The singer of The Great Tribulation has a bit of a name, so he’d rather you not know it. The rest of the band members may have something of a name too, but we don’t know, because they’re not saying. We do know that the name of the band itself…
Rat Bastard is unquestionably one of the most ubiquitous presences in the local music scene. And he has been for well over two decades. When Rat’s not fronting conflagrations such as Laundry Room Squelchers or Scraping Teeth, he’s heading up The International Noise Conference, a weeklong racket of cacophony that’s…
Ask She Wants Revenge singer/guitarist Justin Warfield what type of music his band churns out and he’ll respond simply, “Dance music.” Sure, it’s an all-encompassing term, but when your music incorporates as many elements as She Wants Revenge, it’s best to keep any definition as vague as possible. A simple…
If Grammys were awarded for hard work and hustle, Dainamite would win at least one every year. He’ll play anywhere for anyone at any time. And if he’s not performing, he’s either producing other artists or hustling up new beats. And he does it all from his little home studio…
The knock on the door came late; too late for most folks. But DJ Heron was working in a recording studio, where work often doesn’t start till the witching hour. And the cat doing the knocking said he was a friend of a friend who’d been working in the studio…
Brian Hunker likes to keep it simple on the decks. “I take a decidedly uncreative approach,” he says. “No fancy beat-matching. No mashups. No special effects. I just select one song I really like and let it play. When that song ends, I play another one. That’s it. I like…
photo by Mitchell ZachsThe Harder They ComeSaturday, August 29, 2009The Ziff Ballet Opera House at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, MiamiBetter Than: Hanging with the Rude Boys at Vagabond’s Stone Groove. Or just as good anyway.The film will be familiar to just about anyone who’s ever gone to…
Being a Miami native, I’m always curious to hear what folks think about my hometown. And, as you might suspect, I’m not afraid to ask. When it’s bold-faced name folks, I get even more curious. Not that their thoughts are any more or any less important than those of plain…
It’s highly unlikely that either Korn’s Jonathan Davis or Perry Farrell will join Israeli psytrance superstars Infected Mushroom when they hit the stage this Saturday at Karu & Y, even though both singers appeared on the group’s latest album, Legend of the Black Shawarma. But it’s just as highly unlikely…
Crüe Fest 2, the ragtag summer tour headlined by the infamous Mötley Crüe, hits Cruzan in West Palm this Thursday. And if frontline reports are to be believed, this year’s edition promises to surpass last year’s rock ‘n’ roll madness. And that’s quite a feat. For this go-’round, the tour…
The local hard rock-rap band Purple Popcorn does, in fact, rock, but has gotten most of its recognition from stomping all over pop hip-hop. In the early days of its formation two years ago, the band pummeled both Soulja Boy’s “Crank That” and Chris Brown’s “Kiss Kiss,” and in so…
Saturday night, 2:00 a.m. A club raftered with Colombians and Venezuelans, Argentines and Bolivians. There are Cubans too, primarily born in Florida. And there’s also a smattering of Italians. Pepper the crowd with a fistful of Yanks and then stir.That’s the stew. It could be La Paz; it could be…
Photo by John HoodCounting Crows at Bayfront Park Amphitheater Tuesday night.Counting Crows, Michael Franti, Spearhead and AugustanaAugust 18, 2009Bayfront Park AmphitheaterBetter Than: Having to drive to AtlantaIn case you missed the last few days, the beautifully-set Bayfront Park Amphitheater has reopened its doors and live music has come back to…
A Sunday afternoon barbecue on South Beach is probably not the best place to interview a DJ, especially if the spinner’s been knocking back mojitos for a couple hours before you pose your questions. Then again, this is the Magic City, and a large part of its allure comes from…
Last week Head Spins brought you into the studio of WDNA, site of Gene de Souza’s long-running Café Brasil. As we said in the article, any Brazilian worth his or her weight in music pays a visit to the show when they hit town, and that included Adriana Calcanhotto, who…
There was something bittersweet about catching Black Moth Super Rainbow at White Room on August 1. On the one hand, it was among the absolute best nights Poplife has ever put together. On the other hand, it was Poplife’s last Saturday-night stand at the venue. But boy, did the crew…
It’s a Sunday evening at the local studios of WDNA, one of the only true indie radio stations in all of America. It’s raining outside, an unholy alliance of torrent and drizzle, but in here there’s nothing but sunshine. Brazilian sunshine, that is. As if one were on the beaches…
Photo by Jae RubertoBlack Moth Super RainbowBlack Moth Super RainbowSaturday, August 1, 2009White Room, MiamiBetter Than: An acid throwback.There was something bittersweet about catching Black Moth Super Rainbow at White Room Saturday night. On the one hand it was among the absolute best nights Poplife has ever put together (and…
Photo by John HoodTori Amos performing at the Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday night.Tori AmosThursday, July 29, 2009The Fillmore Miami BeachBetter Than: You can imagine — twiceHard to say which was better: sitting in the front row next to a dynamite dame for Tori Amos’s Fillmore Gleason show, or catching her…
First things first: M.Dot’s name has nothing to do with either Michigan’s or Maryland’s Department of Transportation. But it could, especially when you consider this DJ’s moniker does, in fact, have something to do with moving large groups of the public. In fact, it might take the DOT from both…
image via djerok.comNew Times does its best to get with pretty much every South Florida DJ, as long as they’re active. But DJ Erok’s so damn active that we can’t seem to get a hold of him. Oh, we sat down and interviewed the Galveston, Texas native for Head Spins…
Most people would be glad to have either smarts or sex appeal or a sense of timing; to have all three would make one positively giddy. That must be why DJ Omi’s got such a wide smile on her well-chiseled face. See, not only is this chick good with a…
