Last year was especially good for classic metal in South Florida, as all of the big four — Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Metallica — made it to the area for headlining shows, and Slayer played a brain-blasting set at the Mayhem Festival. Still, all of those were at…
Here are three more nuggets of awesomeness from New Times’ Best Endangered Live Music Venue, the Fillmore Miami Beach. Nearly every week brings a new announcement of a major act there, and one more chip away at Broward’s dominance of the touring-band market for South Florida. We hope things keep…
After a couple years of eardrum-hammering from the relentless-banger-addicted sect of the indie/dance crossover scene, acts like Aeroplane come as a welcome shot of sweetness and light. Hailing originally from the somewhat unlikely region of Wallonia — that’s French-speaking Southern Belgium — the duo of Stephan Fasano and Vito Deluca…
It may surprise those who haven’t kept up with the hard rock legends of yesteryear, but Scorpions never actually went away. In fact, with their current “Get Your Sting and Blackout” World Tour, they’re just now getting around to retiring. And they’re doing so in appropriately bombastic fashion, with worldwide…
This past Saturday, Get Some at the Electric Pickle hosted Mayday for an hour-long set in the upstairs of the club. Wynwood was banging from a heavy-traffic art walk, the night was steamy as a hot bath, and the club was full of people. It should have been awesome.Live sound…
You’ll probably recognize Vampire Weekend’s keyboardist/guitarist and backup vocalist Rostam Batmanglij in the video above, where he talks to Converse about his musical beginnings. You can catch him along with the rest of the band on October 13 with Beach House. But if you can’t wait that long, Batmanglij has…
Despite being pushed back a couple weeks, it looks like Rick Ross’ Teflon Don album will, in fact, come out July 20. (Then again, that’s over a week away, and this is the hip-hop industry, so anything could happen, but fingers crossed). And where else would he celebrate but the…
We know you love New Times’ Best Of Miami issue. We know you pine for it each and every year. And that’s why we work so hard to bring you the very best Miami has to offer in one spectacular issue, so that your months of gazing longingly at saved past issues…
You don’t need to be the most devoted fan of rock en español to know La Secta Allstar, especially if, between 2005 and 2006, you turned your radio dial to any Spanish-language station for even five minutes. And if you did, there’s at the very least a strong possibility you…
New Orleans-born, L.A.-based DJ/producer Trent Cantrelle is a bit of a chameleon. His work generally leans toward the big, peak-hour style of progressive, as heard on tracks such as his recent release, “Siren Says,” but he’s also fully capable of going deep and dirty for a late-night set. Cantrelle’s mixes…
Longtime Miami music fans approaching an impending “certain age” might forever speak wistfully about the early-’90s South Beach scene around the Stephen Talkhouse and the local star it birthed: Nil Lara. Yes, it was a hallowed time, and Lara, the scene’s perceived savior, almost broke it huge with his multiculti…
While Miami’s techno scene becomes increasingly robust, most of the major out-of-towners rolling through ply similarly minimal, relatively low-bpm styles. Still, an entire internationally growing subgenre has been largely ignored in the city, even during Winter Music Conference. So-called Schranz or hard techno hails from the same country — Germany…
What do you get when the equally weirdness-loving Roofless Records and Laundry Room Squelchers team up? This Thursday marks the first such promotional collaboration, but apparently it yields an awesome night of lo-fi, scuzzy, and experimental sounds that marry old-school with new. Representing the old-school is L.A. underground legend Azalia…
Longtime Miami music fans approaching an impending “certain age” may forever speak wistfully about the early ’90s South Beach scene around the Stephen Talkhouse, and the local star it birthed: Nil Lara.Yes, it was a hallowed time, and Lara, the scene’s perceived saviour, almost broke it huge with his multiculti…
While the techno scene in Miami becomes increasingly robust, most of the major out-of-towners rolling through ply similarly minimal, relatively low-BPM styles. Still, an entire internationally growing subgenre has been largely ignored in the city, even during Winter Music Conference. So-called Schranz or hard techno hails from the same country –…
“Totally Guitarded is a punk rock night at a cool Bar with cheap drinks. It’s the only punk night with all DJ’s, no bands.” That’s according to DJ G Or Die who later got so mad at us writing down everything he was saying that he called us stupid, accused…
Remember that little beer joint that nabbed our award for Best Bottled Beer Selection just a few short weeks ago in this year’s Best of Miami? The DRB? Well, The Democratic Republic of Beer is proving us right this weekend by holding their own Downtown Summer Beer Luau. I know,…
Simplicity rules. The Fest, an annual, well, fest in Gainesville, gets away with its bare-bones name because, well, it is THE fest in the Southeast. The yearly three-day shebang is the Sunshine State’s ultimate, temporary mecca for all that is sludgy and dirty in metal, hardcore, and punk. No, not the…
What do you get when the equally weirdness-loving Roofless Records and Laundry Room Squelchers team up? Thursday, July 8 marks the first such promotional collaboration, but apparently, it yields an awesome night of lo-fi, scuzzy, and experimental sounds that marry old-school with new. Representing the old-school (by now) is L.A. underground…
Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd quietly announced his debut album, The Wild Trapeze, via his Facebook page only a month ago, and not much else has been said about it since.Today, it was officially released. His first solo album a music career spanning more than 15 years, Boyd describes his debut…
Click here to view photos from Black Kids at the Vagabond.Black Kids With Pop Glow The Vagabond, Miami Friday, July 2, 2010 Better than: Dancing in your underwear a ‘la Tom Cruise in Risky Business — hey, we know you’ve all done it. The Review: The first room at the…
Click here to view photos from Hole at the Fillmore Miami Beach.HoleThe Fillmore Miami BeachFriday, July 2, 2010Nobody can blame Courtney Love of being fake and insincere. She always wears her emotions on her sleeve, a rare trait in rockstars these days. Love is dying breed of iconic stars that…
