Local Motion: Reviews of New Releases by Furious Dudes and Kalakai

Furious DudesSons of Bitchin’ (Self-released)facebook.com/furiousdudes Thrashy lo-fi garage punk is currently storming out of my speakers with the potential to turn  my capable system to abject shit. Wow. Though I can’t wholly get behind the moniker these guys have chosen for themselves (think of the jokes), I do get completely…

Haiti Earthquake Twitpics Music Video

Here’s a Haiti Earthquake Twitpic music video we made using Obama’s address to the nation on the Haiti earthquake crisis. The images are Twitpics from across the internets: They’re first-response citizen media reports of crushed buildings, death, destruction, hope, and life.Wyclef’s Yele Foundation has been working in Haiti for years…

The Strip to Open in Old Rumi Location on Lincoln Road

A new South Beach, velvet-rope spot is anticipated to open before the end of this month. It is a resurrection of the old Rumi locale, next to SET on Lincoln Road. And before you roll your eyes and start a death clock, you should check out the deets from the…

Alpha 606 at Jazid for Bemba This Saturday

If you’ve ever wondered what Cuban rumba legend Perez Prado would sound like with an electro makeover, than you’re on the same page as locally born and bred producer/programmer Armando Martinez, better known as Alpha 606. But most likely you haven’t, because there are very few people with wavelengths out…

Art Basel Miami 2009 Street Music Video

Here’s our video from the week of Art Basel Miami 2009. It features footage from the streets of Wynwood, Notorious Nastie, Primary Flight, Lynn Yohana Howard, Laqui, Art Miami, Art Loves Music, Pulse Art Fair, Fountain Art Fair, Os Gemeos, Tony Goldman’s Wynwood Walls, Shepard Fairey, Jim Darling, Dave Tree,…

Static Moon Plays the Miami Monstrosity Show at Churchill’s This Saturday

​Saturday’s “Miami Monstrosity” mini festival at Churchill’s features, unsurprisingly, a wildly divergent mix of styles in its all-locals lineup. But among the artists who depart most drastically from the venue’s usual sounds is Static Moon, a.k.a. producer John Paul Sindoni. A multi-instrumentalist on the South Florida scene for the past…

Of Montreal’s James Husband at Electric Pickle March 13

Last time Of Montreal came to South Florida, the band stopped at Revolution in Fort Lauderdale. While they aren’t planning to return in the near future, guitarist James Huggins III side-project James Husband will come to South Florida on March 13.Huggins released his debut album, A Parallax I, in October…

Gloria and Emilio Estefan Open Cuban Cafe at Seminole Hard Rock

Is it possible to start out a blog on Gloria Estefan without some sort of allusion to rhythm and its getting you? Is it even possible to avoid aforementioned allusion when the place is called Bongo’s? Considering how inescapably annoying that song is, probably not. But here’s an attempt: In…

Video: Anjell, “A Girl Has To Do What A Girl Has To Do”

Have you ever been on the “Plug The Band” section of Backpage.com?Today we found this amazing video of Anjell singing her future classic, “A Girl Has To Do What A Girl Has To Do.” The song is produced by Tad Sharpe for Batovision Digital Entertainment.Click here to Anjell’s full ad…

Ultra Music Festival 2010 Phase 1 Lineup Announced UPDATE

I rarely ever take flier handouts while walking at night around South Beach, but for some reason as I was leaving Klutch I took an Ultra flier from a guy. Honestly, the first thing I felt was exhaustion because I don’t know if I can handle the fact that Winter…

The Best Local Albums of 2009, Part Four of Four

Click to read parts one, two, and three of this list.Jacuzzi BoysNo Seasons (Florida’s Dying)myspace.com/jacuzziboysMiami’s best garage rock threesome seems to succeed in spite of itself. Where a lot of local bands spend all their time on self-promotion through social media abuse, the Jacuzzi Boys really couldn’t care less. Instead,…

The Best Local Albums of 2009, Part Three of Four

Click to read parts one and two of this list.​Jacobs Ladder Ours For The Taking (JMB Records)myspace.com/jacobsladderLook past the complicated MySpace presence, deliberately goofy promo photos, hell, even the hair of this Miami threesome. Jacobs Ladder is not yet another color-by-numbers pop-punk band. Sure, in some of the tunes there are…