Philip Glass is a heavyweight of contemporary minimalism. Alongside auteurs like Steve Reich and John Cage, Glass is, simply put, one of the biggest, boldest names in 20th century music. Much like the aforementioned peers-in-experimentation, his ouvre delicately (and delightfully) blurs the line between the colloquially dubbed “Classical” genre and…
Shitstorm (canceled), Beings, and Holly Hunt Beelzebub’s Cave Thursday, February 24, 2011 Better Than: If Beings had canceled too. From inception, this show was an uphill battle. Not that the theoretical lineup wasn’t bangin’ … Storied grind heroes Shitstorm backed by fresh-faced heavies Beings and the even fresher-faced Holly Hunt…
There is only one adjective that does the almighty Shitstorm justice … Relentless. For starters, can you think of a local act that plays faster, nastier and harder? We certainly can’t. Figure in that the grindcore outfit has been smokin’ suckers since 2004, and you’ve got a blasting, metallic stamina…
An unfortunate side effect of experimental music in the 21st century is the inflated discography. In this age of instant access and oversharing, demos are pressed on vinyl and every piss, moan, and fart ends up streaming on the internet. Across genres — from nü-Fonz garag to table noise, and…
Does Barry Manilow even exist? Or was the Manilow concept brewed by aesthetes in the Laboratory of Cool to give record-store clerks and music snobs a clear enemy to rail against? It might be something like Saddam Hussein circa 2002, only instead of WMDs, we’re dealing with the globally relevant…
To the outside world, Miami isn’t particularly known for its punk history. We weren’t part of the first wave (New York City, Los Angeles, London), we didn’t invent hardcore (Washington, DC), and we burn through venues so fast we’ve never managed to forge a long-term institution like Gilman Street Project…
Diet Cokeheads, White Execution, and Bone Owl with new releases
South Florida music releases for weirdos
