As we reported back in January, this year’s Get Physical party is scheduled to take place at Charcoal Studios on March 27 during Winter Music Conference. The only act we could confirm then was M.A.N.D.Y., but now we’ve been made aware of the full lineup of artists taking over the…
This may be a subject we’ve broached before — frankly I don’t recall — but it is an important topic, and one worthy of addressing: Hot girls who rock kick ass. Not that the primal appeal of a male’s guttural roar doesn’t have its place. I’ll go out on a…
Black CobraChronomega (Southern Lord Recordings)blackcobra.net In a follow up to the 2007 album, Feather and Stone, these two South Florida ex-pats continue their furious onslaught of metal-tinged hardcore. First off, as a record geek I must seriously recommend that you acquire the vinyl version of the album. This is for three…
Sometimes, when I am feeling suicidal, I go to Sweat Records and stare at the fish tank. I once read some Harvard study where they hypothesized that watching fish in a fish tank lowers you blood pressure. I think that it’s true. Plus, Sweat Records has some awesome magazines, books,…
“Fuck the art scene, bunch of boojie motherfuckers. I do this shit cause I need it to live, not for the money.” Those were the words of Fabio Destroyio on the front steps of the Freedom Tower after losing the Miami New Times Mastermind Awards at Artopia. The label would…
Poor Chris Carrabba. In the early-00s, when his project Dashboard Confessional first appeared, he was hailed as the bard of the overly-self-analyzing generatio, an acoustic troubadour reviewed in the pages of too-hip mags like Nylon. But that was before “emo” — which, arguably, he didn’t really play — became a…
The recent trend of bands playing at Hot Topic stores around South Florida inspires mixed feelings. On one hand, those stores are already dark, disorganized, and impenetrable as it is, and the thought of cramming both a band and more kids into its narrow, cheap accessory-stuffed aisles is scary. On…
Mark your calendars, kids. Saturday is a national holiday. Why? It’s the day that this earth was blessed with the lovely Tamara Sky.We plan to celebrate this momentous occasion by stopping by Saturday’s Arcade party at White Room, where Alanta’s Sloppy Seconds will once again take over the venue. This…
Late-night hookups at nightclubs are par for the course on South Beach. However, for some lucky female patrons at Louis on Saturday night virtual cunnilingus was offered by proprietor Roman Jones. The controversial club owner had his face silkscreened inside 100 pairs of Hanky Panky lace undies. The location of…
The International Noise Conference, organized yearly by Miami’s resident sonic-fucking legend Rat Basterd, is secretly the best music conference the city has to offer. It’s spun off international tours, and events across the globe, but the center piece will always be the Miami original.Featuring over 100 performers delivering 15 minute…
Though Fishbone’s home turf — South Central L.A. — may not have been a typical rock and roll breeding ground, plenty else about the band’s birth was fortuitous. The band’s early musical brew, heavy on ska, reggae, and a liberal helping of rock, was largely created in an incubator. (These…
A tiff over scheduling has exposed a nasty feud between a famous dj and the group that throws one of the biggest week-long gay and lesbian bashes of the year.Organizers and supporters of the Winter Party Festival have been circulating a mass email calling for a boycott of dj Peter Rauhofer’s appearance at…
Jon SecadaFairchild Tropical Garden, MiamiSunday, February 14, 2010 Better Than: Being stuck in an elevator. The Review:Hialeah’s own golden boy Jon Secada, the famed Miami crooner known for his dentist office waiting-room standards like “Just Another Day,” “Angel,” and “If You Go,” performed at the beautiful Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens on Sunday…
Dubble JamesThe Funky Buddha Lounge, Boca RatonSaturday, February 13, 2010Better Than: The Wailers covering Legend at Garlic Fest.The Review:The Funky Buddha Lounge has moved! Its new location is on the north end of the same plaza in Boca where it’s always been, but now takes up roughly twice the space…
Electric Pickle must have some serious staff rotations lined up for WMC, because its daily roster doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for sleep. (See, for instance, the 14-hour Crosstown Rebels Get Lost gig, which lasts from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 27).Here’s another daytime gig,…
DJ/producer Martin Landsky is the quintessential Berlin techno artist, his work embodying that Teutonic icy minimalism infused with warm Afro-soul that has made German-bred electronic dance music the sound of the international zeitgeist. A veteran of the ’80s breakdance scene in Hamburg with an early interest in funk and other…
Last Friday, as I was writing a post about Broward rapper Lyrikill’s infamous newscast interruptions, it turned out, all but one had been deleted due to copyright infringement. The 954 prankster had garnered some YouTube and Twitter buzz by stalking live news vans, then running through the shot and yelling…
Who’da thunk they’d even heard about dubstep up in West Palm Beach, let alone been in on the action? But it’s true. The U.K.-birthed electronic music phenomenon is alive and kicking up in South Florida’s third county. That either means those folks are hipper than we think, or we’ve been…
It seems like it was only yesterday that Alexis Mincolla and Sam Baum spoke to us about this concept they had called Overthrow, in which every now and then they would take over a venue and put on one badass party. That was then, but now they’ve arguably turned into…
It seems that South Florida is recovering from a post-Super Bowl hangover as things seemed to slow down this week — or maybe it was the drop in temperature. Still, there were a few events worth highlighting, so here is what you missed over the weekend:Love is Magic at Friends…
Yonder Mountain String BandRevolution, Fort LauderdaleFebruary 12, 2010 The Review: If there’s one thing that hippies love more than bluegrass, it’s far-out bluegrass played by hippies, for hippies. That’s why Yonder Mountain String Band is as precious as a magic topaz crystal mined from the caverns of Tim Leary’s wisdom-mind (wooooaaah). The…
State Radio With Big D and the Kids’ TableCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleWednesday, February 10, 2010 Better Than: Watching your live Dispatch: Zimbabwe DVD for the 12th time. State Radio plays smart rock.More specifically, it’s educated, punk-infused alt-reggae with socially conscious lyrics. And the band plays it damn well. The trio — Chad…
