Photo by Logan FazioCandyland 13Soho Studios, MiamiSaturday, December 27, 2008Better Than: I expected.The Review:Culture and other similar promotions groups, in an effort to shrug off the nasty mainstream perceptions of the Nineties dance scene, like to call their large-scale events music festivals. But let’s be honest about Candyland 13, held…
Da REAList is not Plies’ meditation on Platonic realism; it’s mostly just demonstrably false braggadocio and sentimental hooey. (He could have eliminated this confusion by calling it Da REALest.) The main problem is that a July Hip Hop DX report showed that despite his claims to be a lifelong thug,…
(Photo via Music is a Weapon’s MySpace page.)Music is a WeaponMusic is a Weapon (Rain Trust)www.myspace.com/musicisaweaponbandMost of the members of Music is a Weapon boast enough years of playing under their belts to know a thing or two. As must be repeated, most of them were in the late, great…
There’s something a little Sheila E about Tracy Young. Her steadfast, stoic presence when she’s doing her DJ thing reminds you of Prince’s bongo-smacking concubine in her Arsenio Hall Show heyday. For both women, that temple-of-steel impenetrability is/was their greatest weapon in a male-dominated world. On face, Young — Miami-based…
The Italoboyz’ moniker is slightly misleading on a couple of levels. First, it’s slightly so because although Marco Donato and Frederico Marton hail from Italy, the two have been based in London since about the turn of the millennium. Neither do they play, as one might assume, Italo disco, or…
As the name of this event, and the fact that it’s followed by a numeral, might suggest, the epic December party Candyland began in the golden age of the Florida rave scene. In the Nineties, it was a guaranteed good time on the party calendar, one of several large-scale annual…
(Photo via Lanzallamas’ Myspace page.)Formed in 2006 by former Suenalo percussionist Fabi Patiño, Lanzallamas Monofónica epitomizes what is often described as the “Miami Sound” – a hodgepodge of musical influences from the South Florida melting pot. “Lanzallamas is a project that I created based on my experience in Miami,” explains…
Currently based in Seattle, prodigal Miami troubadour Sam Friend returns to the Vagabond this Friday for a little soul-soothing in his hometown. The UM School of Music grad eschews the tropical-funk-fusion or synth-driven weirdness of so many of his local peers for a more straightforward, rollicking approach. In the jangly…
Silverchair’s Daniel Johns wants an inflatable sheep. No, really. It’s after the jump.We’ve been having trouble figuring out what to buy our friends and family for Christmas this year. To help out on the idea front, we decided to draw inspiration from some of our favorite musical artists’ Christmas wishes…
To read past installments of Miami According to Brooklyn, click here. Since I’ve lived and worked in both Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, I want to talk about the differences between the scenes, and also just getting around in each place. First off as far as Ft. Lauderdale goes, transportation sucks…
WAUMISSWAUMISS (Little Ramona Records)The Carrboro, North Carolina-based duo WAUMISS traces its roots back to Florida, to a series of early-Nineties Tampa and St. Petersburg bedrooms that produced many beautifully skewed pop songs. The musicians who comprise WAUMISS became two of many who wandered beyond their original Florida circle, but remained…
New Jersey’s Streetlight Manifesto deserve a couple props, first, for still carrying the torch of third-wave ska as it was largely played at its tail end in the late Nineties: in a group of many, many musicians, and with a heavy punk edge. Second, this is impressive because the band…
It’s time for that once-a-year event that’ll leave you bright and shiny and glowing. No, I’m not talking about the wonderful feeling you’d get buying me all sorts of awesome Christmas presents — it’s the Dayglow party happening at Space. And okay, I sort of lied. Though billed as a…
The local alt-rock trio Corner 3 may have only formed in 2007, but the band is based on a longtime friendship, begun when the trio’s members were students at Columbus High in the Eighties. Frontman/guitarist/keyboardist John Lopez and bassist/vocalist Rick Sanchez began their music collaboration while still in school, and…
(Insert bad joke about Katy Perry being “hot and cold” about when she wants to play Ft. Lauderdale. )Whatever; the basic facts are thus: Katy Perry was originally scheduled to play Revolution as part of her debut headlining tour on Monday, April 27. That date has now been moved two…
Known for dark melodies laden with churning guitars, chunky riffs, and lead singer Lajon Witherspoon’s haunting timbre, Sevendust carved its niche in the alt-rock/nu-metal landscape some years back. The release of the band’s third record, Animosity, in 2001 is largely regarded as the quintet’s breakthrough into mainstream popularity. Still, by…
It seems like every time Deadmau5 leaves the house, he has to stop over for an appearance at Mansion; his last time at the club was just this past August. So what has he been up to since then? Well, there was the highly anticipated release of his debut artist…
Here’s something for minimal techno lovers (perhaps it’ll cool down enough this weekend for a scarf?). This Saturday at everybody’s favorite micro-dance-club, Blue, Pornograph Events presents a live P.A. by the Berlin-based producer Touane. Born Marco Tonni in Rimini, Italy, he escaped his commercial-house-ridden home country for the techno promised…
For hardcore Morrissey fans, especially those of us in South Florida, 2007 was somewhat emotionally tumultuous. First, he played an amazing summer show here, in support of Ringleader of the Tormenters — good (in spite of the cruel heat). Except the show was at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre in Boca…
The Italoboyz’s moniker is slightly misleading on a couple levels. First, it’s slightly so, because although Marco Donato and Frederico Marton hails from Italy, the twosome have been based in London since about the turn of the millennium. Neither do they play, as one would assume, Italo disco, or even…
As the name of this event, and the fact that it’s followed by a numeral, might suggest, the epic December party Candyland started out in the golden age of the Florida rave scene. In the Nineties, it was a guaranteed good-time on the party calendar, one of several large-scale annual…
Two of Miami’s finest prodigal zine auteurs return for a joint reading of their respective new books, both published by Soft Skull Press. In the Nineties, Erick Lyle, then known as Iggy Scam, lived an enviable punk-ethics-fueled life around South Florida that is near impossible to imagine today. He ran…
