David Sedaris, best-selling author, humorist, and contributor to This American Life and The New Yorker, enraptures us with his stories. In Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, he describes his childhood as one of six kids in a second-generation Greek family, his…
It’s a typical scenario nowadays: A Canadian band crosses the border to market itself to the masses and becomes a pop sensation before it has even hit its prime. Yet somehow, between the full-lengths, EPs, and fame, Tokyo Police Club has managed to solidify its sound — and its audience…
Jorge Rubiera, one of Miami’s most collaborative musicians, has decided to create his own labor of love. For years, he’s performed alongside longtime pals in Pygmy, Down Home Southernaires, and Animal Tropical. But now he’s created Can’t Stop. Only a month ago, the band played its first concert at Churchill’s…
One of Miami’s most collaborative musicians, Jorge Rubiera, has decided to create his own personal labor of love. For years, he’s been performing alongside longtime pals in Pygmy, the Down Home Southernaires, and Animal Tropical. But now he’s created Can’t Stop. Only a month ago, the band played its first…
View photos from Washed Out’s performance at Eve here.Washed OutWith ANREve, Miami Friday, January 21, 2011 Better than: Chilling on chillwave — at home.We didn’t really know what to expect last night at Eve. Sure, Washed Out frontman Ernest Greene has done a solid job of being the poster boy…
Sampling tracks and random sounds from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s — and even voicemail messages — seems the norm for Washed Out’s Ernest Greene. But it won’t always be that way. “The new album is slightly [more rock-based],” Greene says. “There’s just more live drum sounds. There’s a bass guitar…
Washed Out frontman Ernest Greene has a success story most one-man bands dream about late at night in their lonely studios. He was unemployed, looking for work, living with his parents, and making music in his bedroom before he was suddenly discovered by all the right music blogs. Soon, his…
We’ve always wanted to just hop in a time machine and transport ourselves back to the height of a different musical era — you know, jazz in the ’20s, British pop in the ’60s, funk and R&B music in the ’70s. Well, now thanks to Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings,…
Washed Out’s Ernest Greene has a success story that most one-man bands dream about late at night in their lonely studios. He was unemployed, looking for work, living with his parents, and making music in his bedroom before he was suddenly discovered by all the right music blogs. Soon, his…
When news hit our inboxes that ’80s legends Dead Kennedys would be making a stop in South Florida on January 1, 2011, we didn’t know what to do. Should we hide our obvious New Year’s Eve hangovers and go out again in honor of our favorite San Fran-based hardcore punk…
To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami’s Best Albums of 2010 here.ArtOfficial The Payback (Self-Released) Ahhh, the cover song. Sure, bands can master one or two tracks by a legendary counterpart. But putting together an entire…
The swamps and warehouse squats, Carol City and Coco’s Nightclub, South Beach and the megaclubs — our city’s music scene is the product of so many split-up, spliced, and remixed sources that any attempted overview of its output will inevitably seem insufficient and incomplete. But here at New Times, we…
To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami’s Best Albums of 2010 here.Lil DaggersKing Corpse Limited Edition 7″ (Livid Records)There’s just something about a limited-edition record that makes you wanna go out, get it, and add it…
Holidazed 2010 Presented by 10K Islands and Discosoma With ANR, Can’t Stop, Sumsun, Plains, and Deaf PoetsChurchill’s PubThursday, December 16, 2010Better than: A lame corporate office Holiday party.When we heard 10K Islands and Discosoma Records were teaming up to have a holiday party, we half expected tacky Christmas sweaters, strings…
Due to a constantly aching heart, UK pop star Leona Lewis is always singing about stuff like romatic disappointment, relationship trainwrecks, moving on. While they’re not the freshest topics, she still manages to give it a little oomph and combine powerful, soulful vocals with a catchy beat so that her…
The man behind Miami-based record label 10K Islands, Will Suter, is a full-time business man. He’s also a part-time jetsetter. “I technically live in Washington, D.C.,” he explains. “But I also stay in New York and Miami.” It seems almost impossible to run a label — organizing distribution, publicity, and…
The man behind Miami-based record label 10K Islands, Will Suter, is a full-time business man. He’s also a part-time jetsetter. “I technically live in Washington, D.C.,” he explains. “But I also stay in New York and Miami.” And while it seems almost impossible to run a label — organizing distribution,…
Toyota Antics PresentsWith Phantogram, Twin Shadow, and FlosstradamusGrand Central, MiamiThursday, December 2, 2010Better than: Paying a cover charge to see a bunch of bands during Art Basel. We worried when Phantogram announced its second Miami show in as many months. Not because we’re not fans of the two-piece (we are),…
Paper Magazine and AOL Presents FriendsWithYou OpeningWith a performance by N*E*R*D At Rainbow City, Miami Thursday, December 2, 2010 Better than: Being treated like worthless shit by security. If you were part of the massive mob outside Rainbow City yesterday, waiting to catch a glimpse of Pharrell Williams and N*E*R*D,…
See the full 32-photo LCD Soundsystem slideshow. LCD SoundsystemMOCA LA Beach Party, at The Raleigh Hotel, Miami BeachDecember 1, 2010Better than: Getting into a private party during Art Basel. Oh, wait….It’s pretty hard to properly assess what an art crowd’s reaction is going to be to a dance-all-night band like LCD…
In case you didn’t get the memo, haven’t listened to the radio or surfed the interwebs lately, Art Basel is upon us. In just one short day, the art-world elite will rub shoulders and imbibe excessively with supermodels, fashion designers, musicians, and VIPs.While we’ve already overdosed on Art Basel party…
Sure, Art Basel is great for the art. We’ll give you that. But once you get passed the amazing collectors flying from around the world to add stellar pieces to their collections, what else is there? The after parties, of course. But our favorite thing about Art Basel? It also…
