Q&A: Brett Wilkin of Black Locust Society, Part of Saturday’s Block x Blog Event
When we interviewed Subculture’s Phillip Roffman about Block x Blog, he told us that “Black Locust Society is probably the most exciting aspect of Block x Blog for me, personally.” We can see why: whether it’s a pop-up shop or a party, the art collective’s projects—referred to as SWARM parties—are free-for-all hybrids of art and [...]
Block x Blog Takes Over Downtown Fort Lauderdale for Record Store Day After-Party; Band Set Times Inside
Record Store Day is to Radio-Active Records what Rex Manning Day is to Empire Records: a day that is magical, stressful, and potentially life-changing. Record Store Day at our dear Radio-Active has been massive the past few years—too many bands, food trucks, and happenings-within-happenings to enumerate here—but this year, Record Store Day will herald a [...]
Tortuga Music Festival, Day Two: Great Things at Midday
Unlike yesterday’s review of day one of the Tortuga Music Festival, this review will be able to touch on only the middle of the day, for two reasons. First, through poor planning, I didn’t arrive at the festival until late and second, the scratch in my throat that greeted me upon waking up that day [...]
Tortuga Music Festival, Day One: The Sun Came Out, the Rain Let Up, and We Were Getting Dry
For me, I suppose the festival began at noon at the Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale. I valeted my car there and waited along with a dozen or so other folks bound for Fort Lauderdale Beach and the two-day, country-heavy music festival. In their bathing suits and bikinis, and I in my garish Hawaiian [...]
Point Blanco: Mykki Turns Bardot Out
Previously on Bardot: a chic bachelor pad laden with masculine brio and attendantly hetero-pornish decor proved an unwelcome space for Juan Maclean’s queer-friendly house music. Outdated, old-fashioned, and unfortunately all too familiar, it was a fail. Last night was a different story. Michael Quattlebaum Jr. a.k.a. Mykki Blanco a.k.a. Black Sailor Moon (a.k.a. a million other [...]
Review: Infest at Churchill’s Pub
When it was announced that powerviolence pioneers, Infest, had finally been convinced to perform outside California’s borders, the cogs of the internet hype machine were immediately set in motion. The fact that the band was performing again and outside of California would have been a big enough deal to stir up some serious hype, but the fact that this [...]
Infest, Tonight at Churchill’s Pub
Tonight, Churchill’s Pub will erupt into a warzone. Throngs of acolytes will line up before the altar of destruction, the battle drums will sound the call, and a chorus of hoarse cries will lead the charge. Infest have returned, joined by a legion of like-minded cohorts. This show will change lives, and validate longstanding obsessions. [...]
Q&A with Insult, Playing Saturday with Infest
Insult are one of Boston’s original grindcore pariahs, on par with Seige for ferocity, Toxic Narcotic for attitude, and the reviled Anal Cunt for pure unadulterated lyrical scum. After a lengthy hiatus, the band reformed, only to be struck by the loss of a friend and band member – infamous Seth Putnam of Anal Cunt [...]
It’s the Weekend, Miami: Five Suggestions For Your Days Off
Ready, Miami (and South Florida) in general? Here’s a selection of weekend picks, from transit parties to feminist movies to classic hip-hop. FRIDAY, MARCH 8 AND SATURDAY, MARCH 9 The Purple Line Pop-Up Transit Station and Party @ NE 2nd Ave. an NE 36th St. Imagine a better-connected Miami, where you could take public transit [...]