Okay, I’ll admit: I like Louis — a lot. It completely goes everything I believe a nightclub should be (drinks are too expensive and the door policy is frustrating), but dammit it’s an awesome venue! It’s cavernous, the lighting is crazy and the bookings at times are unbelievable. I spent…
I’ve been driving around town listening to one song. Non-stop. And, if you know me, that’s pretty normal; usually the one song is one of my songs. This time the song is “Booty Shorts” by Basside. I swear, if anyone ever asks me what my favorite band is, the answer…
Part of what made Torche’s last year’s breakthrough album Meanderthal such an amazing, compelling listen was the collision of disparate styles and influences — singer/guitarist Steve Brooks was into death metal like Entombed and Deicide, while guitarist Juan Montoya brought to the band a love of My Bloody Valentine, Jawbox,…
In a recent interview with MTV, Stevie Nicks explained her past relationship with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham: “It’s over. He’s married. The love is always there, but we’ll never be together, so that’s more romantic than even being together.” She went on to explain that their “electric crazy attraction” will never…
Steve Kimock is a true student of music, specifically the guitar, constantly touring the world with a plethora of musicians and mixing their styles with his own. Relix magazine went so far as to call him the “Guitar Monk,” which is either the coolest title ever written or the makings…
The Pretty Faces are exactly what local music needs: unique and unpretentious rock ‘n’ rollers. Although the threesome is true to its name, there’s more to it than style. Tom, Jeph, and Hannah Thorslund (Jeph and Hannah married in ’07) craft tight, catchy tunes that almost seem out of place…
It seems as though the quaint little archway at the front of Hibiscus House serves as a magic portal that lands visitors squarely in Key West. It was early evening when I wandered up to the wraparound porch of the yellow Victorian-style house (complete with white picket fence!). I checked…
So if it’s true that President Obama will bring us together as one nation to heal the wounds of the past eight years, end the Iraq War, bolster the middle class, teach the world to sing, and render the red-state/blue-state distinction irrelevant, then whither Nickelback? What will become of the…
Whoever said models can’t cut it on the decks obviously never met model DJ La Trice. Featured in campaigns for Nicole Miller and Pantene, Ed Hardy and Converse, and found on the cover of such glam rags as Pasha Magazine, La Trice definitely has the kinda look folks want to…
Joe Ely & Joel Guzman Live Cactus ely.com Though he hails from the same West Texas environs that birthed Buddy Holly and he practices the same roots regimen as his fellow Flatlanders Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely is still an original. A crossover country troubadour, his dust-blown…
Round two of the Hard Rock’s battle pits Leading the Heroes, Stained Angel, Tri Funk Point, and Tritan Clopet & the Juice. The winner goes on to face last week’s victor, Ghost of Gloria, on April 30. Ghost of Gloria and Thursday night’s winner will be videotaped at next week’s…
For the better part of two decades, 311 has been cranking out album after album and trotting almost nonstop around the globe. Of the band’s eight albums, four went gold, one went platinum and one triple platinum. And oh yeah, it had seven singles that hit the Top 10 on…
Café Bustelo’s iconic can is getting a makeover. That’s right, the instantly recognizable red and yellow facade that cafecito drinkers have groped for first thing in the bleary-eyed morning for the past 80 years will look somewhat different as the recently unveiled cans begin to pop up around the country. …
via www.myspace.com/marutaThe Miami grindcore soldiers of Maruta are heading out again for a Midwest/East Coast adventure, up to Chicago and back down the seaboard. Tour dates are on the band’s Myspace. In order to get set and make some last minute gas money they are doing a little show over…
via www.myspace.com/stevekimockSteve Kimock is a true student of music, specifically the guitar, constantly touring the world with a plethora of musicians and mixing their styles with his own. Relix magazine went so far as to call him the “Guitar Monk,” which is either the coolest title ever written or the…
Ian WitlenPete Wentz of Fall Out Boy with his dick safely in his pants. Click here to view the full slide show.Pete Wentz and company thankfully kept their (by “their” we mean more specifically Pete Wentz) wangs in their pants (link is totes NSFW) at last night’s Fall Out Boy…
Photo by Justin Namon, www.thepopnessparty.comTo read past installments of Miami According to Brooklyn, click here. What I would like to talk about this week is the new anti-tethering law that passed Miami-Dade County in March. Here’s the ordinance exactly how it’s stated: it “bans tethering or chaining of a dog…
The Pretty Faces are exactly what local music needs: unique and unpretentious rock and rollers. Although the threesome is true to its name, there’s more to it than style. Tom, Jeph, and Hannah Thorslund (Jeph and Hannah married in ’07, Tom’s a brother of Jeph) craft tight, catchy tunes that…
via www.swampstompfestival.comSwamp Stomp is truly a homegrown party, a super-independent mini-festival that keeps steadily growing in size since its inaugural year in 2007. The first edition was pretty much a house party in the backyard of some UM kids, and students from the U are still behind this event. But…
It’s been three long years for Green Day fans, but the long wait is over. Billie Joe Armstrong and crew have announced their latest tour, which will be promoting their upcoming album, 21st Century Breakdown. It’s been five years since Green Day released their last album, American Idiot, and they’ve…
via www.myspace.com/glissThe Fridays at the Vagabond crew consistently books national acts that are on the edge of mass consciousness or just below the radar, and, this Friday’s show by the Los Angeles band Gliss continues in that vein. The trio has moved past being the hype of being Billy Corgan’s…
via www.livenation.comIn a recent interview with MTV, Stevie Nicks explained her past relationship with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham: “It’s over. He’s married. The love is always there, but we’ll never be together, so that’s more romantic than even being together.” She went on to explain that their “electric crazy attraction” will…
