Thomas Function

The Alabama foursome Thomas Function makes its label home on Fat Possum, that Epitaph offshoot that began as a blues imprint. That family tree indeed tells you a bit about the band’s sound — propelled largely by a punky euphoria but informed by a bit of a Muscle Shoals thrust…

Return to Planet E

Nothing about Friday night’s party at Revolution, presented in part by South Florida rave-scene stalwarts Culture, is forward-looking. Take the party’s deliciously ’90s-trip-tastic flier: It boasts, near the top, that it’s “at the old Edge building with the old Edge hours!” For everyone under, oh, 27 years old, the Edge…

Scary Kids Scaring Kids

This six-piece melodic punk act from Arizona is oft labeled “post-hardcore,” but we think their pairing of fantastic riffs with serviceable vocals is reminiscent of early Metallica. Certainly, thrash is back — but not with kids this age. So they tended to claim more fashionable influences, and when the supercatchy…

Green Sky and Shroud Eaters

Pity the hapless hipster who wanders into Sweat Records this Saturday night looking for a copy of Vampire Weekend’s “Contra.” In an unusual but welcome change, the evening’s in-store show takes a turn away from the mellow indie and toward the grimy in a four-band show organized by local trio…

Help Save the Wallflower Gallery!

via wallflowergallery.com​The Wallflower Gallery, downtown Miami’s improbable pocket of bohemia, has faced any number of challenges during its existence. For one, it’s a venue that doesn’t serve alcohol, in a town bent on partying. It inhabits a lonely corner in a neighborhood that until very recently was a complete ghost…

WMC 2010: Made Event Lineup So Far

It’s baaa-aaaack.​The floodgates for WMC party info have officially opened. Here’s the line-up from Made Event, who return as always with megawatt parties, again all on the mainland (yay). Most of the individual talent isn’t finalized yet, but the parties are branded pretty much the same as last year, save…

Q&A With Monotonix, Playing Respectable Street Tomorrow

photo by Josh Sisk​A virgin encounter with the Israeli rock trio Monotonix inspires extreme gut-level reactions. First, there’s the fact that often, one can smell the band coming — these guys spend a lot of time on the road, far away from home. Then, there’s this motley crew’s looks, which…

Reggaeton Isn’t Dead…

…It’s alive and well with “Mini Daddy” a.k.a. Adriansito, and his highly inappropriate mini video vixens. Even if Adrian isn’t technically so “-ito,” you’ve gotta love his utter belief that he is, after all, “el nino mas bonito, el nino mas chiquito” — you’re right, that claim doesn’t make sense…

Miami’s DJ Craze To Play Coachella

​…Speaking of DJ Craze (check the previous post on this blog for an un-missable nugget of joy he passed along), Miami’s finest DJ champ will head to the desert this summer to play Coachella for the first time. On the mega-festival’s second day, Saturday, April 17, he’ll take the stage…

Breyan Isaac

In a surprising change from its usual highfalutin programming, this Broward Center-affiliated venue on the Nova Southeastern University campus gives itself over Friday night to local hip-hop. The star of the event is 954 rapper Breyan Isaac, who celebrates the release of his album Extraordinarily Average. Luckily, the CD is…

Hoods

What the hell happened to hardcore? It’s right up there with hip-hop, these days, in the constant hand-wringing and state-of-the-genre analysis by its fans. The mid-2000s, MySpace, and regrettable haircuts came along and… voilà, a genre that used to be famous for its no-nonsense rage became a morass of sub-sub-genres…

Hoods Keeps it Real for Hardcore This Saturday at Churchill’s

​What the hell happened to hardcore? It’s right up there with hip-hop, these days, in the constant hand-wringing and state-of-the-genre analysis by its fans. The mid-2000s, MySpace, and regrettable haircuts came along and…. Voila, a genre that used to be famous for its no-nonsense rage became a morass of sub-sub-genres…

Haiti Benefit Events: A Working List, Please Send Updates

​Here is an incomplete list so far of Haiti benefit music/club events scheduled in the coming days. If you would like your event added to this list, please e-mail me.Tonight, Friday, January 15*Mayday plays its monthly jam at Transit Lounge tonight. Transit Lounge never charges a cover, but the band…