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Surfer Blood at Bardot February 16

Surfer Blood Swim Into Miami For Bardot's Living Room Sessions on February 16

​Once upon a time, some kids from West Palm were chilling at an Ultra Music Festival afterparty in Miami, and they started talking about forming an indie rock band. We can't be sure if these guys were sober or not. But thankfully, they were serious, and Surfer Blood went on to create one of 2010' ... More >>

Six Greatest Weirdo Pop Queens of All Time

Last.fmRolling Stone created a Queen of Pop Index, ranking the top 16 female pop recording artists of the last two years by examining, according to them, "album and digital song sales, Hot 100 rankings, radio airplay, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards, and ... More >>

Five Bad Taste Tribute Shows We're Dying to See

via rickastley.co.ukOh, Rick Astley, we ain't never gonna give you up!Tribute shows are terrible in so many ways. It's like, If I really wanted to hear that song the way I enjoy hearing it, I'd use my iPod, thank you. But tributes are also fun to watch for their crash-and-burn performances. And so ... More >>

The Chant's Two Car Mirage is Rock and Roll Goodness

​The Chant Two Car Mirage (Safety Net Records) The Chant's Facebook page It is no secret that I usually do these things backwards, starting with third and second releases before tackling debuts. But there's a reason for that approach: I usually do it by matter of personal acquisition. Hence why I ... More >>

Ten songs men shouldn't sing in public

​The Chant Two Car Mirage (Safety Net Records) The Chant's Facebook page It is no secret that I usually do these things backwards, starting with third and second releases before tackling debuts. But there's a reason for that approach: I usually do it by matter of personal acquisition. Hence why I ... More >>

10 Songs Men Shouldn't Sing in Public

Don't get us wrong, we love it when guys, especially big macho meatheads, are caught in public crooning along with Alanis Morrissette's "Ironic," Fiona Apple's "Criminal," or any other song that looks weird coming from a throat with an Adam's apple. But let's be clear. We are laughing at you, not wi ... More >>

Radioboxer with Lavola at the Annex in Hialeah, August 13

​Radioboxer With LavolaThe Annex, HialeahSaturday, August 13Better Than: Not going to a warehouse party where Radioboxer and Lavola are going to rock out.The Review:Saturday was keyboardist Gian Nicolaci's birthday, and this week is bassist Jota Dazza's, so naturally, the Radioboxer gang cele ... More >>

Dark Night of the Soul Album With Iggy Pop, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse Finally Set For Legal Release

​Dark Night of the Soul may sound familiar to you. Danger Mouse and iconic filmmaker David Lynch displayed photographs from the illustrated companion book to the album at the O.H.W.O.W. gallery this past Art Basel.The album was set for release last May, but never made it out to record stores. A le ... More >>

Q&A With Matt Shultz, Lead Singer of Cage the Elephant; Playing Culture Room Saturday

Photograph taken by Danny Clinch​Cage the Elephant's self-titled debut album has held steady on the Billboard 200 chart for 52 consecutive weeks already, and their first single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" has a catchy chorus that talks about societal flaws while still showing off their youthful ... More >>

The Black Rabbits

Photograph taken by Danny Clinch​Cage the Elephant's self-titled debut album has held steady on the Billboard 200 chart for 52 consecutive weeks already, and their first single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" has a catchy chorus that talks about societal flaws while still showing off their youthful ... More >>

Asheville's Black Rabbits Play a Spate of South Florida Shows

via myspace.com/theblackrabbits​Over the past couple years, much of the American iteration of "indie rock" (or whatever) has gotten mired in a latte-scented puddle of mild psychedelia on one hand, and purposely lo-fi, pedal-doused noise on the other. There's a lot of cool stuff in-between, but wha ... 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 >>

Fort Lauderdale Foursome Fantastic 5 Plays Radio-Active Records This Saturday, July 25

 Fort Lauderdale-based foursome Fantastic 5 blend indie rock and '90s alternative with echoing guitars, stripped down rock, and grungy  vocals, and name The Pixies, Weezer, The Strokes, and Velvet Underground among their musical influences. Their songs vacillate from Nirvana-inspired openi ... More >>

Saturday Night: Mumpsy, Surfer Blood, and XOXO at Propaganda

MumpsyThe Orlando InvasionMumpsy, with Surfer Blood and XOXO Saturday, June 14, 2009Propaganda, Lake Worth Better Than: Drinking freshly squeezed OJ with Japanese Tourists. The Review: O-town is famed for being the primary residence of the world's most renowned mouse, and for spewing out annoyingly ... More >>

Random Album Review: Sonic Youth - The Eternal

When you've spent a quarter century reinventing rock music, altering the landscape not only for yourself, but for pretty much every band to come after, releasing a new album can be a tricky affair. It's not just a matter of increased expectations -- of course everyone expects their musical gods to p ... More >>

Miami According to Brooklyn

Commish Joe Sanchez deserves a handshake.

Local Motion

Three more recent Miami releases.

Duke It Out

Handicapping MoCA's next Battle of the Bands.

His Satanic Majesty's Bequest

Art meets rock at a raucous new MoCA exhibition.

A Rocker Reborn

Dave Grohl refuses to take death lying down.

Monday Afternoon Music Fix

Dave Grohl refuses to take death lying down.

The May Fire

Plastic Army and La Victoria (www.themayfire.com)

Frank Black

93-03 (Cooking Vinyl)

Spoon

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)

Kristin Hersh

Learn to Sing Like a Star (Yep Roc)

Jay Reatard

Blood Visions (In the Red)

New Times's Top DVD Picks for the Week of November 7, 2006

Blood Visions (In the Red)

Frank Black

Fastman Raiderman (Back Porch)

The Subways

Young for Eternity (Sire)

High on Fire

Young for Eternity (Sire)

Homies

Rising stars in our own back yard

Another Look at a Legend

Rising stars in our own back yard

Keep It Short

Rising stars in our own back yard

BEST LOCAL POP BAND

Humbert

The Parlaphone

First Against the Wall self-released

Smells Like Indie Spirit

Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again.

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

Happy Together

The Pixies are reunited, and it feels so good

BEST BLAST FROM THE PAST

The Holy Terrors

This Is What It Sounds Like When Youre Dead

BEST INDIE-ROCK BAND

Bling Bling

Pretty Noise

The Stop Motion is not afraid of melody

Trial by Strat

Machete hangs on through all the indie hassles

Rotations

Machete hangs on through all the indie hassles

Rotations

Machete hangs on through all the indie hassles

Alien Visitors

Machete hangs on through all the indie hassles

Holy Rollers

Pounding down in Lolitaville with the centrifugion of the Terrors

Swelter

Pounding down in Lolitaville with the centrifugion of the Terrors

The Manson Murders

Pounding down in Lolitaville with the centrifugion of the Terrors

Blowfly Unmasked!

Pounding down in Lolitaville with the centrifugion of the Terrors