Naming a band can be a tricky thing. You don’t want to get all set to rock the Pit on Saturday in order to save the dorm and put together some upstart, slacker rock band called Everyone Gets Laid, if in fact nobody does. That said, Xperimento didn’t seem to have a problem…
Raucous, rowdy, and nothing if not fun, Bright Light Social Hour is everything we fell in love with when we first discovered rock and roll. The group puts out the kinds of bluesy jams we blasted from our reeking bedrooms during junior high, as we listened to classic rock gods…
Raucous, rowdy and nothing if not fun, Bright Light Social Hour is everything so many of us fell in love with when we first discovered rock ‘n’ roll. It’s the kind of bluesy jam that could be heard blasting from our reeking bedrooms during junior high, as we listened to…
Welcome to 2011! Depending on how you look at it, you might be excited because it’s a new slate to improve your life and be a better person, or it could fill you with anxiety and woe. Personally, I like my cup full, then empty, then full again. Which brings…
Mark Kondrat, Itagui Correa and Javier “Lakambre” Delgado are collectively known as Locos Por Juana, or in their DJ set incarnation, Afro Kumbe. Already, these three dudes are off to a busy start this year, wasting no time in getting AK in front of Miami’s craziest crowds. This Friday, they’ll…
Happy New Year, party people! You’ve seen Boardwalk Empire, right? Well, if you’ve watched bug-eyed Steve Buscemi partying it up in the prohibition era and thought, “That’s my kind of party,” then Transit Lounge’s shindig is the place for you. Because the Little Havana hangout is bringing back the roaring…
Stupid traditions … Like assholes and opinions, everyone has one. You’ve groaned when your mom forced you to follow hers. Or you’ve nervously complied when trapped at some boring New Year’s Eve party with your brand-new girlfriend and her extended family.But no matter how much you hate these ridiculous little…
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.Locos Por Juana Evolucion EP (La Juana Productions) If you look up evolution in the dictionary, it’s defined as any process of growth or development…
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.Space Between Words And We All Follow the Sun(Space Between Words, Magnetron Publishing LLC, SESAC)Space Between Words like to play with celestial themes. And that…
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…
Making up words is fun, but it rarely yields any expression worth keeping (unless you count Peter Griffin’s festizio). The band name Lanzallamas Monofonica is an exception. It isn’t entirely fabricated: If you speak Spanish, you know lanzallamas to mean flamethrower. Meanwhile, monofónica refers to single-channel recording. Though the band…
Is there a broke-ass musician in your life? Well, if not, just look to your left and you’ll find a guy named Danny in a band called Dirty Cherry who can’t even afford a simple bar of soap. Now look to your right and meet Jake, a bass player with…
Are we the only ones shocked it’s already the end of 2010? Damn! It’s certainly not the first time we’ve been assaulted by the sudden passage of an entire year. Still, there’s one local group for whom passage of time has been especially auspicious: Suénalo. Long one of Miami’s hottest…
If you consider most of the crap on Y100 to be hip-hop, we wouldn’t expect you to understand. But ArtOfficial is the straight-up shiznit. As Miami’s answer to the Roots, this six-member band’s been thrilling local fans and crowds abroad for the past few years, rocking venues with some of…
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.Suénalo Live at Transit (Suenalo Music)Though made up of relatively young cats, Suénalo has established itself as one of our local scene’s granddaddies with a…
Is there a broke-ass musician in your life? Well, if not, just look to your left and you’ll find a guy named Danny in a band called Dirty Cherry who can’t even afford a simple bar of soap. Now look to your right and meet Jake, a bass player with…
Mike Mineo’s not your average guy — unless your average guy has lived like Jack Kerouac, succumbing to wanderlust and setting out on the road right after high school. His debut album Eccocentricity wanders a little too. A marriage of folk, pop-rock, soul, and even some jazz, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter’s…
Ah, the holidays … Whether you celebrate Christmas or Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or a Festivus for the rest of us, the season represents the same stuff: peace on earth, good will towards your fellow man, and totally crazy parties. Lots and lots of them. Case in point: The Recording Academy’s Florida…
Pepvert is something of an enigma. Don’t believe me? Look him up. You won’t find that much on him (trust me, I looked). A pair of MySpaces, a website that affirms Pepvert is an “alter ego,” a link to his management, a pair to iTunes to download his music. And…
Mike Mineo’s not your average guy. Unless your average guy has lived like Kerouac, succumbing to wanderlust and setting out on the road right out of high school.His debut album Eccocentricity wanders a little too. A marriage of folk with pop-rock, soul, and even some jazz, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter’s first…
Art Basel is in full swing by now. There are oversized mollusks all over the freaking place! But in addition to the “art,” come some of the very best parties, like, ever.Case in point: How To Dress Well and Toro y Moi tomorrow night at Bardot. Now we like Toro…
Panic Bomber at Transit Lounge December 2
