Just got a press release stating that for today only, all of you die-hard Chris Isaak and Lisa Loeb fans can get a sizable discount on tickets for their upcoming performance. All of the details are below. And check out the infamous “Wicked Games” video after the jump–considered by many…
We are hearing around town that Miami is in store for a busy fall and winter seasons. Big names are being tossed around and events are in the works — too bad we can’t tell you just yet, but you can rest assured we’ll be the first to let you…
Twas the night before Tropical Storm Fay, and already the sky looked dark and gloomy. I’d seen the advertisements for Palm Grill’s drink deal — three martinis for a measly $9 — awhile ago, but I was waiting for the perfect situation in which three martinis might be necessary. An…
With names like, “The Bum Bum Master,” “Mr. Hand, Hand, Hand,” “The Boss,” and plenty of others, it probably seems like soca star Neil “Iwer” George is a man with an extreme identity crisis. But the high-energy Trinidadian singer is more of a master showman and soca genius than anything…
The past 15 months have been a bit turbulent for the band Kill Miss Pretty. In 2007, the group was enjoying plenty of attention within local music circles, and its lead singer, Alicia Olink, was (and still is, in fact) seen as an indie darling on the rise. With a…
Reggae owes a lot to Toots Hibbert. The ageless frontman of the classic Jamaican band Toots and the Maytals claims he’s the first person to mention the word reggae on wax. His 1968 hit single, “Do the Reggay,” was recorded when reggae was just a dance and not even a…
Fusion. Within music, it’s practically a dirty word. Though the term is intended to suggest the magic of endless possibilities, it has an unmistakably loaded ring to it. And much as in the realm of cuisine, anything that bears the “fusion” tag is likely to stir up derision, controversy, and…
In honor of Labor Day, we pay tribute here to America’s working-class heroes by recognizing the worst jobs in rock ‘n’ roll, the grinding gigs that often go overlooked. They don’t get any more emotionally taxing than these, boys and girls. Isaac Hayes’ estate executor Now that the soulful crooner…
Even though she has barely reached legal drinking age, the cute and spry Kate Voegele has already accomplished much more than most other troubadours of her generation. In addition to scoring a regular spot on the CW soap opera One Tree Hill (portraying Mia), she’s earned enough respect to share…
Singer/songwriter Anthony Green is best-known as the emotive lead singer for Philadelphia-based prog-rock band Circa Survive. Powered by a combination of ballerina-gone-ballistic stage moves and melodic, screaming vocals, Green has earned a demigod reputation in the tattooed emo tween scene. When the group recently took a short break, a tireless…
Within a span of months, the kiddies of Black Tide have shot from totally unheard-of to total buzz band for lovers of heavy music, appearing in the likes of Spin and Revolver. And they are, in fact, kiddies — the oldest members of the quartet are 19, and the frontman,…
Although it begins with an affable embrace, Gulf Coast Blues ambles toward darker terrain as it winds on, with songs that spin a sinewy, seductive tapestry of blues, folk, gospel, and country. Now settled on Texas’ Gulf Coast, Franke builds her narratives around a cast of characters that inhabit the…
With a name like Circus Bar, you’d expect all sorts of shenanigans — wild animals sipping Jäger, drunken jugglers chucking daggers across the room, a trapeze, maybe. What you get is Barnum & Bailey-inspired randomness. And at times it is a bit creepy — but it starts to makes sense…
Legendary reggae artist Toots Hibbert is coming to Broward County this weekend. If you’re even vaguely familiar with the history of reggae, you’ll know that Toots is a long-time staple of the genre…so much so that he lays claim to being the first musician to use the word “reggae” in…
Gotta love the Designer Drugs. No not those designer drugs, we’re talking about Designer Drugs, the DJ duo from New York. The duo will stop by Miami September 8, as part of their mini-tour of Florida, where they will take over the decks of White Room’s Monday night bash Exposure…
There is no denying our love for Miami’s own Lazaro Casanova, so when he posted up a new track via his MySpace yesterday we were sort of excited to say the least. His first release “Venganza” was a dancefloor thriller that had us shaking the moment we heard it, and…
Since it’s Throwback Tuesdays and the post below this one mentions local guitarist, Daisy Berkowitz, who used to play in Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, I figured I’d scour the Web for old Spooky Kids footage. The band was a staple in Fort Lauderdale’s metal scene long before they…
So Boynton Beach electro-rockers, Kill Miss Pretty, recently shot a new video for their song, “Drawing Pictures of Haunted Houses With You.” It’s the first single off of their new album, Permission for Strange, which the band is having a CD release party for this Saturday at Respectable Street in…
So today is jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis’ 48th birthday. I figured a good way to kick off this week’s Throwback Tuesdays is to feature one of his tunes. We don’t showcase jazz nearly enough on this blog, which is something that needs to change. And as far as a slow…
I got a random email last week stating that H.R. of the Bad Brains is going to be in Miami this Saturday at Churchill’s. I haven’t heard dick for promotion on this and Churchill’s doesn’t even have the show listed on their website. But random emails and word on the…
Is it WMC already? Nope, but LA Riots is coming to town anyway! Last time the Los Angeles duo were here was in March, playing multiple venues like The Vagabond and Rokbar. They return to The Vagabond (30 NE 11th Street, Miami) Friday, September 12 in what promises to be…
Ernest Barteldes Still Black, Still Proud: The African Tribute to James Brown with the Spam All-Stars August 22, 2008 Lincoln Center, New York Shortly prior to nightfall in Manhattan, Miami’s own Spam All-Stars hit the stage during the last weekend of summer outdoor concerts at Lincoln Center to kick off…
