Whether you know it or not, you’ve almost certainly heard a Trans-Siberian Orchestra song. Most likely, it was this commercial that introduced you to TSO.TSO is, quite simply, a rock orchestra who, for one reason or another, have a penchant for writing and remaking traditional Christmas songs. Their stage shows…
The above video is from an 8mm film transfer shot by a fifteen year old South Florida kid on May 18, 1968. The images come from the Miami Pop Festival, which featured The Mothers Of Invention (Frank Zappa’s band), Chuck Berry, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, The Jimi Hendrix Experience…
In the 14 years Pat Green has been professionally making music, he’s churned out 10 studio albums. He’s also had a top 10 hit with “Wave on Wave” and routinely sells out stadiums in his home state of Texas. Not bad for a guy who admitted to CMT: “I started…
The circus is coming to town…the town of Hialeah, that is. At least that’s what the press release accompanying my invitation to Radioboxer’s presentation of their debut album Radio Drama says. Judging by the effort they put into these nifty venereal vids (why do people keep calling them that?) we…
Last week I dropped in on Jacobs Ladder at the Dungeon recording studio in North Miami Beach, where they were working on a new EP. (Pictures and video are coming later this week.) The producer on the project is Cyrus Bolooki, drummer of Coral Springs’ biggest pop-punk exports, New Found…
via myspace.com/vivalevoxViva Le Vox and Alex Nelson Dada, Delray BeachFriday, August 7, 2009 Better Than: Anything else going down on Atlantic Avenue on Friday nightThe Review:Once the waiters start clearing the tables away from the front entrance of Delray hotspot Dada, it’s clear that it’s no longer tuna tartare time…
Miami’s Ex-Norwegian channels power-pop of the past.Starting Sunday, the local-music haven Propaganda will officially celebrate its grand opening with the best recent lineup of South Florida acts I’ve seen since the opening of the IWAN concept facility theBUBBLE. Sure that wasn’t too long ago, but cheers to keeping the momentum.Sunday:…
Sex, Cameras and Hip Hop talks dirty with models, strippers, rappers, and people on the street and captures their responses to sex questions. Young Jeezy tells a story about a stripper breaking into his house. It looks like some of it is filmed in Miami. Gloria Velez, who Uncle Luke…
Cage the Elephant could be on the cusp of something huge. Over the last couple years, they’ve gone from a relatively unknown alternative/punk/blues band from Kentucky to signing with EMI records, playing at South by Southwest, and last month they appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman. They’ve got…
Altruism and philanthropy are rare things in the hedonistic world of electronic dance music and club culture, where we’re all too busy dancing away and self-indulging to care for any real world causes. That is why Musical Missionary’s first installment for new “Dance for a Cause” charity fundraiser at the…
New Orleans based swamp rockers The Radiators are coming back to South Florida on November 6 and 7 to play at Culture Room. It’s rare that a band originally formed in 1978 would still be playing shows at all, but The Radiators take that one step further. They’re still playing…
To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. I attended the local stop of the Warped Tour, on Saturday, July 25 at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, and was disappointed that no one really watched Bad Religion. I don’t get it! These guys are…
Post hardcore band Thursday will be bringing their sing-scream-sing combination to Revolution Live on October 22. Thursday’s latest album Common Existence is a concept album of sorts. They didn’t exactly try to evolve their sound, but instead wrote songs that reflected some of the band’s favorite poets and authors like…
Are you ready for another punk rock show? Of course you are! Strung Out, The Flatliners, and Pour Habit are making their way to Culture Room on October 8. Strung Out released their second B-Sides and rarities album, Prototypes and Painkillers, earlier this year and are working on a new…
Alexander Tsotsos a.k.a. Gummihz is a Greek-born and Berlin-based DJ/producer who has garnered much praise from the international dance community in recent years. Drawing inspiration from a variety of musical styles– including disco, jazz, and the whimsical sounds of chanson — his floor-friendly techno productions have been critically-acclaimed for their…
via myspace.com/dmxIt’s been three years since the last studio offering from the famously volatile DMX. That seeming artistic dry spell starting in 2006 saw just a couple of greatest-hits type releases and a few film appearances. The last we really heard of DMX locally was this past December, when he…
South Florida isn’t necessarily known as a hotbed of international-caliber blues music, and yet it plays host to one of the most interesting voices in the genre. That, of course, is Albert Castiglia, whose cultural heritage and musical contributions are both perfectly at home in a metropolitan area whose identity…
The Miami quintet Ketchy Shuby takes its name from the song of the same name on Peter Tosh’s Legalize It. And the band name as homage to the reggae legend makes perfect sense when you consider Ketchy Shuby’s sound, a hybrid of Jamaican beats and psychedelic soul. The group’s MySpace…
Southern rock never dies; it just hangs on the sidelines until another of its native sons takes up the mantle. Maylene frontman Dallas Taylor is another artist picking up the greasy licks, hard-charging boogie, and country-fried rawk codified by acts like the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and .38 Special. Taylor’s…
Electroclash duo Fischerspooner, made up of Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner, last dropped by South Florida in March, at South Beach’s Liv. It was just a couple of months before the release of their third album, Entertainment, which proves a snapshot of the twosome’s sound evolution to date. Fischerspooner’s first…
If you’re curious how Green Day opened their set last night at American Airlines Arena here’s a video recap. This fan-made video has good audio, clean picture, and is right up in the front rows. Welcome to 21st Century Breakdown. Enjoy…
Photo by Sayre BermanTo view a full slideshow of pictures from the show, click here. Green DayTuesday, August 4American Airlines Arena Better Than: A show by any other pop-punk outfit playing today. The Review: Green Day still rules, despite the fact they’re all grown up. Sure, in their early days,…
