The world was watching, well, at least America was watching, well, at least a handful of American teenage girls were watching VH1’s live broadcast of the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam last night. Live from a stage at 8th and Ocean, televised and untelevised performances and appearances by Rihanna, Timbaland,…
The Los Angeles-based five-piece Terror formed in 2002, after the ’90s golden years when hardcore was still hard. Still, burly frontman Scott Vogel and company have from the beginning fought the good fight, keeping the music pummeling and punishing, but without any of today’s trendy death-core trappings. Whenever Terror flirts…
Busy PWe already have heard about tons of parties that are happening during Winter Music Conference, but we’ve been told to keep mum until everything is confirmed. Finally, here is one of those parties we’ve known for a while but haven’t been able to say anything about — until today.Though…
Image via Flickr / CC BY 2.0Let’s all get wasted.The big game is almost here, but even if you don’t give a shit about that, there’re plenty enough parties going on that may well prevent you from waking up before 10pm Sunday night.Here are our Top 10 Super Bowl weekend…
We gotta feeling it’s going to a jam-packed music weekend.So it’s coming: a giant tsunami of NFL athletes, super fans, and über-celebrities that’s about to engulf the magic city with over-the-top poolside parties and non-stop open bar access. And as much as Super Bowl XLIV weekend is all about tailgating…
Photo by Bernard HackerB.B. King & Buddy GuyHard Rock Live, HollywoodTuesday, February 2, 2010 Better Than: Hearing hip-hop and electronic music all Super Bowl week The Review: The collective age of the two performers at Hard Rock Live on Tuesday Night was 157 years. So you might think this concert was better…
Are you on or off the bus? Thanks to constant touring by Phil Lesh and erstwhile Grateful Dead bandmate Bob Weir, generation after generation of music fans gets the opportunity to take a ride. Their newest Dead offshoot, Furthur, kicks off its latest outing Friday in Miami, at the beautifully…
Two big names in the contemporary underground techno scene converge on Parkwest nightclub in downtown Miami this Friday: Brooklyn-based DJ/producers Camea and Alexi Delano. Camea Hoffman is a classically trained musician boasting a darkly sexy and funked-up minimal techno whose releases have been spun by the likes of Richie Hawtin,…
In frat houses everywhere, an acoustic cover of “Your Body Is a Wonderland” closes the deal with a Jessica Simpson look-alike 90 percent of the time. In Hollywood, John Mayer simply walks into the Ivy. The 32-year-old musician has long been recognized as the alt-bro Stevie Ray Vaughan, thanks to…
Jim Camacho’s latest album, Beachfront Defeat, marks the latest chapter in an ever-prolific career that stems from his initial involvement in the Goods some two decades back. His is a seemingly unstoppable trajectory, one that’s found him a fluent multitasker who’s also adept in musical theater and cross-collaboration. Indeed, Beachfront…
New Found Glory’s 2000 self-titled second album was what really catapulted the Coral Springs quartet into bona fide national stardom. Released before emo had become a dirty word, the mood of the album was boisterous but sensitive pop-punk. The cover collage of faded photos included images of things like videogames…
The PL0T crew kicked off the year with a real bang in January with “The Wolf + Lamb Experience” party at Electric Pickle. With no signs of slowing down, they’re back at the Pickle on Friday night with another special guest from the W + L collective, Israeli-born and Berlin-based…
Photo by Benjamin ThackerJahfe is among the local acts scheduled to perform.The 17th Annual Bob Marley Movement Caribbean Festival sure has expanded since its relatively humble beginnings at Bayfront Park. (Remember a seeming million years ago when tickets were like $10 plus a couple cans of food?) Take that name…
via Destroyio RecordsClick for full-size image.What if you woke up this morning and the government decided it was time for you to leave this country? Ever been imprisoned and deported? In Miami, it happens every day. Destroyio Records says it’s wrong, and in an effort to keep one of their…
Photo by Sayre BermanSorry, Lil Wayne won’t be partying with the animals at Jungle Island.If you were hyped up to see Lil Wayne, Sean Kingston, and Trey Songz Saturday at the Miami Big Game Extravaganza at Jungle Island, sorry to break the news to you that the event has been…
If “Chicano rock” ain’t your bag, then you might not know Los Lobos too well. But at the very least, you should recognize them from the soundtrack to that 80’s flick with Lou Diamond Phillips sporting a guitar and a Superman curl. You know the one, he dies in the…
Amateur scientists have told us that if you go too long without eating, your brain will start feeding on itself. That’s kind of how Miami is when it’s not tourist season. For local musicians it can mean ritual cannibal death. Miami thrives as a playground for the rich, famous, and…
Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer BloodZach Baron, at our sister paper the Village Voice, called Surfer Blood’s million-show spate at this past fall’s CMJ a “coronation.” By now, with the glowing reviews for Astro Coast, and rumors it’s entered both the Billboard Heatseekers and Top 200 charts, that seems pretty much…
Photo by Matt GraysonNew Found Glory’s 2000 self-titled second album was what really catapulted the Coral Springs quartet into bona fide national stardom. Released before “emo” had become a dirty word, the mood of the album’s boisterous but sensitive pop-punk was perfectly encapsulated on its cover. A collage of faded…
Over at our post announcing the first phase of Ultra’s line-up this year, commenters have been divided. One camp seemed appalled by the new presence of jam-scene-birthed acts like Lotus, Pretty Lights, and the Disco Biscuits. The other camp’s reaction can basically be summed up thusly: “FUCK YEAH BISCO!”If anything…
via lilithfair.comLoretta is betta!In no particular order:1. Cat Power 2. The Gossip3. Erykah Badu4. Jill Scott5. Metric6. MARY J. BLIGE7. Tegan and Sarah8. Emmylou Harris9. Ximena Sarinana10. Sia11. Chairlift12. Nneka13. Marina and the Diamonds14. Janelle Monae15. La Roux ……..and, my personal favorite, OG country badass Loretta Lynn! Please, quickly become…
It’s that magical time of year once again kids–a time when really anything can happen. A time when dreams can come true. A time when anything your heart desires can be made reality, whether you long to see two midgets mud wrestling in the lobby of hotel, or all you…
