SunGhosts Premiere Debut Album This Weekend

At first glance, at least three quarters of the band Sunghosts — with their greasy long hair and Lennon-style glasses — do not appear to be the picture of ambition. But on the band’s long awaited, full-length self-titled debut, you can hear the hunger that’s made them a success of…

In a Tragic World, Locos Por Juana See the Bright Side

In the not-so-distant future, when internet culture crushes humanity under the weight of deadpan hipster irony and belligerent comment sections, one man will stand above the fray, shouting “one love” until the bitter end. That person, perhaps one of the few in our world still left unscathed by cynicism, is…

Taking Back Sunday Outlasted Emo and Lived to Tell the Tale

Rock n’ roll is all about mythology: selling your soul to the devil in exchange for godly guitar riffs. Bands achieve immortal status by soundtracking the most important moments in our lives, sometimes with eerie specificity.  Unfortunately, in the world of rock n’ roll mythology, old legends and first impressions…

Former Majic 102.7 Show Beatle Brunch Returns to Miami Radio

A John Lennon “Imagine” license plate greets you in the driveway of Joe Johnson’s home studio in Plantation. The common areas in the house are lightly sprinkled with Beatles memorabilia. A poster for the Beatles’ Vegas Cirque du Soleil show, Love, and an official print of Lennon’s “Dear Prudence” lyrics adorn…

Miami’s Josephine Phoenix Is a Certified Triple Threat

Inside Puroast Coffee, the new coffee shop that’s taken the place of the now tragically defunct Tobacco Road, there’s a stream of curly red hair bouncing at the bar. Even with her back turned, you can’t walk into a room and miss Josephine Phoenix.  With a copy of Anjelica Huston’s…