Time is upon us to start getting listings and information together for our annual Winter Music Conference Guide! So promoters, DJs, everyone, send me your event info here! — Arielle Castillo…
The autopsy report has come back for Pimp C, half of the legendary southern rap duo UGK, who was found dead in his L.A. hotel room this past December. The coroner’s verdict? A combination of sleep apnea … and SYRUP, that narcotic prescription cough medicine name-checked in oh so many…
When I pulled up to Churchill’s Pub, 5501 NE 2nd Ave., a police patrol car was parked out in front. The lights were on and two officers were talking to a young man. What a lovely way to start a night of jazz music. As me and my friends walked…
Girl Talk February 2, 2008 Studio A Better Than:Cocaine and Miami Subs The Review: “Bounce That”, the 12th “song” off of Girl Talk’s third album Night Ripper has kicked off almost every mix CD I’ve made in the past year. And regardless of each of my friends’ musical preference, be…
Rod Stewart Hard Rock Live February 1, 2008 Longtime fans who bemoaned Rod Stewart’s recent four-album cycle of standards will be relieved to know that Roddy’s stripped his current tour of replays of the great American songbook and returned to singing the kind of songs that earned him his rock…
Yes, underneath the week-long orgy of beats and booze, concurrent with the endless, overwhelming number of boat parties, pool parties, regular parties, afterparties, during WMC there is, actually, a conference (the “C” part!). Of course, besides getting you into a number of officially sanctioned parties (including Ultra), the badge also…
When two-time Tony Award nominee Christine Andreas last came to Miami, it was to help christen the Carnival Center while taking a turn Margaret Johnson in a production of The Light in the Piazza. “Opening a venue is always exciting. Mine was the first foot or limb to step on…
Ok, maybe not. You hate to see the part-time Miami resident in such an uncompromising photo but this is just too funny to pass up. I don’t know where this shot came from or if it’s even real but it is NOT a good look for Joey Crack. But I…
Thanks again Miami Nights for the heads up. No real surprises on this second phase of the lineup for the Ultra Music Festival, except for the totally awesome addition of Underworld headlining the second night. Don’t know who they are? Yes you do — their big mainstream breakout track was…
There’s something rather adorable about Angels & Airwaves. Since former Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tim DeLonge debuted A&A, his constant proclamations of his new band’s superlative greatness — “the best music made in decades” — have all but set him up for failure. But he simply does not care. He’s so convinced…
What the hell happened to Rod Stewart? In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Stewart showed such youthful promise; it’s hard to believe how he’s ended up. It’s one of the deep, ineffable mysteries of modern music. How could the man whose bluesy, strained alto defined such seminal American recordings…
If you can think back to a time in the mid- to late 1960s when folk music was king, there are a few faces and names automatically associated with its rise to dominance. Undoubtedly, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Joan Baez are among them, but sly and soulful guitarist Richie…
My Lord,” you might be saying, “Ween is still around?” And how, brother. Dismissed for two decades as a joke band, Ween has labored in sorta-obscurity while somehow simultaneously selling out shows and winning die-hard converts. How does the band do it? Easy: Ween rules. In fact, the Pennsylvania group…
With Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers headlining Super Bowl XLII’s halftime show, we couldn’t help but wonder which other acts would deserve the chance to play to one of the year’s biggest crowds. Of course, then we also got to wondering about what rare duets the event could motivate, especially…
There’s nothing I could possibly say about Miami’s the Eat that is not going to come across like some dribbly fanboy slosh. But I’ll say it now as I’ve said it a thousand times and will continue to say it till my dying days: I fucking love the Eat! Seriously,…
Too many movie tie-in collections put profits before cohesion. Tunes by widely disparate performers, most of whom just happen to record for companies affiliated with the film studio, wind up being tossed together willy-nilly in the hope that one of them will stick, thereby inducing fans to buy all the…
South Florida isn’t exactly a hub for jazz right now. Despite the fact that a few solid jazz musicians have retired here and that some damned fine players were raised here, the culture of jazz itself doesn’t seem to stick to South Florida’s ribs. So it’s a pleasant shock when…
These days, Broward County isn’t the haven for hip-hop that it once was. OK, maybe it never really was a haven to begin with, but things have gotten much worse for the genre over the past few months. Around this time last year, lovers of true school hip-hop could go…
Noting the over-the-top adulation accorded his glamorous wife, Jackie, during their state visit to France, President John F. Kennedy was moved to remark, famously and facetiously, that he was the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris. In reality, of course, JFK didn’t need an intro, but others who accompany…
Here are Kenny Garrett’s credentials: At the gentle age of 18, he was part of Duke Ellington’s Orchestra (then led by son Mercer Ellington); at 21, he was gigging with Mel Lewis’ Orchestra; and by age 24, he had produced his first solo recorded effort. He’s shared the stage with…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since long-time reggae stalwart Buju Banton released his groundbreaking album, Inna Heights. He’d released three albums before then, at least seven albums since then, but Inna Heights was the record that made Banton a household name in the global reggae community…
The Lion & Eagle English Pub 2401 N. Federal Hwy. Boca Raton 561-447-7707 Irish pubs, British pubs, German brew houses — many places bill themselves as heirs to some distant, drink-happy culture. Few places deliver the sights, sounds, and tastes of the originals. Lion & Eagle English Pub, however, is…
