When a state’s revenue shrinks, usually funding for the arts takes the biggest lance from the budget blade. That’s why groups like Delray Beach’s Square One are so critically important for the survival of places like Delray’s Old School Square Cultural Arts Center. The organization, composed of young urban professionals…
Arsonist In Constant Motion Self-released arsonistmusic.com This 11-track disc by local band Arsonist rocks with proper inflections of shoegaze, post-punk, Hialeah rock, and solid indie know-how. And Miami’s Rimsky lends vocals to two tracks. Awesome. Jorge Ubieta (bass/keys) and Alejandro Tuesta (drums) put down an almost whimsical rhythm foundation for…
For all his band’s purported fascinations with life’s uglier aspects, Slayer frontman Tom Araya sure is a cheerful guy. Calling from a moving bus in rural Washington state, Araya laughs seemingly every couple of minutes. Surely, though, it’s this sense of humor that’s gotten him through almost three decades of…
South Beach is known for its swanky, passion-soaked clubs, and Fort Lauderdale — excuse me, Fort Liquordale — is known for its easy, beach-bum booze scene. Somewhere amid the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, West Palm gets a little left out. So, on a whirlwind tour of Clematis Street,…
This past weekend was relatively slow for “big” shows… But among the most impressive gigs last week was Thursday night at Propaganda, where local guys Stonefox celebrated the release of their sophomore album. For the occasion, they invited their awesome friends from Atlanta, Dead Rabbits. This band is a brother-brother…
It’s a Sunday evening at the local studios of WDNA, one of the only true indie radio stations in all of America. It’s raining outside, an unholy alliance of torrent and drizzle, but in here there’s nothing but sunshine. Brazilian sunshine, that is. As if one were on the beaches…
Ricky Martin is without question one of the most iconic performers in the world, let alone Latin music. He’s one of a very select few superstars who couldn’t likely make it down one block on any street anywhere across the globe without being recognized, and it’s for good reason –…
Photo by JipsyTony and Tina’s Wedding at Mansion.To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here.My images are not for everyone, as a matter of fact, this week I was reminded that I am more of an artistic photographer than a commercial photographer and this is true. I…
Flyer designed by Michael Tamzil | tamzdesigns.comIn the vaguely menacing gloam of this first dying decade of the 21st century, the people continue to party hard. It’s an obsessive, have-fun-or-die type of mindset that cannot be deterred, no matter the consequences. And to a large extent, Frenchy sensations Guy-Manuel de…
DJ/producer Sebastian Silva a.k.a. Basti is an Argentinian transplant and former indie rocker who relocated to Miami in 1999 to pursue a career in music. Basti has since established himself as a regular in Miami’s underground techno scene, and as a PL0T resident DJ he’s played alongside some of the…
John Dawson fronted this pioneering Americana band.To read past installments of Notes from the Soundboard, click here. It’s become all too common in our society to mourn the passing of those whose fame has taken them to the heights of international stardom, while all but ignoring others who perhaps lack…
It’s been a slow summer for the Miami quartet Mendacity, whose last show was this past March, and in Orlando, to boot, at that city’s stop of the Taste of Chaos tour. A few months’ break is no big deal for this long-running band, though — the foursome came together…
Celebrity culture is big business. It’s just that the definition of celebrity gets looser and looser. Pseudoreality entertainment has given us train wrecks, villains we love to hate, or modern-day spectacles akin to old bearded ladies of yore (Octomom, anyone?). But on the flip side, there are the few who…
Fort Lauderdale is perhaps better-known for its nickel slots and three-for-one drink specials than for its cultural pursuits. But you could have fooled the hundreds of people who attended Friday night’s kickoff party for the multimedia extravaganza that was the Red Eye exhibition, held at Broward County’s ArtServe space. In…
With 2004’s resounding, career-reviving smash American Idiot — and now, with the superior 21st Century Breakdown — Green Day has not so much evolved as been completely reborn. Even its name seems to have transformed, from a J-smoking lazy-afternoon joke to maybe something environmental. This is not simply because the…
It was Friday night, and I was chilling at industrial, sexy music haven Club 101. I was up on a black VIP couch, free bourbon and Coke in hand, chilling with some laid-back buddies. Suddenly, bam, I had an eyeful. Two trashed party girls — both slender-framed and long-legged, each…
The Miami Bass Warriors, a sort of supergroup featuring Otto von Schirach, Debbie D (Avenue D.) Jose el Rey and El Tigre, has been getting the remix treatment courtesy of the Nome and Chris Video of BF GF.MP3: Miami Bass Warriors – “Going Back to Calle Ocho” (the Nome remix)…
DJ Ryan Smith a.k.a Induce! flexes his house muscles on this live set from the Viceroy Hotel’s Club 50 way up on the 50th floor at the Icon on Brickell. Smith is an avid vinyl collector with thousands of pieces in his collection and he parlays that to great effect…
Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.Best-Sellers for the week of July 20-24:via myspace.com/themarsvoltaThe Mars Volta released its 8th album entitled “Octahedron” on June 23. It hit number one on Sweat’s chart this…
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the most-played albums on South Florida’s campus radio stations. To view previous week’s lists, click here.Top-Tens from the week of July 20-24:via Myspace.com/phenomenalhandclapbandThe Phenomenal Handclap band hails from New York City, NY. Their self-titled album was released on June 23rd and…
via s0und’s FlickrGallowsFirst, check out New Times’ Warped Tour photo slideshows — click here for the bands, click here for the fans and the fashions.Saturday proved meteorologically unpredictable in West Palm Beach. This year’s edition of the Warped Tour had migrated pretty far north from its usual South Florida venues…
First things first: M.Dot’s name has nothing to do with either Michigan’s or Maryland’s Department of Transportation. But it could, especially when you consider this DJ’s moniker does, in fact, have something to do with moving large groups of the public. In fact, it might take the DOT from both…
