Symmetry Live, with a Special Performance from Neon TreesThe W Hotel Poolside, Miami BeachSunday, July 18, 2010Better Than: Singing in the rain — literally.The Review:Crowds let loose at the W Hotel poolside on Sunday. Fueled by the free-flowing Grey Goose open bar, the eclectic bunch of beautiful people, trendsetters, swim-week…
You probably remember how much we love Major Lazer. After all, our very own Jose D. Duran gave us a visual primer on the duo and clued us in to the art of daggering before its local show this past May 15 at Grand Central. But now the twosome has slowed it…
Let’s rehash one of those classic nuggets of wisdom that’s cliche but oh so true: “Things aren’t always what they seem.” Take, for example, that recently released bomb Splice, which seemed on the surface like a modern sci-fi manned by a respectable cast, but was in fact just crap wrapped in…
Melding the skronk of the Cramps with the grim stylings of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Denmark’s Nekromantix have been swaying suggestible American kids into the dark and decadent waters of psychobilly since 2002 debut Night of the Loving Dead on Hellcat Records. Prior to that, the band had…
What would you call someone who recreates Sublime’s “Summertime” in lush, horn-laden jazz? What about someone who gives Outkasts epic hip hop-psychedelic slow jam “Spottieottiedopalicious” and gives it a facelift with an instrumental lounge vibe? Or someone who’s played with Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” like a kid building sculptures…
Synth geniuses Cut Copy have mastered an electropop sound we just always want to dance to. The Australian-born band has toured with Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party and the great Daft Punk, and they’ve recently rejected offers to tour supporting artists like Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails and Coldplay. Their new…
Like buddy James Zabiela, British super DJ Nic Fanciulli was, from the upstart, something of an upstart wunderkind. Growing up in Kent, some 30 miles outside of London, Fanciulli was, by just age 16, DJing around town. And just four years later, he would launch the by-now legendary ClubClass, a…
As I’m sure you know by now from previous posts this week, last night was Premios Juventud and some of Latin music’s biggest names convened on the 305 to take part in the festivities. Sounds like a good time to hit afterparties, no? Well, that’s exactly what I did. In…
The Electric Bunnies are the other 50 percent of the one-two punch South Florida has recently unleashed onto unsuspecting Americana with a careful blend of psychedelic garage rock and roll with punk attitude. The other half are the Jacuzzi Boys, but one thing the Bunnies haven’t done as of late,…
It might surprise those who haven’t kept up with the hard-rock legends of yesteryear, but Scorpions never actually went away. In fact, with their current world tour, Get Your Sting and Blackout, they’re just now getting around to retiring. And they’re doing so in appropriately bombastic fashion, with worldwide dates…
After a few years of eardrum-hammering from the relentless-banger-addicted sect of the indie/dance crossover scene, acts such as Aeroplane come as a welcome shot of sweetness and light. Hailing originally from the somewhat unlikely region of Wallonia — French-speaking Southern Belgium — the duo of Stephan Fasano and Vito Deluca…
Melding the skronk of the Cramps with the grim stylings of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Denmark’s Nekromantix have been swaying suggestible American kids into the dark and decadent waters of psychobilly since 2002’s debut, Night of the Loving Dead, on Hellcat Records. Prior to that, the bandmates had…
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has a thousand stories to tell. The group’s only remaining original member helped found the Pumpkins in 1988 after relocating to his native Chicago from none other than St. Petersburg, Florida. He had moved to the Sunshine State briefly in ’85 after graduating from high…
Are you literally giddy with excitement over Premios Juventud tomorrow, and tickets to the show be damned? Or perhaps all Spanish language tunage isn’t necessarily your thing, but you do like to get down to the dulcet ghetto-tones of reggaeton. You know, do a little perreando. Get your boricuada on…
Last year was especially good for classic metal in South Florida, as all of the big four — Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Metallica — made it to the area for headlining shows, and Slayer played a brain-blasting set at the Mayhem Festival. Still, all of those were at…
Here are three more nuggets of awesomeness from New Times’ Best Endangered Live Music Venue, the Fillmore Miami Beach. Nearly every week brings a new announcement of a major act there, and one more chip away at Broward’s dominance of the touring-band market for South Florida. We hope things keep…
After a couple years of eardrum-hammering from the relentless-banger-addicted sect of the indie/dance crossover scene, acts like Aeroplane come as a welcome shot of sweetness and light. Hailing originally from the somewhat unlikely region of Wallonia — that’s French-speaking Southern Belgium — the duo of Stephan Fasano and Vito Deluca…
It may surprise those who haven’t kept up with the hard rock legends of yesteryear, but Scorpions never actually went away. In fact, with their current “Get Your Sting and Blackout” World Tour, they’re just now getting around to retiring. And they’re doing so in appropriately bombastic fashion, with worldwide…
This past Saturday, Get Some at the Electric Pickle hosted Mayday for an hour-long set in the upstairs of the club. Wynwood was banging from a heavy-traffic art walk, the night was steamy as a hot bath, and the club was full of people. It should have been awesome.Live sound…
You’ll probably recognize Vampire Weekend’s keyboardist/guitarist and backup vocalist Rostam Batmanglij in the video above, where he talks to Converse about his musical beginnings. You can catch him along with the rest of the band on October 13 with Beach House. But if you can’t wait that long, Batmanglij has…
Despite being pushed back a couple weeks, it looks like Rick Ross’ Teflon Don album will, in fact, come out July 20. (Then again, that’s over a week away, and this is the hip-hop industry, so anything could happen, but fingers crossed). And where else would he celebrate but the…
We know you love New Times’ Best Of Miami issue. We know you pine for it each and every year. And that’s why we work so hard to bring you the very best Miami has to offer in one spectacular issue, so that your months of gazing longingly at saved past issues…
