via myspace.com/leeboysThe Lee Boys are not a bluegrass band, although just reading the name may evoke that thought. No, the Lee Boys are South Florida’s finest sacred steel ensemble. The brothers Lee (Alvin, Derrick, and Keith) along with their nephews Roosevelt Collier, Alvin Cody Jr., and Earl Walker play a…
Tonight, Friday the 13th, in a hard luck city in a bad luck wind, Miami New Times Promotions presents four bands battling for the chance to play a show in NYC with free airfare and accommodations. Last week Afrobeta and Tristan & The Juice made it to the finals. Tonight,…
Notorious Nastie is in the business of death, that’s how he makes his living. Zombie this, bloody that, what ever happened to girls wrestling in baby oil? Tonight, Friday the 13th, all the wicked of Miami converge on downtown for a Grave Rave at PS14. I heard they’re going to…
Finishing up what looks to be, perhaps, the last of the Langerado rescheduling announcements, Ozomatli will now appear at Culture Room on Saturday, March 7. Unlike Sunday’s indie-fave head-to-head-to-head showdown of Deerhunter Girl Talk vs. Modest Mouse vs. Tokyo Police Club, Ozomatli’s competition on Saturday isn’t too bad. The main…
via myspace.com/here_we_riseNothing says I love you like thrashing guitars, guttural screams and kids wildly punching the air. The Talent Farm is hosting a very special Valentine’s Day show featuring some of the best hardcore/scream-o/punk acts in south Florida like Here We Rise, Mind Over Matter, Shoot The Messenger, and A…
Ana Gabriel is a living legend in Mexican music, having repeatedly conquered pop, rock and regional charts in her native country, the U.S. and Latin America over the span of her illustrious 42-year career–a career that has borne 38 albums to date. The singer-songwriter, born María Guadalupe Araújo Yong to…
It’s puzzling why people who are hell-bent on blowing the minds of other people via so-called “noise music” so often also seem hell-bent on blowing their sonic victims’ olfactory senses. So weird smells aside, the International Noise Conference is the place to see and hear shit you will not likely…
Yes, Blues Traveler is still around. Long ago, frontman John Popper graduated from the more-is-more school of blues-rock jamming, his dissertation a seven-minute harmonica solo tucked into a 23-minute jam about a sweet-talking hippie. Since 1990, he has led the band in diligent touring and understatement-free recordings, including an album…
There are few hispanophone ladies and gents of a certain age who at some point have not been reduced to misty eyes by the ballad stylings of suave Spaniard Julio Iglesias. Although Iglesias’s true crossover peak came mainly in the 1980s, he has hardly receded from the international spotlight, cranking…
Miami is in for a special techno lovers’ treat this Valentine’s Day. Esteemed Berlin-based producer, DJ, and Wagon Repair label owner Konrad Black will throw down that night at Glass at the Forge. This exclusive South Florida performance comes on the first leg of Black’s debut 2009 U.S. tour and…
The last time the Kendall-born quartet Black Tide made it back to South Florida was last September, when the foursome played a date at Revolution on its tour with the Welsh metallers of Bullet for My Valentine. It was an extremely short homecoming. And the band’s nonstop touring schedule has…
M.D.C., a.k.a. Millions of Dead Cops, a.k.a. Multi-Death Corporation, a.k.a. Millions of Dead Children, a.k.a. Millions of Dead Christians, a.k.a. Millions of Damn Christians, a.k.a. Magnus Dominus Corpus, a.k.a etc., etc., return to Miami on April 11. The hardcore punk originators hail, originally, from Austin, Texas (although now claim Portland…
Tomorrow night the Gipsy Kings will perform at the American Airlines Arena’s Waterfront Theater. Known for a style called Rumba Catalana, the Kings have been wowing audiences for 17 years, ever since the release of their debut album, Allegria. Rumba Catalana is essentially a spin on traditional flamenco made more…
The last time the Miami-born quartet Black Tide made it back to South Florida was last September, when the foursome played a date at Revolution on their tour with Welsh metallers Bullet for My Valentine. It was an extremely short homecoming to be sure. And the band’s nonstop touring schedule…
Renee Fiallos via MyspaceQuick, what’s the difference between “Real Jazz” and that impostor shit John Tesh and his cronies try to pass off? If you can’t answer that question, you owe it to yourself to get down to Tobacco Road tonight at 10 pm. Here’s a hint: Real Jazz has…
If you’re onto Corporate America’s scheme to fleece consumers out of their hard-earned dollars with the whole Valentine’s Day scheme, good for you! Restaurants consistently have the worst service of the year on February 14, and the fact that it falls on a Saturday this year will only add to…
via myspace.com/thefreakinhottThe day of love is just around the corner. If you haven’t made plans already you’re either a) single, b) lazy or c) both. The good news is Respectable Street has the cure for all your Valentine’s related woes this Saturday starting at 8 p.m.. Someone had the fantastic…
Valentine’s doesn’t come around on a Saturday very often, making this year’s an ideal reason for EDM lovers to consummate their love on a dancefloor somewhere (as if we needed an excuse on Saturday nights anyways.) Here’s a lowdown of some choice shows happening around town that night, which should…
Photo From http://www.martinibar.com Hey Kendall, Grove, South Miami, what’s closer than the beach, less confusing than downtown and stays open til 5 am? Martini Bar, your one stop shopping, drinking and dancing experience. Where else can a party-mom send her kids to the movies, drink herself stupid, doo…
There are few hispanophone ladies and gents of a certain age who have not been reduced, at some point, to misty eyes by the ballad stylings of the suave Spaniard Julio Iglesias. While Iglesia’s true crossover peak came mainly in the 1980s, he has hardly receded from the international spotlight,…
Bad news for fans: Yonder Mountain String Band just announced that it was postponing all of its shows from February 11 to 15, with the vague explanation, “due to circumstances surrounding the band.” That includes this Friday’s previously scheduled gig at Revolution. The okay news is that rather than an…
City Limits, besides snagging Bad Brains, has also grabbed blog darlings Tokyo Police Club to play the same weekend the band would have played Langerado. Unfortunately, the show goes up against two others that night that attract similar fans: Girl Talk and Deerhunter at Culture Room, and Modest Mouse at…
