Bienvenido a Miami: Starting Memorial Day weekend, the folks behind smooth vibe empire Eighteenth Street Lounge and scenester outpost Marvin will take over the summer pool party series at the Capitol Skyline Hotel, reports the Washington Post. For the last couple years, Brightest Young Things has run the scene at the Skyline, and many credit [...]

In geographical terms, it's convenient to read Lazerproof, the new mixtape collaboration between La Roux and Major Lazer, as a sort of Britain-Philadelphia-Caribbean hybrid—the synthpop duo La Roux is based in London, as is one half of Major Lazer, Switch. Philly's Diplo forms the other half of the duo, whose sound is deeply routed in [...]

The ridiculously named Major Lazer (Diplo's collab with Switch) will be playing a free show at the Rock & Roll Hotel on June 20. Press folk have already started building up the legend that is Major Lazer:
"Major Lazer is a  collaboration between the two, as disciples of Jamaican born commando, Major Lazer (Who has lasers [...]