Nirvana (Band)

Chris Cornell at Fillmore Miami Beach May 16

Quantic, Pedrito Martinez, and Mr. Pauer at the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival 2012

The cool sea breeze whipped through the North Beach Bandshell on Saturday night as Afro-Latin rhythms bounced off the circular wall of the oceanside, outdoor venue. Colombia's Quantic Sound System and NYC's Pedrito Martinez Group rang in the Heineken Transatlantic Festival's 10th anniversary with c ... More >>

Jane's Addiction Announce Concert at the Fillmore Miami Beach on May 18

​Even after 27 years, four albums, and a few line-up changes, Jane's Addiction is holding on strong. In fact, Perry Farrell and company's latest album, The Great Escape Artist, made it to the third spot on Billboard rock chart. So rather than kick the habit in 2012, these '90s alt-rock gods are k ... More >>

Radiohead at American Airlines Arena February 24

​Even after 27 years, four albums, and a few line-up changes, Jane's Addiction is holding on strong. In fact, Perry Farrell and company's latest album, The Great Escape Artist, made it to the third spot on Billboard rock chart. So rather than kick the habit in 2012, these '90s alt-rock gods are k ... More >>

Five Reasons Lil Wayne's Rebirth 2 Will Be the Worst Album of the Year

What? Was the first Rebirth not embarrassing enough, Weezy? ​Remember Lil Wayne's rock album, Rebirth? Well, it was the only idea worse than Hulk Hogan's rap album. Nevertheless, Weezy is gearing up for a sequel. And we imagine it's going to be two times the shitfest. Dude just released Tha Car ... More >>

Your Nirvana Nostalgia Fix: Beached Miami's Complete Nevermind Miami Covers Compilation

​Crossfade is sick and fucking tired of Nirvana. If we never have to read about Nevermind, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," smutty pixxx of Francis Bean Cobain, or anything else pertaining to the 20th anniversary of punk's third (or fourth) death, it couldn't be too goddamn soon. But as the the anniver ... More >>

Taste Grenade On a Plate: An Imlee Indian Bistro Dining Experience

By Ben Guzman, of BenGuzmanPhoto.comA tasty tangle of spiced goodness​We know the readers of Short Order are taste explorers always looking for that next food Nirvana. We are happy to introduce you to Imlee Indian Bistro, owned by brothers Manoj and Paresh Bhatti and located, humbly, in a shopping ... More >>

Little Beard at Grand Central with North & South and Plains, August 12

Photo by Chad Bond​Little Beard With North & South and Plains Grand Central Friday, August 12, 2011 Better Than: Spending another Friday night watching TiVo-ed episodes of "So You Think You Can Dance" with my cat. Going into Grand Central is a confusing, disorienting experience. On the one ... More >>

Five Great Buys for Tomorrow's Record Store Day at Sweat Records

​We've talked non-stop about Sweatstock 2011 and all the bands playing tomorrow. But let's not forget, the reason Sweat Records is throwing this whole shindig is in celebration of Record Store Day -- and the store's anniversary.What's Record Store Day? In 2007, it started as a way to get people to ... More >>

Broken Water Brings Bummer Punk to Miami Chum Bucket April 9

Two-thirds of post-punk crew Broken Water.​Local label Drugged Conscience hosts a super sparse (yet super tight) three-band showcase at Miami Chum Bucket next Saturday. And the guests of honor are Olympia, Washington's Broken Water, a new-ish trio founded in 2008 that's risen to the top of the Pac ... More >>

Reach Nirvana

Two-thirds of post-punk crew Broken Water.​Local label Drugged Conscience hosts a super sparse (yet super tight) three-band showcase at Miami Chum Bucket next Saturday. And the guests of honor are Olympia, Washington's Broken Water, a new-ish trio founded in 2008 that's risen to the top of the Pac ... More >>

The Queers at Churchill's Pub January 14

Two-thirds of post-punk crew Broken Water.​Local label Drugged Conscience hosts a super sparse (yet super tight) three-band showcase at Miami Chum Bucket next Saturday. And the guests of honor are Olympia, Washington's Broken Water, a new-ish trio founded in 2008 that's risen to the top of the Pac ... More >>

"Weird Al" Yankovic Coming to Mizner Park in Boca Raton July 24

​There are few people in the world of music who can take credit for creating so much unadulterated pleasure as pop satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic. Speaking as someone who has to sit and come up with puns ever day in order to write headlines, songs like "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi," "I Think I'm a Clone ... More >>

Concert Announcements: Hey Monday, Four Years Strong Coming to Culture Room.

via Flickr user Linzera​A couple of shows chalk full of pop-punk are coming to Culture Room. First up is the West Palm Beach-based Hey Monday, who are on the verge of being pop-punk's next big thing. Sure pop-punk bands are a dime-a-trillion, but this local act has a beautiful female lead singer ( ... More >>

Mudhoney

via Flickr user Linzera​A couple of shows chalk full of pop-punk are coming to Culture Room. First up is the West Palm Beach-based Hey Monday, who are on the verge of being pop-punk's next big thing. Sure pop-punk bands are a dime-a-trillion, but this local act has a beautiful female lead singer ( ... More >>

Kristin Hersh

Learn to Sing Like a Star (Yep Roc)

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

The Subways

Young for Eternity (Sire)

High on Fire

Young for Eternity (Sire)

The Battle of Biscayne

A place where hookers and drug dealers roam becomes Miami's Soho

The New South

The sober Kings of Leon recast Southern rock in a complex new light

BEST ROCK RADIO PROGRAM

93 Rock (WHDR-FM 93.1)

Elliott Smith

From a Basement on the Hill Anti

CULTURE

Island Fever

Letters from the Issue of April 8, 2004

Miami’s corruption, midwives’ training, Cobain’s legacy

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand (Domino)

The Next Big Thing

At the M3 music conference it was that audacious crossbreed The Grey Album

In Pursuit of the Perfect Pizza

No parking, no credit -- but lots of great taste on Lincoln

Heather Duby

Come Across the River (Sonic Boom)

BEST Local album of the past twelve months

Iron & Wine

The Creek Drank the Cradle

The Bad Plus

These Are The Vistas (Columbia)

Rata Blanca

El Camino del Fuego "Delanuca"

Cello, It's Me

It takes more than just corsets to keep Rasputina tightly strung

Nicole

Viaje Infinito "Maverick Musica"

The Drudge Retort

Democrats hate him. Journalists scorn him. Most Americans ignore him. Which is fine with Matt Drudge. He's taking it to the bank.

Youthful Discretions

Marginalia wears well on Sonic Youth

Devo

Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Best Posthumous Live Album

Live

The Road to Melville

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

In Defense of the Gods of Grunge

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

One More Reason to Live

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

Rotations

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

Rotations

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

Crumby Punks

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

Grunge History 101

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

They're All Crazee Now

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

Reverb

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

Program Notes 6

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

Rotations 12

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

The Look, the Feel, the Sound...

...of flannel. Screaming Trees carve their niche from the Northwest Passage.