It’s Tuesday, so clearly it’s time to start looking forward to the weekend. Since Langerado’s been canceled, people looking to get their fill of music will have to do a bit more planning and travelling. A few of the bigger bands that were to play Langerado, like the Pogues (March…
Friday’s installment of PL0T at White Room presents Spanish minimal techno producer Damián Schwartz live, along with locals Basti and Sabox on decks. At 26, Schwartz has already established himself as a key player in the European minimal scene, with various releases on his own Mupa label, and garnered praise…
Sublime was over before they ever truly began. At least one aspect of the sex drugs and rock ‘n roll lifestyle proved too much for Sublime; a heroin overdose claimed the life of lead singer Bradley Nowell in 1996. But the breezy sounds of Sublime live on in Badfish, a…
We have blogged about Charlie Pickett before. You’ve seen the videos and heard the rave reviews. Now is your chance to see the guy in action. He has that certain something, that special sauce that you cannot, no matter how hard you try, generate by practice, wishing, or standing on…
Tonight are the finals for the Miami New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands. If you haven’t been following the action, one band will be flown to and put up in an NYC hotel and booked a show in the city for a Live Nation event.Tonight’s finals bring you…
Perhaps you’re not up to speed on the goings on in the world of crunkchata. And that’s understandable, because it’s a name that Toby Love made up to describe a blend of hip-hop and R&B with the staccato guitars and island rhythms of bachata. Now, if you don’t know who…
There are certain unforgettable snapshots that frame Arlo Guthrie’s life and career. They’re prefaced by the lingering legacy he inherited from his father, the great Woody Guthrie, one of America’s most indelible folk singers, the patron saint of protest and the man who inspired generations of young men like Bob…
Crossfade reported recently that Palm Beach County festival staple SunFest had announced the first phase of its lineup, and that among the major acts was the improbably long-lived 311. The Omaha reggae-hip-hop-whatever act headlines the first night of the festival, the “new music” night, on Wednesday, April 29. SunFest has…
Hmmm. Ludo? Isn’t that the nickname for a certain much-abused narcotic of somewhat ill repute? Or could it be that hit by Boz Scaggs from way back in the day? Or maybe it’s the nickname your college buddy chose because he always shunned his given name. Well … no. This…
Concert season is beginning to take shape with some pretty big concert announcements over the last week, and Kings of Leon are the latest to announce a stop in South Florida. Fresh of their meteoric rise to stardom/sellout status thanks to their song about flaming sex, the Tennessee bred band…
Tuesday night at the Hard Rock, L.A. glam-metal heroes Mötley Crüe bring their grown-up and toned-down debauchery, while their searing Sunset Strip sound remains intact. With infinitely underrated guitar god Mick Mars, enigmatic songwriting bassist Nikki Sixx, genre-defining vocalist and aging pretty boy Vince Neil, and the wild pounding thump…
John McHale of Breakeven Booking is teaming up with Goo this Saturday to get some funds together to help out Brandon Holding’s mom, who damn well needs it. Holding recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. His family was of modest means and could not afford a funeral…
Local Morrissey fans were super-excited at the end of 2007, when it seemed the singer would return for a second area show that year. After an extremely well-received performance at Boca’s Mizner Park Amphitheatre, he was slated to end his extended United States run with a date at the Fillmore…
Light your spliff early and watch this video of Bob Marley And The Wailers rehearsing at the famed Criteria Studios, now Hit Factory, in North Miami on September 14, 1980.Marley Fest is this Saturday February 28th. click here for more info …
Fresh off a solo project that arguably provided more fame and fortune than the project which brought her onto the scene, Gwen Stefani has reunited with No Doubt. And the band has announced a massive tour across the U.S. and Canada which brings it to the Cruzan Amphitheater in West…
Kid Sister and FlosstradamusWednesday, February 26, 2009LIV at the Fontainebleau, Miami BeachBetter than: Getting your toes done up.When I got the invite for LIV’s newest party, Dirty Hairy, I was sort of skeptical that it was actually going to happen. I mean, the party’s whole concept is better suited for…
The band members have last names like Garcia, and there’s nothing even particularly Scandinavian-sounding about this homegrown trio. Formerly known by the definitely worse name Father Bloopy, the group refreshingly mines musical territory often forgotten in these parts — classic guitar power-pop of yesteryear. And filling this musical void has…
No one can ever accuse Oski Gonzalez, the tireless booker at Tobacco Road, of favoring any particular genre in his famous multiband minifestivals. So heavier stuff gets its due this weekend at the second annual Kryptonite Metal Festival. Including some 18 bands on three stages, the lineup features much of…
Hmmm, Ludo? Isn’t that the nickname for a certain much-abused narcotic of somewhat ill repute? Or could it be that Boz Scaggs hit song from way back in the day? Or maybe it’s the nickname your college buddy chose because he always shunned his given name. Well… no. This Ludo…
Hopeless Records and nonprofit organization Sub City have joined forces with music chain F.Y.E. to put on the eighth annual Take Action Tour. To date, the tour has raised more than $550,000 for DoSomething.org, a nonprofit focused not on one particular charity, but rather on providing tools, resources, and motivation…
This Tuesday night at the Hard Rock, the L.A. glam-metal heroes of Mötley Crüe will sling their grown-up and toned-down debauchery while still delivering their searing Sunset Strip sound. Infinitely underrated guitar god Mick Mars, enigmatic songwriting bassist Nikki Sixx, genre-defining vocalist and aging pretty boy Vince Neil, and wildly…
If you don’t feel like checking out Flosstradamus and Kid Sister up at Liv tonight, then you have a major not-so-secret treat in store for you over at PS14. IamYourVillain is bringing you Gil Mantera’s Party Dream. Thank God for that sweet, sweet Scion money. GMPD is a duo plus…
