There are some people who will be active and visible on the Miami punk scene until they are old and grey. One example: Punk crew the Can’t Stand Ya’s is made up of Churchill’s lifers. Frontman Joe Obnoxious was co-leader for ex-Lookout Records artists the Basicks. Drummer Todd Slimak has…
Quick reminder: Tickets for Miami’s stop on the Identity Festival are currently on sale via idfestival.com. Passes range from $40 general admission to $400 on-stage VIP, which includes food and drinks.And in an interesting turn of events, we received a press release stating that Ultra Music Festival is now co-sponsoring…
View photos from Girl Talk at the Fillmore Miami Beach here.Girl Talk With Max Tundra Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday, May 19, 2011 Better Than: An impromptu cock-rocking rave in a confetti supply store. Just parking your car before a Girl Talk show is a fucking party. On the second floor…
It’s one thing being an international DJ megastar with residencies at some of the world’s hottest clubbing meccas, plus a chart-topping Grammy-nominated producer to boot. Add to that being head honcho of one of the most respected labels in the business, and you’re on your way to true demigod status…
For all those Golden Era hip-hop heads who spent the entire summer of 1995 running the streets, wasting money, killing time, making mischief, and listening to Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx on repeat, the first few bars of click-clack like “Ice Cream,” “Guillotine,” “Verbal Intercouse,” “Criminology,” or “Incarcerated Scarfaces”…
Joaquín Sabina is a true songwriter. He’s also a singer. And yes, he’s a living legend in his native Spain. Over the course of a 33-year career as a recording artist, Sabina has amassed a ton of honors and accolades. And it all began with Sabina’s first number-one single, “Pongamos…
Senior Idol, a Broward competition that pits senior citizens against each other in a singing competition demonstrated that wit, talent, and vibrancy doesn’t fade with age. Many older crooners sing with more feeling and humor because they have life experiences that give them awesome emotional range. And Senior Idol’s 12…
If you really want Memorials (and ex-Mars Volta) drummer Thomas Pridgen to define his Bay Area band’s powerfully psych-y, soul-spiked tuneage, you’re almost gonna have to bully him into it. That’s how a plucky music reporter for the Danbury, Conneticut daily News-Times managed to break down Pridgen’s resistance last week,…
Put your paws up, little monster. Lady Gaga is coming to town. Er, well, sort of. Not really. But her Born This Way album listening party will be hitting SoBe. And thanks to Gaga’s latest commercial partnership with Gilt City, the e-coupon site is offering you a chance to celebrate…
Back in the day, circa 1996, the hip-hop world was all about the gangsta rap and busting caps, not the boom-bap and phat flips. Nevertheless, a couple of local b-boys named Richard “Speedy Legs” Fernandez and Steven “Zulu Gremlin” Roybal decided it was time to bring breakdancing back. So they…
DIY punk venue Miami Chum Bucket recently had a run-in with John Law and it’s now on hiatus. The venue had a lot of shows booked in the next couple of months, and its uncertain status is a definite downer for a scene that has recently experienced a swell in…
Transit Lounge continues taking you back to the old school this weekend with its ’80s Freestyle Series, and the featured performer this Saturday is a heavy hitter indeed … Debbie Deb! If you remember the ’80s, you know it was impossible to flip on the radio dial and not land on…
Spam Allstars’ Fuacata! ten-year anniversary at Hoy Como Ayer May 19
Crocodiles at the Vagabond May 20
2 Live Crew at Exxxotica Expo May 21
Dirty South at Mansion May 21
Girl Talk at the Fillmore Miami Beach May 19 and 20
Parallels at the Vagabond May 21
N.E.R.D. to Kanye to Odd Future: five key moments in the chronology of hipster-hop
Luis Miguel at American Airlines Aren May 19
The Italian popular music tradition of the last several decades has been an idiosyncratic one. When rock ‘n’ roll was paramount, Italians were considered the least likely to rock your world. Their sole contributions during the classic rock era being mainly sappy, straight-laced pop stars like Lucio Battisti. But their…
Sometimes electronic music can be soul-crushingly boring. But fans can’t tell the difference because they’ve been hypnotized by a series of bleeps and bloops. In a few years, however, when trends change and the difference between what’s good and not good is revealed, Fujiya and Miyagi will remain enshrined in…
