Find out what your neighbors are listening to without putting your ear up to the keyhole by reading our Moving Units column. Mike Ramirez over at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date on the current releases flying out of his store each week. Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases…
Adorable South Florida folkies Raffa & Rainer chose the surprisingly edgy No Mercy moniker for their new album. It could’ve had something to do with the two long years it took to create the album or the heartache on display in some of the songs. So why did they choose…
Southern California’s RX Bandits have come a long way from their ska-revivalist roots in the mid-’90s — so long a way, in fact, that it’s hard to discern the roots of their eight full-lengths. One second, there’s a full-fledged horn section; the next, there’s a knock on Yes’ psychedelic-prog door…
Ladies, look at your man. Now back to Akon. Now back at your man. Now back to Akon. Sadly, your man isn’t Akon. And much like the Man Your Man Could Smell Like from the Old Spice commercials, Akon’s on a horse. Perhaps not at this very moment. But the…
The four good-looking lads in Honor Society could be the New Kids on the Block for the millennial generation. The quartet brings its vibrant, R&B-infused pop to Fort Lauderdale’s Culture Room on Sunday, during its “Here Comes Trouble” tour’s second stop. Truth be told, Honor Society’s ties to boy bands…
To prevent confusion in our readership, Alesana is not some drop-dead gorgeous model hailing out of Milan. Nope. In actuality, Alesana is six somewhat-OK-looking guys from North Carolina who do the post-hardcore thing with some gusto and panache. Take the usual experimental leanings of the genre and view them through…
Alkaline Trio has embodied the spirit of independent punk since its aggro 1998 debut, Goddamnit! Led by charismatic, fury-filled vocalist Matt Skiba, the group is one of the cornerstones of an incestuous Chicago hardcore and punk scene that includes the Smoking Popes and the Lawrence Arms. The trio’s seventh studio…
When the weather is shitty, your boss is pissed, your dog dies, and no one seems to understand, there’s only one thing to do: Stop being a pain. Life is pain, Princess. And the only way to survive it is by going to your happy place. My happy place exists…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitelone/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0Alex Chilton, the legendary voice and songwriter behind the Box Tops and Big Star, has died, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. He was 59.This is a very sad event for many fans of Chilton’s work, as well as the countless artists — Uncle Tupelo, Matthew…
Signed, sealed, delivered: they’re yoursPurchasing autographed music memorabilia can serve a greater purpose than just prompting everyone who enters your home to remark: “Ohmygosh, I want to kiss all three Jonas Brothers on their John Hancocks!” In the case of Women on the Move’s Unveil Your Pink benefit — the…
As America’s gamblers scramble to piece together their NCAA brackets this week, we’re realizing another tragic aspect of Lil Wayne’s unfortunate incarceration: In his absence, there are no super celebrities to pick amazingly accurate tournament brackets.In this video from last year, Lil Wayne lays out what turned out to be…
Lil Jon recently sat down with TMZ for about a half-hour-long interview as part of the site’s ongoing video interview series, TMZ Live. In it, he discusses Weezy’s upcoming jail sentence, why he hasn’t worked with Justin Bieber, and why fans should stop screaming “Yeah!” and “Okay!” at him in…
The annual Radio One pool party is almost eerily absent this year, but don’t worry about getting wrapped up in brand names. All of the superstar DJ talent will be here anyways, and still helmed by the legendary Pete Tong — they’ll just be playing under the banner of “Pete’s…
With every imaginable type of iPhone app out there these days, from drunk texting apps, to X-rated vibrator apps (no joke) it’s hardly surprising that even our beloved annual Winter Music Conference would get its own app. The folks at Nightlyfe.com have announced the launch of their WMC Mobile Guide…
flickr.comWe are not total corporate shills, but this might be a good way to see a lot of mid-to-high-priced shows coming up in South Florida. The BankAtlantic Center is running a sweepstakes giving away ATM, which unfortunately does not stand for your own Automated Teller Machine. Rather BAC’s clever acronym…
Regular New Times readers will be well aware of what WDNA does for our community, especially with regards to Brazilian Music, be it Bossa nova or MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira). And there’s no better in-town proponent of the form than Rhythm Foundation Development Director and Café Brasil DJ Gene de…
via http://www.i-mockery.com/antirave/idiots.phpCaution: shitty music ahead.All I listen to is country music. I drive a truck with a shotgun rack and a confederate flag and I don’t believe in ipods and I drink and drive cause it’s fun, but I think all those grass smoking, cocaine snorting, ecstasy headed hippies need…
As Rick Ross preps the release of his fourth studio album, Teflon Don, Rick Ross gathers a team of DJs to collaboratively release an official mixtape that will serve as the warm-up of sorts for the album. The mixtape is interestingly titled A Timeless Audemars Piguet Collection. Presumably a play…
As tipped yesterday, Bradford “Bone in the Fan” Schmidt is at South by Southwest. Hopefully someone else gave Lemmy a beer last night.Crossfade: dude. i am reading a review of motorhead from last night… did you make it in?…
Just in case all of this “music blogging” has gone to everyone’s heads, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! [The Guest Lab]…
Now Spinner has tracked down two South Florida acts playing SXSW with this interview with West Palm Beach’s Hey Monday. Where’s the love for Every You?Anyhow, the current Alternative Press cover darlings’ lead singer Cassadee Pope says she’ll carry “sunglasses, lip balm, gum, a bottle of water, my cell phone…
I hear you, but I don’t see what you’re saying.Up on the stage, it’s a bird, it’s a plane. No, it’s SuperSam! Contrary to images that name might conjure, it’s not tomcat Cheers bartender Sam Malone’s super hero alter ego. It’s actually the name of a kick ass Latin rock…
