Tonight at Tobacco Road The Queen of the Scene presents her Royal Thursday which includes four great local bands. The Int'l Language will be performing with Hoosha, Seven Seas, and Sir Samson Simpson. $5 at the door, or contact the bands through the links for tickets. I will be recording tonight's event with a new... Read More »
The good people at Forward Motion Records have begun a practice of releasing new videos featuring their recording artists every Tuesday. The first installation began yesterday with "Smile" which appears on Kingsley and Perdomo's collaborative "Fake Smiles" album. Jill Hartman presents a video for "The Shepherd" off her recent release called "Things I... Read More »
Tonight is the opening reception for a new art installation at Stage 84 in Davie. South Florida native, Dee Stecco and l will be displaying our photographs all around the venue and they will remain up for a month. Stecco is a self proclaimed "food-tographer" and I'm really excited to see her work... Read More »
You’ve just rolled out of bed and did a small celebratory dance because it’s Friday; and then… the panic sets in. You realize that you have no plans this weekend and only a short amount of time to make... Read More »
Born and raised in Miami, Luis Diaz doesn't consider himself a "Miami Artist", though he "loves living here", his art doesn't scream Miami. He prefers to be considered a global artist than be stereotyped as a Miami artist. A... Read More »
If you haven't heard of Forward Motion Records yet that's because it's a brand new venture by local indie powerhouse Fernando Perdomo. He began this label a short while ago and is having the coming out party on Tuesday,... Read More »
Joel DaSilva is the busiest man in Ft. Lauderdale. When he’s not playing with the Hep Cat Boo Daddies, you can find him around town performing solo or jamming with one of his talented friends. You may have recently... Read More »
In this edition of Weekend Videos, I put together 3 videos all related to underground street culture. The first two videos show three different groups of Graffiti Artists whom were invited down to Miami during this past Art Basel.... Read More »
We are expanding the scope of the Big City Breakdown, taking on the streets of other big cities! The concept remains the same, where we are selecting the area’s best local bands to play one unplugged song, outdoors while... Read More »
There are few events that I admire more than the Borscht Film Festival. Entering it's 7th year, the founders of the Fest have announced that they are beginning their search for this years entries. For those who haven't attended Borscht... Read More »
In Part 1 of A Practical Guide for Local Bands in Miami, I wrote about the "right" attitude for bands to start moving their music careers forward (or at least keep their hobby enjoyable). To summarize, the two extremes of band attitudes... Read More »
We are expanding the scope of the Big City Breakdown, taking on the streets of other big cities! The concept remains the same, where we are selecting the area’s best local bands to play one unplugged song, outdoors while... Read More »
The World Cup is back, and today I discovered that the best audio accompaniment to the game is Addax. I urge you to test my theory thusly: grab a frosty beverage, tune your TV to your favorite World Cup... Read More »
If you are even slightly connected to the craft scene in any way, odds are that you’re familiar with Etsy.com. For everyone else, Etsy is a fantastic online marketplace specializing in all kinds of handmade crafts, supplies and vintage... Read More »
Like most children growing up in the 80’s I was a kid in love with Legos. I can remember stacking rows upon rows of brightly colored bricks to make a “house” for my little Lego people to live in.... Read More »
#1: Brendan O'Hara (of the Big Bounce) on NBC6 #2: Arboles Libres Live at WRGP #3: Miami Art Museum on Plum TV Read More »
Despite what you may have heard, there was a point in which Miami was a hotbed for Rock music. Perhaps you may know the story of when Jim Morrison exposed himself at the Dinner Key Theater, or even visited Churchill's... Read More »
Ex-Norwegian will be having a CD Release party June 19th at Sweat Records (5505 NE 2nd Ave) There are few better indicators to the passing of time than the return of a trend. It's been a short time coming, but... Read More »
Last month I made my way to Art Center South Florida's Winning Art! Annual Benefit Raffle, an exhibition to raise money for the center - which houses local artists. To me ACSF is the best place to see art... Read More »
Not that long ago, I did a review of local author JJ Colagrande's music festival oriented novel, Headz the Novel. One of the central aspects of the book was the characters quest to get to fictional Oracledang music festival. Well,... Read More »
You know that old saying, “it’s better late than never”? I’m going to pull that one outta my bag of tricks as I finally cover the “I’ll Never Let Go, Jack” show that seems like an eternity ago. Despite... Read More »
A couple of months ago I received an email from longtime friend and The New (formerly AKA) bassist, Nat Smallish, telling me that she's been playing in a side project called The Black Rabbits, and asked if I could check them out. The... Read More »
The Morning Flesh Project will make their television debut tonight on WPBT channel 2's the ñ Life. The feature includes footage of their radio performance on Sound Theory (88.9fm) and airs tonight at 11:30pm. You don't want to miss... Read More »
We are expanding the scope of the Big City Breakdown, taking on the streets of other big cities! The concept remains the same, where we are selecting the area’s best local bands to play one unplugged song, outdoors while... Read More »
As I wrote last month, the Fillmore Miami Beach had a series of incredible concerts throughout March and April, starting with AIR and going through this past Wednesday with Band of Horses. Even though I had literally wanted to live... Read More »
These were supposed to go up yesterday... my bad. #1: Ketchy Shuby on Sound Theory live @ WDNA #2: The Moksha Family / Community Arts and Culture present: Alex Grey = Art Basel Miami 2008 #3: South Florida Jazz Orchestra Read More »
With a gentle puff of rising smoke, the calendar clicks ahead to the official pothead holiday: April 20. According to Wikipedia, the term Four-Twenty was first applied to "Cannibus Culture" by a group of San Rafael High School students whom... Read More »
Big City Breakdown (BCB) is video feature where local musicians are taken out of their typical performance element and placed at one of Miami's signature outdoor locations as they present a song. The presentation will be shot in a... Read More »
I just received an email from Ex Norwegian regarding a special concert they are hosting at Churchill's April 15 in order to raise awareness about the truth behind income tax, the monetary system, and a movement to audit the... Read More »
Digitall is back with another mix for all you good people, this one is a response to Zirarock’s Rega Mix and has a dub/reggae theme. What the Bloodclot?!*!? is Digitall’s first official mix since joining Bully Staff Djs. Bully... Read More »
Big City Breakdown (BCB) is video feature where local musicians are taken out of their typical performance element and placed at one of Miami's signature outdoor locations as they present a song. The presentation will be shot in a... Read More »
I usually don't go about posting random shows on the site, but I couldn't gloss over this one. Radioboxer, Rebel, and The Morning Flesh Project are 3 bands that have been closely related to REVMiami. If you haven't already seen... Read More »
I was going to post up these 5 Questions with my review of JJ Colagrande's novel, Headz, but the review was really long, and I didn't want to do a disservice to JJ's great answers by buring it in the... Read More »
I would like to introduce our newest photographer and writer, Kelly Coulson. This is the first of many pieces to come. Welcome to the REVMiami contributor staff Kelly. I have a very distinct memory of sitting with my mother and... Read More »
About a year ago, when REVMiami was first starting, I was introduced to author and teacher JJ Colagrande. We were obviously drawn to each other because of our deep passions for writing, me with REVMiami and JJ with a... Read More »
My interview starts at about 2 minutes and 15 seconds. This is pretty odd. Truthfully, I had a feeling that after the 1 Year Anniversary Celebration, REVMiami would start getting interview requests. But less than a month later? Pretty strange. I... Read More »
Gypsy Cat is Miami’s most unique performance group blending jazz, flamenco, and Latin American rock to create a genre called Urban Flamenco Fusion. I initially met the band’s leader, Carl Ferrari, last year at the 11th Annual Medical Marijuana... Read More »
#1: Associated Press: The Miami Beach Art District I love how art is so integrated into this history's past. I've posted before on events like Art Deco weekend, but it never gets old to me. Most interestingly, "these buildings were... Read More »
"Thank god the relief efforts in Haiti worked, so let's save the stupid tree house in the woods," said the lead singer of Ice Cream, before the band started a set that, to say the very least, blew my... Read More »
I'm salivating. I haven't been this excited about a series of concerts since... actually I don't know if I can even remember so many high quality shows at one venue so close together. What is this signaling exactly? Here is... Read More »
I've been in the Miami music scene for a long time now. In 2004, I came back to Miami after going to college at Florida State University in Tallahassee after a 4-month stop in Orlando. While I was living in... Read More »
We took last week off to get a little breather from the Weekend Video series, but no fear, here are 3 new ones for you to enjoy. #1: Tristan Clopet covers Plain White T's Welcome To Mystery from the Alice... Read More »
