Quick reminder that the Best of Miami Readers’ Poll will be closing soon! If you haven’t had a chance yet, vote now. Our choices for this year’s winners are already in the books, so to speak, but there is still time for you, the reader, to tell us what you…
via http://www.myspace.com/therealsupervillainsIt’s time to break out your black and white checkered Doc Martins and suspenders and brush up on your skanking skills. The Orlando based Supervillains are single handedly trying to revive the ska scene. The five piece band has been incessantly touring for the last 3 years, playing more…
via myspace.com/businessoiVintage Business, with Harley from the Cro-MagsMicky Fitz and the Business have been doing their thing since the late 1970s — writing songs for the working class, in the tradition of street punk and Oi! Fitz formed the band as a reaction to the arty types co-opting the punk…
Fans of the 1990s funk-metal band Primus can’t forget that famous live footage from Woodstock ’94. In it the band’s resident bass god, Les Claypool, dexterously covered Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” by playing the guitar part on his signature Carl Thompson bass using the slap technique. To top it off,…
Folk music certainly seems to be on the upswing again with folks like Bon Iver and the Fleet Foxes enjoying tons of press and popularity (at least as much as an indie act can get). Proof positive is The Avett Brothers’ rapid rise during the last couple years. Seth and…
DJ Desyn Masiello is a true child of the British house movement. Born and raised in London, he experienced the acid house explosion first-hand as a teenager and was schooled in the UK’s diverse subcultural sounds, hopping from Balearic parties to the outdoor traveler raves of the early 1990s, and…
Looking to go on a music cruise but can’t stand the sight of hippies? Well the Jam Cruise is out of the question, but Shiprocked could be right up your alley. Departing on Sunday, November 15, Shiprocked will head to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Georgetown, Grand Cayman before returning to…
It’s no secret I’m a fan of the PB County-based rockers the Pretty Faces. They play a blend of retro power pop not often heard in these parts (and thus, it’s no surprise they’ve shared the stage with my other new local faves Ex Norwegian). They’re hard-working, cheerful, and pretty…
It hasn’t even been a month that Scion’s House Party event brought Dopplereffekt, yet the youth-targeted car brand can’t seem to get enough of the Magic City. This time, the Scion A/V Tour celebrates the release of Scion CD Sample Vol. 25 Trouble & Bass, which features tracks by Drop…
It’s official: Poplife turns 10 next month. Last year, when we sat down and spoke with founders Aramis Lorie and Barbara Basti about the party turning 9, we thought that was a milestone, but 10 sounds so much more official, no? And to celebrate that achievement, the party is bringing…
Back in late April, Christopher Lopez wrote a 867-word article on Miami band Radioboxer. Someday they should make newspapers that come with speakers and lCD screens and the ability to hook up to the worldwide global information superhighway. Till then, you can just use your computer to check out the…
First there were the Three Tenors — or was it the Four Tenors? Sorry, we’ve lost count. Regardless, the standard was set by hefty gentlemen with booming operatic voices prone to dazzling their audiences with rich and riveting performances. Now there’s the next generation, a group of twentysomething Australians dubbed…
South Florida seems to be a haven for jam bands of late. Hot new acts like the Heavy Pets are making their mark, the Jam Cruise announced its biggest lineup yet, and when Langerado dropped the jam, the festival folded. Perpetual Groove is coming to cash in on the Jam…
Lex HernandezBrooklyn MC Theophilus London performing at Rokbar Tuesday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.Theophilus LondonTuesday, May 19, 2009Rokbar, Miami BeachBetter than: The current wave of hipster-hop.I’ll start off by admitting I don’t know much about the up-and-coming singer/MC Theophilus London expect that he’s from Brooklyn, he performed…
About 25 people watched Michael Borosky, a nondescript 26-year-old opera singer, belt out about seven numbers from various operas Wednesday as part of the first in a series of Opera Mash-Up events at Area 7. He was lit from above by a disco ball, and surrounded on all sides by a bunch of…
Fresh off dropping their longtime record label Geffen, Counting Crows is going on tour and making a stop in Miami at Bayfront Amphitheater. The Counting Crows, who were huge for a few years in the 90s with the single “Mr. Jones”, have been not so steadily touring ever since. Lead…
via nkotb.comThe highly-anticipated (read the comments, doubters) NKOTB cruise docked at the Port of Miami Monday morning and dumped a couple hundred disappointed fans onto our shores. Danny Wood, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, and 2100 of their biggest fans boarded the Carnival cruise ship Imagination under…
Everywhere we look — USA Today, iTunes, the CW — we see 21-year-old Cleveland singer/songwriter Kate Voegele’s face. There she is — singing songs from, talking about, and inviting you to download her music. Voegele has been slowly building buzz over the past couple of years with her personal pop…
Watching Young Love mastermind Dan Keyes wriggle his hips behind the microphone as he yelps “If you get the chance/You must dance dance dance” on the R&B-tinged “Find a New Way,” one would never know that he used to be a member of an emo band. Keyes, formerly the moping…
Between his acting career, his unsavory legal troubles, and the simple fact that he’s seemingly been around forever, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Busta Rhymes is still an active recording artist — especially when you consider that beyond the awesomely Daft Punk-jacking “Touch It,” dude hasn’t really made an…
Austin quartet Goldcure plays a straightforward blend of indie-ish pop-rock, but the Texas still comes through. Guitars are bright, rollicking, and purely American, and frontman Adam Buhman’s rough-edged croon can veer close to twang. But the band’s real talent is in reducing its roots and rock influences to their essences,…
It looks like Broward is getting another venue. Except this time, there seems to be a serious dedication to promoting local musicians and art! The IWAN concept production facility’s Grand Opening Gallery Event Showcase will take place June 6 with art by 15 artists such as Francesco LoCastro (who painted the entire front of the warehouse…
