As the year 2000 loomed and the entire world panicked under threat of complete computer apocalypse, i.e. the bug called Y2k, Grant Howl and the Under One Beat crew gathered a gang of friends and threw a party to appease the digital gods. This was the unofficial birth of the…
For some people, the month of October means beer and brats. Others get amped for jack-o-lanterns full of candy and firecrackers. And while we here at New Times totally dig booze, encased meats, lollipops, and low explosives, we want more! In fact, we think the tenth month is the perfect…
N.E.R.D. with some robots.We’ve been really curious about Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D ever since we heard that the band’s latest single, “Hypnotize U,” was produced by Daft Punk. Are our favorite robots doing guest spots on the album? Will they make cameos at any N.E.R.D shows? We’re not sure, but we…
In the realm of supershort sets, the former reigning champs on the scene were those essentialist hardcore heads, whose performances boiled down to sweaty, shirtless 15-minute blasts of loud and sloppy 60-second songs. These days, however, the scepter of speed and economy has been passed to a generation of micro-show…
Photo by Anthony JordonSir Kelly!TGIF…well, almost. Thursday is the new Friday anyway and we know all our loyal Miamians are dying to get their party panties wet with joy. This week’s nightlife roundup brings a little something for the hobnobbers, the rump-shakers, and the fist-pumpers. Moonchine Hosts the Grand Opening…
If there’s one thing Mexicans absolutely love, it’s their music. And particularly the ranchera variety. Okay, sure — you stereotyping sons of bitches –they like their tequila too. And burritos. But more than any of that, they love their ranchera. And the pinnacle, without question, is Vicente Fernandez. A troubadour…
View photos from LCD Soundsystem at the Fillmore Miami Beach here.LCD Soundsystem With Sleigh BellsWednesday, October 6, 2010The Fillmore Miami BeachBetter Than: A million of those disappointing “appearances” by dance band members who wind up only doing DJ sets.The Review:If James Murphy’s voice started giving out a little towards the…
NYC-based DJ, producer, label owner, and all-around renaissance man John Selway is easily the hardest-working dude in electronic dance music. Ground-breaking and career-making accolades like having co-produced the 1992 debut release by house superstars Deep Dish hardly begin to define Selway’s talent and innovative vision. He’s as likely to collaborate…
Trinumeral Festival with Big Boi, Blackalicious, and Tokimonsta, October 8 to 10
Beach House plays with Vampire Weekend at the Fillmore October 13
South Florida music releases for weirdos
Despite his embrace of the sensitive-bearded-guy-with-a-guitar routine, Matt Pond’s music employs myriad subtle styles and colorful ornamentation paddling beneath the placid surface of his music. Since forming Matt Pond PA in 1998, this Pennsylvania native (duh) continues to use his eponymous band as a vehicle to harness a creative mix…
The Eagles at BankAtlantic Center
Rick Ross at Mansion
The Vibrators at Churchill’s Pub
Vicente Fernandez at American Airlines Arena
Most of us were introduced to the Bloody Beetroots thanks to the track “Warp,” an aural terrorism attack complete with explosive tick-tocking backbeat, a hook that consists only of the words “Whoop! Whoop!,” and punk rock shrieks courtesy of Steve Aoki. It wasn’t exactly groundbreaking, but the kids loved it,…
Will it be you, James Murphy, spinning tonight at Florida Room?Going to the LCD Soundsystem show tonight at the Fillmore? Well, the party don’t stop after the house lights have be turned on. Head on over to the Florida Room where Overthrow is hosting the concert after-party. Also on the…
Don’t try to adjust your television screen: Yes, that is Miami native Pitbull hocking cameras to the public. But has Mr. 305 sold out? Will he go the way of Shaq and start doing Icy Hot and Comcast commercials? We hope not. What makes these commercials kinda cool is the…
If you go totally fanatic for lightly operatic folk songs sung by candlelight, rollicking guitar-and-drum anthems for googly-eyed weirdos, and surging squalls of epic rock ‘n’ roll, then last night’s Roofless Records show at Sweat would’ve rubbed your eardrums in all the right ways. The lineup: (1) Quiet acoustic cover…
Reggaeton has pretty closely mimicked the rise to prominence of hip-hop. It started early in the streets of Puerto Rico, a rougher, edgier version of the club bouncers you hear today and it was known then simply as “underground.” But the mixtapes and guerrilla-style bootlegs of early pioneers has given…
We all have dads. Some of us don’t know our daddies, but it’s the undeniable truth that we all have fathers, and almost all of them listen to some type of dad-rock band. When you type “dad rock” into Wikipedia, you will be redirected to the “classic rock” section. In…
