South Florida isn’t necessarily known as a hotbed of international-caliber blues music, and yet it plays host to one of the most interesting voices in the genre. That, of course, is Albert Castiglia, whose cultural heritage and musical contributions are both perfectly at home in a metropolitan area whose identity…
The Miami quintet Ketchy Shuby takes its name from the song of the same name on Peter Tosh’s Legalize It. And the band name as homage to the reggae legend makes perfect sense when you consider Ketchy Shuby’s sound, a hybrid of Jamaican beats and psychedelic soul. The group’s MySpace…
Southern rock never dies; it just hangs on the sidelines until another of its native sons takes up the mantle. Maylene frontman Dallas Taylor is another artist picking up the greasy licks, hard-charging boogie, and country-fried rawk codified by acts like the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and .38 Special. Taylor’s…
Electroclash duo Fischerspooner, made up of Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner, last dropped by South Florida in March, at South Beach’s Liv. It was just a couple of months before the release of their third album, Entertainment, which proves a snapshot of the twosome’s sound evolution to date. Fischerspooner’s first…
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,…
photo by Steve Satterwhite, from New Times archivesJames McCauley, a.k.a. Maggotron The latest issue of Spin is on the newsstands, and in it there are a few shout-outs to South Florida. Besides a peek inside Iggy Pop’s clubhouse (disclaimer: I wrote it), a couple locals are mentioned in one of…
If you’re curious how Green Day opened their set last night at American Airlines Arena here’s a video recap. This fan-made video has good audio, clean picture, and is right up in the front rows. Welcome to 21st Century Breakdown. Enjoy…
Photo by Sayre BermanTo view a full slideshow of pictures from the show, click here. Green DayTuesday, August 4American Airlines Arena Better Than: A show by any other pop-punk outfit playing today. The Review: Green Day still rules, despite the fact they’re all grown up. Sure, in their early days,…
In case you hadn’t noticed, throughout the course of the last year Luis Fonsi has vaulted to the much sought after and seldom attained elite status in the Latin Pop world, to stand among the heavyweights in the genre. It almost seems as though he’s achieved this rather quietly, lacking…
via Sweat RecordsWhat’s a helpless independent record store to do when it needs to raise money for a new AC unit? Get some star power, of course.For months, it seems Sweat Records has lived up to its name, forcing owners Lauren “Lolo” Reskin and Jason Jimenez to amend store hours…
Fans of Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse are probably not reading this post right now. No, they’re feverishly searching out tickets for the show, which goes down on November 8 at Pompano Beach Amphitheater.If you’re not familiar with Metalocalypse or Dethklok, the death metal band it profiles, here’s the skinny. Dethklok is…
Remember when indie-dance parties were low-key affairs? Cheap drinks, lax door policy, and great music? Luckily for us, there are people out there looking to bring that back. Nightdrive started out at the New Lounge, but never seem to gain the popularity it deserved. Here was a Thursday night party…
Live Nation’s Wednesday deal of the week looks a lot like the last three weeks. Until 11:59 p.m. tonight, all tickets at the Cruzan and Bayfront Park Amphitheaters are buy one get one free. It’s a great deal, providing there’s something you want to see at those venues. This week,…
via flickr.com/people/lornethomson/She’s acted in Christmas Vacation, Cape Fear, and Natural Born Killers. She started Juliette and the Licks, which disbanded this year, and now she’s back on the music scene with Juliette Lewis & The New Romantics. Unlike many actors-turned musicians, Juliette Lewis holds her own onstage, bringing growling vocal…
Saigon Kick was arguably South Florida’s biggest rock export in the early ’90s, a band with some major hits that remains somewhat underrated, perhaps, because of the time at which it appeared. At first glance, the group, originally a quartet, had all the aesthetic stylings of a glam-metal act. But…
Mike Mineo fuses reggae, soulful vocals, and fan-chain pulling, computer-monitor slapping, light-switch flipping percussion for his funky and quirky single “Work,” off his upcoming album Eccentricity, due out in late February. Produced by Brent Williams, who produces and plays with local singer-songwriter Cat Shell, “Work” conveys the sense of stagnant imprisonment and monotony associated with middle-class/blue-collar existence. Mineo used a click…
Puerto Rican junk pop sensations Davila 666 are making a pit stop at Miami venue Churchill’s Pub next week. They craft beautiful songs that echo some of the middle of last century’s best American output. This is some of the best stuff to come out of the U.S. in the…
For the first time in almost 25 years, Roger Daltrey is breaking away from The Who to tour on his lonesome. In a genius admission of “This is only a warm up for bigger things”, Daltrey is calling it the “Use It or Lose It Tour” suggesting his voice will…
image via Miami New Times Archives week of August 3 – 9, 1988According to Hart Baur from SKUM, Grove Cinema “was the only (movie) theatre in Miami that had a liquor license,” which means that if you were old enough to have a drink in 1988 you could have done…
photo by Mark SeligerFor 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 laissez-faire sense of humor that’s gotten him through…
The sound of Austin post-punkers ST37 runs the gamut from fuzzy psychedelia to experimental/noise sessions to sonic pop. “Borg9 Hybrid Mix” sounds like a white noise machine with intermittent episodes of creepy laughter, while “Lactating Purple”is a psychedelic swamp of fuzzy guitars and gritty ominous rhythms. The band plays Tuesday…
