For all Miami natives rank on Hialeah, we sure love to talk about it and enshrine it in art and song. Even people who don’t actually live there seem to want a piece of the Hialeah shine. One entry into this growing body of cultural expression: “Sweet Home Hialeah,” a…
Over the last year or so, Iggy Pop sort of became the patron saint of Miami, showing up everywhere from limited-edition Sweat Records T-shirts to random openings during Art Basel. He’s been showing the city a lot of love lately, taking CNN reporters around the mainland, shouting out the Jacuzzi…
If you’re reading this blog, it’s because you appreciate music. The music, whatever it is you listen to, makes you feel something — it lifts your spirits, or comforts you when you’re down. In other words, all that mumbo-jumbo people try to feed you about the power of music is…
Animal Tropical is one of Miami’s most well known local bands. They’ve been playing shows together for quite a while (even under different band names like Pygmy, Down Home Southernaires), but what many fans don’t know is that the band now commutes between Miami and New York City. Last summer the…
After three albums and nearly a decade of trying to attract some wider notice, you’d think David Gray would have been pleased when he finally landed in the Top Ten via his international smash “Babylon” and the best-selling album from whence it came, White Ladder. Yet, as the old adage goes,…
WDNA is the realest Jazz station in Miami-Dade. Alright, so they’re the only one. No commercials, no heavy rotation, no computers choosing what songs to play, just real DJ’s selecting whatever tracks they want 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.Give them some money. They need the community’s support…
Broward-Palm Beach’s Crossfade contingent is a big fan of the writing on the wall, even if he doesn’t participate. Unclear if this was written by a member of Surfer Blood, or just someone who just wanted me to have an awesome day.Odds and ends from last week: Surfer Blood apparently…
As promised, here are some photographs from Saturday’s celebration of Lake Worth indie-rock club Propaganda’s first year of existence. Shots of Sweet Bronco, Zombies! Organize!!, Everymen, the Jameses, and a Hello Kitty with a mustache are within.Over at Mood Vane, Courtney Hambright offers some gems about the show. Regarding Zombies!…
Riptide reported yesterday that homewrecker and sometimes Nazi-fetish enthusiast Michelle “Bombshell” McGee would be hosting LIV’s Dirty Hairy party April 21, marking a new low in tastelessness for Miami Beach. We’ve got to admit, we expected this sort of publicity stunt from other South Beach nightclubs, but not LIV and…
Str8 Drop Records artist Lo-Boy has been slowly buzzing around Miami in the past couple months. Late last year, Lo-Boy released a Dade County approved anthem of sorts with “Git Ghetto”. It was a very dramatically produced track that had to have been made specifically for all the local Miamians…
Yes, we did a double-take, too, when we saw that venue name. It’s the Falls, as in, the sleepy Kendall mall. No, it doesn’t exactly scream rock and roll, but there are a lot of the all-ages set dwelling around there, so why not? Rocking the Simon-franchise shoppers this weekend…
The Pickle’s got one hell of a double booking lined up for Friday night with special guests Âme and Alexkid in the house. Âme (French for “soul”) is the German production duo of Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann, and as their name suggests, they specialize in the soulful side of…
It’s been just a couple weeks since Steve Angello and his Swedish House Mafia comrades tore through town during Winter Music Conference. But Miami just can’t get enough of these guys’ suave looks and big-room beats, and so Angello returns solo on Saturday, April 17 for one of his biggest…
Click here to view photos from this event.Of MontrealFriday, April 9, 2010The Filmore, Miami BeachOf Montreal took over the stage at the Filmore on Saturday, putting on a whimsical and musically captivating performance. Opening with “For Our Elegant Castle,” Kevin Barnes clad in what appeared to be Never Nude-approved cut-off…
Propaganda in Lake Worth celebrated its first year on the planet Saturday night, and one of the night’s performers, Fort Lauderdale’s Sweet Bronco, decided to personalize the night with a tribute to another local institution, John Ralston. “The Only Evidence,” posted on Sweet Bronco’s MySpace page, originally appears on Ralston’s…
Last week, we announced West Palm Beach’s Surfer Blood was returning to South Florida for a gig at Miami’s Grand Central, but perhaps the more exciting news is who they are coming with. New York’s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have been making an idyllic noise-pop since 2007,…
This Friday’s Piano Latino concert at the Arsht Center brings together two masters of Latin jazz with an upcoming prodigy, for a snapshot of the genre’s past, present, and future. Eddie Palmieri is the grand master here, a first-generation Nuyorican who began playing piano at age 11 (all the way…
Mike MineoWith Rachel Goodrich and Matt ZThe Funky Buddha Lounge, Boca RatonFriday, April 9, 2010For years, Mike Mineo’s shimmering talent has been in the shadows. For years, he’s breathed sonic, life-giving breaths into rooms (and forests, valleys, beaches) that one would expect from the most swinging players in New Orleans…
Erykah BaduWith Bilal and Robert GlasperAmerican Airlines Arena, MiamiThursday, April 8, 2010Erykah Badu’s video for her latest single, “Window Seat,” features the neo-soul singer sprinting through downtown Dallas, stripping off baggy sweatclothes to her essence, and what she characterizes in interviews as being “assassinated” by groupthink, a psychological term referring…
The jam-friendly sounds of local combo Cypress lead a benefit concert for Haiti relief this Saturday in Boca Raton. The party, presented by Aura Music Events, begins at noon at the North Dixie Shopping Center (500 East Spanish River Blvd.), and runs until 8 p.m., with live music also by…
Various Artists The Disco EPpetFoodpetFood was formed in 2008 by native Miamian DJ/producers Lazaro Casanova and Jay-You as a launching pad for their Afro-Cuban-infused brand of EDM, and their latest release is especially redolent of that unabashed tropical flavor. The Disco EP features a cheery quartet of sample-heavy Latin disco-house…
Two of the biggest selling Latino hip-hop artists join forces for the sake of good music. Legendary rap group Cypress Hill has tapped Miami’s own Pitbull to join them on their new single “Armada Latina”. They recently shot a music video for the vintage sounding song and premiered it via…
