We’re hoping the current cold snap disappears this weekend. We don’t know if we can handle another night of freezing temperatures. Why? Because Miami’s nightlife scene isn’t equipped to handle cold patrons. Clubs lack coat checks, so if you bundle up to keep warm outside, you’re most likely going to…
I am a composer of modern music.The video above is my new group, Died in a Plane Crash. Let me explain: One of my current roommates is a sports fanatic. So, while I enjoy my morning coffee, he is watching ESPN Sports Center in the living room area. When I…
As Crossfade announced last month, New Times is partnering with Gulfstream Park in a Battle of the Bands; the winner gets to play at the upcoming Langerado music festival. Nine finalists have been chosen. They’ll square off, four and five at a time, respectively, on February 7 and February 13…
I first discovered Joshua Radin through the 2006 Zach Braff chick flick The Last Kiss — don’t ask why or how I ended up watching it — but after one listen I was hooked on “Star Mile” and the whole We Were Here album. To be fair, he probably owes…
Neo – honky – tonker Wayne Hancock’s nickname is “The Train,” and though it may appear convenient to give the native Texan the moniker simply because of the Dr. Seuss-style rhyme one can play with his first name, Hancock has earned an allegiance with perhaps country music’s greatest symbol of…
Justin NamonScion House Party brought The Juan MacLean to The Vagabond Wednesday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.Scion House Party with The Juan MacLean, Still Going, Induce and Jessica Who?Wednesday, January 21, 2009The Vagabond, MiamiBetter than: Crouching near your heater for warmth.People huddled at the entrance of The…
Sloane Peterson features members of sludge demons Consular, including Andrew Santalucia, of the informal venue Andrew’s House of Pain. Now they’re getting their act together, courtesy of Dan over at Financial Ruin Records. It will be “Knots” backed with “Telephones.” The band churns out sloppy, hard driving tunes with nice…
The events that happen in childhood shape us, haunt us and turn us into the men and women that will lead the world. It’s sociological science fact. When I borrowed a taped copy of Appetite for Destruction from Enrique Fernandez at age nine, I had no idea that 2 Live…
As long as we’re talkin about Charlie Pickett getting his due, here’s one of the reasons why, this video for the song “Overtown” written by Dave Froshneider and performed by “Charlie Pickett and The Eggs” is some real pioneer shit. Now, I’ll admit it, I hadn’t ever heard of…
San Francisco DJ/producer Justin Martin has enjoyed increasing success since co-founding the auspicious Dirtybird label with Claude VonStroke in 2005. Despite his international acclaim and A-list accolades, he keeps both feet firmly planted in the underground scene, where his edgy yet melodic brand of techno has gained loyal following. This…
It’s easy to crack a joke at ol’ Rod the Mod’s expense — sure, sadly, the lingering image many casual music fans have of him is of his latter-day, slightly bloated, warbling version. But the man is a legend, a holdout from when frontmen were rock stars instead of disposable…
It’s a desolate Monday night at Casola’s Pizzeria on SW 17th Avenue in Miami, just south of where I-95 ends and close to where suburbia begins. On weekend nights, the joint is jammed with loud, drunken clubland refugees soaking up the evening’s booze with the mammoth slices. But tonight the…
The fact that DJ Justin Sheppard is the son of a member of the Drifters makes sense when you consider the smooth, supple soulfulness he brings to his spinning. That he’s also got a degree in computer science, however, might not make as much sense, especially when you consider just…
Personnelwise, this isn’t the same Beat you knew and loved—and danced manically to—back in the 1980s. There’s just one original member, Dave Wakeling (guitar/vocals), who formed General Public with co-frontman Ranking Roger when the Beat fell apart in 1983 (guitar/bass duo Andy Cox and David Steele became two-thirds of Fine…
On the current Southern tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of the original Blue Note records. The New York-based label, founded by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis in 1939, became seminal for musicians like Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and…
There is little left to say about the singular Celine Dion that anyone who has ever been near a radio or has ever shopped anywhere doesn’t know already. If you love her, then you probably know all about her recent past, in which she held court in Las Vegas for…
I wasn’t sure why I was even going to the Coyote Ugly SaloonCoyote Ugly Saloon I’m not a fan of watching scantily clad women frolic around for the entertainment and pleasure of seedy guys. And guess what? One of the first things I noticed upon walking in was a gray-haired…
“Brooklyn,” as the day manager of the Vagabond is known, has done and seen it all around the South Florida music scene since arriving from New York 12 years ago. Catch him in Outtakes occasionally and every Wednesday at BrowardMusic.com. Most of these guys who hang out in this club…
James Dunn The Long Ride Home jamesdunnmusic.comEven the title boasts an air of familiarity, one that translates to the sound of the songs themselves. It breeds a connection that finds these muscular melodies recalling the angst-filled anthems of Bruce Springsteen as they might sound if sung by Jackson Browne. Indeed,…
Critical respect has been a long time coming for the Eagles, who didn’t exactly help their cause much with last year’s mediocre double disc, Long Road Out of Eden — which, despite (or maybe due to) being available only at Wal-Mart, wound up as one of 2007’s top-selling albums. The…
Critical respect has been a long time coming for the Eagles, who didn’t exactly help their cause much with last year’s mediocre double disc Long Road Out of Eden — which, despite (or maybe due to) being available only at Wal-Mart, wound up as one of 2007’s top-selling albums. The…
If the quantity of photos available online depicting a young violinist next to smiling, modestly dressed girls is any indication of classical music stardom, then Joshua Bell is off the charts. One could argue, too, that the admiration from students of an art that requires hours of practice a day…
