Miami Summerfest, at White Room on May 24, Still Accepting Bands

The idea behind Miami Summerfest is pretty straightforward: a bunch of up-and-coming local acts playing in the sweltering heat of a mostly-outdoors venue on a Sunday (that’s the “summer part”). But seriously, the event doesn’t start until after the sun goes down, and the acts selected so far are pretty…

The Vibrators

When the mainstream media and trendies of yore decided, in the late 1970s, that punk version 1.0 was over, the Vibrators never got the memo. Perhaps, in true spiky Brit fashion, they just ripped it up and spit on it. Either way, the London-based band boasts the distinction of existing…

organicArma Set to Tour with Fischerspooner Later This Month

photo by Jacqueline CariniDharma, leader of organicArmaLocal live electronic act organicArma are doubtless celebrating a wish come true. Band leader Dharma has long been an outspoken admirer of the New York art-electro-pop outfit Fischerspooner, hinting to me last winter that he wanted to book them to play at his expansive…

Throwback Tuesdays: Cat Power – “He War”

A couple weeks ago I got a mailed copy of Elizabeth Goodman’s new Cat Power book, Cat Power: A Good Woman. Although it’s deeply reported, it’s unauthorized; Chan Marshall refused to speak with Goodman for the project, and thus all her quotes therein are indirect. It’s a fast-paced read, but…

NKOTB Concert in West Palm Beach is Canceled

NKOTB – so close, yet so farOh, this brings back memories of 1990, when New Kids tickets were impossible to get and the meanest girls in elementary school bragged when they could snag ’em. Tickets for NKOTB’s 2009 comeback tour were easier to buy, and lawn tickets for their Cruzan…

Last Night: Saves the Day and Alkaline Trio at Revolution

Saves the DaySaves the Day and Alkaline TrioWith Nightmare of YouSunday, May 10, 2009Revolution, Ft. LauderdaleBetter Than: Any of the crap under the misapplied “emo” rubric these daysThe Review:Any number of swoop-haired bands of the current Warped Tour generation may, perhaps, boast more Internet “friends,” but few can even hope…

Emo-Punk Heroes Saves the Day Play Revolution

Chris Conley, the creative force behind long-running New Jersey quartet Saves the Day, is a man who knows disappointment and loss. In fact, these feelings have been his stock in trade, at least for the first large chunk of his almost-15-year musical career. Conley is barely 29 years old but…

The Grammy Celebration Tour

If you missed out on scoring tickets to her recent sold-out show at Revolution or you somehow just can’t get enough of Katy Perry, you’re in luck. The shape-shifting popstress returns to South Florida on May 7, playing a free gig at the Fillmore Miami Beach as part of the…

People From Venus

People From Venus may be one of the most aptly named bands on the local circuit — it can seem, at certain musical moments, as though the band was beamed in from another planet. Take those weird, eerie beeps and bloops at the beginning of “Lipstick,” the band’s should-be-a-hit song…