It’s been a slow summer for the Miami quartet Mendacity, whose last show was this past March, and in Orlando, to boot, at that city’s stop of the Taste of Chaos tour. A few months’ break is no big deal for this long-running band, though — the foursome came together…
First, the Pitchfork TV love, and now, an interview in another national indie taste-maker mag. Awesome New Republic is (finally!) properly on the verge of a breakout beyond this peninsula. Starting yesterday, Filter magazine began posting a three-part Q&A with ANR on its web site. (The third part is dated…
Black Sheep as we know it may be extinct, but its erstwhile proprietor, Juan Basshead, is still dedicated to the low frequencies. As such, he’s got a hand in a number of wall-rattling events around town, and on Thursday, August 6, he and the Shake crew reunite for Get Low,…
Raffa and Rainer’s beloved Can You Rock a Little Softer night long ago moved on from Churchill’s. But for the summer, at least, you can still get your Wednesday night fix of local acoustic music at the sort-of English pub. As we reported here before on Crossfade, the weekly event,…
The local progressive/rock/whatever trio Jacob’s Ladder just does not stop. The last time we checked in with these 23-year-olds, just this past May, they were debuting some new tracks and setting off on a national tour through New England and the South. Well, one national summer tour is not enough…
Here’s a rough trailer for Invisible Bands, an in-the-works documentary of Miami’s late ’70s/early ’80s rock scene by a guy who lived it: Greg McLaughlin. Back in those days, McLaughlin was the lead man for the Front, an amazing local post-punk/new wave act that took a few pages from the…
First, check out New Times’ Warped Tour photo slideshows — click here for the bands, click here for the fans and the fashions.Saturday proved meteorologically unpredictable in West Palm Beach. This year’s edition of the Warped Tour had migrated pretty far north from its usual South Florida venues in Miami…
Graveyard first played in South Florida a few months ago, opening for Clutch and the Sword at Culture Room. A quick scan of the crowd showed I wasn’t the only one floored by these Swedes’ straight-up vintage-sounding, heavy-psych onslaught. Well, maybe that crushing feeling was partly a result of the…
How time flies. I first caught Bad Religion as a very young teenager at the 1998 edition of the Warped Tour, and they were a classic act then. The genres represented on this tour have widened a whooooole lot since then, and the face of punk and its offshoots has…
This past weekend, Nick Lucchesi, a correspondent from New Times’ St. Louis sister paper, the Riverfront Times, headed to the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. In a nutshell, here’s what he found:*David Yow of the Jesus Lizard has still got it at 49 years old, even though his stage patter includes…
Friday, July 17*Miami Anglophile indie rockers People From Venus play the Vagabond in Miami tonight, and it’s no secret I think they are pretty swell. Admission to the Vag on Fridays is free before midnight, $5 after. Click here to visit the club’s web site. *If you act fast and…
The Miami date of the Blazed and Confused Tour, originally scheduled August 1, was officially canceled a few days ago, but there was a lot of confusion in the aftermath. (This previous Crossfade post about it definitely devolved into a mess of strike-throughs.)So here’s the scoop, straight from the artist’s…
Graveyard first played in South Florida a few months ago, opening for Clutch and the Sword at Culture Room. A quick scan of the crowd showed I wasn’t the only one floored by these Swedes’ straight-up vintage-sounding, heavy psych onslaught. Well, maybe that crushing feeling was partly a result of…
John Digweed is not only one of the biggest superstar DJs ever, but he’s got a heart just as extra-large. The man has spun to thousands at the biggest venues and festivals in the world, but tonight he touches down at the Vagabond for a more intimate, down-to-earth event. He…
Last month’s So Raw Festival in Miami was one of the best recent celebrations of the city’s burgeoning underground garagey rock and roll thing. (Click here for a slideshow of photos from the event, and here for a review). It was also one of the best deals in town: Admission…
It’s impossible to hyperbolize here: Brit DJ titan John Digweed — along with longtime partner Sasha — is progressive house. Digweed began DJing as a young teen in the late ’70s and early ’80s, but it was in the early ’90s when he finally got his big break, spinning at…
Friday, July 17 *Miami Anglophile indie rockers People From Venus play the Vagabond in Miami tonight, and it’s no secret I think they are pretty swell. Admission to the Vag on Fridays is free before midnight, $5 after. *If you act fast and snag advance tickets online, tickets are just…
On Crossfade, I’ve been following the Boca rock and rollers of Stonefox as they’ve worked in their home studio, and prepared for their upcoming July 30 CD release show at Propaganda. (For a refresher, click here for a free MP3 from that new album, Back on the Wire.)I visited them…
Bands, you probably already know about and use Sonicbids. So you’ll know that the site is also a gateway for local bands to score slots at big-deal events and festivals. Recently, local act the Mission Veo submitted a demo through Sonicbids and scored a gig at the local stop of…
The South Florida stop of the Blazed and Confused tour, originally scheduled for August 1 at Bayfront Park in Miami, has been canceled. Promotion company AEG Live says it’s due to “scheduling conflicts,” and, strangely, the whole date seems to have been moved north to Orlando’s Hard Rock Live, according…
The Aerosmith gig scheduled for tonight at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise is postponed due to an “artist injury.” The official Live Nation press release doesn’t specify further, but Rolling Stone reported recently that Steven Tyler may have pulled a muscle during his June 29th concert, forcing postponements of a…
Friday, July 10*King Kong Bass is a new party devoted to all forms of, well, bass, starting tonight at PS14 in Miami. Juan BassHead, Wreck, Peasant with Feathers, Serge Roc, and Keen are among the spinners on the bill. Admission is $5. Click here for full details. *The, errr, eclectic,…
