We’ve broken our “1” key over here typing out exclamation marks regarding all of Live Nation’s recent bookings, especially at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Suffice it to say, Fillmore, we love you, keep being awesome. Here’s another awesome, never-thought-it-would-happen show to add to your coming fall calendar: Phoenix, on Wednesday,…
If you have ever, ever professed to love hip-hop, here are two things you need to do/plan to do, immediately, if you haven’t completed at least step one:1) Get Big Boi’s new solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot … the Son Of Chico Dusty. If you haven’t listened yet, well, what…
Yesterday, the major U.K. newspaper The Sun ran a music trend piece whose thesis more or less deserves a resounding “Duh” from anyone around here. The headline: “Dubstep making leaps in the U.S.” Well, yeah. Anyone into electronic music in the States — like the thousands and thousands of people who crowded the…
We reported here this past June that Alanis Morisette had semi-secretly married Mario Treadway, who was previously known around South Florida as a vaguely neo-hippie, conscious rapper known as Souleye. The one-time-Whole Foods employee was a favorite on the local circuit in the early ’00s, when he lived in Boca…
Poor Fantasia. The erstwhile American Idol champion won fans and hearts on season three of that show with her squeaky, unusual voice and around-the-way appeal. Still, she was relatively public with her personal struggles, and then commercial breakout success didn’t really follow, either. Recently, she attempted a comeback through realty television, a…
While this blog keeps on trucking with the multiple daily updates, there is, in fact, in a nod to Stone Age tradition still a print music section that comes out weekly. That’s where the longer music features live, and we’ve got at least one in-depth look weekly at a local…
We love musical cruise season every winter. It brings such a random assortment of sea-bound voyages, from the by-now-an-institution Jam Cruise to our new favorite, the garage-rock-soul-themed Bruise Cruise. Well, here’s another somewhat unlikely hit trip that’s returning: The New Kids on the Block cruise! Haters be damned. Since reuniting in…
Wolf Parade: One of the many bands who arose in that one crop of lupine-themed acts a few years back. It’s been a few years since these Quebecois were the indie rock flavor of the week, and back then, through their first two albums, they were dogged by constant Modest…
Rick Ross’ annual Be Out Day returned last week to the North Miami Athletic Stadium for its third year, and we just got our mitts on some photos of the star-studded charity event. For all his flossy gangster fantasies, Ross is still a diehard Miami guy who frequently back to…
The Massive Attack/Thievery Corporation double-header in Miami is most definitely still on for October 26 at Bayfront Park…. But in case you logged on to Live Nation or Ticketmaster earlier and got confused, tickets aren’t actually on sale today. Some confusion arose after Thievery Corporation’s label, ESL Music, posted an…
The beginning of the year marks the season of the increasingly popular and numerous music-themed cruises that depart from South Florida. They range from the obscure (cruises themed to singer-songwriters, or classic R&B), to the more pop-minded (John Mayer’s and the Barenaked Ladies’ trips), to the fusion-friendly (the Jam Cruise)…
Unlike many of his “MySpace generation” peers — the words from his press materials, not ours — English phenom Kissy Sell Out has refused to move on to new flavors like tropical disco or funk or house. Instead, he’s instead stuck to his bass-bombing electro guns, mostly on a series of frequently…
If you’ve been to any of the various Blue Martini bars throughout Florida (and elsewhere), then you know what to expect, more or less — a decently upscale, but still pretty democratic, neighborhood bar with the usual happy hours and ladies’ nights. The latest addition to the chain is a…
The first time we heard AJ the R&B General perform live, we didn’t know exactly how to react at first. Here was a guy amazing crooning voice with a flexible range, singing a sweet-sounding melody … only a few words in, we realized it was a ballad about a stripper,…
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Was that enough? Sure, sure, Thievery Corporation just played at the Fillmore not too long ago. But when was the last time Massive Attack played in South Florida, if at all? (Seriously, if at all — can’t even remember if its happened). Here, happy birthday Miami: Both of the collective…
Need more proof that it’s Drake’s year? The singer/rapper/actor is approaching Lady Gaga status — just like that diva, he’s been almost forced to add a second Miami show after the first sold out quickly. Yes, tickets for his first announced solo performance in town, at the James L. Knight Center…
Well, yesterday when we were busy spreading the gossip about rapper T.I.’s wedding to longtime girlfriend, singer/TV star Tiny, we were going off other supposed eyewitness reports. Turns out, everybody else was wrong, according to an anonymous tipster who was actually there.The Saturday ceremony (which followed Friday’s “official” courthouse wedding)…
Sometimes, getting dropped by your label is a good thing…. Actually, it seems to be better and better these days. Going independent allows an artist to build up his or her fan base, release music when- and however he or she wants, and then take all that added value to…
Think whatever you will about Sasha Grey’s acting/performance art/whatever, but music snobs everywhere lust after her even more thanks to her avowed awesome and obscure music taste. Take her stage name, after all — the “Sasha” part is reportedly cribbed from Sascha Konietzko, founder of industrial legends KMFDM.We doubt any…
It warms our jaded hearts to see that there is, in fact, the possibility of love in the music industry. Rapper T.I., born Clifford Harris, married longtime girlfriend Tameka “Tiny” Cottle this past weekend here in Miami.It’s a nice payoff for Tiny, who’s stood by her man through a nine-year…
Fat Joe’s new, 10th studio album, Darkside, Vol. 1, dropped just two days ago, but is already expected to debut in the Billboard 200. Why all the sales fuss over Jose’s latest? Well, it’s a return to his old, street-level form — a 180 from the continued attempts at pop…
If you ever enjoy seeing the city from two wheels, there are two things you should do tomorrow evening. One, join the Friday-night 305 Critical Mass ride (not to be confused with the other monthly Miami Critical Mass, ride which happens on Saturday mornings). Bring lights and don’t be an…
