Back in August, Head Spins gave you the goods on WDNA DJ Gene De Souza, whose Café Brasil show has been heating up the local radio waves every Sunday for the past seven years. But De Souza’s show is not the only hot action coming out of the true-blue independent…
Long before South Beach became a hotbed of mediocrity, there lurked a contingent of sound and vision aficionados known as the Deep House Movement. DHM’s core consisted of Omar Suardy, from New York, Stephen Flynn, from Ireland, and Edwin Adams, a Florida boy who had little in common with those…
The best way to tell if a song’s got what it takes to be a hit is to see how quickly and indelibly it sticks in your head. A song doesn’t need that annoying kind of stickiness found in pre-fab pop but rather the kind that makes you hum after…
When New Times featured Music is a Weapon over the summer, the Magic City hustlers were giddy with go after a 7-day Netherlands stand that saw the band treated like the rock stars they’re destined to become. You could see the sparkling stars in their eyes, refracting back from the…
Photo by Ian WitlenTo view a full slideshow of this event, click here. OK GoDesign Miami/December 3, 2009Better Than: Stan Brakhage chewing bubblegum — or just as good, anyway.With all the mad dash that was Art Basel, I sadly only had time enough to catch OK Go perform one song in…
You’ve seen them dance like graceful maniacs in their own Chicago backyard to the tune of “A Million Ways.” You’ve wondered at their remarkable facility with treadmills and how it applied to a song called “Here It Goes Again.” But if things work out the way they’re supposed to, the…
You can’t buy it anymore, so don’t even bother trying. Not only has EMI Records prevented it from being officially released to the public, but a site-specific offering of book and (blank) CD-R sold out before the grouchy label heads could even sic their mouthpieces on the culprits. And while…
The Rolling StonesGet Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! 40th Anniversary Edition (ABKCO)In rock and roll, 1969 was perhaps the most historic year of the 20th Century. Of course both The Isle of Wight and Woodstock went down that year. Black Sabbath and The Doobie Brothers were formed. And, yes, the Beatles broke…
You want cool? Try this on for size. In a town and a time where everyone works every angle and drops every name, here comes a cat who, in this Head Spins interview, didn’t mention the fact that we both knew each other in the old-school days of Jessie’s and…
Unmitigated cool never goes outta style. Ever. Especially when said cool comes from one of the originators. See then it’s something at once insidious and divine, a thing in and of itself, unexplainable, indefinable and blessed beyond belief.That kinda cool also tends to be highly emulated. And no one was…
Nassau’s gone funky, and Nassau’s got soul. Just ask the Beginning of the End, the band that sang all about just that in the classic “Funky Nassau.” In fact, contrary to hum-drum, steel-drum clichés, the Bahamian capital has always swung to a relatively citified beat. So it only makes sense…
Nassau’s gone funky and Nassau’s got soul. Just ask The Beginning of the End, the band that sang all about just that in the classic “Funky Nassau.” In fact, contrary to hum-drum, steel drum clichés, the Bahamian capital always has swung to a relatively citified beat.So it only makes sense…
photo by Gokhan KaliLatin and Caribbean beats may be in Miami’s blood, and when you track the rhythms back to Africa, their enduring presence does make a sort of sense. But of all the beats in all the world, wouldn’t it make just as much sense for us to embrace…
Peaches has, among other things, a (relatively) new LP (I Feel Cream), a new clip (for the song “Take You On”), a new band (the Berlin-based Sweet Machines), and a new tour. That last one brings her to Revolution this Friday, November 6. It also gave New Times a chance…
via myspace.com/ycentertainmentThe last time New Times caught up to Dainamite, Miami’s hardest-working reggaeton artist was bouncing back and forth between a seminar called “A Millionaire’s Approach” (where he was the lone invited performer) and American Tévé (where he was about to make his third appearance in as many weeks). Well,…
When an artist is utterly outspoken about herself, it’s hard to resist trying to goad her into saying a little bit more. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. Or sometimes it doesn’t work before it works. Take, for example, Peaches. The Canadian electroclash superstar and all-around provocateur has never had…
It’s kinda difficult to take seriously a soundtrack that features components entitled “Jedi Prayer” and “LSD in the Water.” Well, British composer Rolfe Kent most likely wouldn’t have kept those crazy headings had he expected anybody to stay truly serious while listening. But be assured that Kent, who counts to…
via livenation.comJewelThe Fillmore Miami BeachNovember 3, 2009Better Than: Having to actually live the ’90s all over again.The Review:It must be terribly difficult for a singer to be inextricably linked to a particular decade, especially when said singer begins to realize that nothing they do will ever be as big or…
via myspace.com/djmednasMiamians take a rightful pride in our reputation as the northern-most capital of South America. But if we’re ever going to truly be considered a world-class city, it’ll be because of cats like DJ Mednas. Mednas, who derives his moniker from a mix-up of his given name, Mehdi Nassiri, was…
With the exception of Rammstein (a raging post-industrial roar of a rock band) and Tokio Hotel (a neo-glam group of anime-like youngsters), Germany’s been strangely silent on the band front in recent years. Well, silent but for the racket coming out of KMFDM, anyway, who have released either an EP…
Of the many memorable nights at Revolution over the past five years, the best was arguably Peter Murphy. Really. Although the nod too could go to the Spoon/Walkmen/White Rabbits triple bill. For Woody Graber, the club’s publicist, it was Chris Cornell, out under the stars. And it was also Panic…
Benton Galgay may play records, but he’s got his own ideas about what it means to be a DJ. First off, aside from Wooden Shjips, there are very few new artists he’s into spinning. And when he does wax au courant, it’s on behalf of labels such as Sublime Frequencies,…
