There might be some who’ll argue that prolific MC Serum’s been promising his next full-length, P.C.P. (Pre Campaign Propaganda) for some time now. That might be true, but I’m not here to proselytize, question the feasibility of certain hair products or ponder the great unknowns of the music industry. All…
At this point, everything that can be said about Clarence Reid, aka Blowfly, has been said within our digital and newsprint pages. There’s little to add save for a few unknown and completely made-up facts; like when Blowfly, in full funky regalia saved schoolchildren from a burning bus in the…
Now more than ever, a true American issue has taken hold of the nation. Already close to 25,000 strong, the movement is proving that there are things of far more importance to Americans than Syria, gun control, and bipartisan bickering. We’re talking, of course, of Kentuckian Jeff Cantrell’s petition on…
Ah, it comes with a heavy heart that we must conclude this little road trip through America’s punk rock representatives. It’s been a fun ride and not one that I’ve wanted to stop milking, I mean shit, could we not fit the US territories into another blog and continue the…
Hey there, and thank you for trucking through the last three entries into this exploration of early American punk rock and my picks for state representation! So far we’ve managed to not offend too many people with more obscure sensibilities and provided some good clues for your own personal musical…
Here we are at Part Three of this five-part series concerning the “top 50” regional punk rock bands of the United States and as such, this journey has been as much a joyful ride of discovery for me as I hope it has been for you, dear reader. We’ve already…
Continuing our cheeky forays into the vast world of regional punk rock, this time around we’ll look alphabetically at pioneering outfits hailing from Hawaii through Maryland. While this listing is in no way a “complete” and/or authoritative project on the subject matter, it will help you delve deeper into the…
A few weeks back, we embarked on a journey to augment our sister paper LA Weekly’s listing of the top punk bands of all time. While we concluded that such a grandiose scheme was bound to rattle some cages, we decided to tackle the beast in increments, since the genre…
Maitejosune Urrechaga is a South Florida artist working in so many creative areas, that there’s too many to mention in this intro: comic books, films, novels. She is perhaps best known as the “better half” of Miami’s Pocket of Lollipops, a husband and wife outfit where she plays bass and…
A little over a year ago, longtime South Florida hip-hop artist and somewhat more recent video director Garcia proposed a trip to Cuba with friend and collaborator DJ EFN to document the island’s burgeoning hip-hop scene. For a pair of Cuban-Americans, the choice could not have been easy, given the…
Bred in Massachusetts and tempered in Florida’s sun, Hollow Leg started off as a duo with original members Brent and Tim. When reviewing their first full-length effort, Instinct, I once wrote: “There is nothing imaginary about where these two dudes store their energy. Nah, the hollow leg here refers to…
South Florida’s Serum is one of the most prolific dudes in the underground hip-hop game. A creative force who has dispensed with the bullshit glitz and glam of mainstream rap, Serum’s efforts have been featured within these digital pages in the past but we had not had a chance to…
This past July, our sister paper LA Weekly pulled its collected sources at their West Coast Sound music blog and delivered a list of the “Top 20” punk albums in history. A fairly grandiose scheme on their behalf, and thus bound to fall short in some respects, especially for those…
With their grand opening already under their belts and enthusiastic word of mouth bringing in patrons looking for a change of pace in Broward’s nightlife scene, Piano Hollywood is astutely on a path of class that won’t break your bank. The open-mic format is not an easy sell, but by…
It is not easy to write about a person who has passed away, especially when the one you’re writing about is someone you respected and looked up to. It was with a heavy heart that we reported on the Eat’s drummer, Christopher Cottie’s, passing back in 2004, and it is…
We recently spoke with South Florida native and current Assistant Professor of English at Fayetteville State University, Dr. Dean Swinford about his opeing salvo into the realm of fiction with the first installment in a trilogy Death Metal Epic I: The Inverted Katabasis. A passionate author and even more passionate…
English professor and Miami native, Dean Swinford has embarked on the first serious literary treatise concerning death metal with Death Metal Epic I: The Inverted Katabasis. The young novella is picking up endorsements and accolades from both literary and musical circles. Reared in Florida with a solid education in ’80s…
If the Screamers and the Units were revamping the musical landscape of California with digital forays into synth rock back in the late ’70s, early ’80s, it goes without question that Jeremy Kolosine and his Futurisk racket was doing the same for South Florida and the Eastern seaboard roughly at…
Pool Party is the Lord of the summertime in South Florida. They are the heir-apparent-appointed bastard son of the Sun. Doubt it? Get in line on the heraldry tip, there ain’t no sunshine if they are gone. We enjoy their skewered sensibilities as much as the next guy within these…
Rebranding and reinventing an established name is not an easy affair, and nor should it be. In the transient nightlife in South Florida the “try” list is far longer than the “succeeded,” but those odds don’t impose on those who venture into it looking to conquer the entertainment scene. The…
In the local hip-hop scene, a few names stand out in the positive light of hard work and artistic ambition. While there certainly is no short supply of MCs, DJs, and producers in our community, it is the sense of family and a staunch South Florida identity that separates this…
Local rapper Orion is one of a handful of individuals making hip-hop happen in South Florida away from the glitz and schmaltz of crappy-ass mainstream music. Does this make him any less ambitious than other MCs out there, reaping the wealth of dumb-ass consumers? No, it doesn’t. It makes him…
