Miami area music

“Reality rises up within the spectacle, and the spectacle is real.” --GUY DEBORD, THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE Miami performance artist Tara Long is apologizing...

South Florida isn't necessarily known for its surfer scene. The waves just aren't that massive or dramatic here. They are usually these little undulating lumps...

So, a few weeks ago, I was hanging on the telephone waiting for Temper Trap's frontman Dougy Mandagi (pictured above, center) to get on the...

When I wrote about Sigur Rós coming to Miami I made an off-the-cuff reference to fans who let the tears loose at the sound of frontman Jon...

Last year I celebrated a variety of bands performing in Miami in September. I offered nary a follow-up because I wound up in the...

In the documentary Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words, the film's subject sometimes comes across as a bit frustrated by his...

Miami Beach's Rat Bastard has parlayed obscurity into a sort of personal success. Born Frank Falestra in 1958, in the small town of Ellenville,...

The sounds produced by Seraphic Fire are hard to describe, but a couple of words come to mind: heavenly and rich. The choral ensemble...

Local gem Xela Zaid has long been one of the most innovative musicians working the Miami music scene, from his early career as a...

This weekend, PureHoney, our favorite South Florida-based, independent, grassroots entertainment 'zine, will celebrate its fifth anniversary with an expansion of its usual anniversary party into...