Head Spins: Jeffrey Tonnasen takes on the Strip
Head Spins: Jeffrey Tonnasen takes on the Strip
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Concert Review: Holly Miranda (Opening for Tegan and Sara) at Sunset Cove Amphitheater
To view a slideshow of photos from the show, click here.Holly MirandaWith Tegan and SaraSunset Cove AmphitheaterFebruary 21, 2010Better Than: Having to brave a bunch of Brooklyn hipsters for some true New York cool The Review:Had Holly Miranda heard that I came to catch her Sunset Cove show straight from…
Head Spins: Jeffrey Tonnesen, Musical Director for the Strip, Opening This Thursday
Back in 2007, when the Box officially opened in New York, the racket could be heard all the way down to Miami. “It’s a bawdy house,” said some. “A place soaked in sex,” said others. “Burlesque just got reborn,” said the rest. The Box was tops because it pulled out…
Q&A With Holly Miranda, Opening for Tegan and Sara This Sunday
Vocally, Detroit-born, Brooklyn-based neo-pop folk songstress Holly Miranda might bring to mind Chann Marshall. But mood-wise she’s got much more in common with, say, American dream pop duo Azure Ray. Both find solace in sleep, and the things that go bump in the night. And each has a way with…
Get Low Turns 10 (Months) Tonight at the Vagabond
It’s not surprising that Miami, “the city of Bass,” would so fondly embrace a form such as dubstep. A heavy mash of UK garage and grime, with roots tracing back to Jamaican dub, the genre is deep and low and perfect for the kinda nights where the action takes place…
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile plays Culture Room and Cayamo Cruise
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile plays Culture Room and Cayamo Cruise
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Head Spins: Dubstep ambassador the Reazin plays the Vagabond
Head Spins: Dubstep ambassador the Reazin plays the Vagabond
Head Spins: The Reazin, Playing at the Tenth Get Low at the Vagabond This Thursday
Who’da thunk they’d even heard about dubstep up in West Palm Beach, let alone been in on the action? But it’s true. The U.K.-birthed electronic music phenomenon is alive and kicking up in South Florida’s third county. That either means those folks are hipper than we think, or we’ve been…
French group Nouvelle Vague makes punk and New Wave go bossa
French group Nouvelle Vague makes punk and New Wave go bossa
Head Spins: DJ Oski is Tobacco Road’s in-house heavy
Head Spins: DJ Oski is Tobacco Road’s in-house heavy
Head Spins: DJ Oski
Few DJs can boast a history of beat-dropping that dates back to the days of grade school. Then again, few DJs grew up in houses as heavy with sound as that of one DJ Oski. See Oski’s pops, Pepe Pothea, was a player — he handled percussion for some of…
One Year Bold
“It’s on like Donkey Kong!” So says Ric Delgado in the first sentence of his post announcing REVMiami’s First Anniversary Party at White Room this Friday night. Delgado is perhaps the single most vocal advocate of Miami music today. And the lineup of talent slated to show their allegiance is…
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Head Spins: Laura (of Miami) is WVUM’s queenpin
Head Spins: Laura (of Miami) is WVUM’s queenpin
Head Spins: Laura (of Miami)
For over 40 years now, clued-in and/or colleged-up Miami residents have tuned in to the now sound found down the FM dial at 90.5. Those, of course, are the coordinates of the University of Miami’s own WVUM, undoubtedly one of the most adventurous radio stations in the nation. Like the…
The Haitian Hillbilly is Miami’s unlikely DJ link to the island
The Haitian Hillbilly is Miami’s unlikely DJ link to the island
Astari Nite
If you’ve been at any of the hipper venues that still allow live music, you’ve most likely seen Astari Nite swoop in and swoon through a few cool songs. You might have even wondered just what those songs were and where you might get your mitts on them. Well, you…
Astari Nite Celebrates Its EP Release This Friday
If it is true (as surely it must be) that in the world of pop music there is nothing truly new under the sun, then surely a budding pop star has no choice but to steal from the best of everything that’s come before. Okay, so stealing from everything might make…
Head Spins: The Haitian Hillbilly
Spearheading much of mainland Miami nightlife’s response to the tragedy in Haiti is a man known as the Haitian Hillbilly. Born Alain Maximilien, this hipster redneck (of sorts) not only spent many of his more formative years in the island nation; his father runs Maison des Anges, a 120-child orphanage…
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Concert Review: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Bar, January 23
Casiotone for the Painfully AloneBar, MiamiSaturday, January 23, 2010Better Than: Slitting your wristsThe Review:It’s hard to say whether or not it’s really a wise idea to catch Casiotone for the Painfully Alone while plunged into the proverbial depths of despair. On the one hand, it’s kinda heartening to see that…
For South Beach legend Tony Garcia, the beat goes on at his monthly Zodiac parties
For South Beach legend Tony Garcia, the beat goes on at his monthly Zodiac parties
Kill Miss Pretty to Play at Revival of Old Ft. Laud Venue Squeeze, Now at Sea Monster
At Francesco LoCastro’s Pinkghost show opening Saturday night, the band Kill Miss Pretty was working the packed room with word of an upcoming gig at Squeeze, which, as far as we knew, had been closed for quite some time.So what’s that about? Well, while the venue is indeed now Sea…
Concert Review: Tony Bennett at the Arsht Center, January 8
Tony BennettFriday, January 8, 2010Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, MiamiBetter Than: The BestThe new songs are “lousy.” That’s what Tony Bennett said from the stage of the Arsht Center during his sold-out show last Friday night. And Tony Bennett knows about song. As I pointed out in my…