Concert Review: B-Live at The Bayfront Park Amphitheatre B-Live April 19, 2008 The Bayfront Park Amphitheatre Better Than: The biggest block party you ever attended. See the slide show here Miami is mad about its music, not to mention its mojitos, so when the good folk at Bacardi took over…
Not everybody hates Buju. According to a story that came out in the Jamaica Star last week, Apple Inc has recently removed some songs deemed homophobic from their catalog. Buju Banton’s “Boom Bye Bye” was one of those songs and according to this article, some Canadian gay rights organizations are…
Coming out of left field, here’s an old school video from Parisian international super star Manu Chao. Around the world, Manu is the man, but he doesn’t gain nearly as much recognition here in the U.S. It’s not totally clear why that is, but the more that gringos travel abroad…
I’d toast to that! I knew there would be more to this story after Kelis first got arrested last year in Miami. Now it looks like both her and her legendary hip-hop husband, Nasir Jones, are going to be suing the City of Miami to the tune of $100 million…
Eisley Thursday, April 17, 2008 Culture Room Better than: Taking three xanax and drinking a handle of Jack. If you’re anywhere near exhausted, don’t even think about going to an Eisley show. This all-in-the-family Texas-born quintet (four sisters and their cousin, all with the last name DuPree) may produce some…
“Warning: trying to follow Meshuggah’s music can make your eyes cross.” Apparently, the appeal of Swedish death metal band Meshuggah extends beyond your typical metal fan base. So much so that awareness of the band has even reached classical conservatory culture. In Volume 29, Issue 2 of Music Theory Spectrum,…
Last Night: Another Night at the Agora at Sunrise Cinemas Mizner Park The Palm Beach International Film Festival wrapped up last night with the second showing of A Rock and a Hard Place: Another Night at the Agora, a concert film/documentary that sheds light on the once-vibrant but now forgotten…
Springsteen fans who were heading to see The Boss in Sunrise tonight are going to be sorely disappointed as the show has been indefinitely postponed. Last night, news broke that Danny Federici, keyboard player and original member of the E Street Band, passed away at 58 in New York. Federici…
Tomorrow night marks the three-year anniversary party forThe Rock, the weekly locals-only showcase at Tobacco Road run by the loveable Oski Gonzalez, guy about town and frontman of his own band, the Oski Foundation. Yes, The Rock usually happens on Thursdays, but it’s been bumped forwards this week to Friday…
You might think it’s commonplace at this point in the election for Obama to continuously rack up support from musicians. It is. But the latest endorsement holds some significant weight. The boss of all music bosses, Bruce Springsteen, is throwing his political muscle behind Obama. That might not mean a…
Carmen Lundy Quartet Unlike most vocalists in the jazz realm, this Miami-born diva doesn’t always rely on material from The Great American Songbook during her sets. Instead, Carmen Lundy always includes as many of her own compositions as she can both when recording and playing live – something she has…
There are plenty of good reasons for women to be bitchy: the glass ceiling, social oppression, pantyhose, bad pick-up lines, double standards, uncomfortable shoes, and, of course, cramps. When I feel particularly picked on, I go for a long walk, make a cup of chai, and turn myself into a…
Miami’s Junc Ops combines some of the better elements of South Florida music into a savvy and futuristic amalgamation that whets the appetite and satisfies the hunger. It’s party music in the way that poppy melodies and catchy rhymes seamlessly glide over bass-heavy productions and make you want to shake…
Yes, his last name is Allman and his band, Honeytribe, plays blues-inflected rock — but as far as Devon Allman is concerned, the comparisons to his dad stop there. The younger Allman grew up listening to blues, metal, and college rock, and he didn’t meet his dad, Gregg Allman, until…
Beach Food Market clerk Pratap Chowdhury spends a lot of time focusing on South Beach diplomacy efforts. He practices basic Spanish, learns customers’ names, and reaches out with the handshake or fist bop deemed appropriate for each customer’s apparent nationality or culture. As such, New Times thought we might offer…
I hate my fans,” huffs Al Jourgensen. The thing is, he’s not kidding. Not even a little bit. And it’s this hatred of his own fan base that, at least in part, accounts for Jourgensen’s decision to retire Ministry, which also happens to be his most popular and lucrative project…
Remember when people were calling Avril Lavigne the great grrrrl hope? Remember when Women-Who-Rock-minded scribes got all excited by Lavigne’s punked-up image on the cover of 2002’s multiplatinum debut, Let Go? Remember when feminists cheered along to songs on 2004’s Under My Skin, which included lines like “Don’t think that…
The biggest knock on the Keys’ 2006 major-label debut, Magic Potion, was its failure to innovate. That can’t be said about Attack & Release, which remains steadfast in its blues allegiance while expanding the Akron duo’s territorial reach. Tastefully done, it’s undoubtedly a Black Keys album, with a musky grime…
Go anywhere in the Arab world, and one sound is omnipresent, bumping from car stereos and wafting hypnotically through narrow café-laden streets — the oud. This traditional lute instrument gets taken for an improv joyride with Majâz (“metaphor” in Arabic), the new release from Le Trio Joubran, a classical yet…
All of my life my father encouraged me to be open to all good music,” St. Louis rapper Black Spade sings on the intro to his debut album, To Serve With Love. On his MySpace page, he reaffirms his dad’s influence on his genre-defying new work, describing his sound as…
It’s a great time for music in South Florida just now, with more events than most audiophiles can absorb. Following close on the heels of the Winter Music Conference two weeks ago, the Billboard Latin Music Conference brought more panel and party dazzle last week over four days at the…
There’s no shortage of reggae music in South Florida. This place is probably the capital of reggae in the U.S., not just for its popularity but for the number of celebs who call it home. International reggae star Freddie McGregor is one of those artists, and he’s putting on a…
