If you’re deep into the South Florida EDM scene, then you’ve probably heard of Riotgear, the DJ duo of Andy Pate and Bobby Bassett. And you definitely heard them if you went to Ultra Music Festival last month, where they rocked the main stage. What you may not know is…
Miami is a difficult place for an underage music junkie. Most venues are 21 and over. On the rare occasion that the age restriction is dropped to 18 or — even rarer — all ages, you know security is going to be keeping an extra set of eyes on you…
Lay where you’re laying, don’t make a sound. The Kings of Leon movie may be coming to your town. Before KOL was a popular rock quartet, they were just three brothers and a cousin from the small Nashville suburb of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. They were raised by a Pentecostal preacher…
Jim Wurster is a musician of serious intent. His earliest efforts with Black Janet bolstered the perception, given that the band’s dark designs weren’t simply a by-product of their name. Still, Wurster really came into his own when he went solo and subsequently formed the Atomic Cowboys, taking a 180-degree…
Forget paying your dues as a music blogger, or even majoring in a relevant art like creative writing, breaking into the entertainment industry has never been easier. MTV Tr3s and Subway are looking for “unique personalities to join Wisin y Yandel on tour” as “guest correspondents” for Lo Que Te…
If you haven’t heard ANR’s latest record, Stay Kids, you are perhaps missing the Miami duo’s finest hour. It features tighter production, catchier hooks, and a bit of the unfamiliar to create something that sounds Pitchfork-ready without falling into the chillwave trap. (Thank the indie gods!)One of the album’s highlights,…
Who’s ready for a few lukewarm pints of fine Dutch pilsner and three straight, solid weeks of worldly party music? Indeed, it’s that time of the year again. It’s the sweaty season. We’re thirsty. And the fine folks over at the Rhythm Foundation have hooked us up with another edition…
How awesome would it be if the Jacuzzi Boys met Frank Zappa in a sonic cage match and they all emerged after three minutes, hugging each other, laughing at little private jokes, and humming beautiful music? Well, even if it’s impossible, that’s a battle (or love-in) I’d like to see…
Even 207 years after Lewis and Clark dared to make that first incredibly dangerous cross-continental trip, millions of Americans — like local prog-punk trio Jacobs Ladder –continue to head West, looking for fame, inspiration, intoxicants, babes of both sexes, and giant bags of cash. Needless to say, most of these…
By all measures, David Brieske is a quiet and gentle man. It should be no shock that a lot of South Florida’s visual artists also create music. And Brieske’s solo work, under the virtually unpronounceable banner of Fsik Huvnx, has been gaining momentum lately. His instrumentation is simple. But the…
What’s up, party peeps? Holla, if you’ve been waiting all the damned work week for Friday to roll around, and now find yourself watching the clock, counting the minutes until the whistle blows, so you can blow off some steam of your own. Yep, we’re right there with you. And…
Go gas up your midnight purple donk, load six Marshall stacks into that big-ass trunk, snag some Hennessy and promethazine, and pick up your girl ’cause next Friday, come sundown, we’re driving into the deep, dark, insidiously dry heat of the Arizona desert for a bass rager so brutal you’ll…
Evan Rifas has been active in South Florida’s music community since the early ’90s and he has maintained a relatively quiet presence that has allowed him to fine-tune his astute and articulate sensibilities. Aside from being a great poetic lyricist, he seamlessly weaves personal experience with observation and quirky pop…
While we were all raving at Bicentennial Park this past weekend, Miami’s most generous couple, Patricia and Phillip Frost, donated $35 million toward the construction of the new Miami Science Museum to be erected adjacent to the Miami Art Museum in what is presently known as Bicentennial Park.If you attended…
Creep Guirdo is one of those musical aberrations that occurs from time to time. Unintentionally funny due to being a German national of Hialeah descent, he’s largely been the figurehead for local disco rock ‘n’ rollers Pool Party. He recently sat down with us in preparation for April Pool’s Day…
The Magic City isn’t exactly known as a rock music hub. And in a town like this one, where traditional live venues are uncommon and turntable virtuosos are frequently in higher demand than musicians of the guitar-wielding, drumstick-spinning variety, it’s hardly fair to expect the kind of noise that’s made…
Ex Norwegian really had its shit together. Two critically acclaimed albums, viral videos, national tours, corporate sponsors, and an innovative sound … But this past weekend the local indie-pop quintet decided to call it quits for good, playing a farewell show called The Last Tango at the Stage on March…
The Dyslexic Postcards have been around in one way, shape, or form for a long time now. And their particular breed of rock ‘n’ roll via the acid wash of alt-psych, punk, blues, and New Wave inflections are the makings of a love-’em-or-hate-’em type of band. Regardless of which, the…
Miami Chum Bucket, a DIY punk venue, distro, and practice space, held its inaugural event this past Saturday night. The show was free and the lineup featured all of the key South Florida punk bands that have played a role in the space’s emergence. In the course of extended fundraising,…
For the last four years, the folks at Sixthman have steamed out to sea with the annual Cayamo Cruise, a week-long luxury vacation that also happens to be a seven-day music festival. Last Thursday, organizers announced that the fifth annual edition of Cayamo will take place February 5 to 12,…
Miami, couldn’t get enough of Hard’s measly one-day event at Grand Central last week? Well, you’re in luck! Hard is returning to South Florida in January 2012 with its first-ever Hard Cruise!We noticed flyers scattered around the city during Miami Music Week promoting the Hard Cruise. But we’ve received confirmation…
On October 19, 1963, a potential heir to the throne of best rapper alive was born in the Bronx. His name was Keith Matthew Thornton. And after an incubation period of 25 years, the kid became a crazy lyrical chemist who called himself Kool Keith. Starting out as one-fourth of…
