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Head Automatica: Exclusive Florida Show – Miami – 6/21/23

Heroes Live Entertainment presents Head Automatica **Exclusive Florida Show** on Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 @ Gramps in Miami. Rain or shine.
Head Automatica is back! The power pop band formed by Glassjaw vocalist Daryl Palumbo in 2003 hasn’t played live in over a decade. This will be the band’s warm-up show prior to their upcoming festival dates. Special guests Love Tempo + Staircase Spirit.

Tickets: https://headautomatica.eventbrite.com

7:00PM (Doors) | 7:30PM (Show) | 18+

Head Automatica

Head Automatica is the somewhat unlikely pairing of vocalist Daryl Palumbo (of New York City’s hardcore outfit Glassjaw) and producer Dan the Automator (aka Dan Nakamura of Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School). Introduced by mutual friends, the duo began work on their debut, aiming for a sound somewhere in between the Automator‘s beats and squiggles and Palumbo’s penchant for rock and punk. When Decadence appeared in late summer 2004, its groove was just that — a bright and trashy mix of electronics and rock & roll, the kind of thing for which late nights were made. Palumbo and Automator put together a road band and toured in support of the record, sharing shows with such disparate acts as Lostprophets, Thrice, Interpol, and the Rapture along the way. However, Palumbo’s ongoing battle with Crohn’s disease, which the singer suffered from since childhood, continued to give him problems while on the road; various tour dates had to be canceled as he spent time in hospitals to receive treatment.

The frontman continued to relapse as work on Head Automatica’s sophomore effort began; his sickness persisted during the bulk of the recording process. The band — now comprised of Palumbo, drummer Larry Gorman (ex-Glassjaw), bassist Jarvis Morgan Holden (ex-Give Up the Ghost), guitarist Craig Bonich, and keyboardist Jessie Nelson — enlisted the talents of producer Howard Benson to help create an album with a “bright, crisp sound.” The resulting Popaganda was issued in June 2006. It proved to be an aptly named album that, without Dan the Automator around, largely lacked the electronics of Decadence, instead boasting a relatively more straightforward guitar sound largely influenced by late-’70s pop. A subsequent summer tour was spent opening for Taking Back Sunday alongside Angels and Airwaves and the Subways.

Support:

Love Tempo
Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/k79wL
Mixcloud: https://mixcloud.com/Brad_Strickland
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thelovetempo
Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheLoveTempo

Disco, Boogie, Funk and House done right! Miami’s finest selectors and special guests.

Staircase Spirit
Website: https://linktr.ee/staircasespiritband
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCutr3DNilFaFt0fVuwakFlQ
Instagram: https://instagram.com/staircasespiritband
Twitter: https://twitter.com/staircasespiri1

The Ocean Blue: Exclusive Florida Show – Miami – 11/10/23

Heroes Live Entertainment presents indie-pop legends The Ocean Blue in The Magic City on Friday, November 10th, 2023 @ The Ground at Club Space in Miami for an EXCLUSIVE FLORIDA SHOW! Special guests JAIALAI and celebrated Miami DJ Carlos Menendez (Fire & Ice, Backdoor, The Church) will get things started.

Tickets: https://theoceanbluemiami.eventbrite.com

7:00PM (GA Doors) | 7:30PM (Show) | 5:30 (VIP Doors) | 18+

The Ocean Blue arrived as the 1980s drew to a close, and their debut record on the famed Sire Records label in 1989 seemed to summarize the best of the musical decade. The band of four teenagers from Hershey, Pennsylvania quickly achieved widespread acclaim and radio & MTV airplay, with top 10 Modern Rock/College Radio hits like Between Something and Nothing and Drifting, Falling. They followed their debut release with the subtle and atmospheric Cerulean, which included perhaps their most beloved song, Ballerina Out of Control, and followed that with their highest charting pop album Beneath the Rhythm and Sound and the single Sublime, featuring a video of the band in the sublime landscape of Iceland. The band’s fourth record for Mercury/PolyGram, See The Ocean Blue, was a departure to a more guitar rock sound of the 60s and 70s, but with the band’s 80s DNA peeking through. After a busy decade of recording and touring, the band left the majors in the late 90s. Several independent releases and related touring followed in the 2000s, including 2000’s Davy Jones Locker and 2004’s Waterworks EP, and some wider international touring. In 2013, after much anticipation, the band released their first full-length record in over 10 years, Ultramarine, on Korda Records, a Minneapolis-based label cooperative label the band helped launch that same year. The record was a welcome return for fans of the band and a younger generation of fans and garnered widespread praise as one of their very best albums. In 2015, the band worked with Sire and Rhino Records to reissue their first 3 Sire albums on vinyl. The band marked the occasion by performing the first 2 albums in their entirety at limited concerts throughout the U.S. In 2016, the band did a whole South American Tour where some of their most passionate fans reside.

The band has returned with their signature dream pop sound on the beautifully powerful Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves on Korda Records.

Support:

JAIALAI
Website: https://jaialaiofficial.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/jaialaiofficial
Instagram: https://instagram.com/jaialaiofficial
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@JAIALAIOFFICIAL

Jaialai is a psychedelic rock band based out of Miami, Florida. Their sound may be described as a blend of krautrock, shoegaze, and garage rock. The band is comprised of Jose “Jovi” Adames (guitar/vocals), Richard Boullon (percussion), Mario Lemus (bass), and Oscar Sardiñas (guitar/vocals). They released their debut LP “Say So” in May 2019 and the “Culebra” EP in February 2020.

NYE! Strangelove-The DEPECHE MODE Experience + Electric Duke (tribute to David Bowie from UK) – Orlando – 12/31/22

Ring in the New Year with the ultimate ’80s party! Heroes Live Entertainment presents Strangelove–The DEPECHE MODE Experience with special guests: Electric Duke (tribute to David Bowie from UK) and DJ Smilin’Dan (resident DJ at The Independent Bar for 15 years) at The Abbey in Orlando, Florida. Grab your tickets now!

Tickets: https://strangelovenye.eventbrite.com


Ring in the New Year with the ultimate ’80s party! Strangelove–The DEPECHE MODE Experience + Electric Duke (tribute to David Bowie from UK) at The Abbey in Orlando. 8:00PM (Doors) | 9:00PM (Show) | 18+
  • Bottle service will be available. Contact russell@teamtrue.com for details.
  • Ticket purchase is required and separate from any bottle service.

 

 

Los Angeles based Strangelove-The DEPECHE MODE Experience delivers a career-spanning, pitch-perfect “best of” concert that transports the listener through time and touches on several key points in Depeche Mode’s 40+ year career. Songs from throughout the Depeche canon are lovingly recreated; from favorites on DM’s debut Speak and Spell to the newest fare from ‘Mode’s latest- 2017’s “Spirit”. No detail of STRANGELOVE’s presentation has been overlooked. The visual presentation with stage set pieces and in-show costume changes reflect different eras of Depeche Mode’s story.

DEPECHE MODE’S MARTIN GORE ON STRANGELOVE-THE DEPECHE MODE EXPERIENCE:

“They do it to such fine detail that’s it’s scary. They play to very big crowds. They have videos that they’ve made, screens behind them, it’s like a full on production. I think they are fulfilling a fan’s needs by being there when we are not on tour. Keeping the fans satiated while we’re taking a break.”

Special Guest: Electric Duke
(tribute to David Bowie from UK)
https://facebook.com/electricduke

Electric Duke frontman Julian Shah-Tayler, from UK, has collaborated with several David Bowie musicians (on original albums and Bowie material) and effortlessly channels the zeitgeist of Ziggy Stardust.

DJ SMILIN’DAN
Website: https://mixcloud.com/djsmilindan
Facebook: https://facebook.com/djsmilindan
Instagram: https://instagram.com/djsmilindan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DJSmilinDan

We Were Promised Jetpacks + Breakup Shoes – West Palm Beach – 10/19/22

Heroes Live Entertainment presents We Were Promised Jetpacks with special guests Breakup Shoes on October 19 @ Respectable Street in West Palm Beach. The celebrated Scottish rock band is excited to announce U.S. Fall tour dates in support of their critically-acclaimed album Enjoy the View out now via Big Scary Monsters.

Tickets: https://wwpj.eventbrite.com

Half bracing post-punk and half tuneful indie pop, We Were Promised Jetpacks formed while they were still attending high school in Edinburgh. Fifteen years into their career, the trio is more focused than ever.

We Were Promised Jetpacks

 

We Were Promised Jetpacks’ tender, delicate poise is still stunning and heartbreaking in equal measure. – Flood Magazine 

The frothy melodies, spiraling guitar riffs, and catchy refrains of this newfound aesthetic suits the band well and make Enjoy the View one of the year’s more stimulating aural
experiences. – Under The Radar 

Single “Fat Chance” reveals a surprise partway through, emerging as an anthem about overcoming long odds, doing “a complete 180” and climbing out of the ruins, stronger than ever. – NPR Music

Scottish post-punk outfit We Were Promised Jetpacks’ fifth album Enjoy the View is many things at once: A quiet rumination on past relationships, a strain of optimism for the future, an ode to open-road guitar music and a nod to the band’s best-known, angular musicianship and intense live shows. – Atwood Magazine


Since releasing 2018’s ‘The More I Sleep The Less I Dream’, We Were Promised Jetpacks’ Adam Thompson, Sean Smith, and Darren Lackie have embraced change head-on. Amicably parting ways with guitarist Michael Palmer, leaving a notable empty fourth corner in their practice room, it marked a transitory moment in the band’s acclaimed career and one that would be cemented by events to come.

Entering 2020 as a trio with a handful of songs written and a small tour under their belts, the world around them came to a sudden halt. Yet despite the unquestionable hardship that the lockdown brought with it, for a band looking to rebuild following a dramatic change, it also proved to be a blessing in disguise.

“I guess it ended up being a lot more collaborative between the three of us,” Sean notes of their fifth studio record, ‘Enjoy The View’. Unable to meet in person, the album began to take shape across countless files bouncing back and forth between their respective Edinburgh homes. As well as providing the space to think more broadly about their own roles in the band, isolation also allowed them to approach their collective sound in new ways.

“If you’re trying to write a part when two other people are smashing their instruments it’s not the easiest thing,” Adam laughs. “Writing remotely, you could mute parts and work on things in your head. It just gave us a bit more creative freedom to try different things.” For Darren, separated from his kit, drumming became an entirely digital venture. “I could be a bit freer,” he notes, immediately backed up by his bandmates. “It was nice for Darren to have the space to try something he normally couldn’t,” Adam smiles, celebrating the opportunity for the trio to switch up their songwriting process. 

With the space to focus on the structure of the songs over what is immediately possible in a practice room, the band shifted gears. “We’ve always considered ourselves a live band more than a studio band,” Darren notes, explaining how the past twelve months have forced a change. “This was more about focussing on making a really great album rather than thinking about how we play it live. Let’s make an album that’s just slightly different for us.”

The result, ‘Enjoy The View’, is also the product of a more settled band. Fifteen years into their career, the trio is more focused than ever. “We are doing this for ourselves and the people who like our music and get something out of it,” Adam gleams, “I’m really excited about being able to show them the new record.” 

“I’ve had a really nice time writing this album,” he states matter-of-factly, signaling his appreciation to his bandmates. “We’re all very appreciative of the people who are still listening to us,” Darren adds, “it pushes us to keep getting better”. Nodding to both the band and their ever-loyal fans, Adam agrees. “It is very much our band, and we do this because we can do it together.”

Support:

Breakup Shoes
Website: https://www.breakupshoes.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breakupshoes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakupshoes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakupshoes

Emerging from the heyday of the Phoenix house show scene, Breakup Shoes’ intimate yet celebratory style derives from their DIY origins as down-and-out college roommates. Their earliest tracks gave a unique expression to the long Arizona summer through a crafty blend of west coast beach rock mellowed out by a bedroom pop charm, which quickly earned a cult following with debut EP Nicotine Dream. Their first full-length record, Unrequited Love (& other clichés), propelled the band to a national audience and earned them gigs with Soccer Mommy, Men I Trust, No Vacation and more. Follow up record So Money, Baby pairs Zawisa’s sweet melodies with a rich production style and brought the band their first full national tour with Summer Salt. Their most recent EP, 2021’s Narratives, finds the band in a smoother, more mature sound that matches Zawisa’s reflective lyrics, yearning for simpler times in complex tones. Breakup Shoes consists of Phoenix locals Nick Zawisa (lyricist/vocalist), Matthew Witsoe (drums), John MacLeod (guitar/bass), and Jake Peña (bass/guitar).

The Ocean Blue: Exclusive Florida Show + Conversation Piece – Orlando – 11/5/22

Heroes Live Entertainment presents The Ocean Blue **Exclusive Florida Show** @ The Abbey in Orlando. Special guests: Conversation Piece + DJ Smilin’Dan (resident DJ at The Independent Bar for 15 years)

Tickets: https://theoceanblue2022.eventbrite.com

Join us as we welcome the indie-pop band on Saturday, November 5, 2022, to The Abbey in Downtown Orlando for their ONLY FLORIDA SHOW.
8:00PM (GA Doors) | 8:30PM (Show) | 6:30 (VIP Doors) | 18+

 

 

The Ocean Blue arrived as the 1980s drew to close, and their debut record on the famed Sire Records label in 1989 seemed to summarize the best of the musical decade. The band of four teenagers from Hershey, Pennsylvania quickly achieved widespread acclaim and radio & MTV airplay, with top 10 Modern Rock/College Radio hits like Between Something and Nothing and Drifting, Falling. They followed their debut release with the subtle and atmospheric Cerulean, which included perhaps their most beloved song, Ballerina Out of Control, and followed that with their highest charting pop album Beneath the Rhythm and Sound and the single Sublime, featuring a video of the band in the sublime landscape of Iceland. The band’s fourth record for Mercury/PolyGram, See The Ocean Blue, was a departure to a more guitar rock sound of the 60s and 70s, but with the band’s 80s DNA peeking through. After a busy decade of recording and touring, the band left the majors in the late 90s. Several independent releases and related touring followed in the 2000s, including 2000’s Davy Jones Locker and 2004’s Waterworks EP, and some wider international touring. In 2013, after much anticipation, the band released their first full length record in over 10 years, Ultramarine, on Korda Records, a Minneapolis-based label cooperative label the band helped launch that same year. The record was a welcome return for fans of the band and a younger generation of fans, and garnered widespread praise as one of their very best albums. In 2015, the band worked with Sire and Rhino Records to reissue their first 3 Sire albums on vinyl. The band marked the occasion by performing the first 2 albums in their entirety at limited concerts throughout the U.S. In 2016, the band did a full South American Tour where some of their most passionate fans reside.

The band has now returned with their signature dream pop sound on the beautifully powerful Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves. Out now on Korda Records. See the band on tour in 2019-2021.

Seafoam Walls **FREE SHOW** A Shot Worth Taking – The Concert Series – Miami – 10/3/21

Hornitos Tequila in partnership with Poplife & Heroes Live Entertainment present Seafoam Walls @ Gramps in Miami (Wynwood).


FREE with RSVP: https://grampsevent.splashthat.com

“Miami band Seafoam Walls have been exploring a unique blend of soul, jazz, dreampop and indie rock — they call it “Caribbean Jazzgaze” — since 2016, and following a few singles/EPs, are set to release their debut album, XVI, in November via Thurston Moore’s The Daydream Library Series label.” – Brooklyn Vegan

of Montreal + Locate S,1 + Palomino Blond – West Palm Beach – 3/16/22

Heroes Live Entertainment & Poplife present of Montreal with special guests Locate S,1 and Palomino Blond @ Respectable Street in West Palm Beach.


Tickets: https://ofmontreal2022.eventbrite.com
**Proof Of Vax/Neg test required for entry by artist request**

Round up the troops! of Montreal return to South Florida for another exciting show to promote their new album “I Feel Safe With You, Trash”.

The Athens band’s recorded material can be divided into two distinct periods. Their early work focused on 60s-tinged pop and psychedelic elements channeled through the prism of Kevin Barnes’s unique lyricism. In more recent years of Montreal’s style changed to a mixture of electronica, funk, glam, and afrobeat music influenced by Prince and David Bowie.

 

Support:

Locate S,1
Website: https://locates1.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/christina.schneider.locates1
Instagram: https://instagram.com/locate_s1

After a particularly rough solo performance in 2018 when one of her own friends talked loudly throughout her set, Christina Schneider exited the venue and told herself, “If they’re not even going to listen, then I’m fucking done.” It wasn’t quite the feeling she’d hoped for after dedicating her life to creating subversive, genre-fluid pop music. Working under various aliases since 2014 — including CE Schneider Topical, Jepeto Solutions, Christina Schneider’s Genius Grant and now Locate S,1 — she’s explored everything from groovy garage rock to minimalist
bedroom pop to Syd Barrett-style psychedelia.

Palomino Blond
Website: https://palominoblond.com
Facebook: https:/facebook.com/palominoblond
Instagram: https://instagram.com/palomino_blond
Twitter: https://twitter.com/palominoblond

Palomino Blond is a rock band from Miami, FL that sometimes sounds evil and sometimes sounds pretty…

Promo Assets: https://bit.ly/pbassets

Video for “Creature Natural” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYqz8QC4Gys
Video for “Damage” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3nvy1BxSeI
“Supergalore” – Live at Heartwood Soundstage – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0yYmIj986Q

Past features on: Bandcamp Daily, Talkhouse, Brooklyn Vegan, Alt-Citizen, The Orlando Weekly, The Alternative, Tom Tom, Creative Loafing (Tampa), NPR Latino and Miami New Times.

Band has been touted and played on Radio by both Laura Jane Grace (of Against Me! on Vans Ch. 66) and the legendary Iggy Pop (on BBC6).

Recent support shows (2019-21) with: Black Lips, Surfer Blood, The Casket Lottery, Last Dinosaurs, Chastity Belt, The Pauses, A Place to Bury Strangers, Born Ruffians, Ceramic Animal, Thelma and the Sleaze, and Spendtime Palace.

Recent Festival Plays: Sing Out Loud (St. Augustine, FL,) The Fest 19 (Gainesville, FL,) iii Points (Miami, FL)
Upcoming January 2022 SE Tour w/MOLD! and Seafoam Walls (Ecstatic Peace/Daydream Library)

R.I.Y.L. – The Breeders, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, Chelsea Wolfe, Cocteau Twins

Living In Oblivion: 80s 90s Party feat. Anything Box + London Exchange – West Palm Beach – 2/12/22

Heroes Live Entertainment presents Living In Oblivion: 80s 90s Party feat. ANYTHING BOX (First South Florida show since the ’90s!) with special guests LONDON EXCHANGE (Record Release Party) and DJ Dino of Synthology 101 @ Respectable Street in West Palm Beach.


Tickets: https://anythingbox.eventbrite.com

Anything Box

Formed in 1986 by Claude S. with two friends, Dania Morales and Paul Rijnders, the New Jersey trio Anything Box took their name from the title of a book of short stories. The act signed with Epic and released its debut album, Peace, in 1990, notching a hit with the upbeat “Living in Oblivion.” The song crossed over from clubs (Billboard Dance #10) and managed to climb onto the pop charts (reaching #65). They returned a year later with their second album, Worth produced by Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Einstürzende Neubauten, Wire, Erasure). With a current lineup consisting solely of Claude Strilio, Anything Box continues to incorporate more and more influences into its electronic pop framework.

 

Support:

London Exchange

Formed in 1988, London Exchange brought together elements of New Wave, Dance, and Freestyle. Inspired by groups like Information Society, New Order, and Depeche Mode, London Exchange was one of the pioneering bands of retro EDM that was taking off in the US & Europe in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

The band went on to Chart (3) 12″ singles: “Memories Of You” (1989), “Lost Without Your Touch” (1990), “Girl Inside The Magazine” (1991)

Touring the nation & worldwide exposure has made this band a staple of electro-pop-styled music on the radio and the dancefloor since their debut in 1988!

Website: http://londonexchange88.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/LondonExchange
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LondonExchange
Instagram: https://instagram.com/londonexchange88

DJ Dino of Synthology 101 will be spinning synthpop, freestyle, and electro classics.

The Ocean Blue: Exclusive Florida Show – West Palm Beach – **NEW DATE** – 10/2/21

Heroes Live Entertainment presents The Ocean Blue **Exclusive Florida Show** with special guests Sweet Bronco @ Respectable Street in West Palm Beach. NEW DATE: Sat, Oct 2, 2021. Tickets from the original date will be honored.

Tickets: https://theoceanblue.eventbrite.com

Join us as we welcome the indie-pop band to Respectable Street in West Palm Beach for an EXCLUSIVE FLORIDA SHOW with special guests Sweet Bronco. DJ Tommy Gunn will be playing your favorite alternative classics.
8:00PM (GA Doors) | 9:00PM (Show) | 6:30 (VIP Doors) | 18+
Tickets for the original date will be honored. 

 

 

The Ocean Blue arrived as the 1980s drew to close, and their debut record on the famed Sire Records label in 1989 seemed to summarize the best of the musical decade. The band of four teenagers from Hershey, Pennsylvania quickly achieved widespread acclaim and radio & MTV airplay, with top 10 Modern Rock/College Radio hits like Between Something and Nothing and Drifting, Falling. They followed their debut release with the subtle and atmospheric Cerulean, which included perhaps their most beloved song, Ballerina Out of Control, and followed that with their highest charting pop album Beneath the Rhythm and Sound and the single Sublime, featuring a video of the band in the sublime landscape of Iceland. The band’s fourth record for Mercury/PolyGram, See The Ocean Blue, was a departure to a more guitar rock sound of the 60s and 70s, but with the band’s 80s DNA peeking through. After a busy decade of recording and touring, the band left the majors in the late 90s. Several independent releases and related touring followed in the 2000s, including 2000’s Davy Jones Locker and 2004’s Waterworks EP, and some wider international touring. In 2013, after much anticipation, the band released their first full length record in over 10 years, Ultramarine, on Korda Records, a Minneapolis-based label cooperative label the band helped launch that same year. The record was a welcome return for fans of the band and a younger generation of fans, and garnered widespread praise as one of their very best albums. In 2015, the band worked with Sire and Rhino Records to reissue their first 3 Sire albums on vinyl. The band marked the occasion by performing the first 2 albums in their entirety at limited concerts throughout the U.S. In 2016, the band did a full South American Tour where some of their most passionate fans reside.

The band has now returned with their signature dream pop sound on the beautifully powerful Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves. Out now on Korda Records. See the band on tour in 2019-2021.

of Montreal + Yip Deceiver + Haute Tension – Miami – 4/5/19

Heroes Live Entertainment & Poplife present of Montreal with Yip Deceiver (featuring of Montreal members) & Haute Tension @ The Ground at Club Space in Miami.


Tickets: http://ticketfly.com/event/1817124

of Montreal is a band from Athens, GA. The band’s recorded material can be divided into two distinct periods. Their early work focused on 60s-tinged pop and psychedelic elements channeled through the prism of Kevin Barnes’s unique lyricism. In more recent years of Montreal’s style changed to a mixture of electronica, funk, glam, and afrobeat music influenced by Prince and David Bowie.

 

Support:

Yip Deceiver (featuring of Montreal members)
Website: http://soundcloud.com/yip-deceiver
Facebook: http://facebook.com/yipdeceiver/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/yipdeceiver

Haute Tension
Website: http://hautetensionband.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/hautetensionmia
Twitter: http://twitter.com/haute_tension_
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hautetensionband

Haute Tension is a psychedelic, surf-noir band whose sound casts shades of punk over the slowly flooding Miami landscape. Enjoy the air of coconuts and palm trees while it lasts.

“This band is a party and you can’t help but to have a good time. – The Family Reviews

“No Miami act worked harder in 2018 than surf-noir trio Haute Tension…” -Lauren Reskin, Sweat Records, Owner.