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…
We’re a long way from New Orleans, but that doesn’t mean Mardi Gras festivities are out of reach. Today and tomorrow on the Hollywood Broadwalk, the spirit of Fat Tuesday is in full effect, complete with street vendors hocking various vittles and wares, impromptu street performances and plenty of free…
Musical Missionary has a pretty spectacular double-booking lined up at undergound EDM haven Black Sheep Bar this Friday night. The critically-acclaimed native Floridian DJ/producer Chris Fortier will be throwing down his singular brand of minimal techno with dark progressive underpinnings. Fortier has had an illustrious DJ career since the early…
Look, 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 of Father Bloopy, luckily, the band refreshingly mines musical territory often forgotten in these parts — classic guitar power-pop of yesteryear. And filling this…
The Subdudes may not be among the New Orleans musical legends the average Joe could immediately name. But examine the band’s track record, which stretches back a couple of decades, and its seamless blend of riveting rock and roll, nimble rhythms, and sinewy roots. It’s clear the Subdudes have earned…
Minneapolis drunken life-hating poppy punk masters, Off With their Heads are coming back to South Florida for a (gross) Monday night event at Goo, on April 20. This is one of those bands that is awesome live, puts out great records, and doesn’t seem to give up on touring despite…
In the current economy, you’d better be sure that you get every bit of enjoyment you can out of your entertainment budget. Let’s say you’re looking to see a show this weekend. Sure you could buy tickets to one of the numerous rock acts playing, but all you’re getting is…
Two of the biggest names in the genre are sharing the stage at the James L. Knight Center this Saturday, when Gilberto Santa Rosa and Victor Manuelle make a stop in Miami on their La Historia Continua tour. The two first made history when they united for the Dos Soneros,…
As predictable as death and taxes, the Dave Matthews Band returns to the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach this summer for another two-night stand. The tour will support the band’s still-untitled forthcoming studio album, due out June 2. Local dates are on August 14 and 15, and the opening…
Like a one-man Gravitron, Panic Bomber pulls you in, spins you around, and leaves you dizzy and smiling. He looks like a neon stick figure in motion, and sounds like a male Sade stuck in a rave. These are all good things. I had never heard of him, and then,…
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, this tour has raised over $550,000 for DoSomething.org, a nonprofit focused not on one particular charity, but rather on providing tools, resources and motivation to…
Forget TV commercials (not that there’s anything wrong with them); for that matter forget TV shows too (ditto; sometimes). I mean, they’re all so 20th century. And you may as well also forget movie soundtracks. Because despite their potential enormity, few truly do go huge, let alone get big enough…
Miami psych/punk outfit the Jacuzzi Boys are playing a 7″ release party at Churchill’s Pub on Friday, March 6. Needless Records is putting out the split with Austin’s Woven Bones. The Dade County side features “The Countess,” a sort of unearthly slow burner that highlights Gabriel’s vocals and makes a…
DJ and producer Darren Emerson was once a member of dub-strewn acid house collective Underworld. And lest you forget, he opens and closes his new mix compilation, GU36: Bogotá, with the then-progressive trio’s 1993 epic “MMM Skyscraper I Love You.” The two CDs this bookends are Emerson’s third entry for…
In a world where divas are bionically enhanced, the bloom of marquees and floodlights can be seen from space, and the energy crisis has been averted by harnessing the kinetic motion of dance floors, powerhouse is the genre of choice. And those who choose power house DJ Boris, who has…
Naming his label Size Records, DJ/producer Steve Angello set himself up for criticism if he couldn’t lay down the magnitude of tracks necessary to command a room like Mansion, where he will help commemorate the club’s fifth birthday this Saturday. Luckily, Angello’s brand of breezy, big-room progressive house perfectly complements…
The New York-born, Toronto-raised singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka boasts an entertainment-world pedigree that will perhaps forever haunt him in blurbs such as this one. His mother, Holly Sedgwick, is sister of actress Kyra — which makes Kevin Bacon his uncle and Edie Sedgwick a cousin. One brother, Phillip, is an actor,…
Question: what’s hotter than female rock stars? The answer is obviously nothing. City Limits in Delray clearly knows this as they’ve just announced the Women Who Shred show on Saturday May 16th starring Jennifer Batten, who’s toured with the King of Pop and Jeff Beck, Vickie Genfan, Guitar Player Magazine’s…
This year Subtropics marks its 21 year anniversary and 20th edition (more on that later) of bringing together sound minds in South Florida. The conference features performances, lectures, networking opportunities and exhibits for audiophiles and the uninitiated alike. Artistic Director of the festival Gustavo Matamoros, a sound educator at the…
It’s time to dig into the back of the closet, pull out a flannel shirt grab your chain wallet and pick up a 12 pack of Red Dog in preparation of tonight’s throwback to ’90s grunge rock at the Hurricane Bar and Lounge in Delray. Fort Lauderdale based Grindstone doesn’t…
Cosmic. Karmic. Ghettotech house. These are a few of the words used by local duo Afrobeta to describe their sound. An ambient blend of disco, funk and house with underpinnings of various other electro styles ranging from breaks to trance and even bit of gabba, Tony “Smurphio” Laurencio and Cristina…
This week’s installment of Soultech at Skybar presents Berlin-based Polish techno producer/DJ Martin Czubala. Not your run-of-the-mill minimal techy, Czubala comes from an extensive background in classical music, having performed in over 300 European concerts in the early ’90s before delving into EDM production. While grounded in minimal house and…
