Shroud Eater Continues the Brutality With Thunder Noise

Shroud Eater Thunder Noise (Self-Released) shroudeaterrocks.com Well, the people asked for it and here it is: our beloved Shroud Eater’s first full-length effort, Thunder Noise. And I can tell you whole-heartedly that it continues the savagery and unrestrained stoner metal doom laid out in 2009’s self-titled EP. Nothing short of a…

Sleigh Bells to Play Grand Central April 30

Sleigh Bells, the noise pop duo from Brooklyn whose debut album, Treats, generated a shit-ton of blog buzz last year, including Pitchfork’s “Best New Music” award, and a nearly perfect review in Paste, is hitting the road this spring for a North American tour with CSS. But when Derek Miller…

King Bee’s Lead Singer Angel Suarez Quits

Commonly known as Miami’s most underrated band among local music insiders, King Bee has been a finely tuned and respected enigma for years. These bearded rock ‘n’ roll workhorses have put out three albums with a fourth on its way. They have an award-winning video, a brand-new booking agent, and…

Bad Boy Bill Brings His Chi-Town House Boom to Space This Friday

The story of DJ Bad Boy Bill reads like the history of house music itself. It tells exactly how this Chicago music subculture spread across America and the world to become an international mainstream phenomenon. Schooled in the Chi-town house boom of the mid ’80s, Bill first made a name…

Jacuzzi Boys’ New Record Live at Third Man Is Fun and Catchy

Anyone who’s seen the Jacuzzi Boys play knows their live shows are pure fun. Anyone who’s heard a Jacuzzi Boys record knows their songs are supercatchy. We recently announced that Jack White’s Third Man Records would be releasing a live LP of them. And when that record showed up in…

Washed Out Teaches Us How to Chill at Eve, January 21

View photos from Washed Out’s performance at Eve here.Washed OutWith ANREve, Miami Friday, January 21, 2011 Better than: Chilling on chillwave — at home.We didn’t really know what to expect last night at Eve. Sure, Washed Out frontman Ernest Greene has done a solid job of being the poster boy…

Photo Preview of the Electric Pickle’s El Bolero Room Opening Tonight

Even if you’ve spent untold hours losing your mind (and your innocence) in the Electric Pickle’s second-floor party room, you probably don’t remember anything in particular about the place’s physical characteristics. You were drunk. You were dancing. And it was darker than a black hole. For the last couple of…

Soul Clap Talks Crate-Digging, Baby-Making, and E-Funk

It seems like only a few years ago that the international EDM scene was in some sort of minimal techno dark age. The sounds were cool and slick and oh-so-Berlinesque, but they just weren’t very fun. Fast-forward to 2011 and Boston’s Soul Clap have helped kick-start a veritable clubland renaissance…

Tyvek Talks Brand-Appropriating, Nipple-Flaunting Punk Rock

Punk bands don’t get more punk than Tyvek. First, the Detroit band copped its name from a registered corporate product. (Tyvek is a semi-permeable synthetic material manufactured by DuPont that–among other uses–is wrapped around buildings under construction.) Second, the six-year-old group’s latest release, Nothing Fits, has a strange cover image…

Xperimento Performs Live at Transit Lounge This Saturday

Naming a band can be a tricky thing. You don’t want to get all set to rock the Pit on Saturday in order to save the dorm and put together some upstart, slacker rock band called Everyone Gets Laid, if in fact nobody does. That said, Xperimento didn’t seem to have a problem…

Ten Photos of Buju Banton and Friends at Bayfront Park Amphitheater

In just a few weeks, Buju Banton will be back in court, battling those federal cocaine conspiracy charges for a second time. But this past Sunday, dancehall’s bad boy and a bunch of his best friends brought some serious Rasta righteousness to Bayfront Park Amphitheater. Go read Crossfade’s review and…

Batuke Samba Funk at the North Shore Open Space Park on Saturday

Brazilians have rapidly become an integral part of South Florida’s cultural melting pot. And while many will recognize their contributions to the arenas of futebol and beach wear, I’ve always made a big case for their musical innovations. From bossa nova to death metal to MPB, the Brazilian sound is…