Interview Wisin y Yandel for MTV Tr3s, Eat Subway

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…

Schedule for the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival 2011

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…

Jacobs Ladder Visits L.A., Avoids the Tar Pits, and Returns With a New Album

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…

Six Questions with Fsik Huvnx’s David Brieske

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…

Five Questions with Evan Rifas

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…

Five Questions with Pool Party’s Creep Guirdo

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…

Six Questions With the Dyslexic Postcards’ Joshua Xmas

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…

The Grand Opening of Miami Chum Bucket, March 26

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,…

Hard Cruise Sailing Out of Port Everglades January 2012

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…