Giveaway: Verboten celebrates its first birthday with top notch lineup
Verboten Nightclub in Brooklyn is about to celebrate its first birthday. Now a staple of Brooklyn's burgeoning underground music scene, Verboten had its humble beginnings as a small, yet forward-thinking party promoter over a decade ago. Since then it has become the benchmark for which all other house music venues are compared. Establishing its permanent home in the heart of Williamsburg, Verboten is now a 10,000 square foot, warehouse-inspired, music mecca. To celebrate its one year anniversary, Verboten has booked an impressive lineup; Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons will be performing live on Thursday, March 12th, Resident Carl Craig and Balearic legend Luciano take control of the main room on Friday the 13th, and Maya Jane Coles controls the sound on Saturday night.
Chicago Heritage legends reclaim throne at Wavefront Festival Day 2
With an overcast sky and many festival goers still recovering from the night before, the Saturday edition of the Wavefront Music Festival got off to a slow start, but by no means does that mean it was not one for the record books. The Wave Stage brought the bass with quality names like Caspa and Rusko, the Oasis Stage hosted some of the guys from Seth Troxler's Visionquest label as well as a lengthy set from the three men of Apollonia, and of course, the Legends tent belonged to Chicago house veterans Frankie Knuckles, Jamie Principle, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, Ralphi Rosario, and Gene Farris (among others). Here's what really stuck out for us yesterday: