This week, New Times slogged knee-deep into the messy world of Scott Storch– the coke, the family he ditched, the fortune he blew in spectacular fashion, it’s all in there in unprecedented detail. But before he was a prime candidate for the best VH1: Behind the Music ever, Storch was a…
Caetano VelosoThe Fillmore Miami BeachApril 20, 2010Better Than: A world cruise through an aural netherworldThe Review:It’s virtually impossible to categorize the music of Caetano Veloso. World Beat is weak. Because though what he does is both global and rhythmic, the term doesn’t even begin to describe its aural majesty. World…
Steve Almond, the author of the new Random House book Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, first arrived in Miami during an especially fertile period for its music scene. It was the early ’90s, and a twentysomething Almond had touched down here with a new job as a staff…
The musical legend born James Osterberg is Miami’s most famous rock and roll resident. And though he guards where, exactly, it is that he resides, lately it seems it’s been easier than ever to see him out on the town. And boy, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau should…
Jared McKay, one half of the excellent underwater art duo Coral Morphologic, passed along this video he took of No Age on Saturday. We already showed you the pretty crazy opening song of the set, but here’s one from further in. The notable part about this? The song they’re playing…
Former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, whose thudding lower notes on The Queen is Dead even gave the dour Morrissey some pleasure, is now a thriving DJ at Manchester, England’s Xfm. His acumen for assembling a mix of influential songs spanning the years is impressive given that he must know that…
Among the many bands we are excited to see at SunFest’s New Music Night next Wednesday, Crash Kings are near the top — due largely to our SXSW correspondent’s unwavering love for the Los Angeles band. Now, as the images of Texas barbecue and sweat-soaked tapered jeans start to fade,…
The night before Sweatstock, Destroyio Records threw a great show at Churchill’s.We got most of the whole shit recorded, a full 1.5 hours of music from Flees, Enough!, Askultura, Hardware Youth, The Can’t Stand Ya’s, and DJ Skidmark presented in high quality stereo sound.If you like hardcore, punk rock, reggae…
To view a slideshow of photos from the event, click here. SweatstockWith No Age, Otto von Schirach, Awesome New Republic, Jacuzzi Boys, and othersSweat Records, MiamiSaturday, April 16, 2010Better Than: Giving more of your precious dollars to the local suburban big-box store.The Review: Sweatstock, the fifth anniversary block party for Sweat Records…
The Black KeysThe Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason TheaterApril 18, 2010Better Than: Being stuck between rock and a hard placeThe Review:There was one moment during The Black Keys’ Fillmore Miami Beach set that entirely defined what the Akron combo does to and for this thing called rock music…
Following the media blitz of baseball’s new greatest hit “Marlins Will Soar”, Scott Stapp and the recently reunited Creed have announced the 20-10 Tour, which hits us locally August 31 at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. The ticket prices are so low that Stapp enthusiasts should feel welcomed with…
Just a reminder about an event we teased last week. Fort Lauderdale indie rock group Alexander is indeed giving away It’s Not Always Signs, It’s Not Always Wonders, a yet-to-be released album, tonight at 1921. The doors open at 8 p.m., and music will follow.Now, instead of giving just some…
Ben Bridwell’s swelling sonic ambitions were apparent from early in his musical career. Now the frontman and main brain behind Band of Horses, as a member of the Seattle indie act Carissa’s Wierd, he had a knack for pushing the borders of jangly, somewhat mopey rock towards outer space. When…
This Wednesday marks the kick-off of the annual Florida Music Festival, a mini SXSW-style music industry schmoozefest in Orlando. While it may sound cheesy to Miami people at first glance, a number of local acts head up there every year to play it. Why? Unlike, say, the inaugural Miami Music…
Two Miami emcees (Serum, LMS) team up with another emcee from Virginia (Oz) for an epic track entitled “At The End Of Dreams”. Serum, LMS and Oz the Arc Raider team up and really give you something special on this one. No hook, no bridge – just straight verses after…
— Basic Vocab has just released their album A Better Way. The album will officially receive its nationwide release on April 27th, but they did a special iTunes early release this past Tuesday where you can get the album at $7.99 for a limited time. Conscious hip-hop from Miami never…
He’s been called “the Brazilian Bob Dylan” on too many occasions to count. But he could just as easily be considered the Brazilian equivalent of Leonard Cohen, someone with a deep appreciation of both the classic and the modern, and unafraid to bring both to a profound and often swingin’…
Surfer Blood is back home in South Florida and boy is there a pile of dirty tube socks to wash! The gents will perform Tuesday evening at Respectable Street (518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach) with Turbo Fruits and locals the Dewars. Then, check them out at Bal Harbour Resort…
Stephen StillsThe Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason TheaterSaturday, April 17, 2010Better Than: Having to mud through WoodstockThe Review:Okay, it’s a given that I and everyone else who has ever heard American music am somewhat familiar with the work of Stephen Stills. I mean, how could anyone not be?…
Word is swirling around that Ultra Music Festival’s organizers have decided to expand next year’s festival to three days, presumably Friday through Sunday. Supposedly the decision was made after this year’s sellout event.We’ve emailed Ultra’s publicists for comment and are still awaiting a response.But word of advice to the festival’s…
To the delight of local skinny-jeaned optometrists, Los Angeles alt-shoegaze rockers Silversun Pickups will bring “Lazy Eye,” as well as more recent material off 2009’s Swoon to the scenic Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton June 16. See the whole tour itinerary here. Ticket sales are forthcoming.Along for the ragged…
If you missed Major Lazer during Ultra Music Festival you are in luck. The Diplo and Switch side project along with Skerrit Bwoy is coming back to Miami on Saturday, May 15 for a live performance at Grand Central. We were told about the news during Sweatstock by Poplife’s Jake…
