“Everyone thinks because of the way we look that we’re a Goth band, but we’re post-punk indie rockers,” explains singer Mychael Ghost over the phone. His band, Astari Nite, is often thrown into a box based strictly on appearances, but it’s not fair to typecast this diverse group of Miami…
For those who have never been, the International Noise Conference might conjure up images of networking businessmen holding briefcases filled with screams and explosions. But instead, the five-night event celebrating its thirteenth year at Churchill’s is a commerce free, avant-garde celebration of sonic experimentation where you’re equal parts as likely to…
“It was a challenge. I had never before sung in the snow or the cold or the altitude we had in Aspen,” 21-year-old singer songwriter Brika tells us during a short break from the recording studio. Last weekend she performed at the X Games in Colorado. Not easy for a…
One of the truths about Miami is that if you find yourself in a six-month coma, when you wake up, everything about the city will be different. But perhaps no aspect of Miami feels as transient as our nightlife. In the space of what feels like minutes, the hottest and…
Originally, Supersuckers’ lead singer and bassist Eddie Spaghetti said he got into rock and roll to get drunk and meet chicks. But, when he was diagnosed with cancer last June, he had to revaluate his motives. “During my treatment I wrote a lot of dark songs, but I’m not sure…
At 9 a.m. this morning (Friday, January 29) tickets for the Modest Mouse’s July 8 concert at Bayfront Park go on sale. Yes, it is a co-headlining tour with Long Island emo rockers Brand New, but it still takes a moment to wrap my head around the fact that Modest…
I once thought that when I had kids, I would never let them watch TV. But, like many well intentioned bohemian dreams, reality put a dent in that ambition. Toddlers are like drunks in so many ways, but mostly in the amount of energy you have to put into keeping…
Since Clarence Reid died last Sunday from liver cancer and organ failure, the Miami legend’s stage persona, Blowfly, has been eulogized in Rolling Stone and the New York Times. Celebrities from Ice-T to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea to Run the Jewel’s El-P have paid tribute to Reid on…
“We wanted a Wynwood venue that offered something Latin, but funky, and not commercial,” explained Nicolas Hoyos of the inspiration behind the new bar he co-owns, El Patio Wynwood. “Once we found the spot in October, it all came together quickly. We wanted it to be like a patio at your…
“My mouth is ripped up after each set. My dentist doesn’t like it,” the 32-year-old says. But a bit of blood won’t stop him. “With the trumpet, you can’t take two days off because that feels like a month. When I’m not on the road, I put in three to…
The Seminole Theatre in Homestead has died twice. Once, fire claimed the theater; another time, it was wind. But somehow, some way, it has been revived and will begin its incarnation as a hub for Homestead cultural life. Originally built in 1921 for silent movies and live entertainment, it was…
Listening to Luis Vasquez’s three dark industrial albums as the Soft Moon, you would think he always lived in Berlin. But he originally hails from sunny Southern California. “I was born in L.A., where I watched MTV every morning. It was mostly glam rock like Poison, Mötley Crüe, Cinderella, and…
Unless you are a toddler (and if you are, may I compliment your excellent reading comprehension and ability to navigate the internet) or constantly around young ones, the name Peppa Pig means nothing to you. But at any tot lot or daycare center, the pink animated character is inescapable. The…
SunGhosts, our reigning readers’ choice for Miami’s best band, just put out a new four song EP, Parhelion. The title keeps with the Kendall band’s solar obsession. Parhelion is the scientific name for a rainbow halo phenomenon seen around the sun in case you were wondering. Recorded in both Davie…
Jay Simonson’s prediction for Friday’s show: “It’s going to be loud, and I’m going to climb on stuff.” It’s one of the few straightforward answers Simonson, lead singer of the Minneapolis garage-rock band France Camp, was willing to give over the phone, where he was joined by drummer Dylan Rosebringeth…
Maybe it’s the heat, or the traffic. The perhaps easily available flakka probably doesn’t help either. But Miami has always been a magnet for insanity. So why should we expect any less from Miami’s music world? 2015 is officially in the past, but before we leave it there completely, it’s…
When asked to define black metal, there is a long pause from Olav Bergene, the lead singer of Norway’s 1349. A second passes and then another and then, in his Norwegian accent, he explains the fundamentals of the loud, fast and heavy musical genre that his life revolves around. “Black…
If there are two acts that smile more on stage than Imagine Dragons and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, their dentist deserves a raise. And the free show Wednesday night on the sands of South Beach gave a projected 20,000 plenty of reason to smile back. The event was a pep…
No, that is not a newsstand that has opened up on the site that once housed Railroad Blues and PS 14. Not really, anyway. It’s a slightly more lucrative scheme than print media. While it might appear to be a vendor selling candies, old copies of New Times, and vintage…
The last time we spoke with Cavity bassist Dan Gorostiaga, his band was gearing up for an April 10 benefit show that he insisted would be a one-time reunion. But since then, the local sludge legends have already played one show at New York City club Saint Vitus back in…
The layman might have expected a very different sort of “305 Fest.” By inserting Miami’s area code into the name of 305 Fest, the punks and headbangers behind the two night extravaganza challenged an outsider’s expectations of what Miami music all about. If some poor schlub strolled into Churchill’s this…
Psychomagic’s latest record came together fast — maybe too fast. “We only had three weeks to write the songs and three days to record it,” singer and guitarist Steven Fusco says. But they were able to pull it off. The album, Bad Ideas, mixes and matches garage rock with psychedelia…
