For about 10 years between the late 90s and throughout the naughts, Winter Music Conference in Miami was pretty much the greatest place on god’s green Earth. Directly following SXSW, WMC was the electronic/dance/EDM equivalent, except with turquoise water, bikinis, late night Cuban food and gorgeous art deco hotels. Just the thought of it makes […]


6 Dec
New York's photography maestros ascend the shores of Miami

Stop me if you’ve heard this one… a super hip art gallery from NYC walks into a chic hotel in to south beach during Art Basel and says… OK so that’s not a joke at all, and yeah we’ve mentioned Morrison Hotel Gallery a few times in the past (e.g. exhibits with Lynn Goldsmith, Jim […]


21 Aug
Two hours of electronic essentials from UK's T.E.E.D.

The most excellently named UK producer and DJ Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (with the even more excellent birth name of Orlando Higginbottom), better known as T.E.E.D., pieced together an qualitatively awesome two-hour mix for a BBC Radio 1 show for August 18th. Today he put the mix up on his SoundCloud so we thought it’d […]


13 Oct
Awesome New Republic's hurricane-inspired video and Q&A

We were taken at first listen by the latest track from ANR (Awesome New Republic), the hurricane and natural disaster-inspired “It’s Around You” single. The University of Miami, School of Music duo — comprised of Brian Robertson (Keys, Vocals) and Michael-John Hanock (Vocals, Drums) — craft infinitely catchy songs built on synth riffs, swooning vocals and melodic […]


21 Sep
An hour-long mix of Minneapolis disco/house

A nice hour-long mix courtesy of Minneapolis disco/house producer Gigamesh, who made the mix to promote his Thursday night (September 22nd) Check Yo Ponytail show at El Rey. Along with Gigamesh the show features Miami Horror, Class Actress, LA Girlfriend and Franki Chan. Also keep an eye out for Gigamesh’s debut self-titled EP October 18 through […]


29 Jul
2 hot days on the most notorious exotic car rally in America

The Bull Run began on the Vegas Strip with an explosion of internal combustion engines, wildly dressed hooligans, Amber Rose in a cleavage-exposing jumpsuit, rows of 6-figure supercars, Ice T and his ample bossomed partner Coco, and even Vanilla Ice behind the wheel of an imaginary car (the Firebreather, which we’ve covered here before) that […]


9 Jun
Stash your pills, lip-gloss, hairpin, USB stick and cash

As part of a series entitled 7 Necessities For a Woman To Feel Like a Woman Through the Eyes Of a Man, Amsterdam-based artist Ted Noten has designed the Dior 001. Are you looking for the perfect gift for your sci-fi loving, well styled, secret agent design aficionado girl? If so, this weapon with a […]


2 Jun
Sole Mates pins sneakers and playmates together for pet project

With the Mavericks and the Heat preparing for the last stretch of the NBA finals, Playboy decided to compile a list of the coolest Jordan sneakers in a project they called Soul Mates. In a move of inspired genius, the twenty-three top Air Jordans were selected and photographed accompanied by one of nine Playmates posing alongside […]