The local super-indie label Destroyio Records made it all the way to the finals of Miami New Times’ recent Mastermind Awards contest this past winter. That was not a small feat, considering the artsy-fartsy, more “establishment”-type entries in the pool. The one-man operation deserves plenty of credit for keeping proper…
Our giveaway of tickets for the screening of Animal Collective’s visual album ODDSAC, this Sunday at Grand Central in Miami, is now closed. Congratulations to the winner!For everybody else, advance tickets are still available for $15 at this link. A pretty good deal — just a few dollars over the…
via residentadvisor.netJon Cowan deserves a lot of credit in recent years for keeping alive some hope of quality dance music on the Beach. Back in the ’90s, he was known for spinning around town and co-promoting the Bliss parties at Groove Jet, which were responsible for beginning the tidal wave…
Jacuzzi Boys – Smells Dead from John McSwain on Vimeo.Just a couple weeks before an extensive national tour that will keep them on the road for two months, the Jacuzzi Boys have released this new video for “Smells Dead.” In a sign of the band’s growing national cred, the director…
If you didn’t hear about Sunday’s Grand Central screening of ODDSAC, Animal Collective’s “visual album,” until recently, it’s okay — Miami was a relatively last-minute addition to the film’s route. Let’s consider ourselves pretty lucky: The film debuted this past January at Sundance, and has screened in just a handful of…
Ben Bridwell’s swelling sonic ambitions were apparent from early in his musical career. Now the frontman and main brain behind Band of Horses, while a member of the Seattle indie act Carissa’s Wierd, he had a knack for pushing the borders of jangly, somewhat mopey rock toward outer space. When…
CC by 2.0, via xxmisa on FlickrOver the past 15 years or so, Jamaican dancehall has been fusing more and more with American urban music. It’s really been reflected in the last few in the lineup of Best of the Best, the biggest dancehall-centric concert of the year in South…
The musical legend born James Osterberg is Miami’s most famous rock and roll resident. And though he guards where, exactly, it is that he resides, lately it seems it’s been easier than ever to see him out on the town. And boy, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau should…
Steve Almond, the author of the new Random House book Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, first arrived in Miami during an especially fertile period for its music scene. It was the early ’90s, and a twentysomething Almond had touched down here with a new job as a staff…
Jared McKay, one half of the excellent underwater art duo Coral Morphologic, passed along this video he took of No Age on Saturday. We already showed you the pretty crazy opening song of the set, but here’s one from further in. The notable part about this? The song they’re playing…
photo by Christopher WilsonNext Wednesday’s show at the Fillmore Miami Beach by Band of Horses caps off a pretty awesome April at the venue. The show also marks, however, a preview for fans of the ex-Seattle/now South Carolina band’s third studio album, the upcoming Infinite Arms. It drops on Columbia/Fat…
photo by Ian WitlenTo view a slideshow of photos from the event, click here. SweatstockWith No Age, Otto von Schirach, Awesome New Republic, Jacuzzi Boys, and othersSweat Records, MiamiSaturday, April 16, 2010Better Than: Giving more of your precious dollars to the local suburban big-box store.The Review: Sweatstock, the fifth anniversary block party…
photo by Christopher WilsonBen Bridwell’s swelling sonic ambitions were apparent from early in his musical career. Now the frontman and main brain behind Band of Horses, as a member of the Seattle indie act Carissa’s Wierd, he had a knack for pushing the borders of jangly, somewhat mopey rock towards…
photo by Michael MaryanoffMillionYoung does O-town.This Wednesday marks the kick-off of the annual Florida Music Festival, a mini SXSW-style music industry schmoozefest in Orlando. While it may sound cheesy to Miami people at first glance, a number of local acts head up there every year to play it. Why? Unlike,…
via myspace.com/djdubfireIt seems like the guys of Deep Dish are spending more time apart than together now, but the musical results as they diverge are more and more interesting. The clear maverick of the duo made up of Sharam and Dubfire, is the latter. Born Ali Shirazinia, the Iranian-American grew…
via myspace.com/theblackrabbitsOver the past couple years, much of the American iteration of “indie rock” (or whatever) has gotten mired in a latte-scented puddle of mild psychedelia on one hand, and purposely lo-fi, pedal-doused noise on the other. There’s a lot of cool stuff in-between, but what nearly nobody is doing…
via sweatrecordsmiami.comVinyl bins inside the store.In anticipation of Sweat Records’ five-year anniversary party this Saturday, we sat down with Sweat head Lolo Reskin for a chat on the store’s past, present and future. If you missed the first two parts yesterday, click here for part one, and here for part…
photo by Jonathan PostalThis New Times file photo from 2005 shows Reskin, left, with Sweat co-founder emeritus Sara Yousuf, and a young DJ Matt Cash.Earlier today we posted the beginning of a chat with Sweat Records head Lolo Reskin, looking back on five successful, even improbable, years as an independent…
via sweatrecordsmiami.comSweat Records’ current storefrontYes, we’ve been seriously hyping up Sweat Records’ fifth anniversary party, on this blog — but that’s because the event deserves it. Sweatstock, as the party is dubbed, is shaping up to be one of the best locals-only (plus No Age) events to come along in…
For a particular subset of music geeks, a guitar is more than just a means to a musical end. For these ardent acolytes, the guitar itself is the end, the mystical devotional object that imparts divine tone with the addition or subtraction of a pickup, with the thickness of the…
via blackbobby.comSweat Records’ Sweatstock this Saturday, celebrating the store’s five-year anniversary and coinciding with Record Store Day, requires mandatory attendance from anyone who gives a crap about the local music scene. The all-day event features some of the best South Florida artists across multiplegenres, and Black Bobby’s live set is…
For all Miami natives rank on Hialeah, we sure love to talk about it and enshrine it in art and song. Even people who don’t actually live there seem to want a piece of the Hialeah shine. One entry into this growing body of cultural expression: “Sweet Home Hialeah,” a…
