With DJs the world over claiming to be “open format,” it’s refreshing to stumble upon a spinner who actually claims a specific genre. In DJ Lennox’s case, it’s hip-hop, he says: “That’s my foundation.”Still, Lennox is no fool about the vagaries of the marketplace, and he’s not about to lose…
So far, this is the only Langerado band who’s definitely scheduled to play Miami proper…. It’s King Khan and the Shrines, a bizarre, garage/Stax-style soul freakout that must be seen to be believed. They’ll take the stage at the Vagabond’s weekly Saturday party, Backdoor Bamby, which is usually more house…
While some local artists lament the lack of live-music venues, Broward’s rockabilly phenomenon, Slip Mahoney, feels this is the right kind of town for him. “In cities like Austin, there are so many bands that artists end up playing for free,” the 50-year-old Mahoney says in a sharp Southern drawl…
With a name like Blue Martini, you’d expect it to be the kind of place where you could stare down into a potent concoction and mourn the bad economy, a bad breakup, or just the fact that your father doesn’t love you (and he still doesn’t, sucker). But Blue Martini…
Locos Por Juana, considered by many to be Miami’s best Latin band, makes their way to La La Land today for a string of performances surrounding the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Whether their getting the crowd going at one of the city’s many festivals or barring the entrance to Jazid…
There was a lot of talk this morning of Langerado 2009 being cancelled, but before we started spreading rumors we wanted to hear it directly from the source. Unfortunately, we found out that the rumors were indeed true. There are many probable factors as to why the festival got the…
One of the best things about South Florida has got to be the wide array of music available to dance to on any given night. Forget “open format,” whatever that really means. Sometimes the best is music is true to its roots — a specific genre, done up right by…
Launched in 2007, Leggo My Demo is a Miami Beach-based demo competition aiming to expose and promote distinguished new electronic music productions from around the world. Each month they select new demo submissions, providing winners with network exposure and a feature at their monthly events in Miami Beach. Leggo My…
If you haven’t heard already, two of the world’s greatest living blues guitarists descend on South Florida on February 9. The legendary BB King and Buddy Guy will be rocking the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The show is not sold out and the cheapest tickets available can be…
The new release from Miami psych/blues outfit the Psycho Daisies, Return from Blood Island, is a wash of feedback, distorted growls, bumps, grunts, reverb, and haunting vocals, courtesy of Johnny Salton and company. Salton’s roots are embedded in Miami musical history, from power-pop group the Reactions, through his extensive work…
DiagonalDiagonal(Candlelight)One of the great things about the post-everything era, in which hyper-hyphenated, clash up genre bending is the norm, is that the concept of musical taboo is becoming increasingly passe. No longer do you have to be concerned that your particular pet genre doesn’t sit at the cool table; these…
If there’s such a thing as Miami royalty, Gloria Estefan is undoubtedly the queen. Along with husband, producer, musician and impresario, Emilio Estefan, she’s literally changed the landscape of the Magic City over the years, first putting the town on the map with Miami Sound Machine’s run of rampant success…
It’s hard to believe that one of last year’s biggest hits almost didn’t make it to radio, let alone on to the album it highlights. But that’s the story behind Estelle’s soul-stirring smash “American Boy,” from her hit LP, Shine. “We were just messing about,” says the relatively newly minted…
You never know where you’re going to meet your future spouse. Or pose for a drunken artist who quickly immortalizes you in crayon. Or if neither of those things happens, you could always just drink until you’re shitfaced. And that’s how it goes with the cast of random-ass characters at…
The last Wednesday of every month, the Grand Groove crew takes over the upstairs at Jazid, playing a hip-hop, funk, and soul-heavy blend of classics and soon-to-be classics. Here’s the description from DJ Sire Esquire, who, full disclosure, occasionally writes about music for New Times: “Dope DJs, music & vibes…
Mr. Oizo Lamb’s Anger (Ed Banger) “You are about to hear a collection of some recorded stuff. Some are good. Some are bad. Some are just okay,” admits the robotic vocals a minute into the opening track of Mr. Oizo’s Lambs Anger album, “Hun.” She doesn’t tell you which fall…
Like the architecture degree he keeps sequestered, and the dizzying heights implied by his name, DJ Vertigo structures some truly classic nights on the town. Sure, the head spinner’s using sound, rather than steel and concrete, to create what he envisions. But that doesn’t make the edifices any less enduring,…
PL0T resident DJ and downtown scenester Mansur Arevalo will be hitting the decks tonight at White Room in support of Justin Martin and some of his local musical consorts. While you wait for the sun to drop, here is a teaser mixtape by Mansur with plenty of deep and soulful…
As Crossfade announced last month, New Times is partnering with Gulfstream Park in a Battle of the Bands; the winner gets to play at the upcoming Langerado music festival. Nine finalists have been chosen. They’ll square off, four and five at a time, respectively, on February 7 and February 13…
As long as we’re talkin about Charlie Pickett getting his due, here’s one of the reasons why, this video for the song “Overtown” written by Dave Froshneider and performed by “Charlie Pickett and The Eggs” is some real pioneer shit. Now, I’ll admit it, I hadn’t ever heard of…
It’s a desolate Monday night at Casola’s Pizzeria on SW 17th Avenue in Miami, just south of where I-95 ends and close to where suburbia begins. On weekend nights, the joint is jammed with loud, drunken clubland refugees soaking up the evening’s booze with the mammoth slices. But tonight the…
I wasn’t sure why I was even going to the Coyote Ugly SaloonCoyote Ugly Saloon I’m not a fan of watching scantily clad women frolic around for the entertainment and pleasure of seedy guys. And guess what? One of the first things I noticed upon walking in was a gray-haired…
