via kevindooley’s FlickrWith the recession and all, the days of music writers’ snail mail boxes getting stuffed daily with press kits is pretty much over. Most labels and publicists send private download links these days, which is actually an excellent idea. Promo CDs are just going to get put on…
Clockwise, L-R: Producer Cyrus of NFG, engineer Ryan of Capsule, Oren of Jacobs Ladder (mostly hidden), Sammy of Jacobs LadderI stopped by the old standby Dungeon recording studio in North Miami Beach last week to visit local trio Jacobs Ladder, who were working steadily and meticulously on a new five-song…
CapsuleMiami HC/post-HC standouts Capsule are playing at Benton’s weekly No Brainer party next Thursday at PS14. This is part of a string of dates around the Sunshine State that were to be in support of Chicago’s Lautrec, that is until Lautrec’s lead singer hurt himself really badly in California and…
via Molly Matalon’s FlickrSolid Sound Studios is a rehearsal studio in Broward off Powerline and Sample that hosts shows in the bottom floor rehearsal space. These consist of kid bookers basically just renting out the space (as it would usually be rented out), and finding local bands to play for…
Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, a.k.a. Thievery Corporation, are bringing their electronica/lounge act Thievery Corporation to the Fillmore Miami Beach on October 9. Thievery are almost as well known for their politics as their music. They’re big time supporters of the World Food Programme and have crafted more than a…
A last minute heads up to the house music fiends: Jazzy Eyewear, Miami’s best kept secret and pretty much our most talented local proponent of classic Chicago-style funky house will be spinning at the Electric Pickle tonight. Fabian Giannattasio a.k.a. Jazzy Eyewear is an Argentinian transplant who migrated to the…
image via New Times archives Back in August 1988 South Florida had a pretty good line-up of shows at venues from the Hollywood Sportatorium to the James L. Knight Center to the Kendall Town and Country Mall to the Fontainebleau back up to the Button South.The Dope Jam brought together…
You know what’s better than New Wave? Swedish New Wave. And it becomes even more intriguing when the lead singer of the Swedish New Wave band has aspirations to “be the best female vocalist of this century” as she told a Scottish news station. The Sounds most recently visited South…
Photo by JipsyRewind your Walkman to Friday’s totally ’80s birthday party for aged-to-perfection Brian Antoni and Nick D’Annunzio at the The Viceroy at Club 50. This duo teamed up on a mission to resurrect their ’80s glory days. One of the headline names was enough to drag me across the…
Photo by JipsyNastie flanked by TM Sisters.Click here to view a full slideshow of photos from the event.Aiden Dillard’s Death Print Movie PremiereThe Colony Theater, Miami BeachAfterparty at the Vagabond, MiamiSaturday, August 7, 2009Better Than: Whatever the leathery South Beach cliches at Segafredo next door were up to after they…
”Florida,” a single off Miami-based duo (though they tour as a trio) Awesome New Republic’s July release Rational Geographic II, taps kinetic echo-y vocals over New Wave synths and steady drumming for an anthem that is memorable and infectious; you’ll sing it for days. Think dance-pop a la Dogs Die…
Agent OrangeD.I., Agent Orange, and FearWith Bloodhook and Total ChaosRespectable Street, West Palm BeachSaturday, August 8, 2009Better Than: It actually was just as good as fucking while high on cocaine. The Review:My Saturday certainly got itself started with a whole fucking bunch of Parrot Bay on Friday night and a…
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…
A Sunday afternoon barbecue on South Beach is probably not the best place to interview a DJ, especially if the spinner’s been knocking back mojitos for a couple hours before you pose your questions. Then again, this is the Magic City, and a large part of its allure comes from…
Last week Head Spins brought you into the studio of WDNA, site of Gene de Souza’s long-running Café Brasil. As we said in the article, any Brazilian worth his or her weight in music pays a visit to the show when they hit town, and that included Adriana Calcanhotto, who…
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…
Last week, some unknown goons ran up on Brisco in a barber shop and got the Opa-Locka goon for some cash, his watch, chain, Lemon Head charm, and Range Rover. Now he’s turned his drama into a song and recorded the track, “Revenge,” with a complete mixtape of the same…
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…
Ch-ch-ch-changes are happening and everyone’s favorite over the weekend recap has moved from its home at Riptide 2.0 over to Crossfade. Why? Well, it seemed appropriate and better yet, now we can focus on all the things happening across South Florida and between both the Miami New Times and the…
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…
