes, they really are that nice and awesome in real life!), ANR opened with a great set, and …
One of the biggest weeks of music and parties in the world, the annual Winter Music Conference (aka WMC), is going down right here, right now in our own backyards!! We’ve put together a huge list of some amazing parties from new stuff to yearly events. We can’t vouch for everything but there’s a ton …
Hey you! Yes, we’re talking to you – every band, solo artist, electronic producer and music-maker in the whole damn state (and Puerto Rico). The 5th Annual Florida Grammy Showcase is upon us! This is a great opportunity that not only gets you entered into the Florida Grammy Showcase runnings, but the 2009 Florida Music …
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Yes, yes y’all! Miami’s own Awesome New Republic will be opening for Matt & Kim at Saturday’s nights show in honor of the Upper Eastside Garden‘s 2nd Anniversary!! Some of you may remember that we put out ANR’s first two releases back in 2005: the “ANR So Far” CD and the gorgeous, translucent blue vinyl, …
Howdy folks, Please peep the SICK line-up of next week’s WMC edition of Fridays at The Vagabond! Headlining is UK DJ/remixer extraordinaire EROL ALKAN (aka Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve) spinning in the main room, along with RITON (UK), DAVE P + JDH (Fixed NYC) and some *very* special guests we’re not even allowed to announce… …
Sweat co-found Sara returns for another awesome ORIGAMI NIGHT AT SWEAT! She’ll be teaching butterflies, dollar bill bow-ties and shapes, and of course the irresistible origami STARS! $5 materials fee gets you access to a wide variety of lovely Japanese papers…. Starts at 8pm and space is limited to the first 16 attendees so try …
Shortly before Lemonade rocked the house Friday night at The Vagabond, we all got to know the brilliance of Brooklyn’s balloon-headed, hyphy hype man: BAD BRILLIANCE. He had everyone scratching their heads but also nodding them to his funked beats and laughing their asses off. You had to be there. Check the video below too …
For all you bands that are looking to press records in the near future (which you should), United Record Pressing is making it easy for you. Enter your info in their handy-dandy new Vinyl Pressing Quote Generator and figure out exactly how much it’ll cost you per piece. And yeah, go for the colored vinyl. …