Blast from the past: Morbid Opera
Blast from the past: Morbid Opera
Blast from the past: Morbid Opera
Q&A with Steve Almond, author of the new book Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
It’s strange enough that the Flaming Lips will not perform tomorrow evening at SunFest due to an unknown medical emergency involving their guitarist. Follow that up with the revelation that a Buzz 103 morning DJ is the last-minute replacement.According to SunSentinal.com, one of the three hosts on Buzz 103.1’s “The…
The ’90s were full of bands who put the “hard” in “hardcore,” but Skarhead, repping the outer boroughs of New York City, gave many of them a run for their tough-guy money. The band started originally as a side project, formed by members of Madball and Subzero, along with notorious…
dOP is the production/performance outfit of French multi-instrumentalists Damian Van de Sande, Clement Zemstov, and Jonathan Illel, whose eclectic individual backgrounds in jazz, hip-hop and rock have contributed to an idiosyncratic brand of live electronics. The quirky trio alighted on the international EDM scene in 2007 with the release of…
You’ll have a hell of a time this Friday at Churchill’s with “Pogo! A tribute to 80’s punk and hardcore.” The show features local bands Trust No One, Knock Em’ Dead, Hardware Youth, Routine Scheme, and Unit Six doing covers of your favorite songs from back in the day. Whether…
Time to break out the kinder-whore dresses and Mary Janes kids, because rock’s ultimate HBIC — er, that’s head bitch in charge — is coming to the Fillmore Miami Beach on July 2. Courtney Love has resurrected Hole, but she’s the only original band member in the new incarnation. But…
A heartbreaking development just crossed our desk: New Times cover stars the Flaming Lips will not perform Thursday at SunFest due to the hospitalization of Steven Drozd. As we had reported in this week’s cover story, the Lips were expected to be the highlight of Thursday evening’s SunFestivities. Now, ZZ…
It’s not easy to live up to some types of hype and it can be especially crippling artistically when you come from great struggle getting better and better all the time. So before we get into some biographical stuff about Juan-Carlos Formell, let’s see the comparisons first so that we…
The Jonas Brothers aren’t currently sparking unrest in New Zealand like Justin Bieber, but you never know what sort of turmoil might follow these young heartthrobs when they hit hit the road at the end of July. Added teen tumult comes along with their opener, fellow Disney star Demi Lovato.Dates…
Just a quick reminder to get your entries in for a chance to win tickets to see Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba perform on Friday, April 30 at Lynn University in Boca Raton.Two events are planned for Friday, April 30. The first is a VIP affair at 6 p.m. featuring Carrabba…
Apparently, still making song parodies. You might remember the Chongalicious Girls from their 15 minutes of YouTube fame. In fact, we even did a cover story about them at the height of their popularity in 2007. After their immensely popular parody of Fergie’s “Fergalicious,” “Chongalicious,” Mimi Davila and Laura Di…
The 1921 club (1921 S. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale) decor might remind some of an opium den, but we’re just gonna call the spot a den of social stimulants — a place where so much is happening that blinking is a highly risky behavior. Come Friday, April 30, BLORR –…
SunFest 2010 — AKA a five-day injection of live music, food, art, and maybe a few beverages — begins today at the West Palm Beach waterfront. New Times will be there all week, and updates on the fest will appear here on Crossfade. These United States is the first performer…
We’ll give you a moment to process that headline. Are you back with us? Great. Yes, the Overthrow staged a hostile take over — via a real estate agent and signed lease — of a castle located in Wynwood. Where is this castle located exactly?Well, we spoke to Overthrow co-founder…
Journalist, photographer, music lover, dancer, provocateur, blogger, publisher, fashionista, trend-setter, fashion consultant/establisher… regardless of whatever facet of Pamela Wasabi you’ve encountered, the one she represents most is as Miami’s aural and visual soundtrack. New Times: For those who don’t know, all three of them, who are you, where do you…
TopSpot USA’s Sean Russell, a local music industry player and subject of a recent New Times Broward-Palm Beach profile, tracks down the latest news and adds insight from the front row of local concerts. On Monday, Russell attended the Rocket Summer’s performance at Culture Room featuring South Florida acts Easton…
For this concert review, Sammy Gonzalez, bassist of Miami’s Jacobs Ladder, weighs in on a show this past Sunday by some of his favorite bands. Local musicians, if you’d like to contribute a review of a show by some of your favorites or influences, e-mail me. Torche, Circa Survive, and Coheed &…
At 26-years-old, Andrew Beckwith, AKA DJ Supersede, has a career most local DJs would be envious of. He spins at some of South Florida’s most popular nightclubs; he was selected by you, the reader, as Best Club DJ for last year’s Best of Miami; and he just just launched a…
Both Phresh James and Jigg have had previous “Song Spotlights” in the past. So it seems natural that they’re collaborative track gets a little notice as well. Phresh and Jigg are both working on their respective projects and are heavy in the recording process. Over the last week or so,…
Ontario prog-punks Alexisonfire leads an aggressive bill at West Palm Beach’s Ground Control (122 N. Military Trail) this evening. According to On Fire Booking, the doors open at 5 p.m.Also on the bill: Sacramento’s hardcore pummelers Trash Talk, aggro-punks La Dispute from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Boston post-hardcore outfit Therefore I…
Yes, Jared Leto has been a certified heartthrob for more than 15 years now. But unlike many actors who moonlight in vanity acts, Leto makes serious work of his decade-plus-running band, 30 Seconds to Mars. In fact, it was as an aspiring musician that he first headed to L.A., at…