Boca Raton’s Lynn University was hit especially hard by the January 12 Haiti earthquake — four students and four professors who were tragically killed there while providing care as part of the Journey of Hope course. Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba, who lives locally, decided to do his part to honor…
Fans of Joan Jett and Cherie Currie (and even fans of Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning) don’t have to wait until Friday to get a peek at what it must have been like to be a part of one of the most infamous girl bands of the ’70s. Tomorrow night,…
Music news didn’t entirely dry up when Lil Wayne went to prison, and by the way, we have this great beat that we’ve been messing with in Garage Band that sounds a lot like crickets chirping. Fortunately, Weezy has enough people on the outside working for him that WeezyThanxYou.com could…
— Miami’s P.M. (pictured on the right) is part of group Black R.E.I.G.N. with Tommy Trouble. Well, they’ve been tapped to be part of Live Nation & Lourdes68’s Raekwon Tour, which hits a couple cities in the U.S. this Summer. The Miami date was slated for April 16th, however, it…
Friday, April 2*MGMT’s colossally anticipated second studio album, Congratulations, is already all over your favorite local torrent search engine. Experience it nice and loud at a listening party tonight at the Vagabond — and then, of course, buy a copy at Sweat Records when it officially comes out on April…
Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications’ music sections. Just for kicks. Here’s last week’s entry.Owl City has a song called “Hello Seattle” and Seattle Weekly likes that fact.The story behind Sonny Smith’s 100 Records, an exhibit of fake album covers, resides in…
Miami avant rockers Rebel will play the first of two nights in Fort Lauderdale at 1921 (at 1921 S. Federal Highway), one of our favorite local underground venues. The bold DJ Mig Lauderdale will also be on hand for the gig, which is Friday, April 16. As the flyer says,…
The previously hyped debut of West Palm rap group Karbeen Mafia’s No Nutz No Money mixtape, mixed by DJ Killa K & Krunch One, is now upon us. The 22-track opus, showcasing Karbeen members Schife, Toedown, and G-Boi’s rhyming skills, also includes guest spots by Joe Boom and K.A.I.N.O.After some…
Hoc n’ PuckyMiami events devoted to quality hip-hop may take a little digging to find, but they’re there. If you’ve found them, you’re probably already familiar with the circuit of weeklies and one-offs put on by IAmYourVillain. If not, get schooled on Wednesday, April 14 at the Standard, when the…
Gotta hand it to tastemaker and trendsetter Carles over at Hipster Runoff for declaring “Pitchfork gives MGMT’s Congratulations a perfect 10.0” today, but there was something in the tone of Citylink’s April Fool’s Day gag, Jake Cline’s “Surfer Blood bassist eats sandwich, inspires trend,” that kept us reading. A few…
Finally, someone is trying to find out what is holding back Fort Lauderdale’s favorite post-grunge outfit Nonpoint from all of the accolades they deserve. Phoenix New Times writer Craig Outhier begins his piece “Uncovering the Vast Conspiracy to Kill Nonpoint” by admitting that he had never heard of the band…
If you aren’t aware of DiscoTech, the production trio is compromised of Midwesterns Joe Maz (who relocated here recently) and Gigamesh, along with local boy Danny Daze. Together they’ve produced remixed from Classixx, Kanye West, Britney Spears, Lykke Li, and more.Well now the group is also releasing their own material,…
In this week’s SF Weekly music section, the focus of their concert preview is that Surfer Blood frontman J.P. Pitts “was just a semester shy of a degree in secondary education from Florida Atlantic University when he decided to drop out last August and pursue a different career.” We have…
Love him or abhor him, John Mayer as an interview subject makes for a good read. His detailed masturbation stories, dubbing Jessica Simpson “sexual napalm,” and, of course, his Benetton heart/David Duke manhood conflicts in a recent Playboy interview ensured that plenty of folks who have never heard anything past…
For those of you tragically not in attendance that night, legendary UK DJ Greg Wilson made his highly anticipated WMC debut (in fact his Miami debut altogether) at Electric Pickle on Wednesday, March 24, schooling us all on the authentic disc jockey artform. Beyond simply reinstating the definition of what…
Radioboxer’s has been something of a Cinderella story. They came from the virtual brink of oblivion when they decided to disband Fallaz, but kept it together and started Radioboxer, a new band with a whole new energy, hell-bent on grinding through heartfelt alternajams with clever lyrics and a very refined…
Earlier, we let you know that Sub Pop’s No Age was scheduled to perform at this year’s Record Store Day at Sweat Records, also known as Sweatstock, but more details have finally been released. The all-ages events, taking place Saturday, April 17, will feature performances by Awesome New Republic, The…
Wellington resident Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice to you) is back with a brand new invention. Well, it’s kind of brand new. And kind of his invention. Either way, this collaboration with the Irish pop duo Jedward (teenage twins named John and Edward) went to number two on the UK…
It’s over. Jesus Christ! It’s over! We are sad and glad at the same time. Sad because we have to wait another year for the next Ultra Music Festival. Glad because our city can return to some kind of normalcy, and we can finally go to bed at a decent…
It is with great pleasure — and a bellyful of hops — that we announce that Fort Lauderdale rock and soul masters Community Property will open up Beerfest 2010.As you may have heard, New Times Broward-Palm Beach teamed up with Revoution Live to host a Battle of the Bands on…
Another Winter Music Conference in the books, party people. And if you’re reading this, it means you survived, which is commendable in and of itself. One always comes out the other side a little worse for wear, but satisfied. This year was no different.Friday we passed by Bayfront Park to…
Crossfade would like to bestow the best performance at this year’s Ultra Music Festival to Major Lazer — hands down the most engaging and energetic set we witnessed in the span of two days. The album, Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do, was easily the most ambitious and progressive dance…
