Occupy Wall Street has been swarming with acoustic appearances by musicians like Tom Morello, Talib Kweli, and Jeff Mangum. But Occupy Miami still hasn’t drawn in Pitbull or Gloria Estefan. Guess that’s no big surprise. As the Occupiers round out a second week sleeping outside of Stephen P. Clark Government…
Open up and say “Ahh!” We know you’ve got a fever, but the cure isn’t more cowbell. Local crew ArtOfficial knows how to get you right and it comes over the counter. All you need is your Vitamins & Minerals, the latest dose of sumptuous jazz fused with hard-nosed hip-hop…
Gibbor Green is the cutest little singing heartthrob Miami has possibly ever seen. And the 13-year-old talent is about to take the biz by storm with his single “Crush.” The music video directed by Maicol Diaz isn’t just the tale of one middle-schooler’s infatuation with another. It also offers an…
By playing a completely straightforward amalgamation of various strains of rock, pop, and punk, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists have carved out a niche entirely unto themselves. Their anthems inspire an appropriate amount of big-grin pogoing, their lyrics are audible for maximum singing along, and their frontman is a real…
Odd Future at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 31
Guns N’ Roses at American Airlines Arena October 29
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists at Churchill’s Pub October 30
Battles at Grand Central October 27
Kendrick Lamar at Revolution Live October 28
Space Twilight Zone at Club Space October 29
Sebastian Ingrosso, Erick Morillo, Bob Sinclar at Scope Art Arena October 29
Anthrax at Revolution Live November 2
Austra at Grand Central November 2
After sex and drugs, rock ‘n’ roll is often paired with scary. Ever since the darkly psychedelic burnout at the end of the ’60s (epitomized by Iggy Pop’s amphetamine-inspired caterwauling and Lou Reed’s doom-y bad trip bummer jamming), there have been myriad genres obsessed with death, the occult, paranormal activity,…
With a handle like Thugfucker, one doesn’t really know what to expect from this Icelandic-American duo. Are they gangsta rappers or some bizarro grindcore act? To place them, though, you need look no further than a little 2011 banger called “Disco Gnome” on the hotly tipped Life and Death label. Because…
TV on the Radio With Sorne Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Better Than: Being blinded by Nine Types of Light. On the one hand, this past year’s been a really tough one for arty Brooklyn indie band TV on the Radio. In June, the quintet became a quartet…
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler used to be the quintessential writhing, wrapped-in-spandex rock ‘n’ roll sex symbol. Remember when this guy used to get Jagger levels of respect for his Pterodactyl vox, sleazy stage presence, and his big ol’ Mick-like lips? Well, these days anyone ever wants to talk about is…
This Halloween, O Cinema is bringing one of the most beloved cult films back, keeping it interactive and adding a tropical touch. Organizer Liz Ferrer is taking the geek and freak classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and giving it, in her words, “Miami charm.” For a hint of what…
While post-math-rock trio Battles should be recognized for its technical chops, dense songwriting, and pop-sensitive innovation, there’s also no denying the group’s status as a bona fide supergroup. While guitarists Dave Konopka and Ian Williams received their respective twinkle-noodle pedigrees from Lynx and Don Coballero, drummer John Stanier was a…
Hailing from one of the most hardworking outfits in South Florida, one would assume that young Sammy Gonzalez has all he needs. But while we’re sure that rocking for ten years with Jacobs Ladder has its charm, Gonzalez has also developed an intense relationship with the classical guitar over the…
Are you an 18- to 35-year-old alpha male? Do you love scantily clad women and binge drinking? Were you ever caught masturbating to PG-13 pictures of teen-romp starlets? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re going to flip your shit when you hear that Maxim Magazine is…
As if his birth name wasn’t whimsical enough, dreamy dance-pop producer Orlando Higginbottom would really prefer that you call him by the adorably twee title, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. The son of an Oxford University music professor, this skinny, rosy-cheeked Englishman’s artistic sensibility is wide-ranging and quite eclectic, touching upon…
