We’re keeping it simple today. Here is everything you missed across South Florida over the weekend:Stonefox’s Final Show at 1921Photo by Ian WitlenWe still don’t understand why one of South Florida’s most promising bands, Stonefox, has decided to call it a day, but we hope they all find success wherever…
Photo by Ian WitlenTo view a full slideshow of photos from the event, click here. Stonefox 1921, Fort LauderdaleFriday, January 22, 2010 Better Than: Having someone say, “It’s not you, it’s me” through a medium other than rock music.The Review:Have we just been dumped? There have been so many hot, sweaty nights that…
Pity the hapless hipster who wanders into Sweat Records this Saturday night looking for a copy of Vampire Weekend’s Contra. In an unusual but welcome change, the evening’s in-store takes a turn away from the mellow indie and towards the grimy, in a four-band show organized by local trio Green…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. JByrd’s Muddy Waters Restaurant and Raw Bar (2237 W Hillsboro Blvd, Deerfield Beach Call 954-428-6577, or visit muddywaters.biz)Out front, the patio area is replete with glider booths, palm trees, and parrot cages. A small island-like…
via myspace.com/thomasfunctionThe Alabama foursome Thomas Function makes its label home on Fat Possum, that originally Epitaph-spawned label that began as a blues imprint. That family tree indeed tells you a bit about the band’s sound — propelled largely by a punky euphoria, but informed by a bit of a Muscle…
D.I.M.If there is one thing Germans do right, its electronic music. Some of the best consistently comes out Deutschland, Berlin in particular. Why? I’m not sure. But D.I.M. is definitely not an exception. The Boys Noize Records DJ/producer has found plenty of success behind the decks with tracks like “It’s…
Two big names in the contemporary underground techno scene will be alighting on Parkwest nightclub in downtown on Friday, February 5, Brooklyn-based DJ/producers Camea and Alexi Delano. Camea Hoffman is a classically-trained musician boasting a darkly sexy and funked-up brand of minimal techno with releases charted by the likes of…
Normally, I prefer to spend my time and money in clubs that look, feel, and smell like actual garages. But this past Wednesday, I chose instead to spend my time and money in the sex dens of that 21st century disco Sodom, otherwise known as LIV. The night was long,…
photo by Ian WitlenNo amount of bloggy rapture from here or other local outlets can save a promising local band from the usual frustration and wanderlust. And so it goes that Stonefox, the Boca-based trio (and sometimes foursome) over which I’ve publicly geeked out, is likely no more. The band has…
photo via Shorefire MediaGov’t MuleRevolution, Fort LauderdaleJanuary 20, 2010Better Than: Paying to be crammed in a container with 1000 old, loud, smelly people and then shipped from Haiti during a earthquake with nothing but Gov’t Mule on my MP3 player. The Review:I am guessing that since Revolution Live has an average…
Snobby, indie music site Pitchfork awarded Surfer Blood’s debut album, Astro Coast, an 8.2 rating, also tagging as “Best New Music.” However, if you’ve followed the bands meteoric rise, thanks in large part to Pitchfork, this doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise. The site has shown its love for the…
For this year’s Super Bowl festivities, a four-day, celebrity-filled affair is about to check in to the newly renovated Eden Roc Renaissance Resort under the name of Hotel 944. The party kicks off with a charity event hosted by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and his Super Skins partner, Nick Lachey…
Rachel GoodrichLooking to score $500? Are you handy with a camera? Do you enjoy local music? Well, Sweat Records has got a contest for you. The Little Haiti record store is calling for aspiring music video directors to act, animate or whatever Rachel Goodrich’s track “Light Bulb,” which as we…
The woman of my dreams, Tamara Sky.Yep, another Tamara Sky post. I’m not going to say much except she’s spinning at Louis tomorrow night for its Misfit party. She’ll loved my other post about the Sloppy Seconds event at White Room that she took of part of that she gave…
If bouts of casual pyromania are your idea of a perfect night out, then consider the hairy, sweaty, and certifiably dangerous members of Monotonix your Israeli tour guides to paradise. Like IDF explosive experts or any troglodyte teen with a Zippo, the Monotonix men — singer Ami Shalev, guitarist Yonatan…
via Luke RecordsWe don’t advocate theft, but when our little buddy stole a II Live Crew tape from the Spec’s by what’s now Sunset Place sometime in the ’90s it changed our life. Luke taught our eight year old self to cuss out politicians (“Fuck Martinez, Fuck Fuck Martinez”), and…
If you’ve been paying attention to the news–and it’s almost impossible not to at a time like this–you’ve no doubt witnessed the horrors our poor Caribbean neighbors in Haiti have endured since a major earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter mag scale all but obliterated the small impoverished country sharing…
You guys all know all about Jazid and MiamiAlterLatino.com’s International Thursdays parties, right? Here’s hoping you’ve even partaken of the good times to be had at Fiesta Colombiana two weeks back and the Argentine shindig last Thursday. Well, the series continues tonight with a third installment paying homage to a…
…Speaking of DJ Craze (check the previous post on this blog for an un-missable nugget of joy he passed along), Miami’s finest DJ champ will head to the desert this summer to play Coachella for the first time. On the mega-festival’s second day, Saturday, April 17, he’ll take the stage…
…It’s alive and well with “Mini Daddy” a.k.a. Adriansito, and his highly inappropriate mini video vixens. Even if Adrian isn’t technically so “-ito,” you’ve gotta love his utter belief that he is, after all, “el nino mas bonito, el nino mas chiquito” — you’re right, that claim doesn’t make sense…
Few artists in the world of electronic dance music can take credit for the sort of self-styled signature sound that has made Mark Farina one of the most original and idiosyncratic DJ/producers of the past 20 years. He’s a house-music veteran with old ties to the scenes in Chicago, Detroit,…
There’s something to be said for pairing things. Do it right and you can end up with peanut butter in your chocolate or Jameson in your Guinness. And then there’s a bill like Empire State DJ/producer Victor Calderone and Philipp Jung of German production duo M.A.N.D.Y. on the same night,…
