The Cure (Band)

Lee Burridge to Fellow DJs: "Be Brave and Play From the Heart, Not From the Wallet!"

There's something almost mythical about DJ Lee Burridge. He's like the Johnny Appleseed of electronic dance music -- a wide-eyed nomad roaming the Earth and planting the seeds of quality sound wherever he goes. Over the years, it's a journey that's taken him from the grassy fields of UK raves to Ho ... More >>

Miami Trio Brass Knuckles Talks Electrik Circus, Nervous Records, and "Lie to You"

Meet Brass Knuckles, a three-man production team that moonlights as a live electronic band. Repping the 305 to the fullest, Danny D'Brito, Tony Livadas, and Anthony Pisano have played all the biggest venues while also producing their own reoccurring party, Electrik Circus, at Grand Central. Over th ... More >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do This Weekend Under $10: New Year's Eve Edition!

​We did it, y'all. We survived another year, managed to dodge creditors and demented ex-girlfriends, held a steady (albeit low-paying) job in a recession. We even occupied Wall Street. With just two days left in 2011, we're encouraging everyone to get rowdy. Go ball so hard it makes "Niggas in Pa ... More >>

Ten Best Things to Do This Weekend in Miami

​It's the last weekend of 2011/first weekend of 2012. If you haven't already spent your Christmas bonus on a gaudy pair of Tory Burch flats (ladies) or bulky Air Jordan XI Concords (fellas), there are plenty of ways to burn through a couple hundred bucks over the next few days. From New Year's E ... More >>

New Order to Perform at Ultra Music Festival 2012

New Order​Our sources at Ultra Music Festival have leaked some big news, telling us that an appearance by New Wave icons New Order at this year's festival has been confirmed. The band, of course, is best known for hits like "Blue Monday," "Age of Consent," and "Bizarre Love Triangle," all of whic ... More >>

Korn Announces November 9 Show at the Fillmore Miami Beach

​Topping the list of artists we'd never expect to see at the Fillmore Miami Beach, Korn just announced a November 9 engagement at the house Jackie Gleason Live Nation built. Thirteen years ago, Jonathan Davis and company released its big breakthrough album, Follow the Leader. It debuted atop the ... More >>

Is It 2001? Interpol Returns to the Fillmore Miami Beach April 29

​Read Crossfade's review of Interpol's August 2010 show in Miami. Back when Paul Banks and Interpol first crawled out of the NYC indie underground in the very early Aughts, the whole post-punk revival thing seemed seconds away from completely conquering pop music. But the hugely hyped, grunge-le ... More >>

Top Ten Worst Christmas Songs of All Time

Turn that shit off! You're making Santa sad!​Shitty Christmas music makes Santa mad. Hey, the guy's gotta drive 'round the whole world and the last thing he wants on such a long road trip is crappy tunes. And that means all the CDs he throws out of his sleigh end up falling down your chimney. Whic ... More >>

Interpol's gig at the Fillmore stirs up Terrors from drummer's past

Turn that shit off! You're making Santa sad!​Shitty Christmas music makes Santa mad. Hey, the guy's gotta drive 'round the whole world and the last thing he wants on such a long road trip is crappy tunes. And that means all the CDs he throws out of his sleigh end up falling down your chimney. Whic ... More >>

Black Kids with Pop Glow at the Vagabond, July 2

Photo by Ian Witlen​Click here to view photos from Black Kids at the Vagabond.Black Kids With Pop Glow The Vagabond, Miami Friday, July 2, 2010 Better than: Dancing in your underwear a 'la Tom Cruise in Risky Business -- hey, we know you've all done it. The Review: The first room at the Vagabo ... More >>

A Tribute to Ian Curtis on May 18 at Churchills

​If you're a fan of Bauhaus, U2, The Cure, Interpol, Bloc Party, She Wants Revenge and many others, then you've probably heard of Ian Curtis without even realizing it. The lead singer of the now defunct Joy Division has been a major influence on all of the above mentioned bands with his deep, dron ... More >>

Q&A With Jared Leto; 30 Seconds to Mars Plays the Fillmore Tonight

photo by the Cobrasnake​Yes, Jared Leto has been a certified heartthrob for more than 15 years now. But unlike many actors who moonlight in vanity acts, Leto makes serious work of his decade-plus-running band, 30 Seconds to Mars. In fact, it was as an aspiring musician that he first headed to L.A. ... More >>

Astari Nite Celebrates Its EP Release This Friday

photo by kara StarzykIf it is true (as surely it must be) that in the world of pop music there is nothing truly new under the sun, then surely a budding pop star has no choice but to steal from the best of everything that's come before. Okay, so stealing from everything might make for a bit of ... More >>

They Are Music Is a Weapon

And they will shoot you down.

Concert Review: Afrobeta, The State Of, and Sno Cones at Propaganda, July 17

Tom Wilco Nabedi Osorio (left) and Steph Taylor of The State OfSno Cones, The State Of, AfrobetaFriday, July 17, 2009Propaganda, Lake Worth Better Than: The metal show I saw later Friday night at the Poorhouse. The Review: XX-chromosomes and some serious musical variety ruled the night Fri ... More >>

Interview With Chef Jeremiah of Bullfrog Eatz, Rick Ross' Personal Chef

Image via myspace.com/bullfrogeatz Chef Jeremiah Bullfrog is a professional caterer and personal chef to the Boss, Rick Ross. Short Order recently spoke to Bullfrog via email and asked him a few questions.New Times: What's your name, where you from, what do you do, how did you get started?Chef Jerem ... More >>

Friday Night: Astari Nite at PS14

Astari NiteFriday, June 5, 2009Flamingo Fridays at PS14, MiamiBetter Than: A pop goth cocktailAs my esteemed colleague (and de facto boss) Arielle Castillo so keenly wrote in these pages last September, Astari Nite singer Mychael Ghost is unquestionably "a proper frontman." Which is to say (as she s ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ Jenni Foxx

The go-to gal for good times.

Head Spins: DJ Jenni Foxx

Hurricane Wilma may have been devastating for a lot of folks, but not for Jenni Foxx. See, on that 2005 day after it hit, she happened to have a scheduled DJ audition at the Clevelander. But there was no power. And a few hours later, when power was restored, Foxx got a call from the owner. Seems the ... More >>

Top Hip-Hop Albums of 2008

In '08, rap didn't always equal pap.

The Postmarks Leave Their Stamp with a New Album

They’re more than one-hit wonders.

Rock of Ages

Mudhoney keeps it dirty in '08.

The British Invasión

As DJ and co-founder of the band Sidestepper, Richard Blair didn't just embrace Colombian music — he went native

SAT Words

Discussing Bloc Party's anthemic dance rock, you gotta get deep

Cultural Explosion

Discussing Bloc Party's anthemic dance rock, you gotta get deep

Orange Crush

Nothing Rhymes with Orange targets the Anglophile demographic

Too Sexy for Their Rock

Fashionable retro rock has jumped the shark. Here's why

Coffin Classics

The Subculture that Would Not (Un) Die Lusts for New Blood

CULTURE

Island Fever

Underworld

Basshead searches for Murs at SXSW in the midst of a race-fueled controversy

Just Jack

The Outer Marker (TVT Records)

The Long Haul

The Brand work hard for fame and glory. Got a problem with that?

Endnote

A former fan sends an open letter to the reunited Eighties rock gods

23 Skidoo

The Gospel Comes to New Guinea

Just Like Everybody Part Two "Ronin"

Rata Blanca

El Camino del Fuego "Delanuca"

Shake

The pleasures of PopLife

Through the Looking Glass

Wherein the author learns that Arturo Sandoval is not a trumpeter, old is young, and tsetse flies don't bite

Quality Control

For the Green Room less is more

Real-Time Car Talk

Here in My Car

Musings of Muse

Here in My Car

Reform School Rules

Here in My Car

Calendar for the week

Here in My Car

Calendar for the week

Here in My Car

Honeys and the Rock

Here in My Car

The Benetton Bodega

Here in My Car

Among the Young

Shave your head, ditch your classes, chug your beer, duck your parents, thrash your music, and don't let anyone mess with your teenage life

Rotations

Shave your head, ditch your classes, chug your beer, duck your parents, thrash your music, and don't let anyone mess with your teenage life

Rotations

Shave your head, ditch your classes, chug your beer, duck your parents, thrash your music, and don't let anyone mess with your teenage life

Led Zep's Last Stand

Page and Plant: In their time of reuniting