CMJ Music Marathon

Jacuzzi Boys at Respectable Street November 4

The Kids Are All Right

UPDATE: Stonefox Leaks New MP3, Help Them Book Fall East Coast Tour

Photo by Ian WitlenLocal motion: Stonefox ​Recently reunited South Florida blooz-rawk trio Stonefox has posted a missive to its Facebook friends requesting assistance booking gigs up and down the East Coast in September. The shows would ideally occur September 17-19 in New York, and October 13-17 ... More >>

Black Kids Hit the Vagabond July 2

​It feels like only yesterday when Jacksonville locals Black Kids released their first single "I'm not going to teach your boyfriend how to dance with you" in April of '08. Since then, their debut album, Partie Traumatic, has reached worldwide acclaim, landing them the #5 spot of UK Album charts t ... More >>

South by South Florida: Surfer Blood Head to SXSW Next Week, Cover Guided by Voices

Surfer Blood, seen above covering Guided by Voices' "Game of Pricks," has quickly become huge. Not Kings of Leon huge, not headlining a North American arena tour huge, or the biggest thing to hit Europe since, well, the euro huge. At least not yet. Stick with huge for a band from West Palm Beach tha ... More >>

Palm Beach County band Surfer Blood plays the Vagabond

Surfer Blood, seen above covering Guided by Voices' "Game of Pricks," has quickly become huge. Not Kings of Leon huge, not headlining a North American arena tour huge, or the biggest thing to hit Europe since, well, the euro huge. At least not yet. Stick with huge for a band from West Palm Beach tha ... More >>

CMJ Wrap-Up: The Big Guns' Coverage of South Florida Bands

Photo by Ian WitlenMiami band Awesome New Republic at Fontana's in the Lower East Side. Click here to view more pictures.​Just a few months ago, Awesome New Republic seemed the next South Florida band likely to strike big. But a few months is a million years in blog time, and somewhere in the last ... More >>

organicArma and Awesome New Republic CMJ Showcases Start Tonight in NYC

Dharma and Phaxas of OrganicArma​Band-breaking showcases don't get any bigger than College Media Journal's Music Marathon (aka CMJ). Sure, the Austin-based South by Southwest has more than a few moments to its credit. And yes, Miami's own Winter Music Conference can sometimes even be counted on as ... More >>

Last Call For South Florida Bands Applying to CMJ - Hit Up Sonicbids

Bands, you probably already know about and use Sonicbids. So you'll know that the site is also a gateway for local bands to score slots at big-deal events and festivals. Recently, local act the Mission Veo submitted a demo through Sonicbids and scored a gig at the local stop of the Warped Tour. So, ... More >>

Ex-Norwegian

Bands, you probably already know about and use Sonicbids. So you'll know that the site is also a gateway for local bands to score slots at big-deal events and festivals. Recently, local act the Mission Veo submitted a demo through Sonicbids and scored a gig at the local stop of the Warped Tour. So, ... More >>

Father Bloopy is Now Known as Ex-Norwegian -- and Big Star-Lovers Should Take Note

via www.myspace.com/exnorwegianLook, the band members have last names like Garcia, and there's nothing even particularly Scandinavian-sounding about this homegrown trio. Formerly known by the definitely worse name of Father Bloopy, luckily, the band refreshingly mines musical territory often forgott ... More >>

CMJ Music Marathon Wrap-Up, Part Two

via www.myspace.com/exnorwegianLook, the band members have last names like Garcia, and there's nothing even particularly Scandinavian-sounding about this homegrown trio. Formerly known by the definitely worse name of Father Bloopy, luckily, the band refreshingly mines musical territory often forgott ... More >>

SoFla Does CMJ

Hialeah gets a shout-out in Manhattan

Bringing It All Back Home

Miami-made singer-songwriter Jacob Miller takes a new-school approach to old-school sounds

Marking Time

Baby Calendar embraces maturity without bailing on twee

Brighten the Corners

Local rockers Transcendence are determined to make it with or without South Florida's help

Love at Last

Rilo Kiley brings a bountiful breadbasket from the heartland