National Media Weighs in on Pitbull’s Rebelution

​Pitbull’s new album, Rebelution, officially came out yesterday, though in these parts we’ve been hearing lead singles “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” and “Hotel Room Service” (and even “Krazy”) for what seems like forever already. And because Pitbull seems like such a Miami phenomenon, it’s almsot hard to…

Pretty Ricky Moves to Big Cat Records For Upcoming New Album

via myspace.com/prettyricky​The end of the millennium has been pretty rough on the Carver Ranches-birthed R&B group Pretty Ricky. First, last year original Pleasure P quit the group to pursue a solo career. His single “Boyfriend #2” peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 — a higher position than…

Your Main Squeezes: Shwayze and Cisco

Those who frequent too many internet gossip sites might forever (in internet years, anyways) associate Cisco Adler with a certain waist-down photo that circulated a couple years back. That’s okay, though. Here in South Florida, land of a thousand chances, the one thing blog notoriety guarantees is the opportunity to…

Paolo Nutini

Twenty-two-year-old singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini confounds most expectations, from his name on up. Despite its Mediterranean sound, Nutini hails from Paisley, Scotland (though his father’s side of the family is Italian a few generations back). And despite his early shaggy, long-haired image, Nutini is not yet another dour rocker from his…

The A.R.E. Weapons Show at PS14 on Thursday is a No-Brainer

via myspace.com/areweapons​”Electroclash” is just a hipster punchline at this point, but around the turn of the millennium, it was this new, fresh niche thing birthed at the old club night Berliniamsburg, at the old club Luxx (now Trash Bar, I think) in W-burg Brooklyn. (Also, back then it was still…

Ten Under $10 For the Weekend of August 21 – 23

​Friday, August 21*Lanzallamas Monofonica celebrates their third anniversary as a band tonight at Jazid in Miami Beach. This one should go late-night. Admission is free. Click here for full details. *Miami punk-type band Boy Prostitute plays at the Vagabond tonight. Admission is free before midnight; $5 after. Click here to…

Band Number 12

Pompano Beach-based threesome Band Number 12 is largely an under-the-radar local act for now, but the band’s appeal lies in its overall mood, a sort of wistful, drink-dampened nostalgia for relationships that, in retrospect, were probably actually not that good. It’s no surprise, then, that the band was born, more…

Vultures are Wolves

Why try to originally opine on the sounds of the heavy Miami trio Vultures are Wolves when the band’s MySpace page is so darn descriptive? There, you will find that they tag themselves as being appropriate for fans of “repulsive uncontrolled chaos,” and sounding like “blasts of bloated diarrhea spit.”…

Vultures Are Wolves

Why try to originally opine on the sounds of the heavy Miami trio Vultures are Wolves when the band’s MySpace page is so darn descriptive? There, you will find that they tag themselves as being appropriate for fans of “repulsive uncontrolled chaos,” and sounding like “blasts of bloated diarrhea spit.”…

Iggy Pop Helps Sweat Records Cool Down

You can take the name of Sweat Records, Miami’s against-all-odds bastion of independent culture, in different ways. You might sweat that Beat Happening/Screaming Trees split 12-inch the place just got in stock; you might sweat on the car ride over to get it. But it was never co-proprietor Lauren “Lolo”…

Concert Review: Judas Priest at Hard Rock Live, August 17

​Judas PriestMonday, August 17Hard Rock Live, HollywoodBetter Than: A case of the MondaysThe Review:Classic metal shows are always an excellent bang for the buck — see previous reviews on local shows by Iron Maiden or Slayer, for example. The bands are drawing on years of a critic- and fan-vetted catalog,…

Summer Fest 2009 is Postponed Due to “Weather Conditions”

via myspace.com/brisco305Brisco was set to perform at Summer Fest​Summer Fest was an all-out megawatt concert scheduled for this Saturday at American Airlines Arena. The line-up was to feature some of the biggest names in pop, hip-hop, and R&B: Akon, Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson, and T-Pain, as well as locals like Flo…