Versatile saxophone player, LeRoi Moore, of the Dave Matthews Band died yesterday at a hospital in California. He was just 46-years-old. He’d been in the hospital for several weeks suffering from complications he suffered on June 30th when he was thrown from his all-terrain-vehicle on his farm in Charlottesville, VA…
In light of his most recent arrest–at a Wal-Mart–in South Florida this past Thursday, the question deserves to be asked: is DMX the dumbest rapper alive? The former rap star who once put out widely revered albums like, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot and Flesh of my Flesh, Blood…
Tonight’s Smashing Pumpkins concert — or Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin with some other people who aren’t James Iha and Darcy Wretzky — at the Center for the Arts at Mizner Park has been reschedule for Thursday, August 21. Tickets purchased for tonight’s show will be honored Thursday. — Jose…
Martijn Ten Velden performs at Set on Sunday. First dabbling in hip-hop during his teen years in the late Eighties, Martijn Ten Velden delved into the house music scene in the Nineties, quickly proving himself a force to be reckoned with. The Dutch DJ and producer has racked up a…
Alexandra Lipsitz Talk about creepy: Village Voice’s Sound of the City posts up a promo picture for the movie Soul Men, which features the late Isaac Hayes and the late Bernie Mac. Quick, someone get Samuel L. Jackson to a panic room! LA Weekly gives us a glimpse of the…
Courtesy of Laundry Bar Pack up the suds. Laundry Bar has its last wash. South Beach venue Laundry Bar is calling it quits. Well, not exactly. The place we come to know as Laundry Bar will in fact cease to exists, but its owners are still planning to keep it…
Justin Namon Asses were shakin’ as local turnable master Craze and Baltimore DJ Dave Nada put The Vagabond’s bass to the test. Thursday night party Money Shot brought the duo’s Borrachos Locos tour to the Downtown Miami venue, along with resident DJs Contra, Mike Deuce and DS. Click here to…
Courtesy of Girls Gone Wildlife You love this ass! Debbie Attias takes a cross country bike ride to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund. Does she look like a slut? No, Debbie Attias, half of the now-defunct, Brooklyn-based, MIA born-and-raised Avenue D, looks like a cyclist. She and friend…
Rodrigo y Gabriela Wednesday, August 13 The Fillmore Miami Beach Better Than: The smooth-jazz pap often foisted upon “world music” fans. The Review: “Feel free to do crazy shit, encouraged Gabriela, of the Mexican acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, to the fawning crowd assembled at the Fillmore Miami Beach…
Justin Namon In order to beat the heat, PS14’s Wednesday night party YO! BBQ had a pool party — er, except there is one problem, PS14 doesn’t have a pool. That’s why kiddie pools were brought in and downtown night crawlers were encouraged to come in swimwear. Check out the…
*Not live, per se, but a special DJ event: check out B-more’s Dave Nada at tonight’s edition of Money$hot at the Vagabond. Click here to read more about him, and click here to check out a Pitbull remix by him. *Something a little more high-brow: Ellis Marsalis (yep, like Wynton)…
Although the Puerto Rican-born “Caballero de la Salsa” has not yet achieved his dream of creating the world’s first salsa symphony, he has won the endearing respect and admiration of fans for keeping the tradition of salsa alive. He was initially influenced by the supergroup El Gran Combo while growing…
There’s a tough balancing act that comes with being an active reggae band in South Florida. Groups that are serious about their craft typically promote spirituality and consciousness in their music — but the venues where they perform often do not. If a band wants steady gigs, it means it…
I hate getting my hair cut. I hate the awkward, stilted conversations you have with hairdressers — those perfect strangers who just happen to be paid to wield scissors dangerously close to your throat. I hate how salons are as sterile and devoid of character — and damned near as…
Continuing to prove that psychedelic rock was as omnipresent in the ’60s as it is loosely defined today, the tenth volume in the QDK Media series further breaks down the definition of “Latin American Psychedelic Music” the label explored in its second volume. After delivering tunes from Brazil (Volume Six)…
Like corrupt politicians and David Hasselhoff, gangsta rap isn’t going away — but the played-out quality of T.O.S. suggests that it’s headed for an extended stretch down the wrong highway. Five years ago, the smashing aggressiveness of “Straight Outta Southside” would have offset its lack of originality. Now, though, the…
A blur of slow, gaping chords literally smothers the vocal tracks on Grouper’s Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill. An organ produces only lethargic tones on the album, and plentiful acoustic guitars run reluctant and warm. Sole member Liz Harris ensured that each moment of Grouper’s Dragging is coded…
When gunfire erupted outside Carol City Park last Wednesday during Rick Ross’ Second Annual Be Out Day, it turned what was billed as a positive charity event for the community into a negative feeding frenzy about Ross himself. Although nobody on the scene was hit with any bullets (at least…
Hey, Scott Weiland: Look, I’m gonna be honest with you — I really don’t care whether Slash took his stinky leather boot, planted it on your scrawny behind, and gave you the heave-ho from Velvet Revolver or whether you went all “You can’t fire me cuz I QUIT!” on ’em…
Among the young voices to emerge on the national jazz scene of late, Esperanza Spalding has the makings of a star draped all over her. The Oregon-born singer and acoustic bass player is only 23, but she’s already the youngest faculty member in the history of her alma mater, Boston’s…
To uninitiated American ears, learning that there is such a thing as “Nordic jazz” might seem contradictory — maybe even absurd. After all, is it really fair to wonder about the ability of Scandinavian players to capture jazz’s ever-elusive sense of swing? If you’re among the skeptical, then you’re in…
Every week, it seems, fewer people are getting out. You can blame the economy or the gas prices, but you can’t blame Porterhouse Bar and Grill. Porterhouse, the Riverwalk cornerstone at Himmarshee and SW Second Street, brings you DJ Ed Whitty and the band Friction every week without ever charging…
