It doesn’t seem fair that one family should have this much talent, but that’s precisely the case with the indie folk-pop DuPree bunch, most widely known as Eisley. Consisting of four sisters and one cousin (ranging in age from 18 to 26), this Tyler, Texas-based quintet has been making music…
It’s not often that someone claims to be a scientist, an inventor, and a musician, but jazz percussionist Roy “Futureman” Wooten says he’s all of this and more. The four-time Grammy award winner is perhaps best known as a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, where his eccentric personality…
While a double album containing 36 instrumental vignettes from Trent Reznor may appear to be the very definition of self-indulgence, listeners should know by now that Reznor doesn’t do anything half-assed. That he focused on this material over a ten-week period late last year further suggests that Ghosts I-IV is…
Yeah, it’s got a silly name. And the concept makes you think of Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan head bobbing at the end of A Night at the Roxbury. But as the weather gets warmer and the clothes get smaller, a nightclub that models itself after a neighborhood cookout is…
The Bamboozle Roadshow 2008 Saves the Day, Armor for Sleep, Set Your Goals, Metro Station, Lydia Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Revolution Live Better Than: Trading a flash of boobs and a blow job for concert tickets on Craigslist. If partially-bleached bangs cover half your face, chances are, you were at…
Last year, local liquor giant Bacardi threw its hat into the music-event ring with the first edition of B-Live, an all-day, rum-fueled shebang at Bayfront Park’s ampitheater. It featured a host of unexpected artist pairings, including headliner Paul Oakenfold playing live, accompanied by a full orchestra. Although the event was…
For the last couple of days, there was a lot of buzz all over the Internet, and even locally on the radio (93 ROCK) that Mötley Crüe were to make some sort of special announcement live last night at 7 p.m. And, okay, no band would announce something SUPER-devastating or…
by ANDY VIHSTADT Voice of the Beehive Wolf Parade announced details on the yet-to-be-titled (rumored Kissing the Beehive) second LP last week. The album does’t come out until June 16, but you can get a preview below courtesy of Stereogum. Wolf Parade: “Call it a Ritual” MP3 Docudrama For your…
If you want to go pay your respects to Mother Booker, the eclectic mother of reggae legend Bob Marley, all the info that you’ll need is below in the press release. –Jonathan Cunningham Cedella Marley Booker Memorial Service for the South Florida Community Set for April 15 at Fairchild Cedella…
So technically, it’s hard to call this track a “Throwback” since the album only came out in 2006. But the video itself is totally retro, and weird, and some shit that only Madlib and his Stones Throw affiliates could put together. You have to just watch it. Explaining all the…
Iron and Wine April 12, 2008 Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale Better Than: A cellarful of John Henry. Saturday night at Revolution, the 999 other keen-eared indie music types in attendance formed, perhaps, the best-behaved bunch of rock club attendees I’ve ever encountered. The object of their focus: Sam Beam, the man…
Tego Calderon MySpace Latino’s “Show Secreto” with Tego Calderón with Locos Por Juana, Circo, and Beto Cuevas Friday, April 11 Studio A, Miami Better Than: Putting your iPod on shuffle You can’t manufacture cool — it has to happen naturally. Case in point: Last Friday evening, Myspace Latino’s Miami launch…
Ivon David Rojas Click here to see a slide show of the concert. A vociferous crowd nearly blew the roof off the building Saturday night with an impromtu, pre-concert rendition of Juanes’ Me Enamora that shook American Airlines Arena. Over 20,000 voices sang along to a skit on dual video…
That sounds like an odd performance request, but according to this story, he’s onboard to perform at the Mandela’s 90th birthday party this summer. The article doesn’t speak too highly of Eminem and you can almost hear the detractors and gay rights activists who will probably jump all over this…
Tego Calderón with Locos por Juana, Circo, and Beto Cuevas Friday, April 11 Studio A, 60 NE 11th St., Miami. Show starts at 8 p.m.; free with registration on MySpace Ages 18+ with ID 305-358-7625, www.studioamiami.com The folks at Myspace are releasing a full bilingual version of their social networking…
Jenny Laura was thrust on stage to sing Gloria Estefan’s ‘Mi Tierra’ minutes after arriving at CocoWalk in Coconut Grove Wednesday night for a quick sound check. But her crystal clear chops did more than put a smile on the sound engineer’s face – they also helped the Columbian singer/songwriter…
Sure, I’m a girly-girl. I like pretty shoes and lipstick. I’m so sissified that a cockroach scurrying through the kitchen can send my voice traveling up to glass-shattering octaves. I don’t wear leather, I’m not pierced or tattooed, and the closest I come to a fight is punching an imaginary…
The Morning Of is a sextet of indie youngsters from upstate New York who have suddenly found themselves on the national stage. Reinforced by major distribution via their label, Tragic Hero Records, which was recently absorbed by Warner Music Group, The Morning Of are riding a wave of word-of-mouth and…
On first encounter, the voice actually sounds ageless, a supple, sensuous caress that quietly croons about romance and longing while evoking the feel of smoky cabarets. It would be easy to identify those vocals with a well-known diva or to imagine they came from a weathered soul who’s faced too…
It’s not easy being in a band that’s labeled pop-punk. Not only do fans of other, more “mature” genres look down on you as sophomoric, but there are divisions within pop-punk itself. Forget the distinction between underground (bands inspired by the Ramones and Screeching Weasel) and mainstream (those who dig…
The year was 2005. Popular television show American Idol was still respectable (come on, you know it’s hard to watch now), and the country was in a tizzy over who the next Idol should be. The competition was fierce — arguably the best it’s ever been and each week, viewers…
The fact that this Colombian-born rockero opts not to sing any of his songs in English doesn’t seem to hurt his appeal at all in the United States. Wherever Juanes goes, his many fans buy out arenas and often sing along to every tune in his catalog, including the more…
