It was Friday, just before midnight, and I was standing on the third floor of Exit 66, a new club that overlooks the water on Fort Lauderdale Beach and is decorated around a road-trip theme. With its flashing lights, road signs, vacation paraphernalia, loud music, and a dirty catch phrase…
Jacob KatelZillion Dolla Man North Miami’s Zillion Dolla Man says, “I’m the 1,008 gram boy, I’m really from the street. I’m really still doin’ it, just trying to make my music so I can leave it all behind. They requesting me all the time on 90.7; that’s an underground station…
Next Wednesday, LIV is hosting the 10,000-LB Hamburger Tour featuring A-Trak, Rye Rye and Treasure Fingers. But before everyone shakes it to the ground at Dirty Hairy, we’ve been told that Rye Rye will be making an appearance at Just Add Water Sunday at Blade at the Fontainebleau. The party…
Having booked EDM giants the likes of Laurent Garnier, Darren Emerson, and Dave Seaman in the recent past, the folks at Shine certainly seem keen on presenting Miami clubgoers with the crème de la crème of international dance music. This Friday they continue the trend with a night of sounds…
It’s the beginning of the month, and you’ve just been paid. Hopefully. Sounds like it’s time to spend some of that hard earned cash on live music, and Live Nation is letting you do that without any of the service fees. Better yet, they’re discounting four and six packs of…
Don’t spend this Fourth of July in a drunken (and perhaps drug-addled) haze. You’ve been doing that and sitting in the back of your friend’s hatchback going oooh and aaah to the fireworks for far too long. Why not try something different, with just as much wow factor. Like what?…
HA HA Help! is doing a little patriotic party thing over at PS 14 this coming Saturday Thursday. The eccentric, frequently pantsless and often interesting experimental noise outfit from here in the swamp state haven’t been playing out all that much lately. Here is a chance to celebrate as well…
While I’m not exactly a fan of their new album, Fist of God, I’m still glad electro-house pioneers MSTRKRFT are returning to Miami in order to give LIV’s sound system a workout. The Toronto duo is undeniably talented and really do know how to immerse the crowd into all-out sonic…
To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. Last Sunday I went to the Cinema Paradiso record swap that was put on by Mark Pollack of New Art School. Three local bands played: the first was No Class Action, the second was Band Number 12, and…
You might want to go ahead and grab your credit card now because this deal won’t last long. A while back, we announced the July 15 show featuring Gavin DeGraw and Collective Soul at Revolution Live. Now there’s even better news for those of you who haven’t picked up tickets…
Rick Ross has got lots and lots of money, and he wants to keep reminding you of that. Why else name his new single “Maybach Music Part 2” — a sequel to, well, “Maybach Music?”But damn, the unemployment rate here in Florida alone is 10.2 percent as of May. Do…
And Then There Was YouAnd Then There Was You (Indianola Records)www.myspace.com/ATTWY Powerful, melody-driven three – and – a – half – minute ditties propel this album above and beyond the muck of what has sadly become of the post-punk/hardcore scene. The extremely adept rhythm section of Alex De Renzis (drums)…
Once upon a time, Jacki-O and Trina were the big contenders for the title of queen of the south. (Khia, perhaps, was a contender, but … last the public at large really heard from her, she was getting kicked off VH1’s Miss Rap Supreme). Then poor Jacki-O had a number…
image via Miami New Times archives week of June 29 – July 5, 1988In the heat of the summer, better call out a plumber This week Archive Diver brings you an excerpt from an old New Times concert calendar from 1988. Look at this damn bill. California hardcore punk rock…
Isaac HayesHot Buttered Soul (Stax)Forget “Chef,” “South Park,” and all that Scientology bullshit. Isaac Hayes died last summer. If we’re to remember him for just one thing, let it be Hot Buttered Soul.The landmark 1969 LP has been remastered and gussied up with bonus tracks. There are also new liner…
This past Thursday’s main music story in both the Miami New Times and New Times Broward-Palm Beach tells the story of Cat Shell. She’s a young Boca singer-songwriter who performs material worthy of the torch-song divas of yesteryear, and you can read Lee Zimmerman’s full article about her here. As…
Florida? Yeah! A New Start, Boise Bob and His Backyard Band, Fleez, and The BikesThe PoorhouseSaturday, June 27, 2009 Better Than: Anything going on in any other bar in downtown Fort Lauderdale The Review: For at least 10 years, Garo Gallo has worked zealously to keep the fabric of Fort…
via myspace.com/schemalandNothing about the Fourth of July exactly screams “clanging, experimental electronic noise” — but then again, the elusive, quasi-legendary Miami duo Phoenecia doesn’t appear live too often, either. So for fans of the loosely labeled genre known, unfortunately, as IDM (“intelligent dance music”), this show adds a little luster…
San Francisco DJ/producer and Dirtybird label co-owner Justin Martin burned up the White Room dancefloor during his mind-blowing performance last January, not to mention various slots around town during WMC in March. Now the man is back to make new converts at the Electric Pickle this Friday night and the…
Notes from the Soundboard is a new column appearing weekly on Crossfade, focused on pop music’s history and ongoing evolution. Lee Zimmerman shares insights and observations on how music continues to connect with the weirdness of the world. Click here to read past installments.In the coming days, this headline will…
Don Chambers is playing a solo show (meaning he’s without his band Goat) with Viva Le Vox at Propaganda on July 11. Chambers is an Athens Georga based singer songwriter in the Tom Waits/Nick Cave mold who’s latest album, Zebulon, was produced by Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers fame. His…
Poison the Well, the best metal/hardcore band of 2009 (as voted by Miami New Times) is playing a hometown-ish gig on August 22 at Culture Room. This date should be extra special, not only because of the whole homecoming after a brutal tour thing, but it’s also the last show…
