Dharma and Phaxas of OrganicArmaBand-breaking showcases don’t get any bigger than College Media Journal’s Music Marathon (aka CMJ). Sure, the Austin-based South by Southwest has more than a few moments to its credit. And yes, Miami’s own Winter Music Conference can sometimes even be counted on as a place to…
If semitrailers got down ‘n dirty like motor oil in a dank club beneath the highway, Revolting Cocks would be the house band. Spiritual kin of Thrill Kill Kult, this Al Jourgensen (of Ministry) side project does a grindhouse, brass-pole version of industrial dance, fueled by all the seething lust…
Brooklyn’s Drop the Lime has been nothing if not prescient. Those last few years, while everyone was running around to overly processed, overly happy so-called “blog house,” the DJ/producer born Luca Venezia carefully stuck to his own thing. In the face of all that neon glare, Venezia and his Trouble…
via Flickr user Lander PhotographyGeorge Lucas is back to squeeze a little more cash out of the Star Wars franchise. This time, it’s not a new line of toys, a cartoon, or even another prequel. Nope, this time the multimedia event is Star Wars: In Concert. The two-hour performance uses…
Photo by Sayre BermanClick here to view photos from this event.Leonard CohenSaturday, October 17, 2009BankAtlantic Center, SunriseBetter Than: Any singer you’ve ever heard before.Why the hell Leonard Cohen appeared at BankAtlantic Center rather than, say, The Fillmore Gleason is anybody’s guess. But if he had staged at a theater on…
You know those Michael Jackson tributes that have been popping up on the web recently, where there’s a random group of people that randomly bust out with the “Thriller” dance at a random place in a random time? Well, those are called flash mobs, and this Wednesday, Mansion (1235 Washington…
Miami’s winter self-denial quickly evaporated this weekend when we all got hit by a vengeful cold front, and with hot sunny days by the pool or beach now increasingly out of the question, there’s nothing left to do but dance to keep the blood flowing. The Electric Pickle’s cozy upstairs…
Photo by Anthony VerrilliClick here to view photos from this event.Bassnectar Saturday, October 17, 2009 White Room, Miami Better Than: A full-scale dance riot. White Room shut down for a week and performed a few fan-friendly renovations, and when the joint reopened on Saturday night, it was just like opening…
Olga Tañon has long been known as La Mujer de Fuego (The Woman of Fire), and for damned good reason. Sure, it was the name of her sophomore release, which dropped in ’93. But that’s not why the nickname stuck. At least not entirely.Anyone who’s seen the Puerto Rican diva…
Camilo Sesto was Spain’s answer to artists like George Michael and Prince in Britain and the US in the ’80s and ’90s, which is to say a major pop icon. In fact, it might even be fair to say he was the iconic figure in Spanish pop of the era…
via Flickr user eytonzFresh off their sting opening for Green Day, The Bravery are out on a headlining tour. Tonight, they’ll be at Culture Room starting at 8. If you’re looking for something a little less radio friendly, check out psychobilly rock gods Viva Le Vox at Respectable Street or…
Pop-singer and fashionista Lady Gaga will be coming to the James L. Knight Center in Miami December 31. The diva’s recent tour with Kanye West fell through because West “needed a break.” Can West just drop out of the limelight for a few months? Get his ego in check?She counts…
Before dying of a heroin overdose in 1993 (see video above), GG Allin’s final tour was supported by The Murder Junkies. The Murder Junkies were his last and best backing band. They featured his Hitler mustachioed brother Merle on bass, and the legendary Dino Sex on drums. They will be…
Dear Russian Red,I want to take this opportunity to proclaim my love for you. I want to shout it from the digital mountaintops, Russian Red, for all the Internet to know. No, not in that pervy admiring you from the cybernetic afar sort of way. Nor in that cute infatuation…
So they all met in high school, started a band, built a solid local following, and they’re starting to take off. The Summer Set isn’t exactly the most unique pop-punk band to hit the scene, but the genre isn’t about innovation anymore. It’s about throwing together catchy hook, having awesome…
Although the days when skateboarders were viewed as non-conforming hooligans/destroyers of public property are not that far behind us — it would be hard to find any skater who hasn’t been harassed at some point by police or security officers — the sport has been a suburban phenomenon and established itself as a legitimate career…
DJ Khaled says, “Liiiisten.” He says “We the best.” And he says, “We global.”E-Class from Poe Boy Records says he’s right and together with some of the best artists the streets have to offer they’re proving it’s true.Live From the 305 is a compilation album they’ve created that is backed…
It could be a prelude to a punch line. How many harmonica players does it take to create a spectacular blues revue? When you’re talking world-class musicians like Mark Hummel, Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band, and blues greats Watermelon Slim and R.J. Mischo, the reality is that any…
Since the Bravery and the Killers are the two American groups most likely to be misidentified as British, their 2005 pissing match was wholly predictable but more entertaining than anticipated. Recall that the Killers’ Brandon Flowers chided the Bravery’s Sam Endicott for having once played in an outfit named Skabba…
Los Amigos Invisibles are anything but what they announced in the title of their 1995 debut, A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band. The allusion was clearly meant to be tongue-in-cheek, and humor has been a running theme over the band’s 14-year career. First, there’s nothing typical about Amigos, a…
In the post-hardcore pantheon, the New Jersey guys of Thursday are millennial gods. Led by unapologetically erudite frontman Geoff Rickly, in the late ’90s and early ’00s, their initial loud-soft aesthetic helped define what would later come to be known — often pejoratively — as “screamo.” That accomplishment has been…
Among the singer/songwriter breed, few are genuine trailblazers. Leonard Cohen is a poet pioneer rooted in that Dylan pantheon in terms of artistic influence and resilience. But while Cohen’s ’60s songwriting brethren aimed for catharsis, his songs have always been knitted with deep concerns. Over the years, the author and…
