A Day Without Mexicans

No, this post has nothing to do with the film (which, by the way, is an excellent movie).  Instead, it refers to a burning question I intended to begin with.  Do any Mexicans read this blog?  I have no idea, to be perfectly frank.  But I feel like the answer,…

Wednesday: Joaquin Phoenix at Dirty Hairy at LIV

Er, I just received this in my inbox. Actor-turned-rapper Joaquin Phoenix had threatened the world that he was going to become a rap superstar, but I don’t think anyone took him seriously. Well, apparently at next week’s edition of Dirty Hairy with Craze and Klever, Joaquin Phoenix will be performing…

StandUp For Kids at Transit Lounge This Saturday

Maybe it’s the result of years of Catholic school affecting me during this time of the year.  More likely, I’m just campaigning for a free tab at Transit Lounge (c’mon guys…how many posts do I have to write before I qualify??).  Whatever the case, I find myself compelled for the…

Last Night: CuCu Diamantes at The Viceroy’s Grand Opening

CuCu DiamantesThursday, March 5, 2009The Viceroy, Icon BrickellBetter than: The $7 million chandelier in the lobby. So, impresarios and Miami royalty Gloria and Emilio Estefan, actress Selma Blair, Food Network star Ingrid Hoffman and Emmy-winning Mad Men star Jon Hamm walk into a posh hotel.  No, it’s not the setup…

Franco De Vita comes to Miami

Franco De Vita is the Latin Billy Joel.  That’s not an exaggeration.  Anyone who knows Latin music can back it up.  And unfortunately I can’t take credit for the comparison, I’m actually quoting, unofficially and without her knowledge or consent, an old boss and mentor from my very first days…

Depeche Mode to play BankAtlantic Center September 5

And the old school hits just keep on coming. Depeche Mode has announced that on September 5th, their “Tour of the Universe” hits the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise. They’ll be touring in support of their 12th studio album, “Sounds of the Universe”…

Propagandhi

Propagandhi is coming to South Florida this month for another shot at an actual live concert experience. Fans of the long-running thrashy punk band from Canada may or may not be psyched to see it at the Culture Room, but you can be sure they will go, despite fierce competition…

Scion’s A/V Kitsuné Pioneer CD-Release Party

Paris-based indie electro music/fashion label Kitsuné was founded in 2002 and named after the Japanese word for shape-shifting foxes. It releases tracks that pile on robotic gargling, squelchy synths, new rave’s saw-tooth bass, and four-on-the-floor, French disco-house buildups. The only filter the artists don’t employ is the one in their…

David Allan Coe

Stifle yourself, Steve Earle. Lower that middle finger, Hank III. Take another hit from that spliff, Willie Nelson. And then all of you step aside. When it comes to insurgency, you guys pale compared to that cantankerous country crooner David Allan Coe. Banished to reform school at age 9, he…

EOTO

Consisting of former String Cheese Incident members Michael Travis and Jason Hann, the electronic duo EOTO brings, as expected, heavy shades of the jam scene’s improvisational ethic to its brand of dance music. In fact, the group stresses that all of its sounds are completely improvised, that none of the…

Last Night: Mötley Crüe at Seminole Hard Rock Live

Sayre BermanMötley Crüe performed at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Tuesday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.For Sam Hamovitch, the year was 1986, and you were about to witness the birth of a historical moment in rock and roll history. It was called “Hair Metal,” and it was…

New Shai Hulud Interview Up on Italian Webzine UnderTheory

Used-to-be-local HC/post-HC/metalcore band Shai Hulud have a nice little interview up on Italian music site UnderTheory on their recent tour with Comeback Kid. This interview is a very my-first-zine series of questions in English by Italian cutie, Vale, in a halter top. Things like the band name, music type, and…

Q&A with Tokyo Police Club’s Greg Alsop

Any band that can crank out seven songs in the span of just 16 minutes and not give up a thing is all right by me.  And that’s exactly what Tokyo Police Club did with their 2006 debut EP titled A Lesson In Crime.  Their single off that EP, “Nature…

Berlin Calling Premiere & Afterparty

It appears that the Berlinophile techno generation now has its very own Quadrophenia in the form of a new film called “Berlin Calling.” Starring real life EDM producer Paul Kalkbrenner, the movie is a moral tragicomedy of sorts about a successful Berlin DJ (metaphorically named DJ Ikarus) who succumbs to…

New DIY Venue H.O.M.E. – Helps Organize Music and Entertainment

Helping Organize Music Entertainment from Miami New Times on Vimeo.The DIY venue movement is a growing phenomenon in Miami’s urban core and suburbs. Maybe it’s being spurred on by the current economic climate, or maybe people are just sick of the same old sameness of commercial nightlife. Whatever the case,…

This Weekend: Langerado Leftovers

It’s Tuesday, so clearly it’s time to start looking forward to the weekend. Since Langerado’s been canceled, people looking to get their fill of music will have to do a bit more planning and travelling. A few of the bigger bands that were to play Langerado, like the Pogues (March…

Friday: Damián Schwartz at White Room

Friday’s installment of PL0T at White Room presents Spanish minimal techno producer Damián Schwartz live, along with locals Basti and Sabox on decks. At 26, Schwartz has already established himself as a key player in the European minimal scene, with various releases on his own Mupa label, and garnered praise…