Café Bustelo’s iconic can is getting a makeover. That’s right, the instantly recognizable red and yellow facade that cafecito drinkers have groped for first thing in the bleary-eyed morning for the past 80 years will look somewhat different as the recently unveiled cans begin to pop up around the country. …
The Miami grindcore soldiers of Maruta are heading out again for a Midwest/East Coast adventure, up to Chicago and back down the seaboard. Tour dates are on the band’s Myspace. In order to get set and make some last minute gas money they are doing a little show over at…
Steve Kimock is a true student of music, specifically the guitar, constantly touring the world with a plethora of musicians and mixing their styles with his own. Relix magazine went so far as to call him the “Guitar Monk,” which is either the coolest title ever written or the makings…
The Pretty Faces are exactly what local music needs: unique and unpretentious rock and rollers. Although the threesome is true to its name, there’s more to it than style. Tom, Jeph, and Hannah Thorslund (Jeph and Hannah married in ’07, Tom’s a brother of Jeph) craft tight, catchy tunes that…
Swamp Stomp is truly a homegrown party, a super-independent mini-festival that keeps steadily growing in size since its inaugural year in 2007. The first edition was pretty much a house party in the backyard of some UM kids, and students from the U are still behind this event. But with…
It’s been three long years for Green Day fans, but the long wait is over. Billie Joe Armstrong and crew have announced their latest tour, which will be promoting their upcoming album, 21st Century Breakdown. It’s been five years since Green Day released their last album, American Idiot, and they’ve…
The Fridays at the Vagabond crew consistently books national acts that are on the edge of mass consciousness or just below the radar, and, this Friday’s show by the Los Angeles band Gliss continues in that vein. The trio has moved past being the hype of being Billy Corgan’s favorite…
In a recent interview with MTV, Stevie Nicks explained her past relationship with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham: “It’s over. He’s married. The love is always there, but we’ll never be together, so that’s more romantic than even being together.” She went on to explain that their “electric crazy attraction” will never…
Round two of the Hard Rock’s battle pits Leading the Heroes, Stained Angel, Tri Funk Point, and Tristan Clopet & the Juice. The winner goes on to face last week’s victor, Ghost of Gloria, on April 30. Ghost of Gloria and Thursday night’s winner will be videotaped at next week’s…
She of a thousand names and the hypnotic hips is setting out on the “I Am…” tour and making a stop at BankAtlantic Center on June 29. Beyonce is touring behind her third consecutive number one album, this one titled “I Am… Sasha Fierce”. In her new bio, Beyonce pretty…
The English Rock Supergroup (provided you consider members of Free and Mott the Hoople banding together a supergroup) Bad Company have announced a stop at Seminole Hard Rock Live. The 1970s powerhouse, most famous for their version of “Feel Like Making Love” (which Kid Rock recently brought back to popularity)…
Frankie Knuckles is hardly a man who needs introduction. The legendary DJ/producer is a pivotal figure in the history of house music, having begun his stellar career alongside Larry Levan in NYC and as resident DJ at the Warehouse in ’70s Chicago, back when house music was still an experimental…
Heineken TransAtlantic Festival with Aterciopelados and CuruminFriday, April 16, 2009North Beach Bandshell, Miami BeachBetter than: Cafeteria breakfast.The good people at the Rhythm Foundation kicked off their seventh annual Heineken TransAtlantic world music festival Friday night with Colombian folk/rock/lounge superstars Aterciopelados, along with Brazilian electro wonder-boy Curumin. It’s a terrifically breezy…
It’s that time of year again, party people. No, not when your ass sticks to your car seat from the heat and humidity (though it’s annoying that we’re to that, isn’t it?). I’m referring to the Billboard Latin Music Awards and Conference. And we all know what that means? Um…yes…I…
True house music aficionados (myself included) who attended the Electric Pickle’s WMC parties in March got a superlative taste of the new venue’s quality underground deep house bookings and are doubtlessly hungry for more. With its intimate space, dark sultry ambiance, and rapturously superior sound system, the Pickle is an…
Thirsting for a new place to satiate your unquenchable thirst for strong drink and enjoy some good tunes? Rack your brain no further. You may already have heard of Poprox, a new club that opened on SoBe at the start of the month, named after everyone’s favorite mysteriously crackly candy…
Cant’ get enough American Idol despite the fact it’s on television 45 hours a week? Well break out your wallet and get ready to see some contestants live. Megan Joy, Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre are already confirmed, and most of the following will also be on the tour: Adam…
Doo-Wop, one of the most innocent sounding and feel good form of music , has been all but completely forgotten. Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge and The Mystics are doing their best to keep the uniquely American music alive when they perform at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on April…
Steven Guarin needs a bone marrow transplant. He has cancer and stupid Medicaid won’t cover it. The situation sucks, but his friends in the Miami music scene are doing something about it. They’ve already gotten a $1,500 donation from Music Cares, the charity foundation set up by the Recording Academy…
After missing Ultra this year, big beat electronica pioneers The Crystal Method will be playing Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale May 14. Along with The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy, The Crystal Method helped bring breakbeats out of basements and shady clubs, and into mainstream dance floors and rock stations…
Country powerhouses Toby Keith and Trace Adkins are joining forces to spread that new country love all over West Palm Beach. On June 27, Cruzan Amphitheatre will host a gaggle of grown men and women wearing costumes dressed in their finest cattle rustling gear yearning for a sense of patriotism…
Although the place isn’t set yet, the date and the bands are. On July 13th, Aerosmith and ZZ Top will be playing somewhere in South Florida in support of their retirement funds. Aerosmith isn’t releasing a new album (although they do have a new-ish video game on the market: Guitar…
