Q&A with Tokyo Police Club’s Greg Alsop

Any band that can crank out seven songs in the span of just 16 minutes and not give up a thing is all right by me.  And that’s exactly what Tokyo Police Club did with their 2006 debut EP titled A Lesson In Crime.  Their single off that EP, “Nature…

Berlin Calling Premiere & Afterparty

It appears that the Berlinophile techno generation now has its very own Quadrophenia in the form of a new film called “Berlin Calling.” Starring real life EDM producer Paul Kalkbrenner, the movie is a moral tragicomedy of sorts about a successful Berlin DJ (metaphorically named DJ Ikarus) who succumbs to…

New DIY Venue H.O.M.E. – Helps Organize Music and Entertainment

Helping Organize Music Entertainment from Miami New Times on Vimeo.The DIY venue movement is a growing phenomenon in Miami’s urban core and suburbs. Maybe it’s being spurred on by the current economic climate, or maybe people are just sick of the same old sameness of commercial nightlife. Whatever the case,…

This Weekend: Langerado Leftovers

It’s Tuesday, so clearly it’s time to start looking forward to the weekend. Since Langerado’s been canceled, people looking to get their fill of music will have to do a bit more planning and travelling. A few of the bigger bands that were to play Langerado, like the Pogues (March…

Afrobeta Win New Times’ Groove On Battle Of The Bands

The New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands has been decided and the winner’s been announced. Wait, no it hasn’t, that’s my job. Let me start over. Afrobeta, winners of this years New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands are getting a free trip to New York City…

Friday: Damián Schwartz at White Room

Friday’s installment of PL0T at White Room presents Spanish minimal techno producer Damián Schwartz live, along with locals Basti and Sabox on decks. At 26, Schwartz has already established himself as a key player in the European minimal scene, with various releases on his own Mupa label, and garnered praise…

Badfish Resurrecting Sublime Jams Wednesday at Revolution

Sublime was over before they ever truly began. At least one aspect of the sex drugs and rock ‘n roll lifestyle proved too much for Sublime; a heroin overdose claimed the life of lead singer Bradley Nowell in 1996. But the breezy sounds of Sublime live on in Badfish, a…

Carnaval on the Mile Time, Party People!

Raise your hands if you love street festivals.  Okay.  I can’t see you…but then again, how could I?  Not sure what I was hoping would happen there.  Anywho, that most phenomenal of all street festivals is coming up and you know what that means.  Calle Ocho.  About three quarters of…

Charlie Pickett Plays Churchill’s Tomorrow

We have blogged about Charlie Pickett before.  You’ve seen the videos and heard the rave reviews.  Now is your chance to see the guy in action.  He has that certain something, that special sauce that you cannot, no matter how hard you try, generate by practice, wishing, or standing on…

New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands Finals Tonight

Tonight are the finals for the Miami New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands. If you haven’t been following the action, one band will be flown to and put up in an NYC hotel and booked a show in the city for a Live Nation event.Tonight’s finals bring you…

Toby Love Brings Bachata to L’Boulevard Cafe this Sunday

Perhaps you’re not up to speed on the goings on in the world of crunkchata.  And that’s understandable, because it’s a name that Toby Love made up to describe a blend of hip-hop and R&B with the staccato guitars and island rhythms of bachata.  Now, if you don’t know who…

Arlo Guthrie Plays the Parker Playhouse this Sunday

There are certain unforgettable snapshots that frame Arlo Guthrie’s life and career. They’re prefaced by the lingering legacy he inherited from his father, the great Woody Guthrie, one of America’s most indelible folk singers, the patron saint of protest and the man who inspired generations of young men like Bob…

Kings of Leon to Play BankUnited Center on May 7

Concert season is beginning to take shape with some pretty big concert announcements over the last week, and Kings of Leon are the latest to announce a stop in South Florida. Fresh of their meteoric rise to stardom/sellout status thanks to their song about flaming sex, the Tennessee bred band…

Morrissey Cancels South Florida Show … AGAIN

Local Morrissey fans were super-excited at the end of 2007, when it seemed the singer would return for a second area show that year. After an extremely well-received performance at Boca’s Mizner Park Amphitheatre, he was slated to end his extended United States run with a date at the Fillmore…

Random Video: Bob Marley at Criteria Studios

Light your spliff early and watch this video of Bob Marley And The Wailers rehearsing at the famed Criteria Studios, now Hit Factory, in North Miami on September 14, 1980.Marley Fest is this Saturday February 28th. click here for more info …

No Doubt Announces Tour, West Palm Beach Date

Fresh off a solo project that arguably provided more fame and fortune than the project which brought her onto the scene, Gwen Stefani has reunited with No Doubt. And the band has announced a massive tour across the U.S. and Canada which brings it to the Cruzan Amphitheater in West…