via www.myspace.com/marutaThe Miami grindcore soldiers of Maruta are heading out again for a Midwest/East Coast adventure, up to Chicago and back down the seaboard. Tour dates are on the band’s Myspace. In order to get set and make some last minute gas money they are doing a little show over…

via www.myspace.com/glissThe Fridays at the Vagabond crew consistently books national acts that are on the edge of mass consciousness or just below the radar, and, this Friday’s show by the Los Angeles band Gliss continues in that vein. The trio has moved past being the hype of being Billy Corgan’s…

Die Stinkin’I don’t really know who the James’s are but I DO know that Die Stinkin’ is one of my favourite South Florida bands of all times.  I love their classic tracks like “Beer,” “Blood on the Sheets,” “Baby I Love Dope,” and their version of “Again and Again.” And…

David Josef TamargoWhat is Geekcore? I am really not sure. I think that it has something to do with computers and smart interweb-types. In this case it has to do with a show being put on by Peasants with Feathers at Churchill’s Pub next Thursday, April 16. It has cool…

Long running semi-regular concert series, PLAID! returns to Churchill’s Pub next week.  After starting out in Hialeah many moons ago and being moved around a bunch the party starters, aka the Brand, started doing the series regularly over at 5501 NE 2nd Ave.  Then they moved to NYC and some…

A. VanderkooyThe Freakin’ Hott in freakin’ action.Besides seriously rocking the fuck out, directly channeling an imaginary bastard love child of Kimya Dawson and Bob Stinson, and having the best ass and the prettiest face in the club, respectively, Maggie and Aaron also have the funniest, harshest and most deliciously cynical…

Kevin RamirezMadMartigan and Furious Dudes are holding it down at a Rock Show® at PS 14 on Friday, April 10, 2009.  MadMartigan features the apparently very gay-attractive (just ask the Power 96 drive time shock jocks) and Iggy-esque Michael Vincent (who is definitely a hetero-lady slayer, btw) on vocals and…

@page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> The prospect of driving up to Clematis, finding parking and then wading through a bunch of stripy shirts and Ed Hardy ensembles isn’t that attractive, especially on a Tuesday, unless, of course, one is heading to…

@page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –>If you aren’t going to Maiden or to see Coliseum tonight and you are feeling a little nostalgic and slightly emotional, you might go check out the Ben Folds gig up in Boca at FAU tonight, April…

JipsyJipsy of www.nefariousgirl.com is on the interweb radio now.  This is the woman who takes the pictures at parties that make everyone look like they are doing something eminently awesome, which, hopefully, at least sometimes, we are.  This show highlights the stuff that makes Miami cool, focusing on items that…

RatatatWell the Brooklyn sort-of electronic artists and remix impresarios Ratatat are coming down for a turn at Ft Lauderdale’s Revolution, April 12th.  Even though I wouldn’t ever really classify myself as being into electronic music per se, Ratatat has always bent my ear in a pleasant, highly listenable fashion.  They…

@page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –>We will no longer mention anything that happened last week and only look forward, intrepidly. Tomorrow night the Weirds return to Churchill’s with another free concert (Tuesday, March 31, 2009) of off the beaten path excellence. Night…

Well it’s Winter Music, and this writer has gone to exactly no events.  Today is the Sasha and Digweed booze cruise, errr yacht excursion (invite only so forget about it) and tonight is Tony Touch at the Vagabond, but…. also next door slyly opening for Frankie Bones is Miami’s own…

In a return to early punk shows, Respectable Street is having a few of South Florida’s finest this Saturday, March 28th @ 6p.m.  One of this writer’s personal faves, Nobody’s Hero, with Joe Koontz (AAA, the Crumbs, On the Account, etc.) and Dougie and Dave from Guajiro, are on the…

Debbie Attias, aka Debbie D of the now-defunct Avenue D, is throwing a so-called Sneak Peek Showcase at the Upper Eastside Garden tonight, i.e. Tuesday, March 24, 2009 (that’s for the easily confused, such as myself).  Look for performances by Dancetasy, a professional dance troupe featuring Debbie and several other…

In the early 1990s, this bridge and tunnel boy from Long Island — yours truly — would wander over to the Tony Touch stand in the city to purchase his mixtapes that had the latest tracks mixed, scratched, and jacked for beats with different MCs rapping over instrumentals. 50 MCs…

Propagandhi is coming to South Florida this month for another shot at an actual live concert experience. Fans of the long-running thrashy punk band from Canada may or may not be psyched to see it at the Culture Room, but you can be sure they will go, despite fierce competition…

Used-to-be-local HC/post-HC/metalcore band Shai Hulud have a nice little interview up on Italian music site UnderTheory on their recent tour with Comeback Kid. This interview is a very my-first-zine series of questions in English by Italian cutie, Vale, in a halter top. Things like the band name, music type, and…

Raffa’s peacing out a little softerThis week will be the very last Can you Rock a little Softer?, at least at Churchill’s, at least for now. Raffa and Rainer and her crew are going to take a break and review the situation and their options. The acoustic and open mike…

Photo by Jill KhanWe have blogged about Charlie Pickett before.  You’ve seen the videos and heard the rave reviews.  Now is your chance to see the guy in action.  He has that certain something, that special sauce that you cannot, no matter how hard you try, generate by practice, wishing,…