via myspace.com/dreaheartsmusicMillion Dollar Mano was already a favorite on Chicago’s free-spirited house/hip-hop crossover scene. His new project, though, might get even wider attention, thanks to the addition of a little female energy in the form of frontwoman Drea Smith. Together they are He Say She Say, and over squelching electro-pop,…
Kinky remains one of the best Mexican exports of crossover acts who fuse their country’s native sounds with contemporary rock and dance sounds. Mala Rodriguez, meanwhile, is a fierce female rapper from Spain whose sound relies heavily on flamenco. Together, they provide the soundtrack to a multiculti night of music…
Behind The Music Miami Part 2 follows host Mayweather Live through Miami Recording Studio, where Triple X produces and engineers what he calls “urban Latino music, “and Suthun Boy Studio, where Gorilla Tek makes beats.Suthun Boy talks about Liberty City’s Pork N Beans projects and why living there is all…
Now in its seventh installment, Aquabooty’s infamous Art Basel special, “Fuck Art Let’s Dance”, is going down at the Electric Pickle on Friday night and headlined this time by the legendary DJ/producer and self-anointed “high priest of spiritual house music” Osunlade. The religious title isn’t merely symbolic, as Osunlade is…
A couple recent concert announcements bring a little something for people on both your naughty and nice lists this Christmas. If you or someone you know happens to be on the nice list, consider celebrating Christmas (or at least the ghost of Christmas) a couple weeks early with local stars…
The long weekend may be over but the busy season is just getting started. With Art Basel Miami Beach starting this weekend, you’ll be lucky if you’re alive come Sunday. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves — here is what you missed over the weekend: ’80s Prom at the…
Skinny Puppy Revolution, Fort LauderdaleFriday, November 27, 2009 Better Than: Hanging out at your local weekly industrial gathering The Review: One of the coolest things about Skinny Puppy is how the act has always been more than just a simple band. Since its inception in 1982, this Vancouver industrial juggernaut has turned out…
With a loud and raucous sound zigzagging over the lines of alt rock, rock n’ roll and punk like a driver 14 shots of Jack deep, Cage the Elephant have been rattling the bars of that pen plenty. The quintet out of Kentucky blurs the lines of what their sound…
Borrowing an opening bit from Coffee Talk with Linda Richman, Manchester Orchestra is neither from Manchester, nor a real orchestra. Okay, talk amongst yourselves. They’re actually a five-piece rock band from Atlanta, who just released their second album. And they kick serious ass. Their debut, I’m Like a Virgin Losing…
Chris Brown is not a nice guy. He’s not a good guy. And he doesn’t deserve a break, no matter what Kanye West, Terrrence Howard, or Akon say. Nor does he deserve anyone’s money Sunday when he performs at Revolution. Anyone remember how he beat the crap out of Rihanna…
Who is Paul van Dyk, really? Obviously he’s one of the most famous figures in electronic dance music worldwide — and arguably the best-dressed. But why? Well his industry accolades speak for themselves. Paul van Dyk (born Matthias Paul in East Germany, 1971) is a Grammy Award-nominated artist, named “World’s…
SaritaYou’ve very likely caught them at one of their innumerable gigs around town, at Jazid or at Bougie’s. At The Vagabond, perhaps, or Tobacco Road? Or maybe even 90 miles from Cuba, down that southbound stretch of I-95, in the good ole’ Conch Republic’s Green Parrot Bar. And you’ve no…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. On a bar-hopping tour of Hollywood, I popped into PRL Euro Cafe (1904 A Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood; 954-980-8945; prlcafe.com), a narrow venue with a few chairs at the front and a long bar extending along…
As we promised yesterday, here’s a holiday giveaway of two more tickets to see Ras Kass in a comeback gig at White Room on Friday. Click here to read yesterday’s post with all the details.The rules again are, leave a comment on this entry, and then e-mail me your name…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. It was in the low 70s–breezy, but pleasant–as my wingman and I walked up starry Hollywood Boulevard. The air was crisp, and the street was alive with the clicking of high heels, the kind…
In this land of palm trees and Tommy Bahama shirts, the fact that the monthly Auteur Explosion has survived thus far is impressive. Thank dynamo event organizer Dawn Dubriel, who’s teamed up with Underlab Studios, a production house that’s proven tremendously supportive of local artists. Together they’ve put together 11…
You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of the avant-garde pop star named Ebony Bones!, born Ebony Thomas. But despite not yet offering an official U.S. release of her debut album, Bone of My Bones, this Brit has been slowly gaining stateside appeal. Turns out the gal has already…
Twenty-six-year-old MC Amanda Blank is still trying to get past her Married With Children moment. On indie-rap crew Spank Rock’s celebrated, 2006 debut, YoYoYoYoYo, she contributed the following lines in honor of Christina Applegate’s alter ego: “See, I like my ass sassy/I keep my man happy/’Cause I ride like Kelly…
Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa bridged the awkward end of the ’80s and the massive untamed wilderness of the ’90s local music scene, especially helping to cement Churchill’s Pub as the real musical hub of South Florida. But a spinal injury, relocation to Oakland, California, deaths, and dwindling finances have limited the…
You could make the argument that Canadian anarcho-industrial-rock pioneers Skinny Puppy have been at their most artistically potent (and successful) over the past 27-plus years when there’s a right-wing bogeyman at the helm of the free world to rail against. The group -– long led by frontman Nivek Ogre and…
With a cryptic, vaguely menacing moniker like Belt Buckle Death Sentence, it’s almost inevitable that this Loxahatchee-bred hardcore crew’s origin story would involve illegal liquor and near-fratricide. Here’s the way ax man Todd Batchelder tells it: “One night, our drummer, Bryan Marshall, and his brother Matt were both drunk on…
After eluding the annals of popular dance music for practically ever, France finally got with the program in the late ’90s thanks to a quirky little duo by the name of Daft Punk. It didn’t take long after that for France to grow its own crop of DJ superstars, the…
