Two weeks ago, Crossfade video master Jacob Katel and I dropped in on the last day of the second annual P.A.T.H. hip-hop summer camp run by Brimstone127 and Amit Regev. The week-long workshop was held down the street from the Miami New Times offices, at the Miami Light Project. was…
Dooms De PopAugust’s edition of the monthly event Florida? Yeah! will feature singer-songwriter Alex Nelson and Gallo’s band Dooms de Pop. Nelson crafts lo-fi acoustic numbers infused with keyboards and topped with emotional and sincere lyricism. Dooms de Pop is the opposite. Noisy, but not sloppy, Dooms de Pop mixes…
Mexico City, by Daniel Araujo from their MyspaceDamn Son! Vivian Girls are playing Propaganda up in Lake Worth in October. I don’t know if Steve is doing these shows or what, but this place is really coming into its own with this booking. This band is pretty damn good and…
via shwayze.comThose who frequent too many Internet gossip sites might forever (in Internet years, anyways) associate Cisco Adler with a certain waist-down photo that circulated a couple years back. That’s okay though. Here in South Florida, land of a thousand chances, the one thing blog notoriety guarantees is the opportunity…
The OP Presents tour is making a stop at Revolution Live on November 5. That means those of you who missed Boys Like Girls (who are slated to release their next album, Love Drunk, on September 8), Cobra Starship, or The Maine last time they came have a second shot…
Marjorie Migliaccio, a.k.a. Bloody Mary, is Berlin techno’s newest femme fatale. The French-born DJ/producer first signed to Sender Records in 2006, and after three years of hard work, staking her place in the European underground dance scene, she is now touring the globe in support of her 2009 release of…
Why try to originally opine on the sounds of the heavy Miami trio Vultures are Wolves when the band’s MySpace page is so darn descriptive? There, you will find that they tag themselves as being appropriate for fans of “repulsive uncontrolled chaos,” and sounding like “blasts of bloated diarrhea spit.”…
Pompano Beach-based threesome Band Number 12 is largely an under-the-radar local act for now, but the band’s appeal lies in its overall mood, a sort of wistful, drink-dampened nostalgia for relationships that, in retrospect, were probably actually not that good. It’s no surprise, then, that the band was born, more…
When it comes to roots-rock-reggae music, few old-school legends who are still touring have the pedigree for great songwriting that Don Carlos possesses. Although he’s often overshadowed by more popular Jamaican reggae singers like Burning Spear and Toots Hibbert, Carlos started out in the same era (early ’70s) and arguably…
Surfacing in 2006 as part of the genius Snakes on a Plane marketing barrage, bandleader Gabe Saporta (formerly of emo outfit Midtown) won the hearts of cult-film buffs and asymmetrically coifed teenyboppers with the flamboyant, deliberately hammy anthem “Bring It (Snakes on a Plane).” Since then, Cobra Starship has enjoyed…
The IWAN concept facility The Bubble in downtown Fort Lauderdale will be hosting another event Saturday starting at 7 p.m. Except this show will break somewhat from the indie rock/punk that usually fills the space and show some love for the metal heads of South Florida. Opener Lazer Beast describes…
Can I Say II Mark Pollack, who is my former partner in crime in punk rock and HC shows, as well as a mainstay in the music scene, is putting on another excellent and free event for those in the Broward County area. It’s happening again at Cinema Paradiso on…
Even after 33 years together, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band simply doesn’t stop touring. Between playing around 30 festivals a year, DDBB also headlines their own shows and has recorded 16 albums since 1984. Although their sounds hasn’t changed much since they started, it’s far from being stagnant. They’ve added…
Judas PriestMonday, August 17Hard Rock Live, HollywoodBetter Than: A case of the MondaysThe Review:Classic metal shows are always an excellent bang for the buck — see previous reviews on local shows by Iron Maiden or Slayer, for example. The bands are drawing on years of a critic- and fan-vetted catalog,…
Jordin Sparks, American Idol’s youngest winner has been added as another opening act on Britney Spears’ second leg of “The Circus Starring Britney Spears” tour. So if you’re counting reasons to buy your tickets to the show: Jordin Sparks, Kristina DeBarge, $50 million production, 50 dancers, magicians, clowns, acrobats, and…
The roof is on fire, party people. Or it will be at Jazid this Friday. And Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three will have had nothing to do with it (or anything else in the last 25 years, for that matter). The culprits responsible for said act of arson…
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…
via MySpaceN.E.R.DIt seemed for a while that Miami could play host to multiple music festivals. But after the rapid demise of Bang! (we hardly knew ye) and the sudden cancellation of Langerado, it seems like nobody will be able to match the success of Ultra, so far the city’s only…
via MySpaceSkreamDubstep DJ/producer Skream is no stranger to Miami. He played at Laundry Bar late last year and made several appearances at this year’s WMC. But something clicked in the Magic City earlier this year that has it enamored with the dubstep genre. It’s not entirely surprising since Miami bass…
photo by Kevin WesterbergThe 22-year-old singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini confounds most expectations, from his name on up. Despite its Mediterranean sound, Nutini hails from Paisley, Scotland (though his father’s side of the family is Italian, a few generations back). And despite his early shaggy, long-haired image, Nutini is not yet another…
via doncarlosreggae.comWhen it comes to roots-rock-reggae music, few old school legends that are still touring have the pedigree for great songwriting that Don Carlos possesses. Although he’s often overshadowed by more popular Jamaican reggae singers like Burning Spear and Toots Hibbert, Carlos started out in the same era (early ’70s)…
Basshead MusicThe former proprietor of Black Sheep, label owner, international DJ and man about town, Juan Loumiet a.k.a. Juan Basshead has a new release coming out September 1. This one features Portland based producer Noah D and features dancehall emcee Einstein of Kingston, JA. The A side is a plodding…
