For its 13th-annual edition, the Ultra Music Festival has expanded to three full days of electronic excess with a 200-plus-act lineup that’s just as stacked as ever, featuring dance music legends like Underworld, Carl Cox, and Moby as well as crossover stars like Crystal Castles, Jinder, !!!, Cut Copy, Röyksopp,…
Lil Wayne just unveiled the second single, “If I Die Today,” from the upcoming Tha Carter IV. Rap-Up correctly point out that this song owes quite a bit to Rick Ross’ “I’m Not a Star” from last year’s Teflon Don. First off, it’s got basically the same J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League beat,…
Our favorite metal horns in the womb rocker tyke Harrison Daum Snow was born last November. Since then, he has experienced breathing problems as a result of a diaphragmatic hernia, and has had several surgeries to help correct the abnormality. This has been a taxing time for Lake Worth-based parents…
This week’s music section is somewhat of an intense read. With the Ultra Music Festival completely dominating the upcoming social calendar, we’ve got a collection of interviews with a sliver of the talent set to dominate Miami’s Bicentennial Park this weekend. Marvel, as interviews with Röyksopp, Moby, Simian Mobile Disco,…
Let’s dispose of too much discussion of how often you’ve listened to the Chemical Brothers in the past decade. The headliners of Sunday night at Ultra have probably been at their jobs longer than you’ve been at yours, and it shows.Last year’s Further was a career record, and the soundtrack…
A quiet victory does not necessarily mean a small victory. And a royalties triumph for Eminem does not necessarily extend to other musicians — or does it?The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Universal Music Group, upholding the Pasadena appellate court ruling that Eminem’s former production company, F.B.T…
Chris Brown has serious problems. And not serious-but-still-kind-of-funny problems like Charlie Sheen. No, Chris Brown’s problems result in violence. And today has been a problematic day for the troubled young performer.He appeared on Good Morning America this morning to promote his new album, and not long after host Robin Roberts…
For all the gargantuan music festivals we host in South Florida, we are always guilty of forgetting the home-grown — the reason why others come to our shores.Case in point is visual artist David Brieske, operating under the close to unpronounceable pseudonym of Fsik Huvnx, making aural dreamscapes for fringe…
To Be Hated Outsourced (Destroyio Records!) www.myspace.com/tobehated Last month we took a look at To Be Hated’s State of Things album and I found myself entertaining questions of fleeting youth, upcoming middle age, time machines and what new school vs. old school punk rock means to me. All that is…
Two months ago, the Strokes announced the track list for its new album, Angles. Using all of my musical knowledge and psychic prowess, I predicted what the album would sound like track by track. Well, the album is out March 21, and the album the guys made is not the…
Kiss us; we’re Irish. St. Patrick’s Day’s creepy little green guy will be overshadowed by larger, possibly more satanic, man-monsters this year when Kiss brings its “Hottest Show on Earth Tour” to the Seminole Hard Rock on March 17 — one of only two scheduled North American appearances for 2011…
Everyone loves a genre revival. From garage rock to folk music, ’60s surf guitar, and ’80s synth-driven pop, new stuff that sounds old has been one of independent music’s most dominant trends over the past decade. And right now, Sharon Jones is the charismatic songstress at the forefront of a…
If there’s one thing that’s constant about Anthony Green, it’s change. The 28-year-old Pennsylvania native has held the mic in seven bands now. He’s taken on side projects, headlined a solo tour, and founded his newest project, Circa Survive. So yeah, that would explain why Green puts such an emphasis…
If there’s one thing that’s constant about Anthony Green, it’s change. The 28-year-old Pennsylvania native has held the mic in seven bands now. He’s taken on side projects, headlined a solo tour, and founded his newest project, Circa Survive. So yeah, that would explain why Green puts such an emphasis…
No Fraud The E.P. (Truth Records) myspace.com/nofraud Let’s posit the following: is No Fraud Florida’s hardest working band? Perhaps also the most rabid. If so, do the guys command legions of rabid fans? We will not attempt to prove this true, for it is a tautology in the mathematical and…
If you’re willing to sit through a new Adidas advertisement featuring Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose — as well as the formidable athletes B.O.B. and Katy Perry — the new Justice song is available for listening. The shoe giant’s campaign was directed by Romain Gavras, who has created visceral clips…
Brick House Tavern and Tap 1451 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale Call 954-537-5344, or visit hereThe age of the Beer Snob has dawned on South Florida. Finally! Plastic liquor cups have been tossed to the wayside in favor of a tall, chilled glass full of frothy, foamy, thick, and delicious…
Highlights aplenty in this week’s music section. Leading the way, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings make a highly anticipated visit to Fillmore Miami on Sunday. Victor Gonzalez caught up with the 55-year-old rhythm and blues singer, and confirms that she’s comfortable without any Grammy nominations and barely knowing who Justin…
Delray Beach hair salon Resta Delray has bridged the gap between follicle art and performance art for three years, and now the business is opening a new venue to take this effort further. Saturday, April 2, marks the grand opening of the Beat Cup, billed as a “coffee bar/ performing…
Pipes, fiddles, bodhrans, a jig, and a reel are as essential to Irish music as green is to garments on St. Patrick’s Day. Today, even U2 is passé as far as deflecting the stereotypes is concerned. Fortunately, then, there’s a new crop of Irish émigrés whose irreverence and insurgence are…
Broward County rapper J-O first caught County Grind’s attention last year with “My Smoke Song,” an endlessly playable track about the finer aspects of certain special herb. Since then, the guy keeps making music at a prolific pace, including the Speakers Blow mixtape.Now, J-O comes together with the Boss himself,…
For anyone following at home, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart developed a live rep that was far fiercer than the output on the New York group’s somewhat placid self-titled debut. Now, with the upcoming March 29 release of Belong and some more clued-in people working the soundboards across…
