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New Dreaming in Stereo Video for "Steal This Song"

Here's a brand new upload from local guitar virtuoso Fernando Perdomo's own band, Dreaming in Stereo. (You might recognize him as Paulina Rubio's axe man.) The video is for the song called, um, "Steal This Song," off Dreaming in Stereo's new full-length album. It was filmed at the Gibson Showroom ... More >>

Video: Dreaming in Stereo Live West Palm Beach's WPEC CBS 12

The CBS affiliate in West Palm is kind of awesome for regularly featuring local acts performing live on the air, and seeming damn cheerful about it. There seems to often be some awkwardness in the introductions, though. A while back, they called the Pretty Faces "1970s punk rock" -- right before t ... More >>

Ten Under $10 For the Weekend of August 14 - 16

Dreaming in Stereo plays the Vagabond tonight​Friday, August 14*Local guitar whiz Fernando Perdomo's "progressive pop" band Dreaming in Stereo tonight plays at the Vagabond in Miami. Admission is free before midnight, $5 after. Click here to check out a video of the band playing recently on West P ... More >>

Subtropical Spin

Dreaming in Stereo releases its debut disc.

Dreaming in Stereo

Dreaming in Stereo releases its debut disc.

Local(ish) Album Review: Ed Hale - Ballad on Third Avenue

​Ed Hale Ballad on Third Avenue (Dying Van Gogh)Ed Hale's outfit Transcendence was the kind of band that allowed ambition and extravagance to find equal footing. Progressive by design, its sumptuous arrangements often overshadowed Hale's skills as a songwriter, which featured some great melodies a ... More >>

Ten Under $10 For the Weekend of November 20 - 22: 2 Live Crew, Tobacco Road's 97th, and More

​Friday, November 20*Everyone raised here likes 2 Live Crew, pretty much. So everyone we've mentioned this party to is excited about the fact that the group is playing for just $10 tonight at White Room in Miami. Click here for full details.  *Tonight is day one of the 97th birthday ... More >>

The Best Local Albums of 2009, Part Three of Four

Click to read parts one and two of this list.​Radioboxer Radio Drama myspace.com/radioboxerbandRadioboxer, which formed right here in the Magic City from the remnants of a previous incarnation called Falaz, has earned a strong fanbase around town thanks to their honesty and sincerity. An ... More >>

Wednesday Blog Watch: REVMiami's Anniversary, Soul in Hollywood, Dubstep Mixes

​*It's been a while since we checked in on REVMiami, Ric Delgado's webzine that aims to capture the underground music and arts culture of the city -- well, mostly along the Biscayne Corridor. It's been almost a damn year and he's still at it, for which he deserves major kudos. In fact, one of the ... More >>

Guitar Geeks, Go Forth

​*It's been a while since we checked in on REVMiami, Ric Delgado's webzine that aims to capture the underground music and arts culture of the city -- well, mostly along the Biscayne Corridor. It's been almost a damn year and he's still at it, for which he deserves major kudos. In fact, one of the ... More >>

Bill Aucoin Statement, Tribute Video From Dreaming in Stereo

We reported earlier this morning on the passing of industry legend Bill Aucoin, best known as the mastermind for Kiss' massive success in the '70s. What the national obituaries fail to mention, though, is that in recent years, Aucoin had re-started an artist management business based in South Florid ... More >>

Remembering music industry great Bill Aucoin

We reported earlier this morning on the passing of industry legend Bill Aucoin, best known as the mastermind for Kiss' massive success in the '70s. What the national obituaries fail to mention, though, is that in recent years, Aucoin had re-started an artist management business based in South Florid ... More >>

New Video and Local Album Review From Jill Hartmann

​Fernando Perdomo is not only one of South Florida's most prolific musicians and producers, he also now operates what is arguably becoming our most impressive local label. This summer, his imprint, Forward Motion has unveiled a stunning array of new releases well worth exploring. This week on Cros ... More >>

Local Album Review: Yves Giraud - Hello; CD Release Show Tonight at Bardot

This week, Crossfade is taking a look at a number of recent releases from Fernando Perdomo's new local-centric label, Forward Motion.Yves GiraudHello(Forward Motion)Who says the French have to be haughty? On this, Yves Giraud's American introduction, he spins an amiable sound not unlike that of John ... More >>

Local Album Review: Kingsley & Perdomo - Fake Smiles

​This week, Crossfade is taking a look at a number of recent releases from Fernando Perdomo's new local-centric label, Forward Motion.Kingsley and PerdomoFake Smiles(Forward Motion)Judging by the cover photo, these bearded, shaggy-haired minstrels could pass themselves off as twin sons from differ ... More >>

Local Music Review: New Singles and Reissues From Forward Motion Records

​This week on Crossfade, we've been taking a look at a number of recent releases from local label Forward Motion Records, headed by Fernando Perdomo. Here's the last of the round-up.Jorge Moreno"Thank You" (single)This single is culled from his upcoming English-language debut, Grammy Award-winner ... More >>

Q&A: Arboles Libres, Playing Transit Lounge Tonight

​Try to put them in one category, and you can't. Arboles Libres are just what their name implies, free. Free from the boundaries of genrefication, free from the pressures of a band that began with visions of grandeur and free from the self-confining, self-defeating nature of musicians determined t ... More >>

Forward Motion Records' new releases

​Try to put them in one category, and you can't. Arboles Libres are just what their name implies, free. Free from the boundaries of genrefication, free from the pressures of a band that began with visions of grandeur and free from the self-confining, self-defeating nature of musicians determined t ... More >>

Arboles Libres Lead an EP-Release Freak-Out at Bardot Tonight

​When a band glimpses infinity, tongue-kisses the sun, and releases a five-song slab totaling 31 minutes and 18 seconds, you gotta ask: "How can they call this an EP?" The new self-titled Arboles Libres release is one of those sprawling, little cosmic riddles. Sure, the track count is right -- " ... More >>

Kingsley and Perdomo Performing Live at Van Dyke Cafe Tonight

​The collabo project can be tricky, especially when the key cogs of the two separate sides seem to come from different places. Sometimes it works, and other times it doesn't. In the case of Kingsley and Perdomo, the thing is a total success. The end result of this pairing between Vic Kingsley, g ... More >>

Forward Motion Records Digs Into the New and Old With Andy Pratt and Arboles Libres

Arboles Libres are the "new" in this equation.There's no greater evidence of the Forward Motion Records' stylistic reach than the fact that Arboles Libres, a young Miami bilingual rock band, and 60-something Andy Pratt, a former hit-maker back in the early '70s, have been given near-simultaneous re ... More >>

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Celebrate Bardot's Birthday Tonight

Photo by Michael Eaton​​Bardot is celebrating its first birthday tonight with a special show from Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros.The LA-based hippie ensemble played a sold-out show last night at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, but wasn't scheduled to perform again until October 23 in Miss ... More >>

Fernando Perdomo and Dreaming in Stereo play Love Hate October 27

Photo by Michael Eaton​​Bardot is celebrating its first birthday tonight with a special show from Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros.The LA-based hippie ensemble played a sold-out show last night at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, but wasn't scheduled to perform again until October 23 in Miss ... More >>

Can the Miami Music Festival Be the Local Scene's Next Big Step?

Michael McElroyArboles Libres enter the mess.​A pretty loaded question, right? Especially after last year's admittedly shaky showing. Overpriced wristbands, crappy tents, and other bad venue choices ... For some, like New Times, it was a big disappointment. For others, it was just a minor misstep ... More >>

2010 Miami Music Festival, November 11 to 14

Michael McElroyArboles Libres enter the mess.​A pretty loaded question, right? Especially after last year's admittedly shaky showing. Overpriced wristbands, crappy tents, and other bad venue choices ... For some, like New Times, it was a big disappointment. For others, it was just a minor misstep ... More >>

Should Venues Play Local Music Between Sets? Fernando Perdomo Thinks So

​A few local venues get it right. Their nights of live music, even when there are DJs interspersed throughout, are crafted to create a specific vibe. Genre-appropriate music is played between sets to keep the momentum going, and if there's dancing before or after, it all seems to work in tandem.&n ... More >>

Culinarium Tonight is the First Food Truck Round-Up With a Full Selection of Booze

image via villa221.comVilla 221, site of tonight's Culinarium truck round-up​Another food truck round-up? You don't say! However, Culinarium, launching tonight, seems to be the first mobile food event in Miami to combine a food truck rally with live DJs and bands (which a few have already been doi ... More >>

Dreaming in Stereo Releases New Album at the Stage February 20

​"This is not bar band music," Fernando Perdomo says emphatically of Dreaming in Stereo 2, the follow-up to the band's remarkable 2009 self-titled debut. Like its predecessor, the new album takes its cue from a distinctly '70s sound, one that melds the orchestral style of the Moody Blues with the ... More >>

Dreaming in Stereo's CD-release party at the Stage February 20

​"This is not bar band music," Fernando Perdomo says emphatically of Dreaming in Stereo 2, the follow-up to the band's remarkable 2009 self-titled debut. Like its predecessor, the new album takes its cue from a distinctly '70s sound, one that melds the orchestral style of the Moody Blues with the ... More >>

Five South Florida bands play SXSW

​"This is not bar band music," Fernando Perdomo says emphatically of Dreaming in Stereo 2, the follow-up to the band's remarkable 2009 self-titled debut. Like its predecessor, the new album takes its cue from a distinctly '70s sound, one that melds the orchestral style of the Moody Blues with the ... More >>

Ominé Releases Debut Album Whiskey & Chocolate on Forward Motion Records

​Ominé's debut album, Whiskey & Chocolate, lives up to the long wait. For over 18 years, Ominé Eager has been writing and performing heartfelt, original songs. Each one is a true story told eloquently and honestly. She has been an enigma and a mainstay on the Miami music scene, fighting for ... More >>

Beatles vs. Rolling Stones at Van Dyke Cafe April 25

John eats Chinese. Mick looks like a girl.​Who would win a bare-knuckle cage fight between Ringo Starr and Keith Richards? We're not sure. Richards has survived every narcotic known to man, and Ringo is the greatest pop music drummer ever. We're pretty sure they'd just punch each other in the face ... More >>

King Bee Is Back With New Singer Vic Kingsley

​See the cut to download King Bee's Howl EP. Back in January, local blues rock crew King Bee was partway through recording its fourth album and set to hit the road for a full national tour. But then founding member and lead singer Angel Suarez suddenly quit. "Angel felt like he couldn't handle ... More >>

King Bee at the Stage May 7

​See the cut to download King Bee's Howl EP. Back in January, local blues rock crew King Bee was partway through recording its fourth album and set to hit the road for a full national tour. But then founding member and lead singer Angel Suarez suddenly quit. "Angel felt like he couldn't handle ... More >>

Jorge Moreno Talks Winning the International Songwriting Competition and His Split Personality

​Jorge Moreno's "Thank You" is a gently unfolding, deceptive pop-rock paean to life's simple pleasures. Its earworm tendencies come on slowly. The more you play the track, the more it reveals new flourishes -- a roots-rock guitar lick here, a Beatles-esque wall of backing voices there. It also ... More >>

Fernando Perdomo Wants You to Know That Noise and Experimental Music Is Crap

Why is Fernando Perdomo screaming about "noise"?​When I woke up at 7:30 a.m. this morning, I crawled out of bed, sucked down some coffee, plopped down in front of my laptop, started digging through my my email inbox, and noticed that Forward Motion Records CEO and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Ferna ... More >>

Fernando Perdomo on His Facebook Outburst and What Miami's Music Media Is Doing Wrong

​On Friday morning, Forward Motion Records CEO and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo got all hyped up about the supposedly undue attention that weirdo tuneage has been given lately by local music journos. So he published a somewhat misguided, misspelled, and erratically punctuated Fac ... More >>

Is Fernando Perdomo's New Video Parodying "Noise Music" His Best Single in Years?

Is this parody? Or perfection?​Now ... If you've been paying attention to the lively debate (i.e bitchfest) that's hijacked Crossfade since Friday, you'll know that Forward Motion Records CEO and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo thinks noise music is crap. But he also kinda sorta does ... More >>

Pay Your Respects to Fernando Perdomo's Late Mother, Araceli, This Friday

​Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Forward Motion Records CEO and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo. The musician's mother, Araceli Perdomo, died last night after a five-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 66 years old. Like her son, Araceli Perdomo was a local ... More >>

Forward Motion Records Celebrates Its One-Year Anniversary at Revolution Live

Forward Motion Records founder Fernando Perdomo.​Almost exactly 12 months ago, Miami music scene veteran and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo founded his very own label, giving it the most appropriate moniker -- Forward Motion Records -- that he could conjure up. "The label is very ap ... More >>

Forward Motion Records' one-year anniversary concert at Revolution Live September 29

Forward Motion Records founder Fernando Perdomo.​Almost exactly 12 months ago, Miami music scene veteran and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo founded his very own label, giving it the most appropriate moniker -- Forward Motion Records -- that he could conjure up. "The label is very ap ... More >>

What You Listening To, Fernando Perdomo?

​Forward Motion Records CEO and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo is one of the hardest working dudes in Miami. He's a passionate guy, "one of Miami music's biggest cheerleaders," and a social media addict. Last month, Perdomo digitally released Forward Motion Records Live, a compilat ... More >>

Roofless Records Awarded $20,000 Knight Grant, Announces "Dude, We Are Stoked!"

Image by Bleeding Palm​Man, no one loves to give away massive amounts of cash like the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Last night, the foundation held its annual Knight Challenge Grant award ceremony, dropping a $2.9 million jackpot on 31 local South Florida arts organizations, including ... More >>

"You'll Have to Leave Miami to Make It" and More Wisdom From Florida Music Get Together

Photo by teajayphotoChurchill's Pub owner and local music legend Dave Daniels.​It's not easy being a musician in Vice City. The geographical challenge alone is enough to make any band go crazy. Miami may never be called a musical epicenter. But when Radioboxer's Jota Dazza put out the call for fe ... More >>