:: rock the tropics ::

Felix da Housecat
Friday, May 23, 2003
Opium Garden
21+
10 p.m.
Open bar from 10 p.m. -- 11 p.m. (limited beer, presumably limitless vodka)
Careful with these obnoxious only-in-South-Beach club rules: Patrons are advised to "dress to impress," and "bring girls" to ensure getting in. Ack.

You're well acquainted with "electroclash" by now (Felix calls it "dirty glam"). Last week the New Times dubbed this neophyte genre the Best New Music Trend of the year. You drop the word like so much spare change in casual conversation, affecting a posture of familiarity to the point of near-boredom. You've shaken your ass to this odd blend of fat beats and retro sensibilities in all the hip clubs. But have you ever wondered who's behind the hit machine? Felix, architect of the sexiest album in recent memory, last year's Kittenz and Thee Glitz, might be the hippest, coolest, slickest and smoothest of all the cogs. Check him out.

Stardriver, Pygmy, Mona the Canvas, Val Emmrich
Friday, May 30, 2003
Churchill's
$5

Alkaline Trio
with Pretty Girls Make Graves, Pitch Black, Avoid One Thing
Saturday, May 31, 2003
The Factory
6:30 p.m.
$11 in advance, $13 at the door

Emo, it seems, will never die.

Beck
with Dashboard Confessional, Black Keys
Sunday, June 1, 2003
Mizner Amphitheater
7 p.m.
$37.50

Whoa! How'd this line-up happen, again? It's almost worth the $40 admission price just to find out.

Of Montreal
with Great Lakes
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Respectable Street
8 p.m.
$8
The triumphant return of Elephant 6, odd and wonderful psychedelic collective.


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