For anyone following at home, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart developed a live rep that was far fiercer than the output on the New York group’s somewhat placid self-titled debut. Now, with the upcoming March 29 release of Belong and some more clued-in people working the soundboards across…
Need anyone be reminded that some pretty vicious, sludgy music comes out of South Florida, Erica K. Landau’s excellent feature on Shroud Eater should do the trick. Focusing on the interplay between bassist Janette Valentine and partner/bandmate Jeannie Saiz, who fronts the metal outfit, Landau captures the band riding high…
Welcome to Beezlebub’s Cave, the downtown Miami practice space of grrrlcentric, sludge-metal trio Shroud Eater. Found at the end of an unlit driveway where hazy figures congregate along a chainlink fence, the unadorned venue/warehouse is the kind of inconspicuous spot where you’d hide from zombies. But within, the eerie stillness…
The human body is an amazing biological machine. You can try your damnedest to irreversibly damage its every last cell by subjecting it to a sleepless six-day Winter Music Conference spree of ass-pounding party music, 36-hour dancing blackouts, and a diet consisting of Red Bull, vodka, and miscellaneous pharmacological products…
Ah, South by Southwest. It’s that time again — the middle of March, when seemingly the entire new-music industry descends on Austin, Texas, like locusts, leaving shards of empty margarita glasses and dried taco husks in its wake. Day and night, bands play every hour on the hour at endless…
Although it’s hard to believe with the amount of South Florida love they get, Miami duo Afrobeta actually has yet to release a full-length album. This past December, County Grind named their Do You Party? disc one of the best of the year — but, OK, OK, it was just…
Homegrown success Langerado’s last-minute flame-out in 2009 was one of the biggest and saddest festival busts in South Florida in recent years. With the festival having ballooned from its roots as a hippie-ish jam-down in local parks, the latest incarnation was to be a four-day monster in… downtown Miami? The would-be…
Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon way back in 1973 — long before Pitchfork, the internet, and the birth of Mike Diaz. Still, songs from the Floyd catalog like “Hey You” and “Us and Them” resonate with listeners far younger, and thus we have a stirring version of…
Last March, riot grrrl dreams came true when Sleater-Kinney musicians Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss revealed they were working together again. In the fall, the duo, joined by Mary Timony (Helium) and Rebecca Cole (The Minders), announced the birth of Wild Flag, an all-girl quartet.After several months of having to…
Last week, the festival-going public commenced drooling for perhaps the only decent summer music gathering by announcing the dates — July 15 through 17 at Chicago’s Union Park — for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Today, the initial lineup is unfurled for all to see and critique.At $110 for a three-day…
Pretty Please Self-titled (Pretty Please Music) prettypleasemusic.net To say that Pretty Please’s self-titled album got here without turmoil would be a lie. Quite a tit-for-tat begat this delicious digital slab of 11 tracks. And it is delicious. Sultry and sexy. Svengali drummer Juan Oña has surrounded himself with the best…
Ideally, the Death Set’s punk-meets-electro live shows are sweaty, zealous affairs in DIY hovels, with crowds perpetually moving back and forth and the band rarely standing still. Dating back to the band’s origins in Australia and following developments through Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn, lead screamer Johnny Siera says the group’s…
Indie-rock fans aren’t used to seeing a cellist sharing a stage with the drums and guitar. And they’re definitely not used to seeing one who looks like Alexandra Lawn of Ra Ra Riot. In the field of sex-symbol cellists, Lawn has no equal. Understandably, the subject makes her bashful. “Yes,…
Kacey Jordan has enjoyed her little slice of fame after recently finishing a 32-hour bender with none other than Charlie Sheen. Since details of Sheen’s debauchery, like enjoying the company of high-priced hookers, made the news, he has had the media spotlight and a Twitter account gaining steam.The Buzz 103.1…
RIP the Clementines. Long live Ski Lodge! The gifted pop songcraft of Andrew Marr lives on with this new project that has most adorable promotional material this side of Gorillaz. Of course, the tune we’ve just heard is abominable in its own right.Lyrically, the context of “A Game” is the…
Anyone who has worked with ex-Juice scribe Tom Francis can attest to the fact that he knows a boatload about music. The man can speak just as eloquently about Iron & Wine and Ariel Pink as Allen West and Sylvia Poitier. It is with great pleasure that we welcome Francis’…
The first authorized biography of Marilyn Manson is coming! Local fans of the Spooky Kids — as well as local members of the Spooky Kids — are in for some tasty nuggets as ex-LA Weekly’s Erin Broadley has been hired to document all things Brian Warner officially. Of course, there…
Last week a jury in Tampa confirmed Banton (born Mark Myrie) guilty of conspiring with two other men to possess and potentially traffic eleven pounds of cocaine – plus possession of a firearm and using a telephone to facilitate the whole process. This case has been in the works since December 2009 and ended…
Sure, the headliners at Bonnaroo may leave something to be desired, and Coachella may be inching more towards “blah.” But there are still plenty of other destination festivals worth a look — and Pitchfork’s just-announced lineup again promises an impressive showing. The notoriously cranky web site is now also famed…
After a three-year recording hiatus, Lake Worth emotive singer John Ralston is issuing forth a flurry of activity. This past Christmas saw the release of seven-inch single “Jesus Christ,” a bit of Americana for the holidays, on mom-and-pop Tampa-based label 24 Hour Service Station. Last year, he also contributed to…
No point in holding off from the obligatory “TV on the Radio is still impressive” posting. “Will Do” premiered yesterday via Seattle’s 107.7 The End (!). It’s the first song to emerge from Nine Types of Light, the art-rock band’s fifth album, due April 12. Tunde Adebimpe takes the lead…
Bad news, lazy hipsters: The inaugural Bruise Cruise is sold out. You literally missed the boat. Departing this Friday from the Port of Miami and stopping over for some nefarious Saturday action on the former pirate paradise of Nassau, Bahamas, this floating music festival will take place aboard the Carnival…
