Surfer Blood Releasing Debut Astro Coast January 2010

If you haven’t been following the meteoric rise of West Palm Beach’s Surfer Blood, it’s definitely not too late to start. The band, who will be all over CMJ in New York this week, including the Brooklyn Vegan’s showcase on October 22, make great indie-pop music, it’s as simple as…

Concert Review: Bassnectar at White Room, October 17

Click here to view photos from this event.Bassnectar Saturday, October 17, 2009 White Room, Miami Better Than: A full-scale dance riot. White Room shut down for a week and performed a few fan-friendly renovations, and when the joint reopened on Saturday night, it was just like opening night all over…

Review: Miami Bass Warriors, Miami Bass Warriors 12″

Miami Bass WarriorsMiami Bass Warriors 12″(Palm Tree Snuff/¿Que Pasa M.I.A.?)You ever stand around and realize that you are completely surrounded by fucking children? Yeah, it happens… that’s how old age dawns upon you and it don’t matter how cool and with it your little record collection is, you’ll be hard-pressed…

Richie Rich, Lapdances and Naked Men at Bardot’s Grand Opening

It’s nice to finally see Wynwood waking up in the nightlife department. With a plethora of commercial space available for rent, we can’t understand why businesses don’t see the area’s potential as a nightlife/entertainment district. Imagine having gallery walk not once a month but every night of the week, and…

Olga Tanon, Live at the Hard Rock, This Sunday

Olga Tañon has long been known as La Mujer de Fuego (The Woman of Fire), and for damned good reason. Sure, it was the name of her sophomore release, which dropped in ’93. But that’s not why the nickname stuck. At least not entirely.Anyone who’s seen the Puerto Rican diva…

Video: Duece Poppi’s “My White Friends”

Duece Poppi is a veteran Slip-N-Slide Records artist you may have never heard of, but dude is a serious operator that has behind the scenes ghost written more tracks than Casper with a pen and pad. He’s got a new album coming soon, and this song “My White Friends” is…

What to Hear in Broward and Palm Beach This Weekend

Fresh off their sting opening for Green Day, The Bravery are out on a headlining tour. Tonight, they’ll be at Culture Room starting at 8. If you’re looking for something a little less radio friendly, check out psychobilly rock gods Viva Le Vox at Respectable Street or Jason and the…

Murder Junkies at Churchill’s Pub Tonight

Before dying of a heroin overdose in 1993 (see video above), GG Allin’s final tour was supported by The Murder Junkies. The Murder Junkies were his last and best backing band. They featured his Hitler mustachioed brother Merle on bass, and the legendary Dino Sex on drums.  They will be…

Review: Shawn Snyder, Stripmall Troubadour (Live at the Moose)


Shawn Snyder
Stripmall Troubadour (Live at the Moose)
www.shawnsnydermusic.comwww.myspace.com/shawnsnydermusicTurnip-haired homeboy Shawn Snyder made quite a splash with last year’s sophomore set, Romantic’s Requiem, an album that earned it New Times’ kudos for being among the best local releases of 2008. For its follow-up, Snyder strips things down, offering up a lo-fi acoustic…

Dear Russian Red, I Love You…

Dear Russian Red,I want to take this opportunity to proclaim my love for you. I want to shout it from the digital mountaintops, Russian Red, for all the Internet to know. No, not in that pervy admiring you from the cybernetic afar sort of way. Nor in that cute infatuation…

Top Ten Thursdays: Top 10 Leonard Cohen Songs

It’s the tour those of us younger Leonard Cohen fans — the ones who discovered his music through the Natural Born Killers soundtrack, covers of “Hallelujah,” or when we walked into a tiny used CD store in Gainesville and heard “Take This Waltz” playing — never thought would happen.After gaining…

The Summer Set at The Dugout Saturday, New Video Out Now

So they all met in high school, started a band, built a solid local following, and they’re starting to take off. The Summer Set isn’t exactly the most unique pop-punk band to hit the scene, but the genre isn’t about innovation anymore. It’s about throwing together catchy hook, having awesome…

Punk Band The Shakers to Play at GRIPTAPE Event at The Bubble

Although the days when skateboarders were viewed as non-conforming hooligans/destroyers of public property are not that far behind us — it would be hard to find any skater who hasn’t been harassed at some point by police or security officers — the sport has been a suburban phenomenon and established itself as a legitimate career…

Khaled, E-Class’ Live From the 305 Takes Over The Internet

DJ Khaled says, “Liiiisten.” He says “We the best.” And he says, “We global.”E-Class from Poe Boy Records says he’s right and together with some of the best artists the streets have to offer they’re proving it’s true.Live From the 305 is a compilation album they’ve created that is backed…

Alex Cuba

Now based in British Columbia, of all places, singer-songwriter Alex Cuba is surely a long way from the homeland reflected in his stage name. Born in the town of Artemisa some 35 years ago, he grew up on the island with a guitar player father, Valentin Puentes, and took up…

Shit Robot

The little “influences” box on a musician’s MySpace page is usually a repository for unfunny irony or complete BS. Shit Robot’s, however, is as sincere and accurate as this one-man-act’s moniker is not. Name-checked are early electronic heavyweights such as Carl Craig, Andrew Weatherall, Derrick May, and Juan Atkins. And…

Thursday

In the post-hardcore pantheon, the New Jersey guys of Thursday are millennial gods. Led by the unapologetically erudite frontman Geoff Rickly, in the late ’90s and early ’00s, their early loud-soft aesthetic helped define what would later come to be known — often pejoratively — as screamo. That accomplishment has…