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Initial Lineup Announced for Langerado 2009: Snoop Dogg, Chromeo, Bad Brains, Public Enemy, Cafe Tacuba, and More

After much Internet gossip and rumor-mongering, the folks behind Langerado announced they would release the first phase of the festival's 2009 lineup yesterday morning. That didn't happen, with a delay as organizers "finalized last-minute details." Still, this morning they've come forward with a few ... More >>

Local Album Review: Psycho Daisies - Return From Blood Island

The new release from Miami psych/blues outfit the Psycho Daisies, Return from Blood Island, is a wash of feedback, distorted growls, bumps, grunts, reverb, and haunting vocals, courtesy of Johnny Salton and company.  Salton's roots are embedded in Miami musical history, from power-pop group ... More >>

Square Deal

Washington Square comes out of the dark with a live CD

Girl Talk's and Deerhunter's Langerado Show Moved to Culture Room, Sunday, Mar. 8

Now that Langerado's cancelled, expect many of the bands to announce smaller shows throughout South Florida. Word is, booking agents started calling local promoters a few days before the official cancellation announcement. While we'll sadly still miss out, say, on the Pogues and other headliners, ke ... More >>

The Pogues Langerado Show moved to Pompano Beach Amphitheater

via forgottenjournal.comAnother of Langerado's casualties has found a new home. Irish supergroup The Pogues brushed off Langerado's cancellation by announcing they'll be holding their own show on Saturday, March 7th at 8:30 pm. Better yet, Shane MacGowan and crew have announced this will be the fir ... More >>

More Langerado Rescheduling: Ozomatli at Culture Room, Mar. 7

via www.ozomatli.comFinishing up what looks to be, perhaps, the last of the Langerado rescheduling announcements, Ozomatli will now appear at Culture Room on Saturday, March 7. Unlike Sunday's indie-fave head-to-head-to-head showdown of Deerhunter Girl Talk vs. Modest Mouse vs. Tokyo Police Cl ... More >>

Is Anybody Out There?

via www.ozomatli.comFinishing up what looks to be, perhaps, the last of the Langerado rescheduling announcements, Ozomatli will now appear at Culture Room on Saturday, March 7. Unlike Sunday's indie-fave head-to-head-to-head showdown of Deerhunter Girl Talk vs. Modest Mouse vs. Tokyo Police Cl ... More >>

This Weekend: Langerado Leftovers

It's Tuesday, so clearly it's time to start looking forward to the weekend. Since Langerado's been canceled, people looking to get their fill of music will have to do a bit more planning and travelling. A few of the bigger bands that were to play Langerado, like the Pogues (March 7th at Pompano ... More >>

Alex Hits the Highway

It's Tuesday, so clearly it's time to start looking forward to the weekend. Since Langerado's been canceled, people looking to get their fill of music will have to do a bit more planning and travelling. A few of the bigger bands that were to play Langerado, like the Pogues (March 7th at Pompano ... More >>

Q&A With Terry Woods of the Pogues, at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre This Saturday

Nine years ago (well, and before), nobody expected the original Irish punk rockers, the Pogues, to resurface together. Fans had followed the band's slow dissolution across the late 1980s and early 1990s, parallel with the personal struggles of its mad genius frontman and songwriter, Shane Mac ... More >>

Saturday Night: The Pogues at Pompano Beach Amphitheater

The PoguesWith Kiss KissPompano Beach AmphitheaterSunday, March 7, 2009Better Than: Having to hear about it after the factThe Review: Saturday night's concert by the Pogues at the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre marked the first-ever South Florida appearance by the band, since its inception in 1982. Judg ... More >>

A St. Patrick's Day Playlist For You

Stiff Little Fingers gave us some of the best Irish punk rockSt. Patrick's Day is today. So before we hit the pub to celebrate, we thought we'd put together a mix for you of some tracks our favorite Irish and Irish-American bands. Enjoy them -- preferably with a pint of Guinness. The streaming playl ... More >>

Refugees of Langerado

Some bands on the defunct festival's bill are still coming to town. Here's a guide to the makeup shows.

Three Jacks Walk into a Bar ...

And the resulting Irish rock act winds up heading to Peru to benefit earthquake victims.

Dancing in the Bazaar

Golem's not a creature — it's a six-piece band waltzing in from New York.

Jingle Bell Rock

It's the most wonderful time of the year for these guilty pleasures.

Bruce Springsteen and the Sessions Band

Live in Dublin (Columbia)

Modest Mouse

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)

Gaelic Storm

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)

Letters from the Issue of May 4, 2006

“They’re more concerned about Iraq than their own communities”

Dropkick Murphys

“They’re more concerned about Iraq than their own communities”

Dropkick Murphys

The Warrior's Code (Hellcat Records)

Mighty Like a Rose

No ivory tower theorist, the great Elvis Costello changes colors with the season

BY MOSI REEVES

Rotations

No ivory tower theorist, the great Elvis Costello changes colors with the season

BY MOSI REEVES

Rotations

No ivory tower theorist, the great Elvis Costello changes colors with the season

BY MOSI REEVES

Rotations

No ivory tower theorist, the great Elvis Costello changes colors with the season

BY MOSI REEVES

Rotation 23

No ivory tower theorist, the great Elvis Costello changes colors with the season

BY MOSI REEVES

Random Album Review: Ike Reilly - Hard Luck Stories

​Ike ReillyHard Luck Stories (Rock Ridge Music)If you took the Pogues and multiplied them by the Clash, then divided by Dylan the result would be Ike Reilly. Over the past decade, he's quietly amassed one of the most raucous and literate catalogues in rock and roll. His peculiar genius is best cap ... More >>

Cool St. Patrick's Day Menu at Yard House

Photo by Lee KleinPretend this is corned beef, not pastrami. And grilled. With cheese.​Chef Carlito Jocson of Coral Gables' Yard House will be serving a special St. Patrick's Day menu today and tomorrow. Treats will  include Corned Beef Brisket braised in Irish beer with boiled red potatoes a ... More >>

Flogging Molly Brings Brash Irish Anthems to the Fillmore Miami Beach February 12

​It's ironic that for bands like Black 47 and the Dropkick Murphys, the words Irish and insurgency have become practically synonymous, especially since these two outfits actually hail from New York and Boston respectively, cities that are separated by several thousand miles from the Emerald Isles. ... More >>

Flogging Molly's Matthew Hensley Talks Celtic Tunes, Punk, Politics, and Skateboarding

Flogging Molly's Matthew Hensley.​While often likened to other Stateside outfits, like Dropkick Murphys and Black 47, best known for blending an upstart attitude with Celtic tradition, Flogging Molly alone can claim a specific geographical bond with the old country. The band's founder and frontm ... More >>

The Wholetones' Alex Dorris Talks Bluegrass Jams Under a Bridge and Living at the Alamo

​You wonder: What's that thrashing? The sky is dark. The fields have gone silent. But there's a bonfire off in the distance, surrounded by vaguely human shapes and a furious funnel of sound -- acoustic axe, banjo, cello, upright bass, mouth organ. This is the middle of nowhere and you've just s ... More >>