photo by David I. MuirRootz Underground Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Pulp Live, Fort Lauderdale Better Than: Breaking the law and getting away with it. The Review: There are two words to describe the music of Rootz Underground: “rebel rock.” And from the looks of what transpired Wednesday night, rebellion in all its rockin’ glory was…
Photo via MySpaceShe Wants Revenge with Adam 12 in the foreground.We skipped out last night on Adam 12’s (of She Wants Revenge) DJ set at LIV’s Wednesday night party Dirty Hairy in favor of catching Skream and Benga at White Room. But after reading Adam’s Twitter, we sort of wish…
Los Enanitos Verdes (“The Little Green Dwarves”) are pretty much the grand daddies of alternative rock in their native Venezuela Argentina. They’ve been in the game a hell of a long time — 30 years, if you count the early days, before guitarist Sergio Embroni and keyboardist Tito Dávila signed…
Trick Daddy feat Society – Amerikaby foxysoulTonight is the Public County Budget Meeting where the people of Dade rise up and tell our local government what’s important to us, and how we want our tax money spent.Mayor Carlos Alvarez is a fucking asshole. He doesn’t deserve the title. The real…
With President Obama calling him a “jackass” it’s official: the entire country considers Kanye West a tool — or worse. Grabbing the mike from sweet, little Taylor Swift — really? Had West stole the spotlight from, say, Toby Keith or Trace Adkins, now that would taken balls. And the apology…
photo by Ian WitlenSurfer BloodBefore monotheism ruined the fun, humans worshiped a female god (hell, yeah!) and held huge, outdoor fuck parties to honor the beginnings and endings of seasons. Instead, we now scrunch into hard-backed pews to be lectured; spend our entire Friday nights in the dark because we’re…
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida’s campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the Week of September 6-12English indie band Wild Beasts topped Radiate’s charts this week.Florida International University- WRGP 88.1 FM…
The ever-elusive Scotchy as rendered by Jamie Tao. A man of many beards and a million sunglasses, local blues rocker Uncle Scotchy is so rarely seen — truly seen — that some of you have begun to doubt his very existence. Admittedly, the guy’s an enigma wrapped in a riddle…
Editor’s note: Local experimental electronic celeb Otto von Schirach is currently destroying Europe on a tour with local infamous promoter Notorious Nastie. Here are some of their exploits in Berlin. To read more of their European tour diary, visit CrossFade, New Times’ music blog, at BrowardPalmBeach.com. It was a sunny…
Hot damn, did all the hipsters come out of the woodwork for the Glass Candy show last Friday night at the Vagabond! I’ve never seen such a massive turnout for what is still a considerably obscure band, and at a venue that normally caters to a smaller indie cognoscenti crowd…
DJ Sire Esq. Allin Culture Kings myspace.com/sireesq Not only can DJ Sire Esq. drop a mean set at a local club but homeboy can still funk up, fuck up, and own tracks like nobody’s business. This disc features 34 reworked numbers that at times rock better than the originals. Together…
Puerto Rican duo Wisin y Yandel are without question the most successful reggaeton artists in the history of the genre, outselling all the other heavyweights. Anyone remotely familiar with the genre will recognize their song “Rakata,” originally off the Mas Flow II compilation, then later released on their 2006 release, Pa’l…
Sharam Tayebi – known to the dance community as just Sharam – first made a name as half of progressive house duo Deep Dish. As an individual producer, though, Sharam’s style has sort of been the yang to partner Ali “Dubfire” Shirazinia’s yin. Although the Dubfire excursions have been darker…
Both members of the Bristol, England, duo Way Out West – Jody Wisternoff and Nick Warren – have become international star DJs in their own right. But it’s in this twosome that they really sparkle as creators of warm, expansive dance music that knows few genre bounds. At Way Out…
Until recently, the words Florida and funk have been associated more with a Dan Marino Right Guard commercial than with music. But a group of five South Florida b-boys is doing its part to change that. As Fusik, the quintet has been rocking local stages for four years now, from…
Sibling combos generally boast an uneven credibility scorecard – take, for instance, the puerile pop of Hanson and the Jonas Brothers or the cuddliness of the Cowsills and the Corrs. So you’ll forgive us if we had doubts about the West Texas brother-sister-sister act the Iveys, especially given a name…
via myspace.com/sharamSharam Tayebi – known to the dance community as just Sharam, for short – first made a name as half of the progressive house duo Deep Dish. As an individual producer, though, Sharam’s style has sort of been the yang to partner Ali “Dubfire” Shirazinia’s ying. While the Dubfire…
M1 from Dead Prez has a message for Obama; he tells it to a camera held by Buggah Da Govanah from On Point Entertainment in what looks like a suburban revolutionary cave as a means of rallying support for TPS for Haitians in the USA.M1 tells Obama that in Haiti…
Venezuelan jazz pianist/composer Silvano Monasterios is no stranger to accolades. It seems he’s been earning them since he began his professional music career at the young age of 18. In 1989, he received an award for “Best Soloist” in the Miami Jazz Festival. In ’91 he earned an “Outstanding Soloist”…
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via pitbullmusic.comPitbull to Kanye: Ai-yai-yai!It’s high time we gave some link love to the other local music blogs out there. Look out for a weekly roundup here on Wednesdays. Know of another site we should add to our blog roll? (It’s on the right, scroll down). E-mail me and let…
The last time New Times caught up with New York transplant DJ Elle, she was still in the middle of transitioning down from the Big Bad Apple. But her Thursday residence at the Catalina (alongside Self Born) is now a bona fide success. And with her recent slot at both…
