If you missed out on Iron Maiden’s recent triumphant show at the BankAtlantic Center — the band’s first in the area in 13 years — well, you know what we’re going to tell you. (Click here to read New Times’ review of the show, and click here to view a…
Dance-punker The Juan MacLean is going on tour to promote the release of his latest effort, The Future Will Come, which was released about a week ago. The album has received fairly positive reviews from Rolling Stone and The Guardian for its electro disco-revivalist grooves and Nancy Whang’s breezy vocals…
Nothing adds megawatts of hype to a South Florida appearance by tabloid twink Pete Wentz like a last-minute Boca ban. Initially, he and his fellow Fall Out Boys were planning to publicly flash their musical junk from the stage at Mizner Park. But now, their pop-punk exhibitionism has been relocated…
Don’t tell the boys from Ghost of Gloria that South Florida isn’t a rock market. The Fort Lauderdale band’s co-manager, Brandon Young, says the foursome committed last year to making being in a band their day job in the hopes of making it big within three years. “The hope is…
These days, it’s no surprise to see a rock star rally ’round a worthy cause. Hell, Bono alone seems to make more news than all the NGOs working in Africa combined. And bands such as Pearl Jam, Green Day, and Bad Religion have been rocking the good fight for years…
Kyle CrosslandKyle Crossland EPCane RecordsUniversity of Miami student Kyle Crossland’s new self-titled EP is a pleasant mix of easy-listening alternative rock tunes that don’t quite approach the acoustic grooviness of Jack Johnson. There are promising moments such as the opening tempo of the EP’s first song “Irony,” which contains hints…
Jacob KatelPoppa E is a bad motherfucker. Find out for yourself every Wednesday night at Casa Panza, where he has a residency, and he and his band play three or more sets of jazz, blues, and R&B songs you already know the words to. Some people might think it’s strange…
StimmingReflections(Dynamic Music)In an electronic music era over-saturated with dilettante bedroom producers and prosaic cookie-cutter dance tracks, Martin Stimming stands as a bold innovator with a musicianship and sound uniquely his own. A relative newcomer to the international minimal scene, this Hamburg resident has been gaining steady praise since 2007 with…
Unlike many so-called independent acts of late, the South Florida-birthed quintet New Found Glory never wanted to be the next big thing. The musicians didn’t worry about getting a major record deal, nor did they bother about clever outfits or brand image. They happily spent their formative years playing less-than-glamorous…
I was at Sea Monster nightclub, trying to make conversation with a guy at the bar while pop remixes throbbed in my ears and strobe lights flashed overhead. He had dirty blond hair, an open shirt, and was slick with perspiration from recent dancing. I simply introduced myself and asked…
Image via City LimitsCity Limits goes dark April 10.The last show at City Limits in Delray Beach will take place on April 10, featuring the Led Zeppelin tribute band Zoso. The club announced officially yesterday that it was closing. At least Palm Beach County still has Respectable St. Cafe, in…
Thanks to Lady GaGa, here’s hope for the brave and unabashed pop worshipers still out there. About the middle of last year, a relatively unknown artist born Stefani Germanotta stormed onto the scene, infiltrating the airwaves with tracks that sounded like a mashup of Billy Idol, Madonna, and Peaches spun…
I was at Fuci-Fino’s, chatting with the good-old-boy bartender. It was Wednesday, the night the place does its Scaryoke — hardcore karaoke for goths. It brings out a playful crowd of spiked, tattooed, and pierced vamps, rockers, and punks. Suddenly the music started and a booze-addled karaoke performer stepped onto…
Sidelines Sports bar buzzes with healthy conversation as basketball flickers on the many flat-screen television screens. Men, many still in their workday business attire, sip frothy brews and shoot pool. Suddenly, the distinct first couple of notes of a song trickle from the speakers, and the conversation quiets. All eyes…
Kill Miss Pretty. If the name alone doesn’t get you, the band just might. The Boynton Beach-based act is a soul-stealing threesome comprised of pixie-throated singer Alicia Olink and Ouija board-wielding ax men Russell Rogers and Martin Davis. And thanks to its out-there style and tunes, the band could very…
Yes, Ultra Music Festival was born of and remains true to the best and the brightest in DJ culture. But the fest’s preeminence goes well above and beyond two turntables and Serato. According to UMF codirector Russell Faibisch, this year’s lineup numbers nearly 260 artists and runs from the Satellite…
Industry insiders or civilians who just happen to be fans of Latin music may find themselves wanting for panels and performances specifically addressing their interests during Winter Music Conference. But there is an event for them. Though it is not exactly a WMC sanctioned event, it has all the right…
WMC 2009 Public Enemy from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Yesterday’s officially sanctioned WMC 2009 Public Enemy event, South Beach Sessions: The Terrordome Revisited, put DJ Lord, Chuck D and Professor Griff in a close-quarters Q&A session moderated by New Times music editor Arielle Castillo. The talking was followed by an…
Fans of Latin music, the time has come once again for artists and industry folk alike to descend upon the city for a whirlwind of performances, parties, glitz, glamor, bling, and enough media ops to get ravenous media whores Heidi and Spencer drooling like Lindsay Lohan in the Miami-Dade evidence…
CyberSutra The San Francisco duo CyberSutra may be fairly new to the dance-music scene, but producers Scott Binder and Nathan Heal have wasted no time in making their presence known. Blending the hard edge of electro with the melodic expanses of trance, they incorporate unique vocals by some of the…
You’ve got a penny, so chuck it down the well and make a wish. What do you wish for? A million bucks? A pet pony? A pet porn star? One despondent drinker at the Wishing Well, a spacious Irish bar in Boca Raton, wished for a job. A dart-playing, midlife-crisis-aged…
Danny DazeMiami’s own Danny Daze and Induce are now part of the Midnight Moroders, a loose-knit group of music lovers. Induce, also of Casual Sax, is a brightly colored lad, known to also DJ in short pants and a hat, playing from his hip-hop roots to more current and eclectic…
