Here’s your heads up on a musical maelstrom touching down in Miami on Friday, June 7. Headlined by Danish punks Iceage and Lower, this must-see show will also include sets by South Florida’s New Coke and Suede Dudes. Learn more.
Frank “Rat Bastard” Falestra’s annual celebration of noise took over Churchill’s Pub from Wednesday through Saturday. Acts from as far as Denver and Boston made the trek to join a host of local bands with a frantic 15-minute set time limit. Performance styles ranged from Clang Quartet’s intense Christian noise performance filled with colorful and disturbing prop instruments to Unicorn Hard-on’s dance-inducing “Technoise” beats. Click on the photos here to view them in wide format, and visit the Beached Miami Facebook page to browse many more photos from International Noise Conference 2013.
Instrumental rockers from Athens, Ga., Maserati announced a U.S. tour that includes a November 1 appearance in Miami at Churchill’s Pub. This month, the prog-psych-space (you pick, they all fit) rock foursome released Maserati VII, the band’s first album since drummer Jerry Fuchs died after falling five stories down an elevator shaft in 2009 at the age of 34. Fuchs, who also drummed for !!!, The Juan Maclean, and LCD Soundsystem, was replaced by Mike Albanese, who has drummed for Cinemechanica and Bit Brigade.
Shot from the crowd at TEEPEE’s August 18 Churchill’s show, this video captures frontman Erix S. Laurent and his live band playing the track “I’ll Leave It Entirely Up To You” off of TEEPEE’s upcoming LP, Distant Love or: Time Never Meant Anything, And Never Will. If you like what you hear, you can support TEEPEE’s 13-gig East Coast tour throughout September via Kickstarter. (That choice is entirely up to you.) To learn more about TEEPEE and Laurent, check out the interview we posted a few weeks back.
Before embarking on a East Coast tour behind a new LP, Miami band Teepee will play at Churchill’s Saturday night. — photo by Jaime Salazar
After six years performing solo as Teepee, Erix S. Laurent is trying something new. The 25-year-old Miami native, formerly known as Eric Lopez-Zareno, is bolstering the one-man act with a band.
Miami’s strangest came out in full force to Churchill’s Pub Tuesday night for Summer of Weirds III. This Heart Electric kicked the night off, setting a fast pace that persisted through blazing sets from The Jellyfish Brothers, 90s Teen, TUMBLEWEAVE, and a host of other local bands.
The three-day 305 Fest hosted by Speedfreek kicked off at Churchill’s Friday night with booming performances by Torche, Jacuzzi Boys, Black Mayonnaise, Merchandise, and more. The feisty, moshing crowd enjoyed a two-stage marathon of post-punk, drone metal, and garage rock that will continue through Sunday. To view many more photos from 305 Fest, visit the Beached Miami Facebook page.
The Jacuzzi Boys’ Churchill’s shows are always rowdy maelstroms of sweat, alcohol, and human limbs. Their gig at the “Sort of English Pub” in Little Haiti Saturday night, the punky surf rock trio’s homecoming celebration after a recent 26-city European tour behind their latest LP, Glazin’, upheld that tradition and for good measure added a few new elements, including a mariachi band opener and a set by Miami punk vets Holy Terrors. Here is a selection of photos from the show. To view many more, visit the Beached Miami Facebook page.