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Miami's Best Live Music of 2008
From GWAR to Torche, the acts that rocked the Magic City.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: December 18, 2008
The year's 10 best shows of the year? I'm sick of that shit. The top 10 albums? Tired. Finest songs? Forget about it. Here are my faves in the categories that music nerds...
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Madonna with DJ Enferno at Dolphin Stadium
He brings something new to the old virgin's Sticky & Sweet Tour.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: November 20, 2008
While some people lament turntablism is a dying art, it has recently received a major boost via the nimble fingers of D.C.-based DJ Enferno. During summer and fall, the 2003...
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The Leader of Local Band OrganicArma Makes Wynwood His Mecca
And plans for the next Blue Man Group are in the works.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: November 13, 2008
Surrounded by architectural plans and metaphysical tracts, Dharma, drummer and founder of the local band OrganicArma, can seem like he was beamed down from the mother ship....
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Remember Alex Del Bueno
Churchill's and The Vagabond pay tribute to the departed hardcore musician.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: October 23, 2008
To young, casual consumers of Miami's downtown nightlife, Alex Del Bueno was the lord of The Vagabond door, the no-bullshit sentry who guarded the final entrance to the club's...
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O.H.W.O.W., It's Our House West of Wynwood!
A new NYC-Miami creative venture springs up, well, west of Wynwood.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: October 9, 2008
O.H.W.O.W., or Our House West of Wynwood, is both a succinct and unspecific name that sums up the vibe of a new bi-city creative venture on NW Seventh Avenue. A hybrid of art...
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Astari Nite's Mychael Ghost Is a Proper Frontman
By Arielle Castillo
Published: September 18, 2008
A proper rock frontman is a center-stage, singular figure of idolatry, not just your average lead singer or guitarist. He must possess certain qualities, including — and...
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Beyond the Ones and Twos
Miami's DJ I-Dee takes scratching past wicky-wicky.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: September 11, 2008
Isaac DeLima, the local turntablist whiz kid known as DJ I-Dee, is a little worried about his generation's response to his art form. "It's very endangered. Its high points were...
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Peasants with Feathers Comes to Roost at PS14
By Arielle Castillo
Published: August 28, 2008
The first time I saw Armando Santelices, the noisy experimental sound artist known as Peasants with Feathers, he was almost invisible under a black hooded cloak. Huge bear claw...
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Peter Beste's Heavy-Metal Warriors Are Cool
By Arielle Castillo
Published: August 21, 2008
Consider the band that once performed in Poland surrounded by impaled sheep heads, later unleashing a literal bloodbath of the fluid collected from the animals. Or ponder the...
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Joy Division Lives On Through 3 One G
The tribute band rocked The Vagabond.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: August 14, 2008
Last Friday's performance at The Vagabond by 3 One G, the Winter Haven-based Joy Division tribute band, was jammed to the rafters. Surprisingly high-energy and weirdly...
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A Joyful Noise
3 One G pays tribute to Joy Division at The Vagabond.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: August 7, 2008
"So I'm about to call up Peter Hook and hopefully also talk to Ian Curtis," I recently told two friends. "That's amaaaazing," they cooed back — and then we all laughed,...
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How to Scream Like a Metalhead
By Arielle Castillo
Published: July 31, 2008
I'm cawing like a crow, quietly at first, and with my eye on the front door. "Caawwww?" I try a little louder. Then I'm imitating a car. "Pirrrratessss are waaaaiting!" I...
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Duke It Out
Handicapping MoCA's next Battle of the Bands.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: July 24, 2008
One of the more fun music-related things to do this hot, slow summer has been to check out the one-off events surrounding the Museum of Contemporary Art's excellent show,...
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Metal Rules
My iPhone says Buckcherry is worthy of rocking with the Crüe.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: June 26, 2008
I first discovered my iPhone's musical taste this past March, at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Watching a very epic metal bill at the outdoor barbecue joint/venue Stubb's (Enslaved,...
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Rock of Ages
Mudhoney keeps it dirty in '08.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: June 19, 2008
Most followers of the Eighties/Nineties American rock underground have heard of Mudhoney. The band became known back then for influencing other Seattle-area groups that later...
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Vampire Weekend: Scary Name, Friendly Music
It's more Manilow than morbid.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: June 5, 2008
Sweet, I thought, upon seeing the band Vampire Weekend's name online the first time. New cheese goth rock! From the first download, though, I realized I was so, so wrong. With...
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Denny's Adopts Rock Bands
The diner chain now serves up a little rock on the side.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: May 29, 2008
Standing in a weirdly calm commercial kitchen and looking both bemused and amused, Taking Back Sunday frontman Adam Lazzara grabs a tray with two Polish sausages. Then he...
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Yo Majesty: “Kyptonite Pussy” and God
By Arielle Castillo
Published: May 22, 2008
LaShunda Flowers, a.k.a. Shunda K, is simultaneously black, gay, devoutly Christian, and the writer of songs such as "Kryptonite Pussy" (refrain: "Yo' punanny better make that...
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No Pens
Clubs need more random rules. Here are some suggestions for items to be confiscated.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: May 8, 2008
A near-police state has sadly taken hold at many venues. It's normal to get frisked and surrender prohibited items such as drinks from other bars or flash cameras. Since I've...
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Record Setting
Sweat Records hangs on for its third year.
By Arielle Castillo
Published: April 24, 2008
Last Saturday night at Sweat Records in Little Haiti marked a couple of milestones. First, and most important, it was the store's third birthday — a giant feat for a...
