Camilo Sesto was Spain’s answer to artists like George Michael and Prince in Britain and the US in the ’80s and ’90s, which is to say a major pop icon. In fact, it might even be fair to say he was the iconic figure in Spanish pop of the era…
Duece Poppi is a veteran Slip-N-Slide Records artist you may have never heard of, but dude is a serious operator that has behind the scenes ghost written more tracks than Casper with a pen and pad. He’s got a new album coming soon, and this song “My White Friends” is…
Grrrly Talk is a new feminist column serving up pop culture commentary and local music news on, for, and by those of the XX-chromosomed variety. News broke yesterday that Lady Gaga will be spending New Year’s Eve in Miami after canceling her tour with megalomaniac Kanye West earlier this month. When I…
via Flickr user eytonzFresh off their sting opening for Green Day, The Bravery are out on a headlining tour. Tonight, they’ll be at Culture Room starting at 8. If you’re looking for something a little less radio friendly, check out psychobilly rock gods Viva Le Vox at Respectable Street or…
Pop-singer and fashionista Lady Gaga will be coming to the James L. Knight Center in Miami December 31. The diva’s recent tour with Kanye West fell through because West “needed a break.” Can West just drop out of the limelight for a few months? Get his ego in check?She counts…
Before dying of a heroin overdose in 1993 (see video above), GG Allin’s final tour was supported by The Murder Junkies. The Murder Junkies were his last and best backing band. They featured his Hitler mustachioed brother Merle on bass, and the legendary Dino Sex on drums. They will be…
Shawn Snyder Stripmall Troubadour (Live at the Moose) www.shawnsnydermusic.comwww.myspace.com/shawnsnydermusicTurnip-haired homeboy Shawn Snyder made quite a splash with last year’s sophomore set, Romantic’s Requiem, an album that earned it New Times’ kudos for being among the best local releases of 2008. For its follow-up, Snyder strips things down, offering up a lo-fi acoustic…
Dear Russian Red,I want to take this opportunity to proclaim my love for you. I want to shout it from the digital mountaintops, Russian Red, for all the Internet to know. No, not in that pervy admiring you from the cybernetic afar sort of way. Nor in that cute infatuation…
Leonard CohenIt’s the tour those of us younger Leonard Cohen fans — the ones who discovered his music through the Natural Born Killers soundtrack, covers of “Hallelujah,” or when we walked into a tiny used CD store in Gainesville and heard “Take This Waltz” playing — never thought would happen.After…
So they all met in high school, started a band, built a solid local following, and they’re starting to take off. The Summer Set isn’t exactly the most unique pop-punk band to hit the scene, but the genre isn’t about innovation anymore. It’s about throwing together catchy hook, having awesome…
Although the days when skateboarders were viewed as non-conforming hooligans/destroyers of public property are not that far behind us — it would be hard to find any skater who hasn’t been harassed at some point by police or security officers — the sport has been a suburban phenomenon and established itself as a legitimate career…
DJ Khaled says, “Liiiisten.” He says “We the best.” And he says, “We global.”E-Class from Poe Boy Records says he’s right and together with some of the best artists the streets have to offer they’re proving it’s true.Live From the 305 is a compilation album they’ve created that is backed…
Album art by Reeve SchumacherFor five years, local duo Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson of Awesome New Republic have made hipsterized pop that sounds like some dead future from the ’80s. They self-describe as “punk, soul, R&B,” but that hardly probes the bloggy depths of the ANR enigma. It’s…
Dutch DJ Tiësto is like clubland’s equivalent to J.R.R. Tolkien’s one ring. The recipient of multiple DJ awards from DJ Magazine and other publications, this arena-sized attraction is the one who rules them all. There are also plenty of antitrance advocates, of course, who would love to see Tiësto thrown…
The parted top of Gregg Allman’s long, blond hair nearly touched the tour bus ceiling. His damaged but muscular body filled the narrow hallway in which he stood to greet us. Ancient tattoos covered the 58-year-old’s long arms. We shook hands, traded salutations, and then — I froze. The music…
Last Friday at Propaganda was an evening of sweaty, unabashed musical revival. Both acts on the evening’s bill, the Dexter Romweber Duo and Ben Prestage, masterfully resurrected styles of music popular decades ago — rockabilly and bluegrass, respectively. And each made those styles their own. Despite arguably being the main…
It could be a prelude to a punch line. How many harmonica players does it take to create a spectacular blues revue? When you’re talking world-class musicians like Mark Hummel, Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band, and blues greats Watermelon Slim and R.J. Mischo, the reality is that any…
Since the Bravery and the Killers are the two American groups most likely to be misidentified as British, their 2005 pissing match was wholly predictable but more entertaining than anticipated. Recall that the Killers’ Brandon Flowers chided the Bravery’s Sam Endicott for having once played in an outfit named Skabba…
Los Amigos Invisibles are anything but what they announced in the title of their 1995 debut, A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band. The allusion was clearly meant to be tongue-in-cheek, and humor has been a running theme over the band’s 14-year career. First, there’s nothing typical about Amigos, a…
In the post-hardcore pantheon, the New Jersey guys of Thursday are millennial gods. Led by unapologetically erudite frontman Geoff Rickly, in the late ’90s and early ’00s, their initial loud-soft aesthetic helped define what would later come to be known — often pejoratively — as “screamo.” That accomplishment has been…
Over the course of his storied, nearly 30-year career as a professional musician, Bela Fleck has been recognized by many as the world’s premier banjo player. It takes only a few seconds of listening to his nimble fingers to hear why. His fret hand seems to blaze across the neck…
I grew up landlocked and still get pretty intimidated by the great big ocean— and bathtubs, for that matter. My favorite way to experience massive amounts of water and all that lies beneath is from a few feet away, with a very alcoholic beverage firmly in my clutches. So I…
