The Black Rabbits

Over the past couple of years, much of the American iteration of "indie rock" has gotten mired in a latte-scented puddle of mild psychedelia on one hand and purposely low-fi, pedal-doused noise on the other. There's a lot of cool stuff in between, but what nearly nobody is doing anymore is straight-ahead rock, the kind that hangs more on hooks and melody than effects. Enter the Black Rabbits, a foursome originally from Orlando that now resides in Asheville, North Carolina.

Location Info

Map

The Vagabond

30 NE 14th St.
Miami, FL 33132

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Downtown/Overtown

Photos

15 user reviews	Write A Review
Save to foursquare	0

Details

10 p.m. Friday, April 23. The Vagabond, 30 NE 14th St., Miami. Admission is free before 11 p.m., $5 after. Ages 21 and up305-379-0508; thevagabondmiami.com

Related Content

• Rolling Stones' Rice Krispies Commercial and Four Other Musical Breakfast Ads
  April 2, 2012
• Muppets "Raped" Nirvana, Bastardize "Smells Like Teen Spirit," According to Courtney Love
  March 13, 2012
• South Florida Ranks Sixth in the Nation for "Artsy" Jobs
  March 6, 2012
• Florida Republican Candidate's Ad Depicts Obama As Captain of Slave Ship
  January 27, 2012
• The Monkees' Davy Jones, 66, Dies of Massive Heart Attack in Martin County, Florida
  February 29, 2012

More About

• Orlando
• Asheville
• Pixies
• Indie Rock and Indie Pop
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Music Newsletter: Keep your thumb on the local music scene with music features, additional online music listings and show picks. We'll also send special ticket offers and music promotions available only to our Music Newsletter subscribers.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

The coed group boasts a slightly roughed-up power-pop sound, but not an overproduced one. Rather, the band traces its lineage to great '60s UK groups such as the Animals and the Turtles, as well as American groups such as the Pixies and even Nirvana. That grungier stuff is more or less confined to frontman Jetson Black's slightly snarling vocals. The rest of the time, the songs have a feel-good, timeless bounce that should appeal to Boomer parents as much as 20-somethings in Converse. After all, this is a band that also unabashedly name-checks the Monkees, an influence that can be heard in the bouncy buildups of songs such as "Hurry, Hurry."