Funplex, released last year, is the B-52s’ first album in 16 years. It pumps up the volume, cranks the guitars, and rocks harder than anything the veteran group has done since its 1979 debut. There’s nothing here as sweet or as catchy as “Roam” or “Love Shack,” both of which…
New York City hardcore legends Agnostic Front definitely still bring it: The guys are still as loud and confrontational as always, even with their wrinkles, gray hair, and degenerating vision. Well-into-their-50s principals Roger Miret (vocals) and Vinnie Stigma (guitar) — who, inspired by the likes of Black Flag and Bad…
The Miami New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands would have sent the competition’s winner to the stage of the Langerado Music Festival, but the communist business-hippies behind that event got scared and pulled the plug on the show last minute, so battle winners are flying to and staying…
The Miami-based grind outfit Maruta is staying busy (as always) with an upcoming split with Fistula on Animosity Records and a tour with Crowpath in May. Also look for them at Maryland Death Fest, the Auditory Assault Fest in Brooklyn, and at the Midwest Fuckfest. If you don’t know what…
via www.epitaph.comNew Found Glory has announced an April 14 date at Revolution in support of the band’s upcoming album, Not Without a Fight. Slated for release on March 10, the disc is NFG’s sixth studio release, and its first on Epitaph records. The South Florida natives have been blasting out…
Jose D. DuranCirca 28’s former home to become the Electric Pickle.The sudden closure of Circa 28 late last year came as a shock to us. However, after the bar parted ways with Sweat Records’ Lolo Reskin, Circa’s Saturday nights were never really the same. By the end, Safe promoter Diego…
via www.myspace.com/bluestravelerYes. Blues Traveler is still around. Long ago frontman John Popper graduated from the more-is-more school of blues-rock jamming, his dissertation a seven-minute harmonica solo tucked into a 23-minute jam about a sweet-talking hippie. Since 1990 he’s led the band in diligent touring and understatement-free recordings, including an album…
Okay, St. Augustine is pretty damn far from here. And half of the bands on the Harvest of Hope festival bill, well, we’ve never heard of them. However, if you overwhelmed with a sense of loss after Langerado’s cancellation, or just feel like a road trip, this one may be…
Miami is in for a special techno lovers’ treat this Valentine’s — esteemed Berlin-based producer, DJ, and Wagon Repair label owner Konrad Black, will be throwing down at Glass at The Forge on the night of February 14. This exclusive performance comes on the first leg of Black’s debut 2009…
via www.krsone.orgKRS-One’s been no stranger to South Florida, playing a couple of gigs at Miami’s now-defunct Studio A over the past couple of years. He’s coming back, but this time a little further north, to City Limits in Delray Beach. The show presents something of a musical (although perhaps not…
via www.darwilliams.comDar Williams isn’t exactly a household name … yet. All that might be about to change, as she’s recently tapped Grammy nominated producer Brad Wood (think Liz Phair, Pete Yorn, and Ben Lee) and Greg Leisz (who’s played with Wilco and Robert Plant) to help write her latest album,…
Pure Imagination is a bunch of weird people playing instruments with a story being read over the top of it. Last time I walked in on it, I thought I was listening to an American version of that Velvet Underground track “The Gift,” minus the Welsh accent and the heroin…
Pamela WasabiBritish R&B singer Estelle performs at The Fillmore Miami Beach Friday night. Estelle and John LegendFriday, January 30, 2009The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterBetter Than: Being sung to by the girl of your dreams. Or close to it anyway.Okay, I’m gonna get a lot of flack…
Those of you who missed the Music Musica Exhibit at the Miami Science Museum in early December will get another chance this week. The exhibit returns to give museum-goers a chance to learn about the impact of Latinos throughout the history of American popular music, and also to play with…
via www.myspace.com/311 311: still around, and playing SunFest!SunFest, in West Palm Beach, has always impressed me, 1) for the expensive, marquee names it has attracted, but also 2) for the really strange ways it has often combined them. The festival, in its latter-day incarnation, now spans several days, with packed…
Slayer in 2007Last year marked the inauguration of the Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour, a summer package from the creators of Warped Tour that featured heavier acts. There were some pretty surprising bands on the bill: besides Miami’s Black Tide, performers included Mastodon, Underoath, and Of course, if you’re a Slipknot…
…Um, the DJs. Or at least, we think that should be plural — South Florida has been receiving a spate of solo spinners in place of advertised teams. At the recent (fun!) Scion House Party at the Vagabond, instead of both members of the DFA’s Still Going, we got one…
It’s been 50 years since Castro took power, and still the stretches of ocean surrounding Cuba can’t stop the flow of its people’s creative juices. The second annual Global Cuba Fest pays homage to the continuity of this unique Caribbean culture by uniting artists who long ago spread to the…
via www.myspace.com/badmannersofficialBad Manners’ frontman, Buster Bloodvessel, in 1983Bad Manners and the English BeatWednesday, January 28, 2009Culture Room, Ft. LauderdaleBetter Than: Feeling sorry for yourself, anywhereThe Review:When a portly, fiftysomething man in a floppy, sweaty, leopard print suit rubs his protruding belly and asks, in an impenetrable, working-class Brit accent, if…
New Times recently caught up with John Legend in between all kinds of action. After his high-profile appearances at the inaugural festivities, February will find the five-time Grammy winner playing Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the NBA All-Star Game, and the Dubai International Jazz Festival. Oh, yeah: He also boasts a new…
Funplex, released last year, is the B-52’s’ first album in 16 years. It pumps up the volume, cranks the guitars, and rocks harder than anything the veteran group has done since its 1979 debut. There’s nothing here as sweet or as catchy as “Roam” or “Love Shack,” both of which…
Photo by Shigeo Kikuchi, via www.agnosticfront.comNew York City hardcore legends Agnostic Front definitely still bring it: They’re still as loud and confrontational as always, even with their wrinkles, gray hair, and degenerating vision. Well-into-their-50s principals Roger Miret (vocals) and Vinnie Stigma (guitar) — who, inspired by the likes of Black…
