Flyer by Johnny SaraivaTo my unfocused eyes and deranged mind, this flyer wasn’t just a paper advertisement for some inevitably awesome show. At the time, it looked like the symbological key to a psychedelic netherworld. Those three goth-y faces, the double snakes, and that triangular gloam getting sucked into a…
Last night’s New Times banger got off to a lukewarm start. But by 10:30 p.m., the crowd was finally ready to fucking party. With unknown quantities of free Barefoot pinot grigio and a couple hundred pisscups of Magic Hat #9 turning their brains to sponges, people shed their inhibitions and…
The handsome Canadian transplant Tristan Clopet is something of a musical anomaly on the local scene. With his band, the Juice, he skips both the indie flavors of the week and the super-commercial aspirations of others around town. Instead, his music recalls those heady days of the early ’90s, when…
To view past editions of Blast From the Past, click here. CokeCoke (Sound Triangle Records)One of the perils of collecting Florida music is the often confusing and frustrating searches one can often endure. There are many reasons for this: small print runs, obscure bands, even more obscure “record labels” and very…
If you’re an old person (25+), then your iPod’s probably still packed with crap like the Strokes, the White Stripes, and Radiohead’s monumental monument of momentous music, Kid A. And all that stuff’s fine or whatever … But maybe it’s time to take a couple steps out of 2000. The kids…
The origin of the French group Nouvelle Vague’s name is three-pronged. First, of course, it references the famous French school of cinema. Then, the words themselves translate to “nova onda” in Portuguese, which is what Brazilians first called bossa nova. Finally, there’s the translation into English: new wave, the great…
The Hongs Delicate Tremors (Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator) twitter.com/thehongs There is something delicate and ephemeral about the Hongs. Their music sounds like something that reverberates in hallways in those moments before sleep hits. I’m talking about serenity — because there is something very serene about this EP. It somehow…
Too many outsiders think the borders of South Florida mark the outer edge of a cultural dead zone that no touring band should ever enter, lest it drop off the continent into the black depths of the Atlantic Ocean. We natives know this fear-mongering line of logic to be nothing…
There are people who despise country music who will admit to liking him. Notorious honky hater Miles Davis named a composition for him. He’s a country star who releases what he wants — even a reggae album and a single about (closeted) male homosexuality. He’s sold more than 50 million…
public domain image via Florida Guy 128 on wikimedia commons.Hallandale Beach at SunsetThe image above is of the sleepy-looking beachside town called Hallandale, Florida and gives no indication of the city’s Black musical history. But the Palms in Hallandale, just north of Miami, otherwise known as the Million Dollar Palms,…
The State Of The Live Studio Sessions EP (self-released) thestateofmusic.com Drummer Nabedi Osorio and vocalist/keyboard Steph Taylor have become local favorites with their work as the State Of. Both play well, and share an excellent chemistry that, though it’s kind of journalistically douchey to do so, can be compared to…
While most of the city was freaking out over the Super Bowl, some other legends were in town on Friday night: Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, formerly of the Grateful Dead. In a pretty unusual booking for downtown Miami, the two touched down at the recently revamped Bayfront Park Amphitheater…
After a seemingly endless heyday, rap-rock eventually became one of the most reviled musical artifacts of the end of the last millennium. But it’s been more than a decade since then. Fred Durst has disappeared from everywhere except Twitter, and critical darlings like Cage are starting to rhyme over guitars…
Few DJs can boast a history of beat-dropping that dates back to the days of grade school. Then again, few DJs grew up in houses as heavy with sound as that of one DJ Oski. See Oski’s pops, Pepe Pothea, was a player — he handled percussion for some of…
As the New Times reported last week, Monotonix’s trip to South Florida ended when only twelve minutes into its set, the band’s singer Ami Shalev stopped to say: “After more than 700 shows, I think I finally broke my leg.” Seemed like a joke at the time, but it turned…
via myspace.com/bobbytakcharliepickettCharlie Pickett and Bobby TakHere’s a track from the forthcoming collaborative effort between some of South Florida’s most notorious, adept and unfortunately under-recognized musicians. We’re talking here about Bobby Tak (formerly of the Bobs and New Wave sensations the Cichlids), guitar master Charlie Pickett, and Ian Hammond (of the…
Flux Forces makes your favorite cassettesIt’s Friday and the radio’s reporting a current temp of 83 degrees. Your Datsun’s dash clock is busted but your Casio wristwatch reads 7:39 p.m., which means this trip is still on schedule, but barely. You’re bored, sick of the public airwaves and things like…
For most people, a little summer lovin’ lasts two to three months, tops. Wales-born, East London-based DJ/producer Jamie Jones, however, began feeling the seasonal love last year in March, at the Winter Music Conference. It was then that his track “Summertime” (featuring Ost and Kjex) was quickly declared the deep tune of…
The Coral Springs-based act MillionYoung has been hailed as South Florida’s own bona fide entry into what is cringe-inducingly called glo fi or chillwave. (The latter word actually started as a joke on the parodic blog Hipster Runoff.) In fact, impending blog hype looms. The one-man band born Mike Diaz…
Music Is a Weapon Unplug Your Mind (self-released) musicisaweaponband.com Music Is a Weapon has already proven its chops beyond simple question, and this EP is a natural progression for the outfit. It opens with the post-industrial/hardcore track “1968 the 2-Bit Hustler” and bleeds into a rocking, danceable “Benz and Bicycle.”…
You might be sitting in traffic listening to the radio or getting your groove on in SoBe. Or maybe you’re relaxing at home, catching the late-night circuit, when you hear a familiar, unmistakably Miami accent. There’s Pitbull, kicking out yet another jam from his fourth and latest studio album, Rebelution…
Music’s push into the digital age has, if strangely, benefited one medium: vinyl! With no more middling-quality CDs to horde, more people are realizing what the hardcore collectors have always known. Records sound warmer, there is more opportunity for interesting art work and packaging, and they’re a hell of a…
