Get Off the Stage marks Too $hort’s 17th album — not counting compilations and reissues — but it’s also the end of an era. It’s his last for Jive, the label he’s been associated with since 1988. “I’m a legend in the game,” he says on “Shittin’ on ‘Em,” adding,…
September 15, 2007, was a bad night for local dancehall. After weeks of solid concert promotion and buildup for one of the liveliest dancehall shows of the year, a great concert was brought to a screeching halt because of bullets and ignorance. Reggae rebels Mavado and newcomer Munga Honorable were…
No one really considers filthy-rich old-fart Rupert Murdoch a shrewd record-company exec. But the Fox Media mogul has catapulted tons of bands onto folks’ iPods and into record stores over the past couple of years for one simple reason: He owns MySpace. So when you think about it, the dude…
Call it roots-rock or Americana if you want to (both are accurate), but when it comes to a show featuring the Hep Cat Boo Daddies and Los Diablos, what you’re going to get is can’t-miss blue-blooded rock ‘n’ roll. The Hep Cats are known for their hard-edged approach to blending…
Wow, regardless of how you want to look at it, Dionne Warwick has been a musical powerhouse since she was discovered by Burt Bacharach doing background vocals for the Drifters. That was roughly 40 years ago, and the discovery yielded a string of major hits with Bacharach and his main…
All Stars Sports Bar 2440 State Rd. 84 Fort Lauderdale 954-734-2424 The doors opened and CBS commentators Rich Gannon and Kevin Harlan’s voices washed over the left side of my brain like a tall glass of cold Amber Boch. It’s like I died and went to sports-watching heaven. Unfortunately, even…
Kate Nash’s debut LP, Made of Bricks, was released in the U.K. last summer, and she became an overnight sensation, with both the CD and the single “Foundations” going to number one. The 20-year-old from a London suburb pals around with Lily Allen, to whom she’s frequently compared. Yet unlike…
From the blues to hip-hop, from Yiddish-rooted pop to salsa, the Harlem Experiment draws into focus assorted elements contributing to Harlem’s music legend. The “Experiment” started in 2001 exploring various sounds and talents in other cities such as Philadelphia and Detroit. On Harlem’s version, the swing era meets the Latin…
Clockcleaner’s second full-length album came out in the late fall, just in time to purge 2007 of any positive energy. The Philly trio spews bilious cynicism and doomy bass lines from the start. “New in Town” is a threat that rockets from the crypt with sarcastic Jack the Ripper howls…
In the dozen or so years since the breakup of his band Black Janet, Jim Wurster has produced a steady stream of exemplary albums, both solo and at the helm of his Americana outfit the Atomic Cowboys. In the process, he has established himself as one of South Florida’s most…
I can’t believe I haven’t written about these kiddies before, but I’ll fix that soon. Black Tide are four guys from Miami who are garnering major buzz for their crunching, amped-up, old-school kinda thrashy metal sound. They’ve already got a deal with Interscope, and they’re currently touring Europe with Avenged…
Uh…yeah. And Amy Winehouse is the most sober singer in England. Neither statement could possibly be true but according to MTV…Soulja Boy puts himself ahead of Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Kanye, and whoever else is out there right now as the hottest rapper alive. If we were talking about looks, maybe,…
In case you missed it, this year’s edition of the Village Voice’s “Pazz and Jop” poll is online. It’s an annual roundup of a bunch of music critic’s top-ten lists for the preceding year. For this big-deal anniversary edition, 577 critics responded. Jonathan Cunningham (music editor of the Broward-Palm Beach…
Sofia January 19, 2008 Harold Golen Gallery Better Than:Tiesto’s faux “progressive” electronic beats Nowadays a lot of electronic music has very little to do with the genre’s original theories of sound experimentation. During its initial stages, weird, non-melodic tonalities ruled the day. For instance, Fifties artists such as Louis and…
There’s something about the video for “Just a Friend” and the song in general that was pivotal for an entire generation to get a better understand of what hip-hop really is. Up until this song went national, most hip-hop singles were either serious, message driven tunes of the “White Lines”…
Marilyn Manson January 20, 2008 The Fillmore Miami Beach Better Than: You can imagine. Only a dingbat or a dolt doesn’t dig Marilyn Manson. Really. I mean, unless you’ve absolutely no sense of humor, let alone sense of the absurd, or you believe rock shouldn’t come from a loud place,…
By ANDY VIHSTADT Animal Rights Toonces the Driving Cat won’t go down in history as SNL’s crowning achievement, and my guess is the problem was casting. See what could have been with the Rosebuds’ video cover of Salt-N-Pepa’s ahh, “Push It,” or just grab the MP3 below. The Rosebuds: “Push…
The Audition PacTour: The Audition, Envy On the Coast, Danger Radio, Another Day Late Saturday, January 19, 2008 Culture Room Better Than: Dealing with the sweat and rain of an outdoor summer punk festival. I’m pretty certain that anybody who’s anybody at a South Florida high school was at the…
The Spam Allstars helped the New Times celebrate its 20th Anniversary Spam Allstars, Awesome New Republic, and Raffa & Rainer January 19, 2008 Parkwest Nightclub Better Than: Any 20th birthday party I’ve ever been to! Hundreds of people piled into Parkwest on Saturday. Of course they did, it’s not everyday…
It should be a good time as local singer, Casely, will be singing his new hit “Emotional” and Junior “One Blood” Reid has a huge catalog of songs to choose from. All the info you need to know is on the flyer above. -Jonathan Cunningham…
If you’re looking for some reggae this weekend, here’s a show to check out. Marijah & the Reggae All-Stars, voted New Times’ Best Live Band 2007 perform on the main stage at Evening on The Avenue in the Cultural Plaza between Lake and Lucerne avenues and M Street. Jan 18,…
Photo by Ivon David Rojas The Foo Fighters were joined by Against Me! and Jimmy Eat World. Foo Fighters January 16, 2008 BankAtlantic Center Better Than: The ‘70s all over again. Media: Click here to see a slidehow from the concert. Timing. It really is all about timing. Oh, not…
