Flower Flower is a young Miami band with a killer blend of sounds: Dischord-inspired tangential limbs with a Saddle Creek-y folk backbone. Stream standout track ‘Old House (Winter)’ on MySpace, where you can contact the band to buy their latest EP, Go, Mordecai!, or purchase the disc April 2nd when they perform @ Sweat Records w/ Ice Cream.
What better way to start off the week than with some fresh Miami hip hop? Check out ‘All I Had To Do’ from Space Voodoo Crystal over at their MySpace page. RZA-inspired production set over a pitch-shifted, inter-dimensional soundscape informs us of what it might be like to listen to the Souls Of Mischief while watching Mr. Wizard with the sound off… awesome.
The legendary Miami band Floor will perform @ Churchill’s Pub Saturday, March 27th, foreshadowing their massive box set Below & Beyond available for pre-order via Robotic Empire. The set features ten 12” LP’s, one 7” EP, eight CDs and a 32-page booklet documenting the band’s career. On top of that, the release is limited to 305 copies (!!!).
Tampa’s Dominique Young Unique is playing the ‘DJs Are Not Rockstars’ WMC event on the 27th, which means the Purdy Lounge is where The Party is @ this Saturday night.
Sweat Records is Miami’s musical hub, connecting the city’s sprawling cultural output. If any loose threads remained in the musical sweater that is Miami, Sweat co-owners Lolo and Jsin have tied them with the unveiling of a event engine “for South Floridians to use or peruse for concert news.” On this platform artists and promoters post events, and fans can quickly find what to see and where to go. Awesome.
Easily the best rock and roll show during WMC, The Fresh & Only’s w/ Jacuzzi Boys, Woven Bones and Beings will play the inveterate Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti on Thursday night.
Asheville, NC electronic musician Panther God (formerly PG-13) is set to release the stunning Night Shade EP in physical format March 31st, but you can download the tracks digitally at PG’s Bandcamp site right now. The single ‘CNTRLR’ is also available in a stem bundle here for remixing.
PREMIERE: Here we have a clean and honest remix of Panic Bomber’s ‘Perfection & Grace’ by Miami scene-makers ANR. The original track appears on the Discipline EP, out today via Toronto’s YYZ Records. DOWNLOAD
WALLS, the side project of Alessio Natalizia and Sam Willis of Banjo Or Freakout and Allez Allez has had ‘Burnt Sienna’ up on MySpace since October of last year; we are looking forward to a physical release from the London duo. The track, with a lurching bassline and an abrupt shift in scenery at the 2:18 mark, is a perfect after-the-fire soundtrack.
Otto Von Schirach is exporting his freakish take on Miami Bass to a run of lucky European cities with the Magic Triangle Tour and bringing along these awesome T-shirts (design below), created by the infallible Freegums.
Head over to MySpace to hear the ambient soundscapes of Genghis Kian. The Miami musician’s compositions are both Disney daylight and after-midnight at the same time, creating the sonic textures of standout tracks like ‘d4r4i4n4k v4i4n4e4g4a4r’ and ‘Meeses’.
Synth-washed Playstation bleeps and train tracked tambourine via Philadelphia’s Golden Ages interpolate the tropicalia of ‘Day We Met’ off the recently released Be So True EP from Miami’s MillionYoung.
