Well, that's the end of that. As of this week, the club that somehow got me most emotionally invested is now rubble. I'm sad about it, but we knew this day was coming. Some weeping and gnashing of teeth on Talk Nightlife.
We finally got all the details for the upcoming Matthew Dear show and can't wait for the days to pass. Inspired by Detroit techno the man is a techno, minimal and underground master. This guy is the complete electronic package.
You could throw around generous descriptors and any number of genre-locking terms "electronic pop, minimal house, acid techno" but you'd still fail to get to the nucleus of Matthew Dear. Releasing tracks under three aliases, including False (M_NUS), Jabberjaw (Perlon), and Audion (Spectral Sound), the Texas native has earned his international status over the course of a decade, getting his bearings on the DJ decks as a teenager to flooring sold-out crowds at famed venue Fabric in London.
Dear's first album Leave Luck to Heaven appeared in 2003 and was praised widely as a seminal fusion of pop and minimal techno. Heaven brought us the insanely popular single "Dog Days" which made it to the decks of famed DJs like Richie Hawtin. More recently Matthew Dear released Asa Breed (2007) which celebrates his pop sensibilities and personal song-writing style utilizing rock instrumentation. Needless to say you will not want to miss this show. For musical reference enjoy some of the selected tracks below. Matthew Dear is spinning live Saturday August 16th @ Boutique Lounge. Boutique is located at directly behind Pawn Shop Lounge on the Corner of NE 13th Street & 1st Court. Downtown Miami.
limited $15.00 tickets are available at http://www.wantickets.com/safe.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=29745600714
http://www.matthewdear.com
http://www.ghostly.com
http://www.suckfish.org
http://www.myspace.com/matthewdear
Gasp! I know, promoting something at Pawn Shop. Who would have thought? But the people behind the Slutty Cinco de Mayo party are good people who always guarantee you fun times. And with $5 tequila shots, $5 beers and $75 bottles, how can you go wrong? Plus DJ Obi T. and Mike Deuce will be there to get you sweatin'. This is of course is if you don't have Radiohead tickets, but even if you do, stop by afterward, you'll already be out.
Club Space and The Pawn Shop have released their Winter Music Conference lineups and I have taken the liberty of selecting a few standouts in my opinion. You can read the entire lineups by clicking the link at the end of this post to read more. Also don't forget you can post your WMC events on Miami Nights for free. Also if your club or company has a lineup ready email us. These are in no particular order.
Club Space:
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Thursday, March 27th
- FERRY CORSTEN (MAIN ROOM)
- SANDER VAN DOORN (MAIN ROOM)
- ERIC PRYDZ (TERRACE)
- DAVID GUETTA (TERRACE AFTERHOURS)
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Saturday, March 29th:
- DEEP DISH AND FRIENDS
- PETE TONG
The Pawn Shop:
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Wednesday, March 26:
- Danny Tenaglia - 18 Hour set (holy fuk)
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Friday, March 28
- Gabriel & Dresden
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Sunday, March 30th:
- Sunday School for Degenerates - TRUEE!! Matthew Dear will be killing it~
Yes, everyone on earth is going to Stereo, including some people not on earth (I'm talking to you two concubines from Xylos-3 wearing very convincing South Beach MILF costumes). But there are two other parties as well:
- Richie Hawtin at Pawn Shop. I can't post the flyer because the party is sponsored by a company that completely lacks professional and Internet ethics (I'll give you a hint which one: the site looks like it just stepped out of a time machine from 1998). So, if you want to go, show up at Pawn and good luck to you.
- Orlando A. and Greg T., our friends at LiveLife, have moved their party from Vice on Fridays to Glass. Click here for flyer
- SMAC brings you Cameo, featuring the excellent DJ Irie. A reliable party in unpredictable times.
Tonight The Pawn Shop Lounge plays host to Music Loves Fashion featuring Canadian Electro duo MSTRKRFT as headliners and up and comers LA Riots, who have made a splash on the west coast with some money remixes. Even infamous scenster Adam Frankel makes his return to Miami to host the event which should make for some interesting drama and not-so-welcome-back type celebration I'm sure (We love you here at MN Adam). You can be certain though this will be a hipsters haven come Friday night and the crowd huge considering the acts. Anyhow tickets are $20. See you there. Click here for full sized flyer. For some musical reference here is a remix by LA Riots.
It's Tara's XXth birthday this Thursday and she has decided to celebrate it at Pawn Shop. You may remember Tara for such classics as I'm Just A Squirrel and Stop Stalking Me. Well, she is back and better than ever (possibly, I haven't actually seen her) so you should definitely come out and get her a shot, unless you hate her. Here's the flyer:
Note to Pawn staff: please be extra selective at the door, as Tara does not want any gangstajuice getting on her Fendi butcher's apron.
That was a fun time. Thanks to everyone who reminded me that it is possible for people to have fun without equal amounts of doucheyness.
Donald totally rocked it! Unusual crowd in attendance but everyone had fun, at least everyone meaning me..
Connecticut girls, do yo thaaang. You are a credit to the University of Miami, Hollister, half a gram, laughing into Long Island Iced Teas, gold jewelery, parking tickets, shaking hands. You have no idea what you've gotten yourselves into.
Epic fail. Please, please, please be a one-timer. Someone write to Congress, or just kill me.
I took over the camera, bitches! Pawn was crazy.
Who knew slipping and sliding on the remains of N cakes could be so much fun?
Happy birthday 7th Heaven + Brando, see ya Peter..
Don't forget tonight Fixed NYC invades Miami as DJs JDH and Dave P. take over Dirty Disco on their latest stop on their Go Commando Tour. Screw the a-typical DJ's we all get enough of on the beach and check this duo out tonight. To help sway your decision you can win a FREE bottle of Premium Vodka by entering our little contest giveaway. You have nothing to lose (except your bowel movements when you are drunk with the MN crew),