For most people, punk rock is a teenage phase. But for San Francisco’s NOFX, it’s a blueprint for living long and growing old. Back in the mid-’90s, when punk was going mainstream, the band refused a move to the majors, stuck with Epitaph, and eventually landed on its own label,…
Anyone who’s seen the Jacuzzi Boys play knows their live shows are pure fun. Anyone who’s heard a Jacuzzi Boys record knows their songs are supercatchy. We recently announced that Jack White’s Third Man Records would be releasing a live LP of them. And when that record showed up in…
he line between weekdays and weekends gets blurry on Thursday night. For college students, it signals the end of the school week. For working stiffs who gotta get up early Friday morning, it’s more of an “I’ll go out for a few beers, won’t stay out too late, shit it’s…
The Queers Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, January 15, 2011 The Queers’ frontman Joe King is back. He never left or disappeared or anything. But last night’s show at Churchill’s gave us a clear picture of what his band was like in their prime, maybe. More accurately, this is the Queers…
Years before Warped Tour, MySpace, and the opening of Miami’s famed all-ages punk venue Cheers, there was a copy of the Queers’ 1993 landmark Love Songs for the Retarded in every truant’s backpack. Faster and more intelligible than Nirvana, abrasive like Black Flag, and filled with as many hooks and…
Here at the New Times, we root hard for our local teams; especially when they win big on the road. Ever since our Big Three got together, we knew Miami would conquer the nation – we ain’t talking about James, Wade and Bosh, we’re talking about the Jacuzzi Boys. When…
When Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s the Queers roll into Churchill’s on January 15, punk rock fans can count on the crew to give us what we want. We can pretty much guarantee that we’re gonna get to sing along to hits like “I Can’t Stop Farting” and “Teenage Gluesniffer”. We contacted…
Everyone knows that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And when some random dude 1,500 miles away makes a YouTube cover of your song (in this case, Jacuzzi Boys’ “Smells Dead”), the flattery factor is cranked up to 10,000. Boston’s Glen Maganzini is a 19-year-old college student, the leader…
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. Dino Felipe My Vomit Is A Crystal Ball (Triangle Earth) Dino Felipe has been quietly making loud music in his home for over a…
Club promoter and artiste extraordinaire Aholsniffsglue has a heart of gold. He’s constantly thinking of ways to help the community. His motto: “You can talk about how bad things are. Or you can step up and do something about it.” It’s this attitude that got him in the party-making business…
Fair to say that Miami isn’t known for its rock music, right? Not that we aren’t the home of some of the hardest bands ever, like Cavity, Floor, the Eat, Load, and Secret Service. These are bands that stood head and shoulders above their contemporaries. Even today, we are the…
New York hardcore icons Madball and the crowd that goes to see them this Thursday will most likely destroy the Vagabond. We wonder if club owner Carmel Ophir even understands the awesome brutality about to take over his bar. He’s gotta know, right? The Madball show will start a couple…
Miami punk rock mainstay Christian Salmon (also known as Chris Critic from the Basicks, the Critics, Boy Prostitute, UFC, and the Repromen) runs a tight ship at Critical Recordings. When you visit the studio, he’s guaranteed to be taking out the trash or balancing his QuickBooks while talking on the…
Onstage, Dino Felipe is all chaos and mayhem. His live show usually starts off with high energy, which sometimes turns into antagonism, which often spirals into self-directed violence. As a performer he can really polarize the crowd. It’s unfortunate that the thing most people take away from the live show…
Staying power on Miami’s nightclub scene is a pretty rare thing. Parties like Bandits, Collision, Static, Flamingo, Murk’d, and Sugar Free Fridays couldn’t even make it to one year. All of those aforementioned parties had something to offer, and there was nothing wrong with any of them. They just came…
In the middle of the poorly lit Wynwood warehouse district, nestled between a boxing academy, a factory, and some art spaces, there’s a building overflowing with noise. Behind a gate, a double-locked door, and a barbwire overhang, Beings are hard at work. Many artists refer to the studio as “the…
Photo by Ian WitlenOtto Von SchirachView photos from Trinumeral at 7th Circuit Studio.The Trinumeral Festival With Otto Von Schirach, Tokimonsta, Eprom, Panic Bomber, and More Friday, October 8, 2010 7th Circuit Studio Better Than: The actual day when the digits align in auspicious numeric sameness? When we arrived Panic Bomber…
Today we celebrate the birthday of two Ramones: Johnny and CJ Ramone. Yes, CJ (who turns 45 today) is viewed as a ringer or a hired gun. He isn’t anyone’s favorite Ramone, but he did a fine job filling Dee Dee’s Chucks and leather jacket Johnny is another story. Born…
View photos of Big Freedia at the Vagabond here.Big Freedia Thursday, September 30, 2010 Shake at the Vagabond, Miami Better Than: Spending the whole night dancing, bumping and grinding with a lady who turns out to be a guy.Straight outta NOLA, a crazy transgender named Big Freedia took over Shake…
Addax is an anomaly on the Miami music scene. For starters, the band’s style of rock has very little ’80s or synth-pop influence. It’s more inspired by late-’90s rock, but still Addax doesn’t just sound like a female-fronted Incubus. Sure, the major elements are arpeggios, unique time signatures, and poetic…
Aside from being an unfunny overplayed joke, the term “no homo,” as used by Lil Wayne, is hip-hop’s admission of homophobia. When Lil Wayne says Tevin Campbell, No Homo, Black Rambo in “Feel Me,” he really needs us to know he is not gay. He mans it up a little…
