Junior Boys play the Vagabond on SaturdayFriday, October 23*Local live hip-hop-ish duo the Big Bounce — made up of piano man Brendan O’Hara and beatboxer Komakozie — play tonight at the mod Moonchine in Miami. It’s a restaurant, so admission is technically free, but you’ll have to buy dinner. Luckily…
OrganicArma is one of a handful local bands who won a spot to play an official CMJ showcase through SonicBids. Their CMJ debut took place last Tuesday at the Ace of Clubs, on Great Jones Street in the East-ish Vilage. Here’s a quick video probided by the folks at SonicBids,…
Brooklyn’s Drop the Lime has been nothing if not prescient. Those past few years, while everyone was running around to overly processed, overly happy so-called “blog house,” the DJ/producer born Luca Venezia carefully stuck to his own thing. In the face of all that neon glare, Venezia and his Trouble…
Brooklyn’s Drop the Lime has been nothing if not prescient. Those last few years, while everyone was running around to overly processed, overly happy so-called “blog house,” the DJ/producer born Luca Venezia carefully stuck to his own thing. In the face of all that neon glare, Venezia and his Trouble…
In the post-hardcore pantheon, the New Jersey guys of Thursday are millennial gods. Led by unapologetically erudite frontman Geoff Rickly, in the late ’90s and early ’00s, their initial loud-soft aesthetic helped define what would later come to be known — often pejoratively — as “screamo.” That accomplishment has been…
via the305.comThe305 is relaunching its print magazine!*Off the Radar is pretty much the only locally based blog that keeps up with all the international bloggy MP3 stuff, while providing some decent writing that explains why the hell we should care. You won’t find too much coverage of the local scene…
South Florida loves Fat Joe; he seems to be here so often we can almost claim him as one of our own. So it was with some interest that I read this MTV News Mixtape Daily blog post on his latest album, Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2). But…
The entire tawdry story of DJ Seasunz, who was arrested yesterday and charged with second degree murder in the death of his 18-year-old-girlfriend, Jaclyn Torrealba, has a 21st-century technology flair. After Torrealba first went missing from Club Space in the wee hours of Sunday morning, her friends and loved ones…
Now based in British Columbia, of all places, the singer-songwriter Alex Cuba is surely a long way from the homeland reflected in his stage name. Born in the town of Artemisa some 35 years ago, he grew up on the island with a guitar player father, Valentin Puentes, and took…
In the post-hardcore pantheon, the New Jersey guys of Thursday are millennial gods. Led by the unapologetically erudite frontman Geoff Rickly, in the late ’90s and early ’00s, their early loud-soft aesthetic helped define what would later come to be known — often pejoratively — as “screamo.” That accomplishment has…
That little “influences” box on a musician’s MySpace page is usually a repository for not-funny irony or complete bullshit. Shit Robot’s, however, is as sincere and accurate as this single-man-act’s name is not — name-checked here are early electronic heavyweights like Carl Craig, Andrew Weatherall, Derrick May, and Juan Atkins…
These days, people like to pretend they didn’t like electroclash at the turn of the millennium and that it’s in general a blight on the illustrious hipster recent past. (Give it another couple of years and it’ll be time for an electroclash “revival.”) But for all that little flash in…
New York and London battle it out over bragging rights as the definitive birthplace of punk rock. Southern California in general is acknowledged as the second cradle of the genre, home of all those amazing, sun-bleached ’80s bands. But people tend to forget about the flyover states’ place in the…
This past Saturday marked a strange, rare occasion in which fans of shlock-gore-obsessed hard rock were faced with a difficult choice. At Revolution was GWAR, but in Pompano Beach was the grand originator of it all: Alice Cooper. The latter, while stain-free, was still an entertaining, good-time bang for the…
photo by Arielle CastilloAlice CooperPompano Beach Amphitheater, Pompano BeachSaturday, October 3, 2009Better Than: Watching some new jacks noodle boringly in the name of authenticity.The Review:This past Saturday marked a strange, rare occasion in which fans of shlock-gore-obsessed hard rock were faced with a difficult choice. At Revolution, there was GWAR,…
Lee BurridgeThe UK-born DJ Lee Burridge has become something of a semi-resident at the Vagabond, touching down in downtown Miami every couple months or so. Perhaps that’s because he recently relocated to New York. But also, the Vagabond’s cozy dancefloor and famously up-for-it Saturday crowd lends itself well to Burridge’s…
photo by Ari Justin RothenbergThe Shakers channel the Replacements this Friday.New York and London battle it out over bragging rights as the definitive birthplace of punk rock. Southern California in general is acknowledged as the second cradle of the genre, home of all those amazing, sun-bleached ’80s bands. But people…
photo by Sayre BermanTo view a full slideshow of photos from this show, click here.MetallicaWith Gojira and Lamb of GodBankAtlantic Center, SunriseThursday, October 1Better Than: Pretty much every other big metal show I’ve seen this year including, possibly, Iron Maiden at the same venue. (Heresy, maybe, but I felt much…
These days everyone likes to pretend they didn’t like electroclash at the turn of the millennium, and that it’s in general a blight on the illustrious hipster recent past. (Give it another couple years and it’ll be time for an electroclash “revival.”) But for all that little flash in the…
If you recognized the name in this little headline, let’s just get this out of the way first: Yes, Brand Nubian is still around. Or rather, since the beginning of this original paragon of conscious hip-hop excellence, the group has only periodically faded away and reappeared. There’s never been a…
Some may prefer to celebrate the arrival of South Florida “fall” with foolishly worn token sweaters and decorative knick-knacks from Bealls. Just as reliable a sign of the changing seasons, though, is the annual Fort Lauderdale stop on GWAR’s seemingly never-ending tour. The last time these monsters played in these…
September 19 marked another recent, terrible loss for the DJ community , and hip-hop at large: Pioneering turntablist Roc Raida, born Anthony Williams, passed away after cardiac arrest. Williams had been hospitalized after an accident while practicing Krav Maga, which he had been studying for the past two years. He…
