Peter Gabriel

R.I.P. Lucky Dube

John Cale

HoboSapiens Or Music

Heave Ho

TV on the Radio break through the tedium to release one of the year's best albums

Lumps of Coal

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

Inside Feature: Laurie Anderson

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

Our Mickey Rourke Is an Oscar Nominee

The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange ... More >>

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The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange ... More >>

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The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange ... More >>

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The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange ... More >>

That Was Then. This Is...Then

The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange ... More >>

Outereach

The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange ... More >>

Unplugged and Plugging Away

Peter Betan serenades the sunset in Islamorada

Lifting Heavy

Fair to Midland churns out uncommon rock for the ages

The British Invasión

As DJ and co-founder of the band Sidestepper, Richard Blair didn't just embrace Colombian music — he went native

Putumayo CD-Release Party

As DJ and co-founder of the band Sidestepper, Richard Blair didn't just embrace Colombian music — he went native

Kenny Garrett

As DJ and co-founder of the band Sidestepper, Richard Blair didn't just embrace Colombian music — he went native

Anatomy of a Buzz

The Secret Machines ride a wave of good press; can record sales be far behind?

Animal Matter

Artist's videos get beastly

Must See DVD

Capturing the essence of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Raw and Uncooked

King Sunny Ade's early-Eighties "crossover" recordings still retain their power

Natacha Atlas

Something Dangerous(Mantra/Beggars)

Erasure

Other People's Songs (Mute)

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Best Rock Vocalist (Male)

Nil Lara

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Complete Paris Concerts
Ocora/Harmonia Mundi

Fuck You; Pay Me!

At MIDEM 2001 it's no more Mr. Nice Download

Sidestepper

More Grip (Palm Pictures )

Deep Digi Domain

CyberWorld

Cumbia Holds Sway

Totó la Momposina

Separate but Equal

Totó la Momposina

The Art of the Matter

Totó la Momposina

Rotations

Totó la Momposina

Mana a Mano

Totó la Momposina

Wallace & Gromit's Excellent Inventor

Totó la Momposina

Reverb

Totó la Momposina

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Totó la Momposina

The World in a Box

Building bridges from foreign cultures to the U.S. marketplace

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Building bridges from foreign cultures to the U.S. marketplace

Q&A With the Naked Eyes' Pete Byrne, Playing at the Norton Museum on Thursday, July 9

via nakedeyesmusic.comWith 1980s playlists all the rage these days, you don't have to be of a certain age to appreciate the tuneful joy of Naked Eyes' 1983 "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me." But it helps. If only for the fact that you can count yourself among those who were there when ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Rising Sun" by JESP, Playing at Buck 15 This Friday

Video still from Jesp's music video for "Rising Sun."​The current local buzz about JESP, the new solo project by singer/songwriter/producer Joseph Espinoza, threatens to soon eclipse that of his old band, Outereach. That group, now defunct, never fit into any neat scene categories, floating somewh ... More >>

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records' Top 5 Releases for April 6-12

Madlib squeezes a mere 43 tracks onto the 3 LP version​In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.As foretold, hip-hop producer Madlib notched some serious ... More >>

DJ Supersede Broadens His Reach with Lincoln Road Records

Nick Morrison and Supersede, AKA the Miami Ski Team.​At 26-years-old, Andrew Beckwith, AKA DJ Supersede, has a career most local DJs would be envious of. He spins at some of South Florida's most popular nightclubs; he was selected by you, the reader, as Best Club DJ for last year's Best of Miami; ... More >>

Meet DJ Contra, resident DJ at LIV on Wednesdays and Purdy Lounge on Sundays

Nick Morrison and Supersede, AKA the Miami Ski Team.​At 26-years-old, Andrew Beckwith, AKA DJ Supersede, has a career most local DJs would be envious of. He spins at some of South Florida's most popular nightclubs; he was selected by you, the reader, as Best Club DJ for last year's Best of Miami; ... More >>

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records' Top 5 Releases for May 11-17

Sorry guys, I think this cover is the most interesting thing about the National​In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records  graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.This week, Radio-Active Rec ... More >>

Cut Copy Releases New Single "Where I'm Going;" Stream it Here

​Synth geniuses Cut Copy have mastered an electropop sound we just always want to dance to. The Australian-born band has toured with Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party and the great Daft Punk, and they've recently rejected offers to tour supporting artists like Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails and Coldplay. Th ... More >>

Jorge Moreno Talks Winning the International Songwriting Competition and His Split Personality

​Jorge Moreno's "Thank You" is a gently unfolding, deceptive pop-rock paean to life's simple pleasures. Its earworm tendencies come on slowly. The more you play the track, the more it reveals new flourishes -- a roots-rock guitar lick here, a Beatles-esque wall of backing voices there. It also ... More >>

This Week's Day by Day Picks

​Jorge Moreno's "Thank You" is a gently unfolding, deceptive pop-rock paean to life's simple pleasures. Its earworm tendencies come on slowly. The more you play the track, the more it reveals new flourishes -- a roots-rock guitar lick here, a Beatles-esque wall of backing voices there. It also ... More >>

Cadenza Label's Michel Cleis Talks Latin Beats, Peter Gabriel, and Overnight Success

​Imagine going from unknown middle-aged music production hobbyist to international dancefloor sensation, literally overnight. That is exactly what happened to Swiss DJ-producer Michel Cleis in 2008 when his track "La Mezcla" became Cadenza label boss Luciano's favorite new weapon.Fast-forward to 2 ... More >>

What You Listening To, Fernando Perdomo?

​Forward Motion Records CEO and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo is one of the hardest working dudes in Miami. He's a passionate guy, "one of Miami music's biggest cheerleaders," and a social media addict. Last month, Perdomo digitally released Forward Motion Records Live, a compilat ... More >>