After making his name in the mid-1960s when he joined drummer Chico Hamilton’s band, Central Florida-based guitarist Larry Coryell went on to become a major proponent of jazz-rock fusion alongside the likes of Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. In fact, he recorded and performed in the 1970s with both of…
Coffee District has the neighborhood Starbuck’s by the tea bags. To complement the District’s constant flow of coffee, it’s got a roomy floor plan, enough alcohol to sedate even the perkiest barista, and a stage that is regularly furnished with a stock of local musicians and poets. The art district…
Was I really sitting on the toilet while videotaping this week’s episode of Prunk TV? Read the entire story here. Yes, I did accept Jesus in Ted’s office. Read about it here. Congratulations to Jerry and Ricky. They won some Cash Money. Special thanks to Lil Jon for sending me…
As of yesterday, the long talked about merger between satellite radio giants, Sirius and XM radio, is one step closer to happening. FCC chairman Kevin Martin, approved, on principal, a merger which would allow the two companies to become one based around a series of concessions and a three-year price…
Here’s one from the vaults that all but the most dedicated heavy music geeks in South Florida have probably forgotten about. And those guys were possibly all at that recent Opeth show at the Fillmore. (I’m not going to pretend I knew about them this whole time; thanks Juan from…
This abject Amy Winehouse video surfaced on the Internet today, a viral outbreak that started with British tabloid News of the World posting it to their site. The video, shot by Winehouse’s continually-incarcerated husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, shows Winehouse and a friend singing a song that delivers slurs to all sorts…
Mudhoney With Birds of Avalon and the Getback Friday, June 13, 2008 Churchill’s Pub, Miami Better Than: Most other new-jack “indie” shows I’ve seen in the past couple of months. The Review: I was originally going to take a vacation from scribbling notes at shows and just check out this…
Ivon David Rojas Last Night: The Cure Friday, June 13, 2008 BankAtlantic Center Better Than: Explaining to your parents why straight guys can wear lipstick. Diehard fans of the Cure were in luck this Friday the 13th when the band performed a set lasting more than three hours, including four…
I’m not sure how on earth this just happened, but breaking news out of Chicago is reporting that R&B singer R. Kelly was just found not guilty this afternoon on all charges of Child Pornography. For the past 6 1/2 years, this saga has played out in front the world…
….And so is the whole tour. Seems lead singer Tom Keifer’s vocal cords have hemorrhaged (who knew that could even happen? yikes). Refunds are available at the point of purchase. Below is the official statement from Keifer’s camp. — Arielle Castillo “It’s with unbelievably deep regret that it must be…
According to a press release that was forwarded to me a couple of days ago from the incomparable Afrobella (who you all need to check out), Bejan superstar Alison Hinds is performing an intimate concert tonight in Fort Lauderdale. Her gig tomorrow night in West Palm Beach at the South…
Pearl Jam Wednesday, June 11 Cruzan Ampitheatre, West Palm Beach Better Than: Waiting another five years for the guys to come to town. Flashing lights, smuggled cameras, and lots of hoopla inside of the Cruzan Amphitheatre signaled that something big was going on. Last night, Pearl Jam opened up their…
If you’re on the hunt for one of South Florida’s hottest up and coming MCs, let us end your quest right now. Rahsaan has been making a strong name for himself in the local hip-hop world in a very short amount of time. He’s got old school swagger, versatile rhymes,…
Tampa Bay’s the Tim Version comes with a pretty good punk rock pedigree, seeing as how these Panhandle ne’er-do-wells have managed to take their wares across most of the U.S. of A., parts of Europe, and Japan, using that old trick: hard work. Individually they hold down some fairly white-collar…
Much like a lover who keeps threatening to pack up and leave but never pulls the trigger, the Cure’s Robert Smith has suggested that the band’s albums/tours would be its last so many times that fans have little reason to even bat an eyelash anymore. But, as the band hits…
It’s hard to say which is more awesome: Rachel Goodrich’s catchy song “The Black Hole” or its lo-fi video. In it, she sings while kneeling on her friend’s unmade bed; she’s wearing, for no particular reason, a ladybug costume and a pair of sunglasses. Meanwhile, her friend Jon Estes plays…
West African music is getting pimped out fairly regularly these days. Vampire Weekend takes the most watered-down version of Afropop you can imagine, scores a record deal, and instantly it’s the biggest “it” band of 2008. Consider that a fluke, but there are a number of gringo bands making a…
I haven’t been away from my home state of Texas that long, and occasionally I like to remind myself what it means to be a Texan. Yeah, we execute the mentally challenged, we thump our Bibles, and sometimes we forget that we’re part of a larger country. But we do…
With their tenth studio album, GNV FLA, set for release this month on their own newly established label, Sleep It Off Records, Gainesville ska-punk veterans Less Than Jake aren’t showing any signs of slowing down. Considering their success over the past 15 years, there’s little reason why they should. Surviving…
Every now and then, folks need to fully embrace their inner sexiness. The stress of the daily grind makes that harder than it should be sometimes, but a group of local entrepreneurs involved with GatorLynk Entertainment is trying to give the grown and sexy crowd a reason to step out,…
Lay It Down is easily the right Rev.’s best in five years — in other words, since his last Blue Note outing. This time around, though, a myriad of acolytes pay homage to the golden-throated god by guesting on a disc almost as essential as anything in the Hi Records…
British label Strut made a name for itself in the late ’90s as a prime catalyst for the burgeoning revival of interest in Nigerian Afrobeat, due to their reissues of Tony Allen’s early post-Fela work, along with two mind-blowing compilations — Club Africa and Nigeria 70. The latter was a…
