Wolf Parade at the Fillmore Miami Beach, November 10

With Ogre You Asshole The Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Better than: A totally empty auditorium. Too bad Montreal indie rockers Wolf Parade don’t travel with a pack of thousands. The Fillmore could have used some filling last night. The crowd was only a cluster. But like singer…

Who Wants Javelin Tickets for Saturday’s Show at Awarehouse?

In their home laboratory, cousins Tom van Buskirk and George Langford of Javelin conduct strange sound experiments, feeding snippets of hip-hop, lost vinyl nuggets, and newly unearthed audio clips into a massive sonic collider. The result: A series of increasingly legendary 12″ records, mixtapes, CDs, and podcasts that completely confuse…

Toubab Krewe Turns Up the Tribal Psych at the Electric Pickle November 19

Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, world-beat rock band Toubab Krewe is kinda like Animal Collective’s cousin from the country whose long-absent daddy happens to be the Dead. Taking cues from indie rock, psychedlic jam, and traditional Malian tuneage, the Krewe twists out songs — i.e. “Holy Grail” and “51 Ft…

Social Distortion at the Fillmore Miami Beach November 13

Like any 31-year-old punk crew that has spent a good chunk of its life in the gutter — rocking recklessly, shooting heroin, looking for love, and breaking the law — Social Distortion has a pretty messed-up face. Obviously, we don’t mean that literally; Social D’s middle-aged frontman, Mike Ness, is…

Five Wackiest Electronic Music Genres You’ve Never Heard Of

The best thing about electronic music is its limitlessness. Having thrown aside the sonic limitations of rock’s overdone guitar-bass-drums combo, synthesizer music can sound like virtually anything. And it does. Electronic music has spawned a gazillion genres and sub-genres to the point of exhaustion. And like dandelion seeds, each sub-genre…

Ten Hot Chicks Playing the Miami Music Festival

​It’s common knowledge that women always find average-looking dudes inexplicably more attractive when said guy plays an instrument or fronts a band. That’s why many of us bought guitars in the first place. But does the same rule apply for female artists also? We think so. Listen, if it’s okay…

Iskander Talks Los Aldeanos y Cuban Conscious Hip-Hop

Los Aldeanos is leading the new generation of rebel music in Cuba. Since 2003, this collective has operated from within the confines of a tyrannical dicatatorial regime and made conscious hip-hop records that call out Fidel and his henchmen. It’s music that reflects a starving, oppressed, but still deeply musical Cuba…

Can the Miami Music Festival Be the Local Scene’s Next Big Step?

A pretty loaded question, right? Especially after last year’s admittedly shaky showing. Overpriced wristbands, crappy tents, and other bad venue choices … For some, like New Times, it was a big disappointment. For others, it was just a minor misstep that could be corrected in 2010. But now, next year…