You already know Sander Kleinenberg’s music, although you might not be aware of that fact. You probably first heard it at a certain Park West nightclub at 8 a.m. while rolling so hard you thought you were in Ibiza. But you weren’t in Ibiza — Kleinenberg’s track came on to…
Unless you reside in Little Buenos Aires (around North Beach, where Las Vacas Gordas throw down!), it’s possible you’re unfamiliar with Damas Gratis. Hailing from Argentina, the eight-piece band has never been to Miami. But these guys have been putting together some seriously swinging cumbia with Andean flavor, known as…
And so continues DIY punks’ fascination with bluegrass. Among a subset of youth that patches its own pants and enjoys hitchhiking to places such as Pensacola, the fiddle and jug have sparked a frisson of authentic Americanness. This explains why almost every college town has bearded types sitting on a…
Long Beach-bred punk-ska band Sublime was on the verge of national success when frontman Brad Nowell died of a heroin overdose in 1996, right after work on Sublime’s major-label debut was completed. To help fill the void left by the band, Rhode Island-based quartet Badfish does a very personal tribute…
It’s enough to make metal purists wail and gnash their teeth. Half of the producer/DJ duo Mixhell, Iggor Cavalera cofounded seminal Brazilian groove-metal act Sepultura when he was just 15 years old. For the next 20 years, he toured the world and sold out stadiums as the band’s drummer, until…
Welsh DJ/producer Sasha (born Alexander Paul Coe) is that rare breed of artist that has managed to balance massive commercial success and notoriety with artistic integrity throughout his long-standing career. I won’t go into too many details about his myriad accolades through the years, which include over a decade of…
Check out this killer guitar solo from Radio Galaxy’s performance at the Wednesday night blues jam at Titanic Brewery by the University of Miami in Coral Gables.Click here for Radio Galaxy’s myspace.Like blues music? Check out the jam tonight from 9 p.m. to midnight with an open blues jam hosted…
103.1, The Buzz has announced the lineup of their 14th annual Buzz Bake Sale 2009, which is slated to take place at Cruzan Amphitheater on December 5. This twelve hour music festival is taking place over three stages starting at 10 am. Tickets, which run $20 for lawn tickets and…
JewelThe Fillmore Miami BeachNovember 3, 2009Better Than: Having to actually live the ’90s all over again.The Review:It must be terribly difficult for a singer to be inextricably linked to a particular decade, especially when said singer begins to realize that nothing they do will ever be as big or as…
A joint project by FUNDarte and the Miami Light Project, the Global Cuba Fest returns for its third annual edition this weekend. But where last year it was a multiple-day, stand-alone event with daily concerts that weren’t cheap, organizers have wised up this year. It’s now being mounted in one…
Click here to view more photos from this event.Busy PSaturday, October 31, 2009Electric Pickle, MiamiBetter Than: The prefect pair of alt breast, y’all.If websites like Hipster Runoff have taught us anything is that when the alt community comes together for a ‘meaningful’ experience, it can be a beautiful thing. It…
Do you swoon like a schoolgirl at the mere mention of Wisin y Yandel’s names (even though you’re not one)? Are you anxiously awaiting Aventura’s upcoming Miami show with your Romeo T-shirt already ironed? Can you frequently be seen driving around town with your windows down, blasting the latest Don…
We skipped dressing up for Halloween this year, but people wouldn’t stop bothering us as to why we weren’t in costume. Being an overworked, underpaid writer is a full-time job and is the scariest costume we could come up with.But enough about us — here is what you missed over…
Frankly, the many-membered Boston act Big D and the Kids Table were not, at their inception, among the front-runners for survival of ska’s so-called “Third Wave” in the ’90s. The band started a little too late – 1995 – to be seen as truly authentic at the movement’s peak, around…
This past weekend I made a belated first visit to Pulp Live, the venue on Oakland Park Boulevard that was known previously as the Metal Factory. I went to see friends play, so I won’t review the actual music that night. When I go to a show to support a…
There is no better Halloween song than The Misfits – Halloween. The Fiend Club will be out in force when the band, featuring Danzig’s brother Jerry Only, and Dez Cadena, and Robo from Black Flag, hits Culture Room on December 4th. Here are the lyrics to The Misfits – Halloween.Bonfires…
Plenty to check out in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend, and no matter who you are, you’ll find something that will scare you. David Allan Coe, for instance, is playing tonight at Culture Room. He’s been known to scare more than a few people in his day. KMFDM are…
To the uninitiated, the Massachusetts quartet Converge can be downright terrifying. And it’s not because they appear clad in face paint or leather and chains — this underground punk-bred foursome would never waste time on costume-like trappings. Rather, part of the reason they are so scary is because they are…
If Halloween is for treats, then Devil’s Night is for tricks! A little known tradition that originated in 1930s Detroit, Devil’s Night (or “Mischief Night”) involved the Motor City’s youth engaging in pseudo-criminal behavior on the night of October 30 each year — mostly acts of petty vandalism, like egging,…
Punk rock has always been more about the attitude than the music. Unfortunately, that “punk rock attitude” is often portrayed as a hate-everything, outsider-only, anti-social group. While some of those things may be true from time to time, things like this can also really show off what punk rock is…
It’s enough to make metalhead purists wail and gnash their teeth. Half of the producer/DJ duo Mixhell is Iggor Cavalera, who co-founded seminal Brazilian groove-metal act Sepultura when he was just 15 years old. For the next 20 years, he toured the world and sold out stadiums as the band’s…
Love and indifference are your only real options with the Detroit-based sextet Electric Six. Their remarkable production values are unaffected: Frontman Dick Valentine begins shows wearing a customized cape (“Flashy”) for the song “Flashy Man,” removing it at song’s end to reveal a second customized cape (“Showtime”) for “It’s Showtime.”…
