Puerto Rico is known for a lot of things–salsa, rum, mofongo and a perhaps a slightly overblown pride in their flag (c’mon people, on the back of the car, hanging from the rearview and on your hat, all at once?) chief among them. Perhaps a little less, reggae. Of course,…
Now, I don’t pretend to understand physics. Writers are inherently bad at math and sciences of all forms. So when I say I get Elastic Bond, you can take it for granted I’m not referring to a complex concept of atomic physics dealing with the distance between particles in a…..
There’s old, and then there’s old school. The differentiating factor lies in the degree of coolness to oldness, or the CTO ratio, if you will. Gustavo Cerati is neither. The cat is straight up out of school. Now, we could wax jargon all day to hash out how that works…
The latest full-length album by Long Island band As Tall as Lions, You Can’t Take It With You, might seem pretty high-concept at first listen. That’s because it is. The band name-checks influences such as performance art piece Fuerza Bruta, for example, along the literary insights of Daniel Quinn’s mythological…
Julieta VenegasWednesday, April 21, 2010Dolce Ultra Lounge, Miami Beach(Even) Better than: The last time I saw her, at the Gibson Showroom in 2008, actually.Julieta Venegas is something of a shape shifter. Her sound has remained in a state of perpetual motion throughout her career. Hers has been a constant evolution…
Local star Suenalo plays the King Is Dead this Friday
420 is just around the corner, and with that most hallowed of modern holidays looming literally right before us, stoners across Dade county–nay, across the world–are no doubt asking themselves one poignant question: what did I come in here for again? Pothead humor aside (no, there’ll be more), 420, or…
Tonight, why not come be a part of a little history in the making within your local music scene? Having a party tonight at King Is Dead to celebrate a milestone for this upstart band, to which you’re all invited–Xperimento. In case you’ve somehow managed to miss this group gigging…
Remember Proyecto Uno? If you answered yes, you just dated yourself. Big time. These guys have been around, as the Spanish saying goes, desde el año de la corneta (since the year of the horn). Proyecto Uno formed in 1989, and in its 20-plus-year career, it has earned numerous awards…
Once again, it’s baseball season, folks. If it feels like just yesterday you were watching the Yankees swipe their 27th World Series title, this time from the Phillies, that’s probably because you were. Baseball season is really friggin’ long! But for those fanatics out there — and there are many…
If you’ve been following along — and we know you have — you’re well aware by now of MiamiAlterLatino.com’s awesome series taking place at Jazid, known as International Thursdays. The party series has sought to bring to SoBe a little global culture, changing each week’s parties to fit different themes…
If you’re thinking this means Transit Lounge’s little eats spot next door is now serving pasta, you’re wrong. Or you could be right. Frankly, I’ve never really looked at the menu. It’s my understanding the offer late-night pizza and chicken fingers to soak the booze in your belly, but that’s…
Being compared to Bob Dylan, one of the greatest and most incisive songwriters of our time, is an honor for any musician — unless the comparison refers to hair. It’s a lot to live up to, and yet, Brazil’s Caetano Veloso has succeeded over the course of his 45-year career…
Colombia’s Bomba Estereo plays at the Heineken Transatlantic Festival this Friday
Remember when people used the word “funk” to show their approval of something? Like, “hey man, that shit is the funk!” Sadly, it doesn’t get tossed around like that anymore, having gone the way of the dinosaur, and other mostly out of date turns of phrase like “word” and “cool…
Next Wednesday is FIU’s annual UP-ROAR Concert, and if you’re an FIU student, there’s a good chance you already snatched up tix to this. If you’re not, you could very well be one of the ones currently scouring Craig’s List or hitting up students you know, because tickets to this…
Are we the only ones shocked to find it’s already April 2010? Damn! It’s certainly not the first instance we’ve been assaulted by a sudden passage of time. Still, there’s one local group for whom that time passing has been auspicious: Suénalo. One of Miami’s hottest local bands in recent…
Radioboxer’s has been something of a Cinderella story. They came from the virtual brink of oblivion when they decided to disband Fallaz, but kept it together and started Radioboxer, a new band with a whole new energy, hell-bent on grinding through heartfelt alternajams with clever lyrics and a very refined…
Another Winter Music Conference in the books, party people. And if you’re reading this, it means you survived, which is commendable in and of itself. One always comes out the other side a little worse for wear, but satisfied. This year was no different.Friday we passed by Bayfront Park to…
Afro KumbeTransit Lounge, MiamiandPalenke SoultribeBardot, MiamiThursday, March 25, 2010Better Than: Any of my wife’s early-morning suggestions to fill this line.The Review: You might be wondering if my covering two shows in one review is kosher. And strictly speaking, I can’t say for sure. But as I sit here bleary-eyed at…
Sure, we’re smack dab in the middle of WMC. Just yesterday morning, as some of us who had work or appointments chugged along in our cars, a line formed in front of Electric Pickle at 8 a.m. But there are other things going on in Miami this week, other scenes…
Just like the stuff they put in hot dogs, you’re probably better off not knowing what makes “special” sauce so special. On the other hand, G. Love & Special Sauce have been brewing their lip-smacking concoction for more than a decade now, and they’ve got the recipe down pat –…
