This year at Artopia we awarded Gustavo Matamoros of subtropics.org a Mastermind Award for his audio experimentations.This Sunday, May 23, explore the meaning of sound at Emergency Radio Battery-Check Nightime Event, a “performative installation” that asks you to bring your own radio, tune it to 1610 AM, and walk around…
It seems like just yesterday Crossfade was hanging out at the Miami Light Project, basking in the feel-good glow of P.A.T.H., the annual hip-hop summer camp spearheaded by Brimstone127 and Amit Regev. In a throwaway culture saturated with negativity, and in a world of “hip-hop” populated by the likes of…
Since some of us actually like the idea of live music on South Beach, it’s without extra gravitas that week three of KCC Productions and Jazid spearheading a jazz revival on the Washington strip that I’m pleased to go a little apeshit on Miami’s own LeNard Rutledge dropping the smooth…
We promise we’ll stop writing about Grand Central when their bookings start to suck — which doesn’t seem to be happening any time soon. This weekend the downtown venue is packing another wallop of dance music.Friday, Green Velvet, AKA Cajmere, will be returning to Miami hopefully bringing the “Shake &…
Gear theft is a sad reality of the touring life, but despite its many, many months on the road, Miami-birthed Torche had been lucky enough to avoid a major incident — until this past Friday. The band is currently on tour with Circa Survive and Coheed and Cambria, a package…
Click here to view all the photos from this event.Agnostic Front, with VietNom, Outbreak, Nobody’s Hero, and Trust No OneChurchill’s Pub, MiamiFriday, May 14, 2010 Better Than: Next morning, mosh pit ward at Mount Sinai The Review: Utter madness prevailed at Churchill’s Friday night, as NYC hardcore gods Agnostic Front…
Just so everyone is prepared to throw a fit and/or send us big, sloppy e-kisses, New Times Broward-Palm Beach’s Best Of issue is out June 17. Until then, we’d like to get some information from you, faithful readers. Which of the many bands that we write about — or perhaps…
For a particular breed of rabid, morbid fan of Joy Division (and as one myself, I don’t think there are any other types of fans of the band), there have been a lot of macabre little anniversaries to celebrate in recent months. Last year, of course, marked the 30-year anniversary…
Lunch Money has been part of Miami’s hip-hop scene for a number of years now. He’s been a solo artist and has also been involved in a couple group related projects throughout the years. His name has always stayed synonymous with being associated with all the right people.As of late,…
Coming hot on the heels of Fort Lauderdale’s last successful battle, Grind Time’s Broward Beatdown, is Street Wars 5, a Miami-based competition sponsored by the good folks at Vice City Cypher and hosted by longtime MC and battle vet H2O. It takes place Saturday, May 22 at the Jamyard, Fort…
The PL0T crew has nothing short of a musical extravaganza in store for us this weekend with a triple showcase at the Electric Pickle featuring Ryan Elliott and Lee Foss on Friday night and Soul Clap during a special Sunday afternoon session. DJ Ryan Eliott, whose new compilation record we…
Crossfade Live presents live concert audio from the last nine minutes of Agnostic Front’s set from Friday’s show at Churchill’s. They were celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of their first album, Victim In Pain. They closed out their all old-school set with “Gotta Go,” “Crucified,” and then Vinnie…
Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is hitting the road with his band at the end of the month, and so the restaurant he co-owns, Rock ‘n’ Roll Ribs, is throwing a Memorial Day Weekend bash on May 30. Broward-Palm Beach Food editor John Linn has more details here and a…
If you’re either a) one of those that were bummed to have missed Enrique Bunbury, formerly of Heroes del Silencio, at The Fillmore yesterday, or b) were in fact at the Fillmore on said night, catching one of Spanish rock’s old schoolers, than this show on Wednesday at the same…
We’re going to make this quick: if you fancy yourself a Little Monster, the floodgates open at 10 a.m. today for Lady GaGa tickets. The Monster Ball Tour is coming to South Florida next year on April 12 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and April 13 at American Airlines Arena…
Click here to view all the photos from this event.Major LazerGrand Central, MiamiSaturday, May 15, 2010Better than: Dealing with TSA at Miami International Airport in order to actually catch a flight to Jamaica.It was almost two months ago that the Switch and Diplo side project Major Lazer made its Miami…
Everyone dying to hear the XX’s “Islands” performed live in South Florida this fall can likely get their wish by attending one of Shakira’s two concerts in the area: September 25 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, and September 27 at American Airlines Arena in Miami. You see, as several folks…
Directed by David Lynch Rupert Sanders, “The Space in Between,” the first music video from Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor’s new project, How to Destroy Angels, is a gory display, but not quite on par with this redhead-hating clip. Although singer Mariqueen Maandig (also Reznor’s wife) gets most of…
Now is not the time to argue as to who did what better for Black Sabbath. Now is the time to acknowledge facts. Fact one: Ronnie James Dio revitalized a sagging Sabbath after Ozzy was fired with 1980’s landmark album Heaven & Hell (which was recorded here in Miami at…
The JamesesWith Chill Pillars/Cop City, Nervous Systems, Guy HarveyPropaganda, Lake WorthFriday, May 14, 2010The Jameses’ “Gobi Desert” is nearly seven minutes of revivalist lo-fi rock built with a guitar riff every bit as seductive as Pavement’s noodlings on “In the Mouth of a Desert.” During the West Palm Beach trio’s…
Lilith Fair’s August 10 tour stop at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach features Gossip, Corinne Bailey Rae, Norah Jones, Court Yard Hounds, Sia, Sarah McLachlan, Martina McBride, the Rescues, Ceci Bastida, Katzenjammer, and the winner of a local talent competition judged by fans.Artists must submit their finest original song…
Those of you that miss your weekly dose of acoustic bliss no longer have to fret. Sweat Records is bringing Miami’s beloved “Can You Rock a Little Softer” back. Bands slated to perform on Thursday include Rachel Goodrich, Animal Tropical, and surprise guests–and of course it’s hosted by Raffa &…
