Surfer Blood is back home in South Florida and boy is there a pile of dirty tube socks to wash! The gents will perform Tuesday evening at Respectable Street (518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach) with Turbo Fruits and locals the Dewars. Then, check them out at Bal Harbour Resort…
Word is swirling around that Ultra Music Festival’s organizers have decided to expand next year’s festival to three days, presumably Friday through Sunday. Supposedly the decision was made after this year’s sellout event.We’ve emailed Ultra’s publicists for comment and are still awaiting a response.But word of advice to the festival’s…
To the delight of local skinny-jeaned optometrists, Los Angeles alt-shoegaze rockers Silversun Pickups will bring “Lazy Eye,” as well as more recent material off 2009’s Swoon to the scenic Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton June 16. See the whole tour itinerary here. Ticket sales are forthcoming.Along for the ragged…
If you missed Major Lazer during Ultra Music Festival you are in luck. The Diplo and Switch side project along with Skerrit Bwoy is coming back to Miami on Saturday, May 15 for a live performance at Grand Central. We were told about the news during Sweatstock by Poplife’s Jake…
420 is just around the corner, and with that most hallowed of modern holidays looming literally right before us, stoners across Dade county–nay, across the world–are no doubt asking themselves one poignant question: what did I come in here for again? Pothead humor aside (no, there’ll be more), 420, or…
Among drummers, Kenny Aronoff is a name synonymous with talent, power, reliability and innovation. During the ’80s and ’90s, Aronoff toured with John Cougar Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Etheridge and John Fogerty, and has recorded with Elton John, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, B.B. King, Meatloaf, Eddie Money, Alanis…
It’s not exactly comforting, but the bond between all humans is death. And just like the rest of us, Jim Morrison ended up a fat, flatulent corpse in a Paris bathtub. Unlike most people, however, the Lizard King was a rock star, so he was only 27 when it came…
South Dade gets it in. We’ve told you a couple times before about Black Flag, B.O., Gunline Entertainment and Goon Muzik. Well Richmond Heights is at it again with their “Hottest Nigga In Da City,” B.O., putting out another mixtape.The song in the above video is called “What I’m Into”…
As you may have heard about 2,112 times already, Record Store Day is Saturday, and Sweat Records (5505 NE 2nd Ave., Miami) has posted the full schedule for the Sweatstock extravaganza. (Previously: “Radio-Active Records Unveils Details of Saturday’s Record Store Day”)The free, all-ages block party launches at 10 a.m., and…
Tonight, why not come be a part of a little history in the making within your local music scene? Having a party tonight at King Is Dead to celebrate a milestone for this upstart band, to which you’re all invited–Xperimento. In case you’ve somehow managed to miss this group gigging…
For the uninitiated, Kickstarter.com is one of the smartest ideas for a website since Al Gore invented the Internet. Its goal would probably appeal to our former Vice President: helping creative people get their projects off the ground with equally creative donation solicitation. In the case of Fort Lauderdale pop-punk…
This blog posting was actually written from inside a dark-green Coleman tent that’s perched on the sidewalk outside Radio-Active Records (1930B E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale). Although the store is technically open right now, we predict a Bonnaroo-level event in the parking lot in anticipation for Saturday’s 10 a.m. launch.In…
If you haven’t heard about Black Bobby, now its time to pay attention. This Harvard grad and D.C. transplant is doing some pretty amazing stuff. He gave up the corporate life in New England and moved down to Miami to pursue a music career. Why Miami? Who the hell knows…
The happiest moment of Crossfade’s day so far was transcribing the full lyrics for Scott Stapp’s new musical wet kiss to the Florida Marlins, “Marlins Will Soar.” After the tepid reception his National Anthem performance received at the Marlins’ home opener, it’s kind of a surprise that anyone would let…
Dividing time between the Big Apple and the Magic City, Team Rojas have a knack for taking each city’s nightlife characteristics and meshing them into dancefloor gold — New York’s foward-thinking mentality with Miami’s raw grittiness. Compromised by EDG4R (Edgar Rojas) and Stravinsky (Erick Rojas) — they are surprisingly not…
She was a mother, wife, and lawyer … but above all, Lisa Hodapp was a tried and true participant in the South Florida music scene since the late ’70s. Known to all as a charismatic and genuine lady who was always quick with a smile, it is with heavy heart…
Aside from an event Friday evening featuring the cuddly DJ Mig Lauderdale and Rebel that we’re very excited about, 1921 is hosting another event worth noting on Monday. Local art-rock act Alexander is giving away new album It’s Not Always Signs, It’s Not Always Wonders on Monday at 1921 S…
Back in January, Animal Collective premiered its visual album ODDSAC at Sundance. The film, directed by filmmaker Danny Perez, is a psychedelic visual delight featuring music by the experimental quartet. After that, the film hit the road with sold-out screenings everywhere from New York to San Francisco, and for a…
For the most part, the now-incarcerated Lil Wayne is a rapper by trade. But now that he’s behind bars, as we recently pointed out, he now has become a blogger using a computer terminal that probably would not allow him to stream “Lollipop.”The latest item up for perusal over at…
In the realm of TV theme songs, “Love is All Around” from The Mary Tyler Moore Show rates somewhere below M*A*S*H’s “Suicide is Painless,” but way above the admittedly robust Facts of Live theme. So, it is with great pleasure that we announce that Pitchfork/Crossfade fave and South Florida resident…
One of the best scenes in Noah Baumbach’s 2005 Brooklyn brownstone drama The Squid and the Whale features Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) playing an acoustic version Pink Floyd’s “Hey You” from 1979’s The Wall in a talent show and claiming that he wrote it. The movie takes place in the early…
As any seasoned tippler will tell you, it’s best to start a long session of drinking with the delicious stuff — your taste buds won’t care if you dip them in turpentine after a few hours of steady consumption. Thus, as New Times Battle of the Bands winner Community Property…
