Daft Punk backstage at the Grammys, in LED suits I’ll admit to not really paying much attention to the Grammys live broadcast this year. Kanye, Winehouse, blah blah blah blah, predictable for an awards show based more on (ever-weakening) album sales than anything else. That’s why it was pretty cool…
Amazing news: Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige are touring together. Doubly amazing: the tour kicks off at the AA Arena on March 22nd. This’ll be Jay Hova’s first tour since 2004. Tickets go on sale February 16 at 10 a.m., and they’re available through all Live Nation and Ticketmaster outlets…
Flo Rida shows off his Jimi tattoo at Sunset Place Thursday night There is just something about Missy. As I approached Ms. Elliott last night at Sunset Place for a special screening of Step Up 2, I felt my knees turning into Jell-O. Our eyes made contact; my heart began…
…He also dispenses health and safety advice. I don’t know about that El Tigre character though; he looks like a loose cannon. Sexy ‘stache, though… — Arielle Castillo…
Alright, the unofficial/official (the site is hosted by WMC itself) list of parties so far is up… As usual, with things starting as early as Monday and Tuesday (but really getting crazy starting Wednesday)! A couple of picks for, oh, Tuesday: –The annual Pop Tarts party at Automatic Slim’s, which…
When it comes to making music, as crass as this sounds, there are some cool benefits to being blind. The obvious references to Ray Charles, Andrea Bocelli, and Stevie Wonder go without saying, as there are a number of talented musicians who can’t see for shit but craft songs that…
Although there are a ton of New Orleans-based musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina who are working to resurrect their once-glorious hometown, only a few faces have stood out as leaders of this musical renaissance. Allen Toussaint and Harry Connick Jr. are two of the most often quoted, but Terence Blanchard…
With signature dreads, gold chains around his neck, and a tattoo of his father on his right arm, Ky-Mani Marley has a presence that is unmistakably Marley. Despite a Miami swagger, he speaks softly, with a Jamaican accent. The resemblance to Bob is remarkable. Ky-Mani, 31, is one of Bob…
Every man has made at least one. The romantic-mix CD is one of the surest-fire ways to woo a woman’s heart or, if your goals are more banal, just get laid. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, here’s a list of songs you should never, ever include on a mix…
When Yonder Mountain String Band’s lead vocalist and mandolin player, Jeff Austin, caught up with New Times a couple of weeks ago, we expected to gauge where he stood on bluegrass tradition. Although the Boulder, Colorado,-based group has turned this venerated musical form into a career, none of its members…
In the early ’80s, the Go-Go’s were considered the quintessential California girls, thanks mainly to sunny new-wave songs like “Vacation” and “We Got the Beat.” But times are (somewhat) different now for the quintet: vocalist Belinda Carlisle, guitarist Charlotte Caffey, bassist Kathy Valentine, drummer Gina Schock — and especially guitarist…
In a recent interview, Wyclef Jean summed up in just a few words the very thing fans both admire and abhor about the former Fugee. Bubbling over with understandable enthusiasm for Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant, the star-studded sequel (of sorts) to his 1997 solo debut, Clef couldn’t…
What do perezhilton.com, El Cerro Market no. 7, Máxim en Español, botánicas, Mary’s Coin Laundry, and your heart have in common? Those are places where Jose El Rey resides. Let’s face it: The kingdom of Hialeah was up for grabs, and this man rose to the challenge. Living in the…
It’s February again: that odd, lightning-fast month when musical and cultural education is supposed to peak. Carnival and Mardi Gras festivals buzz around each other rich with tradition, young Romeos court cute Juliets, and somewhere in the background, black history hovers too — which means that for the rest of…
Twice a year, South Florida music lovers are treated to a vintage reggae concert that gathers all the best artists from back in the day, brings some of the most recognizable sound systems straight from Jamaica, then puts them all together for one killer music festival that fans can’t help…
As part of Miami’s only all-male art collective, Boyz of Bazel, I usually have to answer some pretty bullshit questions concerning sexuality and whatnot. I don’t even want to know what the men of Bang Camaro have had to answer to. With bass, drums, three guitars, and a vocal choir…
For the first six albums, a dozen years into their collective career, the North Mississippi Allstars opted to take a more traditional approach to their rural, rootsy designs, resulting in a sound that paid homage to blues by the book. Then again, that’s not surprising considering their family pedigree —…
Saudade is a Portuguese word that is untranslatable but is best interpreted as wishful yearning felt toward someone who is far away or a place that a person hopes someday to return to. It’s the main theme of Lisbon-based singer Ana Moura’s fourth release, Para Além da Saudade, a disc…
Having earned her solo artist status by way of backup gigs with Jamiroquai, Massive Attack, and William Orbit, Australian-born Sia Furler is now proving she can hold her own with Some People Have Real Problems, her full-length release on Starbucks’ Hear Music label. Over 13 tracks, the ’90s indie-spirited singer…
Angels & Airwaves Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale Better Than: Spending all night trying to figure out why everyone accepts AVA as the abbreviation for Angels & Airwaves. The Review: David Glimour and Roger Waters did it. That is, they pursued solo careers after a hugely successful run…
Here’s one of the few other videos about South Florida music that I could find on YouTube. And this one is truly sort of amazing — it’s a tiny clip from what the poster says was South Florida’s only ever cable access show devoted to metal and hardcore. Of course…
Found a couple interesting things on YouTube from old-school South Florida public access shows (not as many as I would have liked, though!). First cool item was this video posted by the user “Ninjaguydan,” who lists her (?) name as Lisa, and says she directed this music video for her…
