Go ahead and take it up on that. We both know you’re easy. And besides, it’s not like you’re strangers. Whether you’ve stopped in for brunch, dinner and drinks, or just to catch a bit of live jazz, you’ve undoubtedly patronized the Van Dyke at some point during your travels…
Drop Dead, Gorgeous, who have the most well placed comma in band name history, are coming to Fort Lauderdale on June 26, and they’re not coming alone. Dubbed the “Hot N Heavy Tour”, Drop Dead, Gorgeous are joining up with He Is Legend, Before Their Eyes, What Out There’s Ghosts,…
Area 7’s new Avant-Garde Series will kick off May 16 wth “Girls in Bands,” an event promoting acts that feature an experimental, noise, and/or indie sound and have at least one female member. The bands hail from across Florida, including Jacksonville, Miami, and Orlando. Curious Hair will open the show,…
Tomorrow night’s show continues Respectable Street’s recent trend of catering to the darker set. As such, headlining the bill tomorrow is the singularly pseudonymous Voltaire, flying down from his cave in New York as part of a brief national tour in support of his recent musical endeavors. Voltaire calls himself…
Haven’t taken a shower or had a job since 1969? Well you’re probably still at Greynolds Park hangin’ out and you don’t have the Internet to read this, but guess what? All the folks who grew up but wanna relive their youth are gonna come say wassup. Why? It’s almost…
DJ PJPatrick Walsh aka DJPJ who has been making waves at the News Lounge at Nightdrive and occasionally at Psychic Tuesdays over at Bella Rose is making a DJ appearance at Artwalk’s Awarehouse this Saturday, May 9. You can expect an eclectic and varied set with plenty of rare grooves…
Looking for some help coming down off the heaps of drugs you’ve been consuming? Chilling out with some ambient-house might not be a bad idea, and you can thank The Orb for the genre. They weren’t the first group of DJ’s to spin the ultra-chill beats, but for a while…
He’s such a baby because the Dolphins make him cry, and he’s teaming up with Rascal Flatts in support of his recent (three years is recent right?) turn to country music. Darius Rucker, the lead singer of the on again off again Hootie & The Blowfish, decided to go solo…
It’s increasingly difficult to know what to expect from Trent Reznor and crew, but recent reviews suggest that concertgoers are in for one of the most visually stunning stage shows any band has ever produced. NIN gigs of late have featured roughly two hours of music spanning the past two…
If you missed out on scoring tickets to her recent sold-out show at Revolution or you somehow just can’t get enough of Katy Perry, you’re in luck. The shape-shifting popstress returns to South Florida on May 7, playing a free gig at the Fillmore Miami Beach as part of the…
If you’ve got a hankering for some independent pop music, the Talent Farm has you covered this Friday. Philadelphia natives the Scenic, who recently signed to Victory Records, are currently touring the U.S. promoting their latest album, Find Yourself Here. It’s as straightforward as a pop record can get, loaded…
It’s one thing to worship Satan. It’s another to hate Jesus with the festering disgust of Austrian black-metal outfit Belphegor. In a genre in which over-the-top blasphemy is the whole point, it says a lot that Belphegor can push desecrating (and even defecating on) the cross to a new level…
Voltaire’s numerous albums on the Projekt label — showcasing his smooth voice, ear for inventive arrangements (acoustic guitar, mariachi horns, klezmer-informed violins, and more) and often scabrously funny lyrics (tackling everything from zombie prostitutes to Star Wars character orgies to fights in goth clubs between various poseurs to demands for…
Retox Wednesdays at Feelgood’s (formerly Blue) is hosted every week by DJs Inbal and Baby Sean, and showcases house music talent from Miami and beyond. Tonight they present a special guest set by NYC producer Scott Wozniak, a veteran session player and prolific industry figure who has worked in the…
Unless you slipped into a coma during the mid-eighties, you couldn’t have missed dance-pop sensation and Paula-Abdul contemporary Taylor Dayne, who produced ’80s gold like “Tell It to My Heart” and “Love Will Bring You Back.” “All you needed back then was a blowdryer and a dream.” Yes, Dayne actually…
Quick show of hands–who loves a good block party? Yeah, me too. Alright, now who loves drinking from the daylight hours ’til the wee hours, making a sloppy, slurring spectacle of themselves in the process? Uh huh…uh huh. That doesn’t really surprise me. Now who loves the Spam Allstars? Well,…
Gender-bending Myspace superstar Jeffree Star is officially headlining her own show at the Culture Room on July 29. Ms. Star has her own fashion line, does some modeling, calls herself the “Queen of the Internet”, and is now expanding her titles to include singer/songwriter. Star is all about androgyny, taking…
The slow stream of Green Day information continues to rain down upon us all, with the latest drop being the ticket availability. Tickets officially go on sale May 9 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. So we’ve got just about all the info we’ll need: The show goes down at 8…
Somehow Afrobeta doesn’t have a proper record out. Even though the dynamic pop duo slays the crowds, plays international gigs and gets featured on acts like Calle 13’s tracks, they don’t have a proper album. So they did what any self respecting street DJ would do — they put out…
image via myspace.com/leahkaireLeah Kaire is a local musician with a great back story who is doing cool shit. I met her over the weekend at a BBQ at Morningside Park where she was hanging out with my friend Matt. I e-mailed her some questions and here’s what she had to…
Zac WolfDub Getting Some HelpThe crusty grindy HC 305 Death Squad are hitting the road for the second time in their lives. After a couple of years of toiling in the swampy trenches of South Florida, these guys are getting off to their second tour in less than a year…
Who are you Dopplereffekt?Miami rarely ever gets the honor of hosting rare, once-in-a-lifetime events. But next week, if you’re smart, you’ll be at White Room, Wednesday, May 13, to catch illusive Detroit techno outfit Dopplereffekt, who will be performing live as part of the Scion House Party event. Very little…
