Sam Lloyd, best-known as Ted Buckland, the sweaty, nervous lawyer on TV medical comedy Scrubs, will perform Saturday at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts with his a cappella group, the Blanks.These are the guys known as the Worthless Peons who periodically break into song on the show. The…
For going on two decades now DJ/producer Vincenzo Ragone has been a staple of the international underground EDM community and one of its most endearing artists. With roots in Hamburg’s early hip hop scene, he got taken by the acid house explosion of the late ’80s and released his first…
Paul McCartney’s appearance this Saturday at the Sun Life Stadium marks the last of just four North American shows in his current, cheekily named “Up and Coming” tour. And while fans should, of course, expect him to perform any number of megahits by the Beatles and even Wings, hardcore Macca…
If you’ve partied on South Beach, you’ve heard of Johnny the Boy or at least have heard him spin. The man is everywhere: Rokbar, Shore Club, Florida Room, Mokai — really we could go on forever. He got his start in Miami’s underground dance scene at parties like Revolver and…
— Miami’s P.M. (pictured on the right) is part of group Black R.E.I.G.N. with Tommy Trouble. Well, they’ve been tapped to be part of Live Nation & Lourdes68’s Raekwon Tour, which hits a couple cities in the U.S. this Summer. The Miami date was slated for April 16th, however, it…
A Day to RememberWith Veara, Enter Shikari, Silverstein, August Burns RedRevolution, Fort LauderdaleWednesday, March 31, 2010Touring acts tend to avoid South Florida because we are not on the way to anywhere — except rehab. The best way to fit this region into an itinerary is to launch the tour here…
Click here to view photos from this event.The Arctic MonkeysThe Fillmore Miami BeachThursday, April 1, 2010Better Than: Northern English food (black pudding, anyone?)The Review:Last night’s debut Miami show by the Sheffield, England rock outfit the Arctic Monkeys gave plenty to cheer about. But it was the fans who really made…
Friday, April 2*MGMT’s colossally anticipated second studio album, Congratulations, is already all over your favorite local torrent search engine. Experience it nice and loud at a listening party tonight at the Vagabond — and then, of course, buy a copy at Sweat Records when it officially comes out on April…
Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications’ music sections. Just for kicks. Here’s last week’s entry.Owl City has a song called “Hello Seattle” and Seattle Weekly likes that fact.The story behind Sonny Smith’s 100 Records, an exhibit of fake album covers, resides in…
Newspapers suck. They get printed and that’s it. Meanwhile, the world keeps spinning, the internets keep churning, and party plans get revised a dozen times. In this week’s Night + Day calendar section, the New Times got all hyped up about “Interstellar, a one-night art and music party at Adjust…
After a recent retooling period, Miami New Times’ 2009 Best Hip-Hop Artist winner, Mayday!, is back stronger than ever. With a fleshed-out line-up, the group is now a full-on live act, complete with bubbling percussion, ice-cold keyboards, and a singing/rapping interplay courtesy of BernBiz and Wrekonize, respectively. But where so…
This is a little further afield than we usually cover, but it’s only a little bit outside of the tri-county area. After all the madness last week, maybe you need a break? The annual Hooked on Music Festival is this Saturday in Fort Pierce, and is put on by (772)-based…
Miami avant rockers Rebel will play the first of two nights in Fort Lauderdale at 1921 (at 1921 S. Federal Highway), one of our favorite local underground venues. The bold DJ Mig Lauderdale will also be on hand for the gig, which is Friday, April 16. As the flyer says,…
For those of us sadly toiling, at least occasionally, in a cubicle, Wednesday is a shining beacon — if you can just grasp onto your sanity until this day, everything will be okay. Actually, chances are, if you’re part of the crew that frequents the shows at the American Legion,…
The previously hyped debut of West Palm rap group Karbeen Mafia’s No Nutz No Money mixtape, mixed by DJ Killa K & Krunch One, is now upon us. The 22-track opus, showcasing Karbeen members Schife, Toedown, and G-Boi’s rhyming skills, also includes guest spots by Joe Boom and K.A.I.N.O.After some…
Hoc n’ PuckyMiami events devoted to quality hip-hop may take a little digging to find, but they’re there. If you’ve found them, you’re probably already familiar with the circuit of weeklies and one-offs put on by IAmYourVillain. If not, get schooled on Wednesday, April 14 at the Standard, when the…
Next Wednesday is FIU’s annual UP-ROAR Concert, and if you’re an FIU student, there’s a good chance you already snatched up tix to this. If you’re not, you could very well be one of the ones currently scouring Craig’s List or hitting up students you know, because tickets to this…
Gotta hand it to tastemaker and trendsetter Carles over at Hipster Runoff for declaring “Pitchfork gives MGMT’s Congratulations a perfect 10.0” today, but there was something in the tone of Citylink’s April Fool’s Day gag, Jake Cline’s “Surfer Blood bassist eats sandwich, inspires trend,” that kept us reading. A few…
Finally, someone is trying to find out what is holding back Fort Lauderdale’s favorite post-grunge outfit Nonpoint from all of the accolades they deserve. Phoenix New Times writer Craig Outhier begins his piece “Uncovering the Vast Conspiracy to Kill Nonpoint” by admitting that he had never heard of the band…
One of the quiet men of the jazz guitar, Herb Ellis forged a career that took him throughout the rambunctious days of jazz to a very memorable stint in the Oscar Peterson Trio alongside Peterson and Ray Brown from 1953 until 1958, enjoying the controversial status of being the only…
If you aren’t aware of DiscoTech, the production trio is compromised of Midwesterns Joe Maz (who relocated here recently) and Gigamesh, along with local boy Danny Daze. Together they’ve produced remixed from Classixx, Kanye West, Britney Spears, Lykke Li, and more.Well now the group is also releasing their own material,…
Tonight, at the crossroads of Krome Avenue and the Tamiami Trail, Dimebag Darrell will play a special one night only acoustic set.Fan and promoter Sam Hamovich says, “Dude, if you’ve never heard Bag’s acoustic shit you’re fucking missing out. He’s like the Kenny G of metal. This new material he’s…
