My arrival timing for events is usually pretty hit-or-miss, but this last Saturday I lucked out at PS14. I had headed over to check out Notorious Nastie’s/Astari Nite’s occasional Static Interference event, which was supposed to start at 10 p.m. I arrived just after 11, and nothing had started –…
The other day, during a rare occasion of listening to terrestrial radio, I tuned into Power 96, only to eventually hear a confused, all-over-the-place song about, well, a woman’s high potential for finding a sex partner. When my iPhone’s Shazam application couldn’t tag it (and it tags everything, even random…
Friday, September 19: *Argentine rock en español legend Fito Páez performs a relatively intimate concert at the Arsht Center, hoping to gain more fans in the states. Read about his impressive musical track record here. *The album tribute act Classic Albums Live again performs at the Hard Rock, and this…
If you haven’t heard yet of local duo I Set My Friends on Fire, well, you are probably of legal drinking age and/or don’t spend a lot of time on MySpace, so let me fill you in really quickly on what basically every teenager seems to already know about. The…
Just confirmed today: Chicago instrumental almost-metal quartet (and friends of Miami’s Torche) Pelican will play its biggest headlining show to date in South Florida on November 15. As the band has grown in popularity, it’s played in these parts a couple times over the last few years years. Once was…
In the spirit of CrossFade’s occasional glimpses at the local musician ads on Craigslist, I’m passing on this plea I received by e-mail from Vicky, a member of a start-up indie band called CabinAffair. The core members recently relocated from their native Venezuela to study and play music, but alas,…
Coral Springs pop-punk diehards New Found Glory (remember when their name started with “A”?) have announced that they’re turning more to the “punk” part of their roots, kind of. As of yesterday, the band has officially signed with punk-centric indie-major Epitaph, with which it’ll release its forthcoming seventh studio album…
Remember Nonpoint, the local groove-based hard rock act? They had that hit single, “Bullet With a Name,” a couple years back? Well, they may be forgetting their lil’ ol’ fans in South Florida at the moment. The band boasts real mainstream success, having landed on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart some…
Well, longtime South Florida tech/death/whatever metal stalwarts Wykked Wytch are at it again — they’ve released a new single, and it’s yet another cover. The last one was their version of the overdone “Sweet Dreams,” and now, for whatever reason, they’ve decided to attack “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence…
In this week’s issue of the Miami New Times, I talk to DJ I-Dee about his debut full-length original album, Solitude. It’s a solid album, but one of its best tracks didn’t make it onto the CD, thanks to sample clearance issues. It’s called “The Right,” and features one of…
The DJ/producer duo known as L.A. Riots are definitely products of 2k8, an amped-up redux of French house and new electro mashed through the hyperspeed of the blogosphere. Making music together for just under two years, the twosome of Daniel LeDisko and Jo B quickly garnered massive downloads of their…
For such a relatively short existence, few bands have excited such extreme reactions in the heavy music world as the Orlando-based quartet Trivium. Formed in the earlier part of this decade while the members were still teenagers, the band’s 2003 full-length debut, Ember to Inferno, messed with the metal heterodoxy…
Ryan Russell Jinchuu, Mehkago N.T., and Torche Saturday, September 6 Churchill’s Pub, Miami Better Than: The great majority of the corporate metal shows to hit the area in recent months. The Review: Here’s one thing about underground rock audiences in Miami. They may be smaller than in other cities, but…
Friday, September 5: *That retro-fried garage rock stuff that’s going strong in the rest of the country doesn’t often seep down here, so catch a little of while you can tonight, when the Seattle foursome the Boss Martians hit Churchill’s. Click here for the scoop. *The Microdots play the weekly…
Just saw that this was one of the featured videos on YouTube… Watch as an enterprising fellow dons an electro-chic allover-print hoodie (hood up, of course), a hair of headphones around his neck, and a prop record bag, and bullshits his way past all the “queues.” It’s amusing, but I…
Ah, the old visa troubles… Turns out two of the flamenco-fusion singer’s band members are Cuban nationals. Here’s the statement from the Rhythm Foundation, who booked the show. — Arielle Castillo BUIKA CONCERT IN MIAMI IS POSTPONED The Rhythm Foundation announces that the BUIKA concert Tues September 9 at Gusman…
At last night’s show at Revolution, my first thought on seeing local metal sensations Black Tide take the stage was, “WTF? Where is Alex Nuñez?” In the curly-maned second guitarist’s place was some other dude, with no less curly, but significantly shorter hair, and slightly less nice equipment than the…
Last week I wrote a little run-down of the acts who would be playing the Museum of Contemporary Art’s last summer battle of the bands, which took place last Thursday night. Well, a winner’s been announced: Congratulations, Electric Bunnies! I have to admit I’m a little surprised, not because the…
Tonight, Friday, August 29 *The big deal for scruffy indie lovers tonight is My Morning Jacket at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Some people say they’re the best live band ever — hyperbole? You decide. *Rock en espanol darling Geordano Henriquez plays at Jazid — and maybe someday he will finally…
A couple of months ago, I took a little pleasure in debating the possibilities of the new “Rockstar Menu” announced by Denny’s. Read that piece to get all the details — but in a nutshell, the 24-hour psuedo-diner chain recently launched it’s “Denny’s All-Nighter” campaign. They’re sponsoring bands with free…
Within a span of months, the kiddies of Black Tide have shot from totally unheard-of to total buzz band for lovers of heavy music, appearing in the likes of Spin and Revolver. And they are, in fact, kiddies — the oldest members of the quartet are 19, and the frontman,…
This four-piece outfit is not to be confused with, oh, Walls of Jericho or Fall of Troy or any number of the other heavy acts out there with vaguely ancient-sounding names. These guys hail from the northern reaches of Palm Beach County, where they’ve been slowly churning out their “100…
