Closing in on 60 years old has done nothing to slow Keith Morris down. Having founded Black Flag with Greg Ginn in 1976 and then the Circle Jerks when that relationship soured, Morris was behind two seminal outfits that will be synonymous with hardcore punk forever. And now four years…
Los Treces already has a fairly full plate, playing in punk band Die Trying, which recently finished a rather successful tour, and helping Nayra Serrano with Idle Hands, a booking/promotion entity that continues to bring live music to a post-Dave Daniels Churchill’s Pub. He’s also the club’s current man in…
South Florida has long been a creative refuge for varied musical genres that have grown with little outside influence and a decidedly Floridian twist. This can be seen in our punk rock, metal, rap, and jazz. Another of the better aspects of Miami’s music scene has always been the relative…
Slowly but surely, Miami’s getting there. We can be quite critical of a lot of the downright Flori-duh stuff that happens within the Magic City; from shortsighted politicking to local yokels, we have no shortage of the strange, the bizarre, and the downright counterproductive preventing this city from becoming a…
Miami Beach’s Deming Harriman is a builder of myth. Think of her as a less gnostic Abraxas; her duality lies not in good and evil, but in innocent whimsy and tortured yet empowering make-believe. On one side she’s an avid illustrator with a thick line that could pass with ease…
The ’80s and ’90s were a fun time for punk rock in South Florida. And though there wasn’t a major publishing house putting out every single local album recorded, we were fortunate enough to have a few individuals who took it upon themselves to scrounge up some dough, enter into…
To a local audience, Goran Tomcic’s upcoming show, Heart Strings at Dimensions Variable, seems made with Miami in mind; his choice of materials for the pieces are hanger wire, Mylar sequins, and fishing line. But the truth is that he’s chosen these for their reflective properties, and not for the…
The Audio Junkie concept is simple: “a journal that captures a culture immersed and obsessed with audio.” But it’s also complex enough to keep the project’s masterminds, Greg and Eddy Alvarez, talking at the same time. And when not finishing one another’s statements, they tap into nearly identical sentiments, like…
Musically, it’s been a sometimes erratic ride for the last 40-plus years, but Miami has remained at the forefront of Latin rock in the U.S.
Alex Caso has been a man of different names in South Florida’s music and DJ scenes. Alternately known as DJ Cookieheadz and/or Sad Tiger, he was the synth/keys player in the Waterford Landing and one of the early figures of Pop Life’s success. A man with an enviable collection of…
Florida has always been associated with the vibrant metal scene of the ’80s, thanks to recording studios like Morrisound, as well as bands like Death and Morbid Angel, which catapulted this wasteland into international consciousness. There have been metal outfits formed in every corner of the FLA. Some have gone…
The Crumbs have been around for almost 20 years in one shape or another. Fronted by Raf Classic, whose Latin-inflected nasal snarl is widely recognized as one of the best voices in the realm of punk rock ‘n’ roll, The Crumbs have been relatively quiet since he relocated to Los…
Dan Destructo has lived through five decades of punk rock, witnessing its ebb and flow from the skewering environs of Venice Beach, Florida. Now relocated to the Los Angeles area, his long-running outfit No Fraud has proudly released a 17-track collection of some demos recorded in 1984. While Destructo and…
With Churchill’s Pub sold, the future of Miami’s most legendary rock establishment is uncertain. It’s hard to imagine that the new owners will shoot themselves in the foot by making radical changes. Shit, leave the bathrooms alone, save yourselves some cash. Meanwhile, Tobacco Road could be facing relocation next year…
Music venues in South Florida have always come and gone with an alarming casualness. Over the last 30-odd years, only one place, Churchill’s Pub, has held the torch for Miami’s savvy underground rock fans. Now that new owners have taken control, an era is coming to an end. And that’s…
It’s amazing how much the 305 has had its hands in the perpetuation of established underground genres.
The Sunshine State was a breeding ground for some pretty cool ska acts in the ’90s. You would almost think the state invented the genre. Maybe it is our proximity to the Caribbean and a large presence of Jamaicans that made the feat possible. Who knows? The reggaefied punk trend…
The 305 did not invent punk rock, nor was it instrumental in the development of its subculture. As a matter of fact, South Florida was plagued by so-called “album-oriented rock” clubs, insufferable cover bands with Eagles aspirations, and misguided disco heads who were ignoring the better stuff put out by…
Photo by Kevin McGee Avant-gardists, Zen gardeners, collectors of incidental and deliberate sounds, intake valve agitators, inventors of agoraphobic explosives … Many are the hats and coats that Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa has worn since its first kicks of musical discontent managed to connect with South Florida’s underground ass. The journey…
Colombian native and former South Florida resident Rafael Martinez has been involved with some of the most electrifying bands in metal since leaving Miami in the mid ’90s to pursue further training and education at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Few will remember his recorded local music ventures…
The current state of the game isn’t strong. Back in the late ’90s, stagnant rap got a righteous kick in the gonads from the whole “backpack” movement. Now in the 2000s, the hip-hop scene has become rife with repetitive ring-tones and IQ-lowering catch phrases. And there ain’t much opposition out…
Mike IX and Corrections House at Churchill’s Pub January 30
