Atomic Dog One might expect a band championed by My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James to be a bit self-indulgent, but the latest disc from Philadelphia-based quintet Dr. Dog is, surprisingly, a tightly crafted, even disciplined piece of ’70s revivalism. At this point, I think it´s important to say that…
Straight Outta Cashville When rappers 50 Cent and Tony Yayo started piecing together their G-Unit family, they knew they´d need a Southern rapper to stay relevant in the streets. New York´s stranglehold on the rap world died nearly a decade ago, so enlisting Tennessee MC Young Buck to be a…
Cotton candy? Check. Tiaras? Check. Oversexed pop music? Check. With all of this involved, last night’s Fergie show in Boca Raton was a 10-year-old girl’s wet dream. The Dutchess sauntered in dripping with glitz, in a tiara and a sparkle-lined, bubblegum pink robe. In between belting lines of “Here I…
Casper & the Cookies perform Sunday, June 3, at City Limits, 19 NE Third Ave., Delray Beach. The show starts at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $10. Perfect Citizen, Baby Calendar, and M. Coast are also on the bill. Call 561-279-8222, or visit www.myspace.com/casperthecookies.com.
The Freakin Hott plays at 9 p.m. Thursday, May 31, at City Limits, 19 NE Third Ave., Delray Beach. Call 561-279-8222, or visit www.myspace.com/thefreakinhott.
State Radio performs at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at the Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets cost $10. Call 954-564-1074, or visit www.cultureroom.net.
Fergie performs Thursday, May 31, at Mizner Park Amphitheatre, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $36. Call 561-750-1668, or visit www.ticketmaster.com.
All thanks and praises to MySpace Photo by Tovin Lapan Last night, MySpace threw a “secret show” at Studio A, which was PACKED by 9:30 pm (what kind of secret is that?), featuring Stephen “Raggamuffin” Marley and his brother Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley as performers. The show opened with Mr…
After a major American tour backing Panic! At the Disco in 2006, Bloc Party has returned to our shores. This time, they’re headlining large venues in support of their sophomore album, A Weekend in the City, released this past February. Sunday night was the band’s South Florida stop, at the…
Barington Levy Miami’s Best of the Best concert, which took place over Memorial Weekend, was a star-studded reggae extravaganza that exceeded the six months of hype that was attached to it. Consider that Barrington Levy, who was on stage belting out hits like “Under mi Sensi, and “Too Experienced” was…
Photo by Jeffrey Delannoy Seal Since Seal had his couple of big stateside hits in the Nineties (the seemingly immortal “Kissed By a Rose” being the most recognizeable), lately he seems to have been relegated to the role of Mr. Heidi Klum. So who goes to a Seal concert in…
Guns and Goth
With a sensational string of hits, including the recent “Say It Right” and “Promiscuous Girl,” Nelly Furtado has become a pop phenom to be reckoned with. Since teaming up with hip-hop super-producer Timbaland, Furtado is reaching a fan base that frankly didn’t care about the waifish Canadian during her last…
Gospelized Soul
Walter Trout and the Radicals perform at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 26, at the Bamboo Room, 25 S. J St., Lake Worth. Tickets cost $32. Call 561-585-2583, or www.bambooroomblues.com.
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic perform Thursday, May 17, at Club Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $25. Call 954-727-0950, or visit www.jointherevolution.net.
Flosstradamus spins the Revolver 8.5-year anniversary party on Friday, May 18, at Revolver at the Boutique, 1222 NE Second Ave., Miami. Stone Figs and Matt and Kim are also scheduled to perform. Tickets cost $15, and the show, for those 21 and older, starts at 11 p.m. Call 305-373-3511, or visit www.myspace.com/clubrevolver.
Roger Waters plays at 8 p.m. Friday, May 18, at Sound Advice Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansbury’s Way, West Palm Beach. Tickets cost $25.25 to $129.50. Call 561-795-8883, or visit www.livenation.com.
OK, so John Fogerty won’t be there, but CCR’s original rhythm section will be. So will John Tristao, a ’60s one-hit wonder boy who actually opened for the original Revival way back when. And if you don’t know that Tristao once fronted the band People and had a hit with…
Corey Harris performs Friday, May 11, at the Back Room, 7200 N. Dixie Hwy., Boca Raton. Tickets cost $5, and the show starts at 9:30 p.m. Call 561-988-8929, or visit www.coreyharrismusic.com.
Dulce Pontes performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. For tickets ($35), visit http://www.carnivalcenter.org, or call 786-468-2000.
