Flyer design by Eddie Rosenstock
The motto is "Nothin' but the goods." And like some punch-drunk baby boxer beating a gong with bare bloody fists, the seven-week-old Champion Sound throwdown... More >>
Here's a music video from Blade at the Fontainebleau's daytime nightlife party "Just Add Water." Don't know what the track is, and the video starts blurry, but stick... More >>
The Techno Loft at Space opened in May and has so far fulfilled its promise of indulging Miami's ever-growing taste for techno with stellar international bookings including Steve Bug, Camea... More >>
Average White BandWar and the Average White BandHard Rock Live, HollywoodTuesday, June 30, 2009 Better Than: Hearing both of these groups play in another 10 years. The Review: With a... More >>
The Fort Lauderdale-birthed four-piece Nonpoint came up in the late 1990s, a particularly fertile time in South Florida for experimental heavy... More >>
An omnipresent club fixture from Fort Lauderdale to South Beach.
By John Hood
Thursday, July 02
One would think that a DJ who boasts a residency every night of the week would have neither the time nor the inclination to add to that roster.... More >>
It was Friday, just before midnight, and I was standing on the third floor of Exit 66, a new club that overlooks the water on Fort Lauderdale... More >>
You're not going to hear Timb on the radio anytime soon. It's not that he's untalented or too vulgar; it's because he's simply unclassifiable and... More >>
In an early scene from one of our cinematic treasures, 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Phoebe Cates' character, Linda, points out, "There... More >>
Ready for some proselytizing? Stonefox is one of the current saviors of South Florida rock. That's a lot to heap on a trio of guys in their early... More >>
Fresh-faced Boca chanteuse Cat Shell expands her reach.
By Lee Zimmerman
Thursday, June 25
When New Times first caught up with Cat Shell last year, the Boca-based singer/songwriter was trying to accomplish that age-old dream: making... More >>
It's nearly impossible to write a concise description of Juan Luis Guerra that sums up his accomplishments and accurately conveys just what he... More >>
On any given Thursday evening at the Palms Hotel on South Beach, you'll find an intimate confab of hipsters swaying to a decidedly worldly beat.... More >>
Evenings are well-spent with the cast of characters at the Duck.
By Tara Nieuwesteeg
Thursday, June 25
The Duck Tavern's two large, windowed doors were open, and I could hear the faint buzz of raucous laughter and blue-collar camaraderie. I darted... More >>
The lights go down. You smell a pungent but familiar scent swirling in the air. No, not hippie sweat, though there's plenty of that too. It's not... More >>
The Citrus Circuit Tour swings through South Florida.
By John Hood
Thursday, June 25
It's highly unlikely that the Florida Citrus Commission even knows about, let alone condones, the upcoming five-city Citrus Circuit Tour. But it... More >>
Rare is it that a band will use a ramshackle ballad of Southern-rock longing as a platform for shoutouts to fellow musicians, but Lucero pulled... More >>
Sometimes, it's the little things that really make a band's sound. Vocal harmonies, a little extra time in post-production, or a perfectly timed... More >>
Do thumping club tracks move better when they're being pumped out by a couple of guys donning gold Jason Voorhees masks? Maybe. In the four years... More >>
With Bauhaus buried, the godfather of goth flies solo once more.
By NED RAGGETT
Thursday, June 18
"I enjoy playing with what's at hand, almost like found ideas, something that's here and now. Most of my vocals are written in one take; they... More >>