With Coldplay hitting town, we got to thinking about frontman Chris Martin and his wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Given the success on both sides of that marriage, who really wears the pants? Come to think of it, who wears the pants in a lot of these musician-celebrity pairings? Coldplay vs…
Florida’s hip-hop notoriety is going from hot to scalding with the release of Jacksonville-based DJ Bigga Rankin’s latest mixtape, From Dade to Duval. It’s a part of Rankin’s longtime Real Nigga Radio series, where he takes urban artists and tries to break them to a larger market. Luckily for him,…
Like a phallus in wonderland, Badfish is on the rise as one of the nation’s premier tribute bands, and they claim to turn hundreds of fans away from their sold-out shows each night. The Rhode Island trio performs a plethora of Sublime songs, from the well-known (“What I Got,” “Santeria”)…
When Rufus Wainwright hits South Florida this weekend for a two-night stint, prepare to swoon. This is one crooning troubadour who could probably turn a grocery list into a heartbreaking tale of terrible beauty. Not that Wainwright has to resort to grocery lists, mind you. With a song-soaked career that…
With record labels going the way of the dinosaur these days, it’s hard to fathom why anyone would want to go into the music business. But popular Los Angeles DJ and entrepreneur Franki Chan and his crew are thriving while other labels have caught the blues. In fact, after founding…
The roles of the MC and DJ haven’t changed much in hip-hop over the years. The MC is commonly seen as the frontman, the “voice” of the group, while the DJ acts as the silent “man behind the curtain,” reliably and unassumingly bringing the beat. It’s a proven dynamic, and…
The neighborhood of Carol City is known for producing strong musical talent. Rick Ross and Flo Rida are from there, as are JT Money, Poison Clan, and mega-producer Bigg D. But before those artists grew to national attention, one local group, Freestyle Evolution, gained significant notoriety for combining electro-funk with…
Gospel music often is often pigeonholed as a genre to be enjoyed only by Christians. But two artists are having success making sure secular ears hear their songs, and they’re gaining fame in the process. Longtime gospel veteran Kirk Franklin was one of the first to make Christian-themed music that…
While the new President of the United States of America will have to contend with an economy in the toilet, a couple of wars, and whatever other global calamities are coming down the pike, the Presidents of the United States of America have a different message: These Are the Good…
If there was ever auditory shorthand for “we’re not fucking around,” it would be starting your album with a half-minute of wrenching, agonizing screams that give way to a distorted, circular guitar riff that eventually collapses in on itself in a swirl of low-end feedback. This is the first three…
Caleb Followill and the other members of the Kings family once seemed content with updating ’70s Southern rock for the new millennium — but no more. Only by the Night is a bid for mass popularity and critical acclaim of the sort typically associated with Chris Martin, not Tennessee-bred good…
The last time these two oddball music pioneers made a record together, David Byrne was still a Talking Head and Brian Eno had yet to hook up with U2. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, released in 1981, was an ahead-of-its-time aural collage of African rhythms, radio evangelists, and…
Here’s a last minute show announcement for a party that sounds like it’s well worth attending. Former Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell is playing a gig tonight at the Florida Room inside of the Delano Hotel that should be a lot of fun. The show starts around 11 p.m. The…
The instrumental rock quartet Pelican has markedly evolved in recent years. Perhaps it was a result of moving from the band’s original hometown of Chicago, for the sunnier climes of Los Angeles. For where the earliest Pelican material skated around the borders of metal, as time has passed there’s been…
Kevin Rudolf is an adorable young man. The Cash Money Record’s pop-star took me out to lunch, drove me around in his Lambo, introduced me to his model girlfriends, and at around 3 a.m., took me to Cash Money’s studio in North Miami, where he introduced me to Lil Wayne,…
ZOMG, ya’ll! It’s Tuesday, so what the hell is On the List doing up so early in the week? Well, in case you didn’t know, today is Election Day, and whether your candidate of choice wins or loses, there will be plenty of alcohol flowing and music pumping in the…
The newish local nonprofit S.A.F.E., dedicated to forward-thinking dance music events with no bullshit and no guest lists (omg!), continues to impress. There was that crazy Richie Hawtin one-off last December, a gig by Matthew Dear this summer, and the latest coup, M.A.N.D.Y. at tiny Circa 28 two weeks ago…
Over the weekend, I had the treat of heading over to Nassau, Bahamas to cover the Millennium Countdown 8, a mammoth three day concert broken up by genre. The line-up for the first evening, somewhat strangely tagged “International Night” was stacked with stellar acts like Morgan Heritage, Etana, Sanchez, and…
So this week’s Throwback Tuesdays falls on the most important election in American history. There’s no reason not to kick it off with a video that captures the way a lot of Americans are feeling this morning. Today is truly a historic day, and it can be an even more…
Score another point for Miami in the good fight to keep quality dance music coming down here beyond WMC. The latest coup? Why, the only East Coast appearance on the current tour by white-hot Italian producer/DJ duo Crookers, who skip down here straight from Toronto. What’s even stranger is where…
Once upon a time – the mid- to late Eighties, to be precise – heavy metal ruled the rock landscape. On the pop side, of course, there were the infamous hair bands. But on another, more underground but no less popular side, were a number of faster genre offshoots, presided…
Boo ya’ll! It’s Halloween. Time of year when girls dress like total sluts by wearing lingerie and some kind of animal ears. “Look at me! I’m a sexy mouse.” Sure you are. While we appreciate a bit of sexiness during Halloween, we also appreciate a bit of creativity too. But…
