Will Lopez of Guajiro Is Not a Fan of the Miami Music Festival

It’s no big freaking secret that the Miami Music Festival has its critics. And Will Lopez of Hialeah punk crew Guajiro is not a fan. He made the fact pretty clear with his sarcastic seven-minute animated YouTube video titled Miami Music Festival: A Primer. “Aside from singing in Guajiro, I…

Timo Maas and Lee Burridge Team Up at Soho Studios November 24

After an entire decade behind the decks as a DJ-for-hire, German spinner Timo Maas finally became a full-blown techno convert in the early ’90s. He hung around warehouses and cut together live mixes that kickstarted his ascent through Deutschland’s rave scene. There were residencies in Hamburg, a slew of singles,…

Ricky Martin’s Book is $26, But Our Recap Is Free

When Ricky Martin announced he was gay earlier this year, two things happened: (1) we cashed in on a $50 bet we made in 1999, and (2) any rumors that Ricky Martin — who’d been out of the public eye for quite some time — had died, were laid to…

Wolf Parade at the Fillmore Miami Beach, November 10

With Ogre You Asshole The Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Better than: A totally empty auditorium. Too bad Montreal indie rockers Wolf Parade don’t travel with a pack of thousands. The Fillmore could have used some filling last night. The crowd was only a cluster. But like singer…

Who Wants Javelin Tickets for Saturday’s Show at Awarehouse?

In their home laboratory, cousins Tom van Buskirk and George Langford of Javelin conduct strange sound experiments, feeding snippets of hip-hop, lost vinyl nuggets, and newly unearthed audio clips into a massive sonic collider. The result: A series of increasingly legendary 12″ records, mixtapes, CDs, and podcasts that completely confuse…

Toubab Krewe Turns Up the Tribal Psych at the Electric Pickle November 19

Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, world-beat rock band Toubab Krewe is kinda like Animal Collective’s cousin from the country whose long-absent daddy happens to be the Dead. Taking cues from indie rock, psychedlic jam, and traditional Malian tuneage, the Krewe twists out songs — i.e. “Holy Grail” and “51 Ft…

Social Distortion at the Fillmore Miami Beach November 13

Like any 31-year-old punk crew that has spent a good chunk of its life in the gutter — rocking recklessly, shooting heroin, looking for love, and breaking the law — Social Distortion has a pretty messed-up face. Obviously, we don’t mean that literally; Social D’s middle-aged frontman, Mike Ness, is…

Five Wackiest Electronic Music Genres You’ve Never Heard Of

The best thing about electronic music is its limitlessness. Having thrown aside the sonic limitations of rock’s overdone guitar-bass-drums combo, synthesizer music can sound like virtually anything. And it does. Electronic music has spawned a gazillion genres and sub-genres to the point of exhaustion. And like dandelion seeds, each sub-genre…

Ten Hot Chicks Playing the Miami Music Festival

​It’s common knowledge that women always find average-looking dudes inexplicably more attractive when said guy plays an instrument or fronts a band. That’s why many of us bought guitars in the first place. But does the same rule apply for female artists also? We think so. Listen, if it’s okay…