Back home in England, VV Brown is not only a hit-maker but also a noted songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Here in the States, she’s done a Teen Vogue shoot and had her music included on a number of prime-time shows. Musically, she’s retro, but in the best kind of way, reviving…
Miami Heat’s Carlos Arroyo releases a reggaeton single
With the addition of a live drummer, the New York disco-pop outfit the Golden Filter has, in recent months, grown in ranks. Still, the tunes remain the same. Arpeggiated bass-synth melodies and standard boom-chk-boom-chk beats reign through the band’s live performances, which draw from its lauded debut album, Voluspa. While…
Whether you know it by name or not, if you’ve stepped outside in the past several months, you’ve heard Gyptian’s “Hold Yuh” flickering out of at least a few idling vehicles. The über-minimalist dancehall ditty’s piano loop has a way of cutting through the din of city streets. Gyptian, a…
The Fillmore Miami Beach has been absolutely slaying lately with its indie-style bookings, but here’s a new announcement from the venue to make the thinking-man’s metal fan weep tears of joy. Sacramento legends Deftones will headline Wednesday, August 25, when the band plays its first show in South Florida in…
Fans of more grown-up R&B — the kind that usually hinges on actual music, as opposed to synthesized computer beats, and real soul — are in for a treat this Thursday at the American Airlines Arena’s Waterfront Theatre when the Budweiser Superfest returns. In its original incarnation, Superfest was an…
I feel like we often ignore Bardot, even though it consistently has live music going on. But it’s just that the bookings aren’t always that compelling, but every now and then there’s a gem. This time it’s actress-turned-rocker Juliette Lewis who will be performing live at the Wynwood lounge August…
Since first launching in 2002, the Berlin-based Get Physical imprint has emerged as a global touchpoint for some of the most critically-acclaimed electronic dance music of the new millennium. Forged by the creative alliance of famed producers Booka Shade, M.A.N.D.Y. and DJ T as a launching pad for their own…
Last year, we told you how music producer Greg Wells (Katy Perry, Mika, Pink, Rufus Wainwright, Deftones, and more) had been working with local musician Rachel Goodrich on her follow-up to Tinker Toys. Recently, Wells tweeted an update saying, “The new @Rachel_Goodrich record is done!!! Can’t wait for peeps to…
And with that in tow, he continues to carpet South Florida proper with a new venture at a relatively newer-ish spot, Mai Tardi. This swanky little Northern Italian joint in the Design District has gotten its accolades from my peers and your collective palates and it comes a s no…
Ah, the Supergroup. She’s a fickle mistress for musicians, often paying massive dividends for the investment of brilliant musical minds, but other times … not so much. Examples of successful collaborations range from Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and the Traveling Wilburys to Velvet Revolver, Audio Slave, and Them Crooked…
Ed Matus is a man many of you know. Some of us remember him fondly as the Cheers guy back in the day, some remember his ultra-loud racket with local outfit Subliminal Criminal, the jazzier extremes of indie rock with Swivelstick, or some maybe even remember him from his short…
Hey, y’all! Mansion wants you to party like it’s 2007. Like American Apparel isn’t going into bankruptcy. Like parties like Revolver and Spider-Pussy are still going strong.We’ve been alerted to a few upcoming shows at the South Beach mega-club that bring a ting of nostalgia of back when we used…
Dade County and Broward County collaborate on this one. E.R. (of the Vagabonds) supplies the beat as Protoman supplies the vocals. You might know Protoman as being an underground staple in not only Broward and South Florida’s hip-hop scenes, but also nationally as he’s been well received around the country…
Not all pets are cute and cuddly — we get that. But we’ve never seen a “pet” as ugly as the one in Yeasayer’s just-released video for “Madder Red.”The creature in the video looks like a big wad of someone’s insides, equipped with a bruised eye, bloody mouth, and it…
Thalia has engineered a rather successful comeback post hiatus from the limelight to instead bask in the glow of motherhood and enjoy family life with husband and music mogul Tommy Mottola, followed by her commercially disappointing 2008 release Lunada (her last on EMI). We couldn’t be happier, and that hardly has…
Rising dancehall king Gyptian has made a definitive bid for the song of the summer with “Hold Yuh,” his inescapable song built on that tinkling piano riddim coming out of seemingly every car. It’s spawned any number of remixes — the most famous with Young Money darling Nikki Minaj –…
We won’t belabor explaining what a “juggalo” is — for that, you could just listen to the infamous Insane Clown Posse song, called, well, “What Is a Juggalo?” (According to that song — which a high school acquaintance of ours played endlessly on repeat — a juggalo is, among other…
Few DJs in the international EDM underground have enjoyed as much hype in the last couple years as Seth Troxler. As part of a growing contingent of Detroit-raised expatriate artists living and working in Berlin — including Ryan Crosson and Shaun Reeves — Troxler has straddled the two techno capitals…
We’ve broken our “1” key over here typing out exclamation marks regarding all of Live Nation’s recent bookings, especially at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Suffice it to say, Fillmore, we love you, keep being awesome. Here’s another awesome, never-thought-it-would-happen show to add to your coming fall calendar: Phoenix, on Wednesday,…
Radioboxer With LavolaThe Annex, HialeahSaturday, August 13Better Than: Not going to a warehouse party where Radioboxer and Lavola are going to rock out.The Review:Saturday was keyboardist Gian Nicolaci’s birthday, and this week is bassist Jota Dazza’s, so naturally, the Radioboxer gang celebrated the only way the would make any sense at…
Guy HarveyWith the JamesesAugust 13, 2010The Vagabond, MiamiBetter Than: Having to schlep all the way to Lake Worth for a show. Seriously, how often do Miami kids do that?The Review:I’ll start this review with the following disclaimer: I’ve never been to a Guy Harvey or The Jameses show. No, seriously…
