D-Clone at Churchill’s Pub October 4

Kendrick Lamar With Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Stalley, Fly Union, and others Fillmore Miami Beach September 27, 2012 Better Than: Sitting at home reading other people’s Tweets about BET’s Music Matters Tour with Black Hippy boss Kendrick Lamar. We arrived at the Fillmore Miami Beach about 30 minutes after the advertised…

Better Than: Dead Kennedys without Jello, The Misfits without Danzig, and the last 25 years of Bad Brains. Last night, Downtown Miami dance hall Grand Central hosted yet another righteous punk show. In fact, this might’ve been the best rock concert that we’ve ever seen at the club. See also:…

Modern English at Grand Central Miami September 28

He’s dressed in head-to-toe black, covered in studs with two bullet belts, a foot-long blue fan mohawk, and green paint smeared across his face like some kind of ceremonial warpaint. Then this punk leans into the microphone. And mustering an exaggerated sneer as spittle flies with each syllable, he dramatically…

In the 1990s, nothing was bigger than the 1980s. The phrase “sooo 80s” became applicable to every last iteration of big hair, bright colors, and schmaltzy synthesizers. A few of the Me Decade’s touchstone references: MTV overdoses, Madonna’s dirty Bowery tutu, the Flock of Seagulls hairdo, baggy suits, too much…

Reel and Restless Fest at Churchill’s Pub September 15

See also “OFF! and Negative Approach Hitting the Pit at Grand Central Miami on September 26.” Keith Morris has not a single fuck to give. He was the original vocalist for Black Flag. The immortal scream on the Nervous Breakdown EP belonged to him. And then after becoming the first…

“This isn’t rock n’ roll,” the frontman yells into his mike, despite the young men standing behind him on the stage, fully equipped with guitar, bass, and drums. “This is hardcore.” Orange County Hardcore Scenester is a documentary exploring that crucial distinction between commercial rock and something more, specifically within…