¡Mayday! has a monthly gig at Transit Lounge where they host the night for one Friday each month. Well, that Friday is tonight. But this particular night at Transit will be extra special as the event will double up as a charity drive in support of Miami’s homeless population. Live…
VV Brown doesn’t take anything lying down. The alternative pop songstress started her career in the music business when she was 18, but abruptly quit when she realized she wasn’t getting things done her way. Cue two years later, and she’s singing about heartbreaks and bad breakups with the same…
Miami’s most famous Puerto Rican resident (and one of the most famous Puerto Ricans in the world) is poised to make a foray from the entertainment world into the literary realm. It seems that pop phenom Ricky Martin has decided to put to paper his life experiences.Publisher Celebra, an imprint…
Purgatory(Self-released)www.homestretch305.com I would like to open this review by going on record and stating that bass player Jonathan Suarez has been threatening my livelihood for many years now concerning his bizarre belief that I OWE him my “vintage” Cavity t-shirt. This is a lie. But I must also be a…
When thinking of Grammy-Award winning pop sensations Maroon 5, most draw their attention toward stylish and sexy frontman, Adam Levine. But there is more to them than him; take their guitarist James Valentine, for instance.The tall and slender native Nebraskan got his big break stepping in for Aaron Barrett of…
Oh, hey! Look who we spotted at last night’s HP and MySpace event at SoBe Live featuring Big Boi: New Times’ BFF Scott Storch. Wonder if he knew we were so close. Well, the ATLien performed a good mix of both his solo material and work with Outkast. Some highlights…
Interpol’s gig at the Fillmore stirs up Terrors from drummer’s past
Mumiy Troll, Russian independent rock band, plays two-night stand in Miami Beach
Back home in England, VV Brown is not only a hit-maker but also a noted songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Here in the States, she’s done a Teen Vogue shoot and had her music included on a number of prime-time shows. Musically, she’s retro, but in the best kind of way, reviving…
Miami Heat’s Carlos Arroyo releases a reggaeton single
With the addition of a live drummer, the New York disco-pop outfit the Golden Filter has, in recent months, grown in ranks. Still, the tunes remain the same. Arpeggiated bass-synth melodies and standard boom-chk-boom-chk beats reign through the band’s live performances, which draw from its lauded debut album, Voluspa. While…
Whether you know it by name or not, if you’ve stepped outside in the past several months, you’ve heard Gyptian’s “Hold Yuh” flickering out of at least a few idling vehicles. The über-minimalist dancehall ditty’s piano loop has a way of cutting through the din of city streets. Gyptian, a…
The Fillmore Miami Beach has been absolutely slaying lately with its indie-style bookings, but here’s a new announcement from the venue to make the thinking-man’s metal fan weep tears of joy. Sacramento legends Deftones will headline Wednesday, August 25, when the band plays its first show in South Florida in…
Fans of more grown-up R&B — the kind that usually hinges on actual music, as opposed to synthesized computer beats, and real soul — are in for a treat this Thursday at the American Airlines Arena’s Waterfront Theatre when the Budweiser Superfest returns. In its original incarnation, Superfest was an…
I feel like we often ignore Bardot, even though it consistently has live music going on. But it’s just that the bookings aren’t always that compelling, but every now and then there’s a gem. This time it’s actress-turned-rocker Juliette Lewis who will be performing live at the Wynwood lounge August…
Since first launching in 2002, the Berlin-based Get Physical imprint has emerged as a global touchpoint for some of the most critically-acclaimed electronic dance music of the new millennium. Forged by the creative alliance of famed producers Booka Shade, M.A.N.D.Y. and DJ T as a launching pad for their own…
Last year, we told you how music producer Greg Wells (Katy Perry, Mika, Pink, Rufus Wainwright, Deftones, and more) had been working with local musician Rachel Goodrich on her follow-up to Tinker Toys. Recently, Wells tweeted an update saying, “The new @Rachel_Goodrich record is done!!! Can’t wait for peeps to…
And with that in tow, he continues to carpet South Florida proper with a new venture at a relatively newer-ish spot, Mai Tardi. This swanky little Northern Italian joint in the Design District has gotten its accolades from my peers and your collective palates and it comes a s no…
Ah, the Supergroup. She’s a fickle mistress for musicians, often paying massive dividends for the investment of brilliant musical minds, but other times … not so much. Examples of successful collaborations range from Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and the Traveling Wilburys to Velvet Revolver, Audio Slave, and Them Crooked…
Ed Matus is a man many of you know. Some of us remember him fondly as the Cheers guy back in the day, some remember his ultra-loud racket with local outfit Subliminal Criminal, the jazzier extremes of indie rock with Swivelstick, or some maybe even remember him from his short…
Hey, y’all! Mansion wants you to party like it’s 2007. Like American Apparel isn’t going into bankruptcy. Like parties like Revolver and Spider-Pussy are still going strong.We’ve been alerted to a few upcoming shows at the South Beach mega-club that bring a ting of nostalgia of back when we used…
Dade County and Broward County collaborate on this one. E.R. (of the Vagabonds) supplies the beat as Protoman supplies the vocals. You might know Protoman as being an underground staple in not only Broward and South Florida’s hip-hop scenes, but also nationally as he’s been well received around the country…
