And with that in tow, he continues to carpet South Florida proper with a new venture at a relatively newer-ish spot, Mai Tardi. This swanky little Northern Italian joint in the Design District has gotten its accolades from my peers and your collective palates and it comes a s no…
Is it a bad thing? I certainly think not. I’m glad he’s back behind the skins, screaming and aided by Didi Aragon on vocals and guitars, Bavie Grafals on vocals, violin and percussion and Ana Farina MacKliff on bass and vocals. The mix is punkish and New Wave in makeup…
Ed Matus is a man many of you know. Some of us remember him fondly as the Cheers guy back in the day, some remember his ultra-loud racket with local outfit Subliminal Criminal, the jazzier extremes of indie rock with Swivelstick, or some maybe even remember him from his short…
Hit Play!’s finally gotten it together to formally bring an official CD release party to their awesome debut EP, In Case of Emergency. Comprised by Gaston de la Vega on bass, Machbeth Proenza on drums, Johnny Underpaid and Raf Solo on guitars and Alex Calante on vocals, their take on…
Torche with Beings and Heartstrings Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Churchill’s Pub, Miami Better than: Washing Kat Stacks’ lacy unmentionables or rather, just as good, depending on the mood you find yourself in. Kind readers, you’ve known me now since 2003 and you know that I’ve never been much for lying…
Since I was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, it gives me great pleasure and pride to see the work of UltraChic*, a band based out of Miami but hailing from my homeland. The group continues to soldier on with a rock and roll racket that pays plenty of respect…
It is no secret that I am completely giddy with the upcoming reunion show of the legendary Coke this coming Saturday. So in honor of the Miami bands that created and paved the way of the real Miami Sound, here’s a video clip from a jam earlier this year by…
This coming Saturday will bear witness to a reunion gig thirty-plus years in the making. We recently had a chance to catch up with keyboardist Joe “Tito” Rubio to play the Crossfade game of five questions. Crossfade: What have you and other members of Coke been up to these years?…
Born in Montreal, Quebec of Haitian stock, Omicil’s style has been likened to jazz greats Sonny Rollins and Miles Davis. Ever the innovator, he takes these comparisons and influences and translates them into the Afro-centric diasporas. There are hints of Brazil and Afrobeat. But what’s most endearing about this young…
While the Metromover suffered a little setback last month with a two-car collision that left 18 commuters with minor injuries, the automated and elevated transit system can boast many, many years of service without incident. And tonight, as an expression of love for our beloved robotic carriages, the Metromover will…
Pink LincolnsSumo Fumes(Stiff Pole Records)www.stiffpolerecords.com In honor of Richard “Big Stiff” Konwinski, who passed this past July in Tampa, I’ll be juggling between the County Grind and Crossfade blogs doing my Blast From the Past thing on the record label that he founded, Stiff Pole Records. In my opinion, it…
Zira All Wrong Hubbard Telescope (Spy-Fi Records) www.spy-firecords.com For all we know, or at least, what we are told, Zira could be an ape, a dog or the toiling of a young man late at night, in the darkness of his bedroom with the aid of musical instruments and a…
Bulletproof Tiger’s debut EP, Starving Hearts
(Stiff Pole Records) www.stiffpolerecords.com In honor of Richard “Big Stiff” Konwinski, who passed this past July in Tampa, I’ll be juggling between the County Grind and Crossfade blogs doing my Blast From the Past thing on the record label that he founded, Stiff Pole Records. In my opinion, it came to…
GlasseaterWith Hit Play!, Furious Dudes, Arsenal 88, and HomestretchSaturday, July 31Churchill’s Pub, Miami Better Than: Stolen kisses in a Cadillac. The Review:This summer’s seen a pretty good number of reunion shows, and the latest, this past Saturday, marked both a reunion and a farewell for local pop-punk greats Glasseater. I…
If I thought that Orion had solidified his bones with his work with Elastic Bond, I was certainly humbled and pleasantly surprised by his first solo effort, Esperanza. It was a sweet dose of chemically balanced hip-hop that not only paid respect to his Caribbean roots, but used them as a…
This year has been good for old South Florida favorites reuniting, from Floor, to Timescape Zero, and now to Glasseater. (Could a Disney Violence reunion from those old and bald fucks be too far off into the future? Who knows!)On Saturday night, Glasseater will take the Churchill’s stage for the…
By now, anybody who knows me knows how much I love the titties, so much so that I generally waste away many a sentence with the beautiful English expression, “Ain’t that the tits!” That said, I’m gonna go ahead and lend my full support to Antisteez.com’s editrix Goobs and her…
Drummers sometimes get a bad rap, especially from comedians, for whatever reason. But I’ve been in bands and I know what an excruciating pain in the ass it is for drummers to 1) lug in their equipment often with little or no help, 2) keep that rhythm going regardless of…
We’re Not Gay but the Music Is! (Self-released)gcib.com I think by now, in these recurring Blasts From the Past, we’ve arrived at the logical conclusion that South Florida has long been a a breeding ground for fringe acts who are heavy on the humor. Aside from the acerbic Black Irish humor…
Kristopher Huseby of Fireside Social fame is probably one of the better drummers we have down here, and it turns out he can pluck the bass and sing pretty well to boot. Enter Bulletproof Tiger, his latest, excellent project. The band just released its debut EP, Starving Hearts, which upholds…
One of the first Floridian punk rock bands that I grew to love was the Pink Lincolns. The snotty tirade that blasted over three separate Sumo Fumes seven-inch records defined my high school and early college years. Suck and Bloat, Back From the Pink Room, and Pure Swank solidified for…
