Uh Huh Her’s Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey have issued a statement following their ejection from a Southwest Airlines flight yesterday after they exchanged one kiss. The Los Angeles duo mark the third high-profile ejection from the carrier in recent memory, following bootings of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and…
Marvin Lee Aday, AKA Meat Loaf, was born 64 years ago today, and though the origin of his nickname remains clouded in legend (it possibly has something to do with the fact that he originally weighed in at more than 300 pounds!), it joins some of the more distinctive monikers…
Update: Uh Huh Her’s Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey have issued a statement to Southwest Airlines. Los Angeles indie-electro act Uh Huh Her’s Leisha Hailey was booted off of a Southwest Airlines flight today for engaging in a same-sex kiss on board. The ex-The L Word actress joins Green Day’s…
[jump] New Times: We’ll get more in-depth as we go, but I must ask, where does the name Suede Dudes come from? The word “suede” makes me think of the material, which is fuzzy but not particularly soft…At the risk of being corny, that’s kind of like your music!Bryan Adams: Haha, I…
Founded by Daniel Elias Fernandez, {in boxes} are multifaceted, functioning as more than a musical group. More a multimedia collective than just a band, the group evolved from its previous life as Bear Nine, a similarly structured performance project whose alumni — Kenneth Martinson and Tristan John — went on…
Ani DiFranco is many things. So many, in fact, that it’s sometimes difficult to get a handle on them all. Best known as an artist, entrepreneur, parent, and activist for a variety of feminist and political causes, she’s even befuddled her fans at times, particularly when it comes to matters…
In the minds of most people, a cave is a dark, foreboding locale. It seems somewhat appropriate then that Nick Cave is a somewhat scary guy. What other way to describe an artist who is best known for his mercurial ruminations and anguished pontification. To the uninitiated, Cave’s music — with…
When Blink-182 first started gaining popular velocity toward the end of the ’90s, the cheeky Southern California pop-punk trio didn’t necessarily seem like the scene’s top contenders for longevity. The band’s early material was unapologetically bratty, for one thing. Vocalist/bassist Mark Hoppus and vocalist/guitarist Tom DeLonge favored nasal singing styles…
Otis Redding nostalgia has been going on for decades, and two men who were responsible for quite a push were Jake and Elwood Blues back in 1980s’ The Blues Brothers. Their cover of “Can’t Turn You Lose” became a mainstay within the Dan Ackroyd-John Belushi lore and kept Redding rising…
The victory lap for Guided by Voices — the indie-rock superstars who inspired many a Torche song — continues with the “classic lineup” announcing details of a new album, Let’s Go Eat the Factory.As Mojo points out, this is the first recording featuring the assembled cast of Robert Pollard, Tobin…
Inspired or perhaps possessed by the intoxicating swag and all around baller-ness of b-movie actor (If Looks Could Kill) and former professional male model Richard Grieco, Broward hip-hop supergroup The Party Monsters revamp Tone Loc’s “Funky Cold Medina” from a PG, pop rap classic about a malfunctioning aphrodisiac into a…
Leonard Cohen, who turns 77 today, may be the most unlikely of pop stars. His age notwithstanding, his dark, somnambulant vocals and unassuming demeanor hardly qualify him for the rabid following he’s attained over the decades, especially since returning to the limelight after having abandoned his music in favor of…
This past Saturday, HBO presented arguably the highest-billed boxing event of the year, a title fight featuring Mexican-American WBC Welterweight champ Victor Ortiz and challenger Floyd Mayweather Jr. At the end of four rounds, a headbutt, a sucker punch, and a screaming temper tantrum, the sentiment regarding the spectacle unleashed…
When DJ Mehdi passed last week at the all-too-early age of 34, he left a gaping hole in South Floridian clubbers’ hearts in particular. Mehdi, of course, was a frequent visitor to our shores, soundtracking some of the best feel-good nights across the circuit, particularly during the marathons of Winter…
Technically this is a belated wish, but Flo Rida’s birthday party is tonight at Opium in the Seminole Hard Rock complex in Hollywood, and it’s time to prep for the celebration. On Saturday, the Carol City native born Tramar Dillard turned 32, and for the many who were not able…
Let’s be honest here for a second. September babies are the most beautiful babies ever. That’s a simple fact. Google it. Here’s another moment of honesty: We all know who Tegan and Sara are, but how exactly do we know them? Let’s be honest, again. It was 2004’s So Jealous…
Had he not succumbed to a combination of heart failure and painkillers on January 1, 1953, Hank Williams would have turned 88 years old today. Yet the fact that he died at the tragically young age of 29 doesn’t diminish the indelible imprint that he left not only on the…
Anyone the least bit familiar with the blues is bound to know the name B.B. King. In fact, there’s no blues man alive today who is more widely recognized or duly honored, given his numerous accomplishments. Born on a Mississippi cotton plantation 86 years ago today, Riley B. King has…
As the 20-year anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind eases ever closer, so do the goodies from talented local artists enlisted by Beached Miami to revamp the classic tracks from the album. Initially, we spotlighted the orchestral take on “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Baby B Strings, but there are a wealth…
The sensitive MC has always been a rare figure in hip-hop. Although the early 2000s did see a spike in “politically conscious” backpack rappers like Talib Kweli and Mos Def (both of whom took a page from Common’s socio-empathetic rhyme book), it’s been 99 percent bitches, guns, money, and so…
Addressing Dr. Know, founding guitarist and lone constant for Washington, D.C., hardcore outfit Bad Brains, is a tricky proposition. For more than three decades, Gary Miller has used the play-on-a-James-Bond-villain handle, and calling him much else would border on insult. Still, should an interview begin with Mr. Doctor Know —…
Fans of jangly indie rock across South Florida would be wise to visit Radio-Active Records’ website this Friday for a revolutionary moment of internet music synergy: Matador Records act Girls will perform a live in-store show for your viewing pleasure.Although the concert, which will feature material from the San Francisco…
