Rock the Bells came and went, but we still have plenty of extra goodies to share with you, including some sit-down discussions with some of the performers that videographer Jacob Katel was able to document. In the first video, New Times catches up with Georgia MCs B.o.B. and Playboy Tre’…
Tonight looks good for those who like, well, beats. Beyond a regular open mike, tonight’s picks involve hip-hop, reggae, and the blues. — Arielle Castillo *Up-and-coming Broward County MC Swazy Styles travels south across the county line to hit Flavour, in Coconut Grove. Nice to know this underused performance space…
Justin Namon Nas performs at Rock the Bells at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami. Click here to view the full slide show. Last Night: Rock the Bells 2008 featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Method Man & Redman, Mos Def, etc. Saturday, August 2, 2008 Bayfront Park, Downtown Miami Better…
Sayre Berman Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington performs with the band during the Projekt Revolution tour stop at the Cruzan Amphitheater in West Palm Beach. Click here to view the full slide show. Projekt Revolution with Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery and more Friday, August 1, 2008 Cruzan Ampitheatre,…
The Cool Kids The Bake Sale EP (Chocolate Industries) With frivolous brag lines and clean, minimal beats, the Cool Kids urinate willfully all over the idea of crack narratives and trigger-happy posturing, and are relishing every step of the way. At the pace of a pregnant snail, these two Chicago…
Metro Station, the Maine, Boys Like Girls, and Good Charlotte Thursday, June 31 Mizner Park Amphitheatre Better than: partying like a preteen Music events at Boca Raton’s Mizner Park are always surreal, with all those MILFs and Lolitas milling about. But last night, Tempe, Arizona rockers the Maine actually gave…
If you’re planning to attend the Rock the Bells concert tomorrow and want to know who’s playing when, we’ve got you covered. The name that’s most noticeably missing from this list is Santogold. Honestly, she was probably the person that I’m most excited to see live. And I’m bummed that…
There is only one word that could describe last weekend: Boring. It was so boring, personally I went to bed most nights by 1 a.m. Come on Miami! I know we are at the height of the low season, but that doesn’t mean we have to get lazy. Unfortunately, things…
Last year marked the inaugural local installment of the traveling hip-hop extravaganza known as Rock the Bells. Breathing some much-needed golden-age and conscious-type air into Miami’s bling-ridden environs, the lineup featured everyone from Jedi Mind Tricks to Mos Def and Talib Kweli, from Nas to a recently reunited Wu-Tang Clan…
The music festival is nothing new; it’s been around for decades here in the States, whether we’re talking the Newport Folk Festival or current behemoths like Coachella and Bonnaroo. The origin of the relatively recent phenomenon of traveling tours, however — now, that’s a different animal altogether. While some folks…
Hailing from San Francisco, Journey originated as a progressive-rock outfit in the mid-’70s, transitioned to reliable radio staples in the early ’80s, and repeatedly reshuffled in recent years after the loss of lead singer Steve Perry. Of course, losing your frontman is never fortuitous – just ask Queen, Van Halen,…
Here in South Florida, we’re lucky to have reggae royalty living in our midst. A number of reggae heavyweights call the place home, from the Marley clan to Inner Circle, but perhaps none of them are as revered as Freddie McGregor. The honey-throated crooner has sung professionally since he was…
Rap acts are known for having silly names. There’s 50 Cent, Snoop Doggy Dogg, etc., but when you think about it, the child prodigy born Shad Moss, AKA Bow Wow, might have the worst of them all. Granted, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg gave him the stage name Lil Bow…
In Dania, hidden behind a tree, is a portal to rural Irish life – at least the way I’ve always imagined it. It’s Tuesday afternoon, and that’s a good enough reason to celebrate. It’s also reason enough to drink, so the entire town has poured into this quaint public house…
It’s nearly laughable that this album is being marketed as “previously unreleased.” Bowie’s 1972 show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is perhaps one of the most-bootlegged concerts of the rock era, seen by most fans as the ultimate statement of what Bowie offered live in the ’70s. Broadcast on…
It’s fair to say there’s no one who’s more adept at interpreting other people’s songs than Emmylou Harris. Never mind that she’s a superb writer in her own right; Harris’ ability to turn in a performance that’s both intimate and inspired elevates her to a rarified strata all her own…
Katy Perry’s capable of remaking herself for any promising target demographic. In her teens, she delivered achingly sincere contemporary Christian fare that didn’t turn out to be achingly sincere after all, and her One of the Boys persona — flirty, snarky tart — feels equally phony. The production, by a…
It’s fitting that the classic Jamaican powerhouse of Sly & Robbie provides the backing for “El Aire,” the first track on Eljuri’s solid American debut album. The song shows that this Guayaquil, Ecuador-born multi-instrumentalist is comfortable playing different styles, going from reggae to Brazilian-inflected ballads to rock and Latin pop…
Since the mid-’90s, Chicago-based goth darlings Kill Hannah have been making electronic pop-rock that’s synth-heavy, dramatic, and danceable. But it wasn’t until 2002, when the band signed with Atlantic Records and later released its third LP, For Never & Ever, that Kill Hannah started to gain major popularity. As you…
I walk into the dark, smoky bar. It’s a full house tonight, and every head turns as I make my way to the front of the room. I pop open my guitar case, brandish a Gibson, and step on stage. I tease the crowd with a little strumming. “This is…
While brother alto saxophonist/bandleader Julian “Cannonball” Adderley garnered most of the fame, cornetist (and a grad of Fort Lauderdale’s Dillard High School) Nat Adderley (1931-2000) undoubtedly planted his own flag in jazz history. Aside from being the right-hand man in Cannonball’s Quintet for decades, Nat composed the perennial standards “Work…
There’s nothing like a good mash-up video to leave a smile on your face. My buddy, Francisco “Keep the Smirnoff Coming” Alvarado just sent me a link to a new video from popular Miami DJ/chef, Tom Laroc, who’s been making a name for himself with his mash up parties at…
