In this age of laptop-toting faux live electronic dance music acts, an actual band employing actual live instrumentation and vocals is a rare thing, especially when said band is delivering funked-out dancefloor bangers like 2020Soundsystem. The musical brainchild of Leeds-based DJ and esteemed 2020Vision label owner Ralph Lawson, the Soundsystem…
Girls who rock…plus Johnny.Alright, if you’re not headed up to FLIFF tonight to catch Radioboxer at Cinema Paradiso, but you are in the mood for a little local rocking this weekend, there’s a simple solution. It involves floors covered in a perpetual sheen of freshly spilt beer, a haze of…
via Flickr user xshotbymkTonight: The new jam capital of the world, Broward County, welcomes The Radiators to Culture Room. Peaches, who is probably the polar opposite of every jam band ever, is playing Revolution Live. Surf rockers Cutback are playing a rum fueled show at Mai Kai tonight, and reggae…
Santigold: She’s a lady.Last time Santigold (a.k.a., Santi White, formerly Santogold) was in Miami, she played at Ultra Music Festival back in March. Unfortunately, she was relegated to an early slot on the first day of the festival, so she played to a sparse crowd. We missed her set all…
William Murderface, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Nathan Explosion, Pickles, and Toki WartoothLate Generation X’ers and Gen Y blasted the notion that cartoons are only for kids. Maybe we didn’t want to grow up, or maybe we just didn’t want to trade creativity and imagination for the drudgery of every-day adulthood. Either way mature…
Is it just me or does it seem like there’s a whole lot going on this weekend? This time of year always gets a bit crazy, I suppose. Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) is just a couple weeks away. Holidays and holiday parties right around the corner after that. Art Basel…
The Lilith Fair has officially announced 18 dates for 2010, none of which include South Florida. But for the last three years, we’ve had our own all-women’s music fest. FemmeFest has hosted xx-staples like Zombies! Organize!!, Astari Nite, and The State Of in the past. This year the two-day fest…
via myspace.com/ridersofallahYussuf JerusalemWe loved the So Raw festival, and it’s heartening to know the cool people behind it have organized a couple shows since then. I’m happy to report this small trend is combining with that of the latest re-discovery of the American Legion Bar, in Legion Park on Biscayne…
via Flickr user whoSHOTyah?Like hip-hop and country music? You’re in luck with today’s concert announcements then. The New Boyz, creators of what might be the most annoying chorus in the history of music “You’re a Jerk” have been tapped to open for Chris Brown. The show takes place on November…
via myspace.com/ycentertainmentThe last time New Times caught up to Dainamite, Miami’s hardest-working reggaeton artist was bouncing back and forth between a seminar called “A Millionaire’s Approach” (where he was the lone invited performer) and American Tévé (where he was about to make his third appearance in as many weeks). Well,…
photo by Ben ThackerLanzallamas Monofonica play the Rhythm Foundation stage.Sleepless Night returns this Saturday to Miami Beach. Staying up all night there is nothing new, but the event is way more high-falutin’, asking you to stay awake for things like opera and experimental dance. That can seem like a tall…
Peaches has, among other things, a (relatively) new LP (I Feel Cream), a new clip (for the song “Take You On”), a new band (the Berlin-based Sweet Machines), and a new tour. That last one brings her to Revolution this Friday, November 6. It also gave New Times a chance…
New Orleans has always been a bit of a melting pot. From language to food to culture, it’s a place where combination and commingling are the rule rather than the exception. This fact is as true of New Orleans’ musical history as of anything else, and few bands encapsulate the…
Hailing from Leeds, England, 2020 Soundsystem is a quartet that puts the “disco” in disconnected. The combined effort of Danny “Dubble D” Ward, Ralph Lawson, Fernando Pulichino, and Julian Sanza, the group produces tracks that are diffused with dub but still punctuated with physical triggers. The group invites you to…
You already know Sander Kleinenberg’s music, although you may not be aware of that fact. You probably first heard it at a certain Park West nightclub at 8 a.m. while rolling so hard that you actually thought you were in Ibiza. But you weren’t in Ibiza — Kleinenberg’s track came…
It’s enough to make metalhead purists wail and gnash their teeth. Half of the producer/DJ duo Mixhell is Iggor Cavalera, who cofounded seminal Brazilian groove-metal act Sepultura when he was just 15 years old. For the next 20 years, he toured the world and sold out stadiums as the band’s…
It’s entirely possible, unless you reside in Little Buenos Aires (right up there between North and South Beach… where Las Vacas Gordas throws down!), that you’re unfamiliar with Damas Gratis. Hailing from Argentina, the eight-piece band has never been to Miami before. But these guys have been putting together some…
And so continues DIY punks’ fascination with bluegrass. Among a subset of youth who patch their own pants and enjoy hitchhiking to places like Pensacola, the fiddle and jug have acquired a frisson of authentic American-ness. This explains why, in almost every college town, you will be able to find…
Frankly, the many-membered Boston act Big D and the Kids Table was not, at its inception, among the front-runners for survival of ska’s so-called “Third Wave” in the ’90s. The band started a little too late – 1995 – to be seen as truly authentic at the movement’s peak, around…
Long Beach-bred punk-ska band Sublime was on the verge of becoming a national success when frontman Brad Nowell died of a heroin overdose in 1996, right after work on Sublime’s major-label debut was completed. To help fill the void left by the band, Rhode Island-based quartet Badfish does a very…
Welsh DJ/producer Sasha (born Alexander Paul Coe) is that rare breed of artist that has managed to balance massive commercial success and notoriety with artistic integrity throughout his long-standing career. I won’t go into too many details about his myriad accolades through the years, which include over a decade of…
Check out this killer guitar solo from Radio Galaxy’s performance at the Wednesday night blues jam at Titanic Brewery by the University of Miami in Coral Gables.Click here for Radio Galaxy’s myspace.Like blues music? Check out the jam tonight from 9 p.m. to midnight with an open blues jam hosted…
