IncubusBayfront ParkSunday, August 16, 2009Better than: A great number of shows I’ve seen this year.The Review: Change is fascinating, whether we’re talking reinvention or a revamped, retooled performance. This is true particularly in music. So I was curious to see how Incubus has rewired its show from the band’s last visit to SoFla in 2007 with…
Inner Circle are the “Bad Boys of Reggae.” If you’ve ever seen the TV show COPS then you know why — they wrote the theme song. But Inner Circle aren’t one-hit novelty wonders; the band has released 24 studio albums since 1974. These conscious dudes are among the few active…
DJ/producer Tim Green is on fire right now. The young London prodigy has enjoyed a meteoric ascension from bedroom producer to internationally-acclaimed artist since 2006, when his funked-up banging techno productions began to garner the attention and praise of top industry players like Pete Tong, Ritchie Hawtin, John Digweed, and…
Jim Hayward has been manning the helm at Slammie for a decade plus with varying partners and people helping out along the way. Now he has put together a show to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Churchill’s Pub. Rumor has it that long time proprietor Dave Daniels is considering stepping…
In non-Miami related musical news, the very famous guitarist Buckethead has posted a wonderful tribute song to the memory of Michael Jackson. Since I only really ever read music news on this blog, I hadn’t really heard anything about MJ. An extensive Google search turned up nothing. If anybody has…
88.1 Way FM is hosting a concert called Wayfest 2009 at Cruzan Amphitheater on November 14. Way FM is a listener supported radio station that is all about God. Well the God Christians worship anyways. Christian powerhouse band Casting Crown is headlining the show, and they’ll be joined by BarlowGirl,…
Remember her? Yes, that’s right–the super sexy blond cutie aka Colombian bombshell from here. Well, clearly she’s just as hot now as she was last time we brought her to your attention…only somehow even hotter musically.Fanny Lu has spent much of the last year tearing up the charts not only…
With three storms whirling around us, it reminds us that we are the midst of hurricane season. So from here on out we need to remember a storm-free weekend is a blessing. Let’s hope this upcoming weekend remains quiet.Anyway, here is what happened during over the (storm-free) weekend:Woodstock 40th Anniversary…
You’ve got to hand it to Jerry Only and the Misfits. Despite losing Danzig, one of the most iconic lead singers in punk rock history, being sued by said lead singer, losing legions of fans, and suffering resoundingly negative album reviews, The Misfits soldier on. The originators of horror-punk are…
Ex Norwegian, The Freakin Hott, and Zombies!Organize!!At Propaganda’s Grand Opening CelebrationPropaganda, Lake WorthSaturday, August 15, 2009Better Than: The grand opening of the new El Dorado near my house a couple months back.The Review:You all know we’ve been dropping some serious ink on Lake Worth’s on-the-money music joint Propaganda for some…
Why try to originally opine on the sounds of the heavy Miami trio Vultures are Wolves, when the band’s MySpace page is so darn descriptive? There, you will find that they tag themselves as being appropriate for fans of “repulsive uncontrolled chaos,” and sounding like “blasts of bloated diarreah spit.”…
Pompano Beach-based threesome Band Number 12 is largely an under-the-radar local act for now. But the band boasts a serious appeal that lies in its overall mood, a sort of wistful, drink-dampened nostalgia for relationships that were probably actually never that good in retrospect. It’s no surprise then, that the…
Self proclaimed whisper rocker Joshua Radin is coming back to Culture Room on November 11, this time as a headliner. Thanks to the popularity of his singles “I’d Rather Be With You” and “Today” Josh is picking up considerable steam in the indie/folk rock crowds. That same crowd will be…
Friday, August 14*Local guitar whiz Fernando Perdomo’s “progressive pop” band Dreaming in Stereo tonight plays at the Vagabond in Miami. Admission is free before midnight, $5 after. Click here to check out a video of the band playing recently on West Palm Beach’s WPEC CBS12, and click here to visit…
The Techno Loft at Space has very quickly become Miami’s premier venue for the slickest big room international techno, and this summer alone has seen stellar performances by the likes of Steve Bug, Camea, and Adultnapper. Saturday, August 29 brings Minus label legends Magda and Troy Pierce, two of the…
Judas Priest is so influential, so part of the original heavy music, that the band was already rocking when the term “heavy metal” was invented. Formed by guitarist K.K. Downing and bassist Ian Hill, the band originally came together in 1969 over a shared love of bands like Cream. Their…
Blood Fusion are at core a couple of brothers who make music together, but they have a crew of on and off affiliates. They are also members of the YouTube-famous Smokenprofits crew, who recently got an account banned again. Blood Fusion often provide the soundtracks for video projects. Tonight they…
Poor David Coverdale. Here he was, on a triumphant return to the road under the Whitesnake moniker, including a gig this past June at the gigantic O2 Arena in Dublin. With his current band, he was playing a string of well-received gigs with Judas Priest, which was slated to continue…
Say, have you ever heard of Toto La Momposina? No? Well neither had I, until my editor put me onto her. So I set out to see just who that was, and thanks to the modern marvel that is Google, within minutes my office was filled with tribal, Afro-Caribbean and…
Click here to view a full slideshow of photos from the show.Mayhem Fest main stageBullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Slayer, and Marilyn MansonCruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachWednesday, August 12, 2009Better Than: Sitting at an office desk!The Review:Mayhem Fest is Warped Tour Kevin Lyman’s metally offspring, a similarly scaled summer…
To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. This week was a rock fest here in South Florida. First Slayer, then Def Leoppard? Besides going to the show to hear the music with fans, I’d love to cover it. But I didn’t ask, I didn’t know and…
Oh melodic death metal, how did you ever become a genre all your own? It must have something to do with the rise in popularity of bands like All That Remains. ATR have been harmonizing death metal since the late ’90s (1998 to be exact) and have sold nearly a…
