Kid Sister and FlosstradamusWednesday, February 26, 2009LIV at the Fontainebleau, Miami BeachBetter than: Getting your toes done up.When I got the invite for LIV’s newest party, Dirty Hairy, I was sort of skeptical that it was actually going to happen. I mean, the party’s whole concept is better suited for…
Flo Rida, Carol City’s muscle-bound rapper and supporter of Floridians wearing “boots with the furrr,” is apparently not so hot on appearing on tracks with guys who (allegedly) beat their pop star girlfriend. The (alleged) song is called “Sweat” and though it’s been bubbling on the ‘net for a few…
Tapping into tradition isn’t exactly a shortcut to notoriety. But when the Mavericks set out to carve their niche in country music in the late 1980s, they were arguably the most unlikely outfit ever to emerge from South Florida’s music scene. They eschewed the dance designs that had propelled the…
DJ Cee Pee, the reining head-spinner at America’s Backyard in Fort Lauderdale, is as likely to limit his spins as the cow is to jump over the moon. See, Cee Pee provides the soundtrack in a place where the cross section of our nation truly gets good and crossed: a…
They might as well make it an annual holiday. Morrissey Day, perhaps. A designated midwinter morning when the iconic, mercurial British crooner steps out of his house, sees the long shadow the legacy of the Smiths continues to cast over him, sighs, and announces once again his old band will…
Ever look around at all of these kids in too-tight fluorescent jeans, cheapie Ray-Bans, and musty-smelling thrift-store wear and wonder, What the hell happened here? There’s a simple answer: Diplo. Or, more accurately, it was the Philly native’s Hollertronix duo that championed the club mashup in the early ’00s and…
The band members have last names like Garcia, and there’s nothing even particularly Scandinavian-sounding about this homegrown trio. Formerly known by the definitely worse name Father Bloopy, the group refreshingly mines musical territory often forgotten in these parts — classic guitar power-pop of yesteryear. And filling this musical void has…
No one can ever accuse Oski Gonzalez, the tireless booker at Tobacco Road, of favoring any particular genre in his famous multiband minifestivals. So heavier stuff gets its due this weekend at the second annual Kryptonite Metal Festival. Including some 18 bands on three stages, the lineup features much of…
Hmmm, Ludo? Isn’t that the nickname for a certain much-abused narcotic of somewhat ill repute? Or could it be that Boz Scaggs hit song from way back in the day? Or maybe it’s the nickname your college buddy chose because he always shunned his given name. Well… no. This Ludo…
Hopeless Records and nonprofit organization Sub City have joined forces with music chain F.Y.E. to put on the eighth annual Take Action Tour. To date, the tour has raised more than $550,000 for DoSomething.org, a nonprofit focused not on one particular charity, but rather on providing tools, resources, and motivation…
This Tuesday night at the Hard Rock, the L.A. glam-metal heroes of Mötley Crüe will sling their grown-up and toned-down debauchery while still delivering their searing Sunset Strip sound. Infinitely underrated guitar god Mick Mars, enigmatic songwriting bassist Nikki Sixx, genre-defining vocalist and aging pretty boy Vince Neil, and wildly…
If you don’t feel like checking out Flosstradamus and Kid Sister up at Liv tonight, then you have a major not-so-secret treat in store for you over at PS14. IamYourVillain is bringing you Gil Mantera’s Party Dream. Thank God for that sweet, sweet Scion money. GMPD is a duo plus…
No one can ever accuse Oski Gonzalez, the tireless booker at Tobacco Road, of favoring any particular genre in his famous multi-band, mini-festival extravaganzas. So heavier stuff gets its due this weekend at the second annual Kryptonite Metal Festival. Including some 18 bands on three different stages, the lineup features…
True, Gene Loves Jezebel hails from the United Kingdom and hit a peak with moody songs in the Eighties, while wearing spackled-on makeup and plenty of shiny flair. But to label them a “goth” band, per se, would be kind of missing the point. Perhaps they wore black on the…
Portuguese DJ/producer Fernando Figueira a.k.a. MastikSoul will be rocking the new Eden Terrace Garden at Nocturnal this Friday night. With a career spanning almost two decades and a signature sound strongly rooted in African percussive rhythms, Figueira is a pioneer of the tribal Latin house Miamians so adore. Nothing like…
I found out about the NMB Stunnaz through this video I found somewhere on the internet. They have the kind of sophisticated, organically built web presence intrinsic to millenial generation projects. NMB Stunnaz are wild and young minded, they have a hit song with its own dance, they know how…
Sometimes you hear a song on the radio, a television show, or a commercial and simply must find out who sings that song. I’m sure this was the case with many people who heard “Where I Stood” on Grey’s Anatomy and I’m just as sure that those people who decided…
Conjunto Progresso ain’t your mama’s Cuban jam band. Well…maybe they are. The fact is, the orchestra, specializing in son and Latin jazz, is about as traditional as it gets. Don’t let LEBO’s artwork emblazoned on their album covers and flyers fool you, they aren’t Spam Allstars. And they aren’t trying…
Here’s a great video I found on the internet from the Downtown Miami Grave Rave at PS14. It’s performance footage from Outbreak and D-Murder’s set. This video is the first I ever heard of these guys and I gotta say they have a real good stage presence. Music aint about…
Tonight is the night for those who would have been gearing up for Langerado this week to forget about the defunct festival and revel in a somehow-still-undergroundish artist who would have fit perfectly in the jam festival’s earlier years. Clarence Greenwood, aka Citizen Cope, brings his breezy brand of acoustic…
Less Than Jake has been around for 16 years, no small feat for any band, and even less for one in their particular subgenre of rock. The vast majority of the ska greats that were so prevalent throughout the 90’s have all but disappeared and what was punk has for…
Ricardo Montaner is a living legend in Latin pop music.Argentina, but moved to Venezuela at the age of 6, has been at it since 1982, when he released his first album, Cada Dia. He’s released 16 more studio albums since then, garnering countless nominations and awards, including numerous Latin Grammy…
