Music

In a return to early punk shows, Respectable Street is having a few of South Florida’s finest this Saturday, March 28th @ 6p.m.  One of this writer’s personal faves, Nobody’s Hero, with Joe Koontz (AAA, the Crumbs, On the Account, etc.) and Dougie and Dave from Guajiro, are on the…

Hamburg-based producer Stimming has been making waves in the elite minimal community with a series of highly distinctive and phenomenally funky releases on his hometown’s Diynamic label. Both a trained classical musician and certified audio engineer, his mind-boggling productions defy the stereotypes of techno and the very parameters of dance…

Dutch DJ Joris Voorn has gotta be one of the headiest head-spinners working the decks these days. In fact, his double-disc Balance 014 mix CD seems to spring straight from an ether all its own. So New Times decided to give the celebrated dance man a chance to bring it…

The band which for some reason still calls itself Metallica has just announced a stop at the BankAtlantic Center on October 1st.  They’ll be on their “World Magnetic” tour, playing both their songs and the songs from the band they replaced after the Black Album. Clearly, the current incarnation of…

WMC 2009 Public Enemy from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Yesterday’s officially sanctioned WMC 2009 Public Enemy event, South Beach Sessions: The Terrordome Revisited, put DJ Lord, Chuck D and Professor Griff in a close-quarters Q&A session moderated by New Times music editor Arielle Castillo. The talking was followed by an…

Since their inception two years ago, the Ting Tings have enjoyed unbridled success, laying siege to charts and hearts in both the UK and the United States. So much so, that even a reporter could become nervous when speaking for the first time to one half of the British outfit,…

Santigold isn’t pop. She isn’t electro. And she sure as hell isn’t hip-hop or R&B, despite what some narrow-minded critics have implied. It’s a position she continues to defend, though just listening to her music should allow her to rest her case. Rather her music is a blend of underground…

The Sydney, Australia-based duo the Presets has been dubbed, variously, industrial, psychedelic, techno, and dance-punk, among various other genres. There’s some truth to all of those, though none is 100 percent accurate. Imagine if Trent Reznor produced New Order’s latest album, and you’ve got the first inklings of it, but…

Harbingers of the pop-culture apocalypse The Jonas Brothers are coming to steal your children’s souls on August 19th.  Fresh off their hit bomb 3D film, The Jonas Brothers have announced their 14 ½ minutes of fame tour will be coming to the BankAtlantic Center. Tickets are available on March 28…

Debbie Attias, aka Debbie D of the now-defunct Avenue D, is throwing a so-called Sneak Peek Showcase at the Upper Eastside Garden tonight, i.e. Tuesday, March 24, 2009 (that’s for the easily confused, such as myself).  Look for performances by Dancetasy, a professional dance troupe featuring Debbie and several other…

So you wanna be a hotshot DJ with your own hip record label? It’s not as easy as you might think. But it can be done. And if you’re Nick Catchdubs of Fool’s Gold, it can be dynamite! New Times caught up with the ever-explosive head-spinner on the eve of…

If WMC boasts a definitive DJ, it would have to be Danny Tenaglia. The man’s been conference staple since 1986 (he missed out on 1985, the first WMC year) and has become legendary for his epic, soulful sets. As one of those pioneering WMC performers Tenaglia’s been privy to the…

OrganicArma’s ambitious, multipurpose venue, dubbed “the Awarehouse,” opened with a packed debut extravaganza a couple Saturdays ago — check out our photo slideshow of the event. Building on that party momentum, the folks behind the space are going for a bigger splash during WMC. The Awarehouse will host all of…

Digable Planets, those purveyors of feel-good, wordy Nineties-era hip-hop, were scheduled to play several dates around South Florida in April. The first gig was set for April 15 at City Limits, followed by one at the Vagabond the day after, and another at Crobar that Friday.We’ve just gotten word that…