Top 10 Reasons to Head to Transit Lounge This Month
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The following are the top 10 reasons to head to Transit this month. Because we don't want to play favorites, they're ordered chronologically, not in order of preference.
10) RockStar Karaoke -- This little shindig goes down at Transit every Tuesday night, and puts you, the civilians, behind the microphone. Transit will even furnish a full band to jam behind you. You get to be a rock star for one night (or one song, anyway), no matter how bad you suck! There you have it Fred Durst, your return to the spotlight awaits.
9) The Mad Skeleton w/ The Armed and Desperate -- Wednesday, Aug. 11 features a double whammy. The Armed and Desperate aren't comprised of Eva Longoria and Teri Hatcher wielding meat cleavers (though that'd be a show we could get behind). They're one of SoFla's more promising rock groups, made up of former members of Contact, Tree View Drive and Self Run Will. And The Mad Skeleton is a badass indie folkster who only kinda looks like a cross between Harry Potter and Elvis Costello. Here's a vid to get you better acquainted with him.
9) The Mad Skeleton w/ The Armed and Desperate -- Wednesday, Aug. 11 features a double whammy. The Armed and Desperate aren't comprised of Eva Longoria and Teri Hatcher wielding meat cleavers (though that'd be a show we could get behind). They're one of SoFla's more promising rock groups, made up of former members of Contact, Tree View Drive and Self Run Will. And The Mad Skeleton is a badass indie folkster who only kinda looks like a cross between Harry Potter and Elvis Costello. Here's a vid to get you better acquainted with him.
The Mad Skeleton - Part I from MERELY HUMAN STUDIOS on Vimeo.
8) Jacob Jeffries Band -- Jacob Jeffries Band is performing on Thursday, Aug. 12. If we need to tell you why they're awesome, you've been living under a rock. Showing glimmers all at once of Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and the Beatles, Jeffries is perhaps one of the most polished and complete songwriters in South Florida. Need proof? Check out this humorous homage they recently did in honor of Shark Week, titled...well, "Shark Week." Despite the fact it's damn funny, the song still kicks ass.7) Afro-Kumbé -- Locos Por Juana's side project, Afro-Kumbé is basically all three key
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6) Locos Por Juana -- This is almost like cheating (like how we only had to use one image), but certainly LPJ deserve their own blurb. After all, these guys have been one of the bands at the forefront giving Miami its own musical voice. Blending funk and reggae with Afro and Latin rhythms, particularly cumbia and champeta from their native Colombia, Locos have been getting the party started in the 305 for the past decade, and there's no doubt they're going to turn Transit out on Saturday, Aug. 14.
5) ¡MAYDAY! -- Let's face it, Cee-lo Green (who is not only a Soul Machine, but one half of Gnarls Barkley and a former member of Goodie Mobb) doesn't record with just anyone. But there he is on Miami's hottest hip-hop band's track, "Groundhog Day," along with DJ Craze. Check out the vid, then catch them on Friday, Aug. 20.
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2) Suenalo -- Saturday, Aug. 28 Transit features another of the originators of the Miami sound. Suenalo are pioneers in the local Latin fusion movement, and a sure bet to tear the roof off the place every time they play here. Combining everything but the kitchen sink, from funk to jazz to Afro-Caribbean to hip hop to rock, and everything in between, this group keeps asses shaking well into the night. And their descargas? Of the NFA variety. See for yourself. Here they are doing the do--where else?--at Transit.
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