via myspace.com/brotherbeanA past photo of Brother Bean, who performed its final show at Aura.Brother Bean’s final performance and Aura Music FestivalSeratoma Youth Ranch, Brooksville, FloridaJanuary 15 through 17, 2010Better Than: Crossing paths with a crazy redneck on a shooting rampage. The Review:This past weekend was a holiday for some, but not…
Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer BloodClick here to view photo from this show.Surfer Blood, Invisible Music (John Ralston), Sweet Bronco, Kill Now?! Propaganda, Lake WorthMonday, January 18, 2010 Better Than: Pat Robertson The Review:Beauty often emerges from tragedy, and last night’s Benefit for Haiti show at Propaganda was like a little flower growing…
photo by Courtney HambrightSlip and the SpinoutsThe Monterey Club, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, January 16, 2010The Review:The new Fort Lauderdale bar the Monterey Club is rockabilly through and through. There are hot rods parked out front, a flaming sacred heart painted on the wall behind the stage, and tiki imagery throughout the…
photo by Tobin VoggesserJJ GreyJJ Grey & Mofro, GalacticRevolution, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, January 9, 2010Better Than: Being stuck on a boat with “suspicious liquids.”The Review:This past weekend marked an annual ritual: the end of the Jam Cruise, which always floods South Florida with musical talent. Though sometimes this place feels like…
First off let me start off by saying that last year sucked really bad, and I am definitely not sad to see it go. We gained some friends, but lost a few too. Anything that could go wrong, did go wrong. But that’s the beauty of the beginning of the…
Favoring a pounding prog-house sound as shiny and at times as sleazy as the city he now calls home, Paris-to-Miami transplant Cedric Gervais has a reputation as a DJ who plays it both uplifting and up-thrusting. Building up his following since 2003, this big room fixture favors blissfully breezy Ibiza-style…
Click to read parts one, two, and three of this list.Jacuzzi BoysNo Seasons (Florida’s Dying)myspace.com/jacuzziboysMiami’s best garage rock threesome seems to succeed in spite of itself. Where a lot of local bands spend all their time on self-promotion through social media abuse, the Jacuzzi Boys really couldn’t care less. Instead,…
photo by John TwomeyBlowfly With Jacuzzi Boys and Mr. Entertainment and the PookiesmackersSaturday, January 2, 2010The Monterey Club, Fort LauderdaleBetter Than: Rotten fish cunnilingus.The Review:Happy New Year! Out with the old, in with the new. Right? Not at the Monterey Club Saturday night. The new was in, no doubt about…
Click to read parts one and two of this list.Radioboxer Radio Drama myspace.com/radioboxerbandRadioboxer, which formed right here in the Magic City from the remnants of a previous incarnation called Falaz, has earned a strong fanbase around town thanks to their honesty and sincerity. And of course, because they really rock out. The…
French producer/DJ Bob Sinclar (neé Christophe “The French Kiss” le Friant) was Born in 69, as it says literally in the title of his most recent full-length. And you need to sample only a small cross-section from his decade-plus of throbbing tracks to understand his promotion of this double entendre-imbued…
To read part one of the list, click here. Miami Bass Warriors Miami Bass Warriors EP 12-inch (Que Pasa MIA/Palm Tree Snuff) myspace.com/miamibasswarriorsWhen it comes to highlighting the unique aspects of the Magic City, few do it better than Otto von Schirach and Jose El Rey. With tongues placed firmly in cheeks,…
photo by Ben ThackerClick here to view a slideshow from Phish’s New Year’s Eve show. PhishAmerican Airlines Arena, Miami December 28 through 31, 2009Better Than: Langerado? Not so sure, but Phish’s comeback in March may or may not have contributed to the demise of South Florida’s beloved festival.The Review:Phish’s triumphant return after…
Over the next two days, we’ll post Crossfade contributors’ favorite local albums of 2009. They’re listed in completely random order, so stay tuned as the full list rolls out. Panic BomberGetting On My Mind (self-released)panicbomber.comPanic Bomber is the brainchild of Miami’s one-man-dance-spectacle Richard Haig. He first gained local notoriety as showman…
Sweet Bronco with The Pretty Faces, A Hunters Pace, and Retrocities Saturday, December 26, 2009 Propaganda, Lake Worth Better Than: John Elway and John Wayne dodging ponies as rodeo clowns. As Sweet Bronco rocked the stage at Propaganda Saturday night, people were moved in various ways: Some shouted “Yeehaw!”, most…
“I’m a Facebook prophet/ I told all the girls that I’d be the hot shit.” Thus sings Kid Cudi on “Soundtrack To My Life,” the uninflected voice of a generation that grew up staring at monitors for hours and spends nights cycling through social networking websites. Embodying the hipster-hop aesthetic,…
via myspace.com/jacuzziboysThe Jacuzzi Boys With Boise Bob and His Backyard Band Radio-Active Records, Fort Lauderdale Friday, December 18, 2009Better Than: Being waist-deep in one of them hot tubs with water jets.The Review:The crowd came to Radio-Active Records this past Friday for the Jacuzzi Boys. But for those, like me, who…
It’s been almost two years since jam juggernaut String Cheese Incident called it quits in 2007. Since then, things have slowed for some of the former members, while others have picked up the pace with new projects. The latter holds true for the String Cheese rhythm section of Jason Hann…
Who hasn’t been to a post-1998 wedding in which the couple danced to Edwin McCain? The saxophone-drenched ballad “I’ll Be,” in which McCain promises, in essence, never to be a douchebag, granted him the one commercial success he needed to live easy. He’s since dropped off the mainstream music radar,…
No women no cry might have been Bob Marley’s anthem but come February 28, 2010 “No Bougie’s, I’ll cry” is what regulars in the South Miami bar scene will be sniffling. That’s right, folks, South Miami’s chillest dive, Bougainvillea’s, will be shutting its doors for good leaving locals, UM students,…
To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here.This week I would like to talk about the bleak future of music. The state of things is pretty shitty, and every band gets ripped off by the common man. As the old cliche goes, trends and styles go…
More often than not, Apple catches lightning in a bottle with the songs and they become fantastic vehicles for Apple’s newest technology. Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boulder electronic pop trio Chairlift is the outright epitome of iPod fame. The band’s song “Bruises” landed in the aforementioned commercials, and the rest was history. Tonight, they…
via brushfirerecords.comIn the beginning, Philadelphia native Garrett “G. Love” Dutton — hitting the national music scene like a fourth Beastie Boy crossed with splashes of Beck and Bob Dylan — created the song “Cold Beverage” with his two-man backing band, Special Sauce. The year was 1994, the shambling song came…
