Note: Night Watch is a regularly-occuring feature by Broward/Palm Beach nightlife columnist Tara NieuwesteegYou’ve got to love Fort Lauderdale: where stilletoed women drink directly from the beer tap, where “happy hours” last eight-hours, and where the geriatrics can put ’em away with the best of them. During a single outing,…
Let us know when you’re sick of hearing the words Art Basel, because you’ll be hearing it plenty until the end of the first week of December.In more Art Basel music news, British DJ Jesse Rose will be spinning at Rokbar (1905 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) on December 6, which…
U-Tunes is a musical competition show produced by college students for the University of Miami’s television network. The show is a joint venture between the School of Communication and The Frost School of Music.This episode, the season premiere, features the band Ex Norwegian, a Miami indie band who has a…
Many famous musicians have spent a day or three in jail for driving drunk, holding drugs, or something really stupid. But only the select few have spent a serious stretch of time in prison, which brings us to David Allan Coe. The original country outlaw performs Friday at the Culture…
If Halloween is for treats, then Devil’s Night is for tricks! A little known tradition that originated in 1930s Detroit, Devil’s Night (or “Mischief Night”) involved the Motor City’s youth engaging in pseudo-criminal behavior on the night of October 30 each year — mostly acts of petty vandalism, like egging,…
Punk rock has always been more about the attitude than the music. Unfortunately, that “punk rock attitude” is often portrayed as a hate-everything, outsider-only, anti-social group. While some of those things may be true from time to time, things like this can also really show off what punk rock is…
The season for spooking is here, and to help awaken your inner ghoul who’s been lying dormant, here is a list of ten songs to celebrate the holiday. Some are obvious, some have loose, vague, or quirky affiliations with Halloween themes (you’ll be hard-pressed to find some of these on…
It’s enough to make metalhead purists wail and gnash their teeth. Half of the producer/DJ duo Mixhell is Iggor Cavalera, who co-founded seminal Brazilian groove-metal act Sepultura when he was just 15 years old. For the next 20 years, he toured the world and sold out stadiums as the band’s…
Earlier this summer, ¡MAYDAY! released its Technology EP, which is available free for download via Bandcamp. Off that release, the guys have decided to release a video for the track “Red Carpet Affair.” The video features Brooklyn musician and artist Andrew Strasser, a.k.a. Bad Brilliance, who was in town during…
With his Lights Out parties and releases, British super-DJ Steve Lawler ruled dance floors with a sound that lived up to that name. It was thumping, dark, and almost fiercely inward-looking — it was no surprise, really, that Lawler cited Depeche Mode and the Doors as influences. But just as…
Colorado livetronica act the Pretty Lights debuts in Miami at the Vagabond
Head Spins: Benton Galgay, Poplife’s resident contrarian
KMFDM Does Halloween at Culture Room
Love and indifference are your only real options with the Detroit-based sextet Electric Six. Their remarkable production values are unaffected: Frontman Dick Valentine begins shows wearing a customized cape (“Flashy”) for the song “Flashy Man,” removing it at song’s end to reveal a second customized cape (“Showtime”) for “It’s Showtime.”…
A cross between the melodic punk of Lawrence Arms and the churning hardcore of Rise Against, AWS combines a high quotient of both heft and hooks. Original drummer Nicholas Pasquale Angelini is the beast’s backbone, driving tempo like Jeff Gordon and keying a thick bottom end worthy of J.Lo. Atop…
Jewel has had a hell of a musical career for someone barely into her mid-30s. The folk singer-songwriter went from living in a van to MTV stardom in 1995, thanks to her hugely successful debut album, Pieces of You. She then penned a collection of poetry, A Night Without Armor,…
Defining MuteMath’s sound is daunting. The band’s songs feature lush, synth-laden rhythms that at times chug persistently alongside post-New Wave rock riffs. Other times, ambient backdrops and soundscapes sweep through haunting down-tempo tracks that, for lack of a better word, can only be labeled ballads. All variations along this spectrum…
Electrohouse king Busy P plays O.H.W.O.W. and Electric Pickle
Check Crossfade on Wednesdays from now on for a quick survey of interesting recent national releases.Chuck ProphetLet Freedom Ring (Yep Roc)You’ve got to hand it to Chuck Prophet. While the rest of the world was panicking about the swine flu outbreak, the San Francisco-based songwriter was holed up in a…
It’s about time that someone take back the synth-pop sound back to the Magic City. Joseph Espinoza, a.k.a. Jesp, seems to be doing exactly that. With sound that something of cross between Chromeo and Jan Hammer, Jesp will drop his debut album, Heart Rhythm, November 3 via Sweat Records’ website…
Hurting on funds after spending 90 bones on that Halloween costume? You know the one, a slutty nurse, or a slutty cop, or a slutty Margaret Thatcher or whatever. And for you ladies, the slutty costumes only get more expensive! But, while Halloween isn’t until Saturday, it is Halloween weekend,…
It’s Wednesday again, so Live Nation is rolling back some prices to make concert tickets just a little bit more affordable. This week, tickets for most shows at Cruzan Amphitheatre, Pompano Beach Amphitheatre, and The Fillmore Miami Beach are available at face value. No additional convenience fees, parking fees, or…
