Raise your hands if you love street festivals. Okay. I can’t see you…but then again, how could I? Not sure what I was hoping would happen there. Anywho, that most phenomenal of all street festivals is coming up and you know what that means. Calle Ocho. About three quarters of…
Photo by Jill KhanWe have blogged about Charlie Pickett before. You’ve seen the videos and heard the rave reviews. Now is your chance to see the guy in action. He has that certain something, that special sauce that you cannot, no matter how hard you try, generate by practice, wishing,…
Tonight are the finals for the Miami New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands. If you haven’t been following the action, one band will be flown to and put up in an NYC hotel and booked a show in the city for a Live Nation event.Tonight’s finals bring you…
Perhaps you’re not up to speed on the goings on in the world of crunkchata. And that’s understandable, because it’s a name that Toby Love made up to describe a blend of hip-hop and R&B with the staccato guitars and island rhythms of bachata. Now, if you don’t know who…
There are certain unforgettable snapshots that frame Arlo Guthrie’s life and career. They’re prefaced by the lingering legacy he inherited from his father, the great Woody Guthrie, one of America’s most indelible folk singers, the patron saint of protest and the man who inspired generations of young men like Bob…
via www.myspace.com/matesofstateMates of State: Playing SunFest with 311? Possibly….Crossfade reported recently that Palm Beach County festival staple SunFest had announced the first phase of its lineup, and that among the major acts was the improbably long-lived 311. The Omaha reggae-hip-hop-whatever act headlines the first night of the festival, the “new…
Hmmm. Ludo? Isn’t that the nickname for a certain much-abused narcotic of somewhat ill repute? Or could it be that hit by Boz Scaggs from way back in the day? Or maybe it’s the nickname your college buddy chose because he always shunned his given name. Well … no. This…
Concert season is beginning to take shape with some pretty big concert announcements over the last week, and Kings of Leon are the latest to announce a stop in South Florida. Fresh of their meteoric rise to stardom/sellout status thanks to their song about flaming sex, the Tennessee bred band…
Tuesday night at the Hard Rock, L.A. glam-metal heroes Mötley Crüe bring their grown-up and toned-down debauchery, while their searing Sunset Strip sound remains intact. With infinitely underrated guitar god Mick Mars, enigmatic songwriting bassist Nikki Sixx, genre-defining vocalist and aging pretty boy Vince Neil, and the wild pounding thump…
Catholicos, it’s Lent time! Cuaresma, baby! Time for to behave really good. Time to make up for all the sinning and loving ladies and inappropriate gyrating. Time for me to undo the damage of having become a Cuban-American Idol. In Catholic school I was told to give up something during…
John McHale of Breakeven Booking is teaming up with Goo this Saturday to get some funds together to help out Brandon Holding’s mom, who damn well needs it. Holding recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. His family was of modest means and could not afford a funeral…
Local Morrissey fans were super-excited at the end of 2007, when it seemed the singer would return for a second area show that year. After an extremely well-received performance at Boca’s Mizner Park Amphitheatre, he was slated to end his extended United States run with a date at the Fillmore…
Light your spliff early and watch this video of Bob Marley And The Wailers rehearsing at the famed Criteria Studios, now Hit Factory, in North Miami on September 14, 1980.Marley Fest is this Saturday February 28th. click here for more info …
Fresh off a solo project that arguably provided more fame and fortune than the project which brought her onto the scene, Gwen Stefani has reunited with No Doubt. And the band has announced a massive tour across the U.S. and Canada which brings it to the Cruzan Amphitheater in West…
Justin NamonKid Sister took control over LIV’s Wednesday night party Dirty Hairy. Click here to view the full slide show.Kid Sister and FlosstradamusWednesday, February 26, 2009LIV at the Fontainebleau, Miami BeachBetter than: Getting your toes done up.When I got the invite for LIV’s newest party, Dirty Hairy, I was sort…
Flo Rida, Carol City’s muscle-bound rapper and supporter of Floridians wearing “boots with the furrr,” is apparently not so hot on appearing on tracks with guys who (allegedly) beat their pop star girlfriend. The (alleged) song is called “Sweat” and though it’s been bubbling on the ‘net for a few…
The Subdudes may not be among the New Orleans musical legends that the average Joe could immediately name. But examine the band’s track record, which stretches back a couple of decades, and its seamless blend of riveting rock and roll, nimble rhythms, and sinewy roots. It’s clear the Subdudes have…
Hopeless Records and nonprofit organization Sub City have joined forces with music chain F.Y.E. to put on the eighth-annual Take Action Tour. To date, this tour has raised more than $550,000 for DoSomething.org, a nonprofit focused not on one particular charity but rather on providing tools, resources, and motivation to…
Certain unforgettable snapshots frame Arlo Guthrie’s life and career. They’re prefaced by the lingering legacy he inherited from his father, Woody Guthrie, one of America’s most indelible folk singers, the patron saint of protest, and the man who inspired generations of young men like Bob Dylan to pick up their…
Tapping into tradition isn’t exactly a shortcut to notoriety. But when the Mavericks set out to carve their niche in country music in the late 1980s, they were arguably the most unlikely outfit ever to emerge from South Florida’s music scene. They eschewed the dance designs that had propelled the…
I sat there in silence at the bar inside Nippers in Boca, trying not to concentrate on what was about to be a disastrous — but supersexy — wardrobe malfunction. In front of me, bartender Sabrina ferociously shook up a drink, her breasts bouncing jauntily as they fruitlessly tried to…
They may as well make it an annual holiday. Morrissey Day, perhaps. A designated midwinter morning when the iconic, mercurial British crooner steps out of his house, sees the long shadow the legacy of the Smiths continues to cast over him, sighs, and announces once again that his old band…
