Alex Cuba Plays a Free Show on Lincoln Road This Thursday

 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…

Thursday Returns to Revolution on October 20

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…

DFA’s Shit Robot at the Vagabond October 16

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…

Felix da Housecat

These days, everyone likes to pretend they didn’t like electroclash at the turn of the millennium and that it’s 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 of that little flash in the…

Lee Burridge and Danny Howells

UK DJ Lee Burridge has become something of a semi-resident at the Vagabond, landing in downtown Miami every couple months or so. Perhaps it’s because he recently relocated to New York. But also, the Vagabond’s cozy dance floor and famously up-for-it Saturday crowd lend themselves well to Burridge’s nuanced, slowly…

A Tribute to Midwest Punk Rock

New York and London battle over bragging rights as the definitive birthplace of punk rock. Southern California is acknowledged as the second cradle of the genre, home to all of those amazing, sun-bleached ’80s bands. But people tend to forget about the flyover states’ place in the punk pantheon. Sure,…

A Tribute to Midwest Punk Rock at Churchill’s 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 tend to forget about the flyover states’ place in the…

Concert Review: Metallica at BankAtlantic Center, October 1

To 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 more connected to…

Felix da Housecat Returns to Miami on October 14 at LIV

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…

Brand Nubian

If you recognized the name in this little headline, let’s just get this out of the way: Yes, Brand Nubian is still around. Or rather, since the inception of this original paragon of conscious hip-hop excellence, the group has only periodically faded away and reappeared. There has never been a…

Benefit for Roc Raida at Electric Pickle Tonight

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…

Wish You Were There: Journey at Hard Rock Live on YouTube

Some Journey diehards don’t like the fact the band still performs under its original name, but with replacement Arnel Pineda, a Filipino former cover band frontman, on vocals. Still, it seems like most fans just want to hear the songs performed live, and well, whether Steve Perry is along for…

Another Year, Another GWAR Show: This Saturday at Revolution

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…

Ten Under $10 for the Weekend of September 24 – 26

Rejoice, fellow broke-asses. The recession is kind of good for us, because finally, there is no societal shame in our thrifty-nightlife game. Now the whole word is trying to perfect its get-in-free-or-cheap and procure-free-drinks methods, when we’ve already refined them. This is a particularly good weekend for partying on the…