Archive for March, 2009
Diplo Fights Zombies, Preps New Album
B-LIVE headliner Diplo is going the concept-album route for his next release. Conjuring everyone from Kool Keith to The Who, Diplo and equally awesome production partner Switch are set to release “Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do” on June 16, through Downtown Records – also home to B-LIVE buddies MSTRKRFT.
But don’t call D & S by [...]
LIVE FROM THE FONTAINEBLEAU—B-LIVE TONIGHT!
Just arrived in Miami Beach and the Fontainebleau is—as expected—absolutely hopping: walked in past neither one nor two but three TV crews, all filming nearly identical groups of women in uber-body-con dresses and unbelievable heels. Wyclef was somewhere in the house last night, but of course I’m here for B-LIVE tonight, with A-Trak, MSTERKRFT, DJ [...]
Heck, Heartbreak Made Me A Dancer
Sometimes the track of the Conference is a weird techy sleeper that no one’s ever noticed before, that somehow turns up in the sets of all the big DJs. And sometimes it’s a big, showy, Ibiza-esque vocal like the sad-but-true “Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer,” by The Freemasons feat Sophie Ellis-Bextor. I anticipate guys like [...]
B-LIVE headliner MSTRKRFT releases second album
B Live headliner MSTRKRFT – aka Jesse Keeler and Al-P – had a big week last week. On Tuesday, the Canadian duo released their second album, “Fist Of God,” through DJ Steve Aoki’s super-cool Dim Mak label. On Weds, they hit “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to perform first single “Bounce,” a song that lives up to [...]
BEST Pre-WMC Warm-up Music
Just got a text from my WMC buddy, who’s betting that Calvin Harris’s “I’m Not Alone” is going to be this year’s break-out track: “Have a listen immediately,” he says. “It’s gorgeous.” We argued over the best pre-WMC warm-up music: He’s going for Treasure Fingers; I’m sticking with last year’s Diplo + Santigold….
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MSTRKRFT at B-LIVE
I stand by my annual choice to check out WMC instead of SXSW—but I can’t deny being bummed out to miss MSTRKRFT in Austin tomorrow night. Fist of God might as well be the only choice in my iPod, and they put on a-m-a-z-i-n-g shows. Saving grace: I’ll see them at B-LIVE on Thursday, hurrah!
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WMC countdown
Only eight days and counting until Winter Music Conference kicks off, and I absolutely cannot wait to get to Miami. (Austin, what?) My must-see list will be literally impossible to achieve, as I am not yet capable of being in three places at once—though of course the best shows are always the biggest surprises. I’ll [...]
The Key to WMC
The countdown is on, folks. There’s just 11 days until the biggest players on the international dance music scene converge in sultry South Beach, for the biggest week-long party of the year: Winter Music Conference.
For over 20 years, WMC has been THE place for the movers and shakers in nightlife and music to get together, [...]
Introducing our B-LIVE Blogger : Diane Vadino
Diane Vadino is a contributing editor at NYLON Guys magazine. She has contributed to magazines including Spin, ID, NYLON, Zink, Surface and others.
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