:: rock the tropics ::

Your annotated guide to indie rock and its many sub-genres in and around South Florida. Album reviews, show dates, music links, local news, all infused with a good dose of SoFla sabor.

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[::..calendar..::]
05.17 :: spy-fi patio party
05.17 :: big sky, remember the ocean
05.17 :: sounds listening party
05.17 :: #3 pencils
05.18 :: grandaddy, pete yorn, year of the rabbit
05.25 :: david dondero + friends
05.30 :: radiohead listening party
06.13 :: grandaddy listening party

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[::..local bands..::]
:: bling bling [>]
:: bill cruz [>]
:: dashboard confessional [>]
:: dotfash [>]
:: faller [>]
:: legends of rodeo [>]
:: livid kittens [>]
:: machete [>]
:: maypop [>]
:: para [>]
:: piddie korn [>]
:: poulain [>]
:: pygmy [>]
:: remember the ocean [>]
:: remedy session [>]
:: rocking horse winner [>]
:: see venus [>]
:: spam allstars [>]
:: stardriver [>]
:: stop motion [>]
:: swivel stick [>]
:: whirlaway [>]
:: zira [>]

[::..local labels..::]
:: claire [>]
:: schematic [>]
:: spy-fi [>]
:: twenty seven [>]

[::..local venues..::]
:: alley [>]
:: billabong pub [>]
:: billboardlive [>]
:: churchill's [>]
:: culture room [>]
:: the factory [>]
:: freez [>]
:: gables pub [>]
:: manuel artime theater [>]
:: ovation [>]
:: poplife [>]
:: power studios [>]
:: respectable street [>]
:: revolver [>]

[::..local resources..::]
:: books & books [>]
:: the honeycomb [>]
:: levitcleos.com [>]
:: miami new times [>]
:: radiate 88 [>]
:: sleepyhead [>]
:: sonic smoke [>]
:: street [>]
:: wvum [>]

[::..general interest..::]
:: amnesiacs.org [>]
:: buddyhead [>]
:: diysearch [>]
:: flavorpill [>]
:: hey mercedes blog [>]
:: indymedia [>]
:: insound [>]
:: makeoutclub [>]
:: music newswire [>]
:: new york times [>]
:: notify list [>]
:: nude as the news [>]
:: pitchfork [>]
:: popscene [>]
:: salon [>]
:: skylab [>]
:: tape op [>]
:: washington post [>]
:: the wire [>]

[::..archive..::]

:: Saturday, December 01, 2001 ::

I am late late late with these news. Apologies to any of you who made the trek to WPB expecting to check out Argentina: if you did, you soon found out their set got canceled. Looks like the future of the band is uncertain -- expect, at least, a temporary hiatus.

Here's one emphatic plea for Argentina to stay together one way or another, creative reassessments or not. For all of us who've listened to "National Anthem" with our mouths hanging open and our eyes big and starry.

For all you Argentina fans out there, now's the time to send the band some feedback and love letters.

[ So yes, please excuse the no-news-is-better-than-old-news-but-I-went-ahead-and-posted-anyway. I just got out of work. I never had the chance. Mea culpa. ]

In other news, the much-anticipated, much-salivated over Machete album is only a month or two shy of its release -- finally. I heard some very promising snippets over the phone last night.

And in related Spy-Fi Records news, Bling Bling, lo-fi pop upstart wonderband fronted by man-about-town Ed Artigas, is releasing its début album, Candy from Strangers, on Saturday, December 15th. There will be a big CD release / holiday par-tay over at PopLife, with special guest Scott Nixon helping Bling Bling friends out by getting the show off to a good start. As always, doors at 11 p.m., 18 and over welcome.

Stay tuned for even more pertinent newsflashes. I'm back, kids. xo

:: Unknown 2:25 AM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, November 29, 2001 ::

Be still my heart! I think I just got the best concert news of the year.

Pinback is planning a U.S. tour for February and March of 2002. Not only that -- they are setting up several shows in Florida! Now, I have no idea whether the tour will encompass South Florida, but whatever, even if they only come as far as the Panhandle it'll be good enough. Start counting the days!

No tour dates were specified, but believe you me, the second I find them out, I'll post them here.

If you haven't heard Pinback yet, I strongly suggest you check them out now. They are one of several projects of the multi-faceted, multi-talented, underappreciated genius Rob Crow, as well as of Three Mile Pilot Armistead B. Smith IV ( better known as Zach ). Rob also fronts and/or contributes to genre-bending, mind-blowing bands like Thingy, Optiganally Yours ( most prominently featured on the Powerpuff Girls soundtrack album ), Physics, the brilliant but now-defunct Heavy Vegetable, as well as his own solo work. You can find Pinback's amazing 1999 début album, Pinback, their 2000 EP, Some Voices, and their fresh-off-the-presses Blue Screen Life, at Insound.

:: Unknown 6:21 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 ::

The Rocking Horse Winner's State of Feeling Concentration is one of Insound's top five best-selling albums for the week of November 12 - November 19. Rock on with your bad selves, RHW!

:: Unknown 8:33 PM [+] ::
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