Name any Hall & Oates song and the melody immediately springs to mind. To name just a few, there are “She’s Gone,” “Sara Smile,” “Rich Girl,” “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes,” “Out of Touch,” “Maneater,” and “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do).” Each is a pitch-perfect confection…
Boston synth-pop band Freezepop takes the stage this Friday at The Vagabond. New Times asked members Liz Enthusiasm and Sean T. Drinkwater about videogames, TV shows, who’d be on their dream tour, and what we should expect this Friday night at the club. New Times: The other member of your…
No ifs, no ands, and definitely no buts about it. When DJ Jonathan Brody is asked to define his genre, he comes back with a quick and decisive, “Disco, disco, disco!” Sure, it swings “from new disco to Italo-disco to disco-house,” but in the end, it’s clear: This cat’s got…
No ifs, no ands, and definitely no buts about it — when DJ Jonathan Brody is asked to define his genre, he comes back with a quick and decisive “disco, disco, disco!” Sure, it swings “from new disco to Italo Disco disco-house,” but in the end it’s clear: this cat’s…
Whether they admit it or not, everybody digs a diva. The sass, the swagger, the glam, the tantrums — divas are never, ever boring. In fact, at their best and their worst, divas can be about the best show on earth. And if you don’t properly kowtow, a diva just…
With DJs the world over claiming to be “open format,” it’s refreshing to stumble upon a spinner who actually claims a specific genre. In DJ Lennox’s case, it’s hip-hop, he says: “That’s my foundation.” Still, Lennox is no fool about the vagaries of the marketplace, and he’s not about to…
With DJs the world over claiming to be “open format,” it’s refreshing to stumble upon a spinner who actually claims a specific genre. In DJ Lennox’s case, it’s hip-hop, he says: “That’s my foundation.”Still, Lennox is no fool about the vagaries of the marketplace, and he’s not about to lose…
It’s hard to believe that a New York City kid whose father discovered everybody from Billie Holiday to Bruce Springsteen, and whose lineage can be traced back to the Vanderbilts, would devote his life to a tradition birthed in the backwoods and bayous of the South. But that’s exactly what…
One of the best things about South Florida has got to be the wide array of music available to dance to on any given night. Forget “open format,” whatever that really means. Sometimes the best music is true to its roots — a specific genre, done up right by a…
These days, there are few better ways for a band to achieve instant recognition than by having a song featured on a TV commercial. And when said song happens to be hyping a product as ubiquitous as the iPod, well, that recognition is pretty much bound to be bountiful. So…
One of the best things about South Florida has got to be the wide array of music available to dance to on any given night. Forget “open format,” whatever that really means. Sometimes the best is music is true to its roots — a specific genre, done up right by…
Estelle and John LegendFriday, January 30, 2009The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterBetter Than: Being sung to by the girl of your dreams. Or close to it anyway.Okay, I’m gonna get a lot of flack for this, so I may as well get it over with quickly:Last night…
New Times recently caught up with John Legend in between all kinds of action. After his high-profile appearances at the inaugural festivities, February will find the five-time Grammy winner playing Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the NBA All-Star Game, and the Dubai International Jazz Festival. Oh, yeah: He also boasts a new…
It’s hard to believe that one of last year’s biggest hits almost didn’t make it to radio, let alone onto the album it highlights. But that’s the story behind Estelle’s soul-stirring smash “American Boy,” from her successful LP Shine. “We were just messing about,” says the newly minted British singing…
Like the architecture degree he keeps sequestered, and the dizzying heights implied by his name, DJ Vertigo structures some truly classic nights on the town. Sure, the head spinner uses sound, rather than steel and concrete, to create what he envisions. But that doesn’t make the edifices any less enduring…
Like the architecture degree he keeps sequestered, and the dizzying heights implied by his name, DJ Vertigo structures some truly classic nights on the town. Sure, the head spinner’s using sound, rather than steel and concrete, to create what he envisions. But that doesn’t make the edifices any less enduring,…
Lewis BlackSaturday, January 24, 2009The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterBetter Than: Crying about things.The Bush Administration may be gone, but don’t think for a second that they’ve taken away all of Lewis Black’s targets. “People think stupidity left the country,” cracks Black. Well, it didn’t.Cases in point:…
It’s been just over 20 years since a one-eyed rapper from the unlikely London neighborhood of South Wimbledon released what would become one of the most pivotal hip-hip albums of all-time. Entitled The Adventures of Slick Rick and featuring the cautionary “A Children’s Story,” the LP not only highlighted the…
The fact that DJ Justin Sheppard is the son of a Drifters member makes sense when you consider the smooth, supple soulfulness he brings to his spinning. That he’s also got a degree in computer science, however, might not make as much sense, especially when you consider just how dizzying…
The fact that DJ Justin Sheppard is the son of a drifter makes sense when you consider the smooth, supple soulfulness he brings to his spinning. That he’s also got a degree in computer science, however, might not make as much sense, especially when you consider just how dizzying he…
Anybody who’s ever heard a track by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers knows the deep power of go-go, that mighty blend of pure funk and raw soul that could only come from the streets of D.C. It’s a heady mix of down-low and way-up-on-high that brings to mind nothing…
Anybody who’s ever heard a track by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers knows the deep power of go-go, that mighty blend of pure funk and raw soul that could only come from the streets of D.C. It’s a heady mix of down-low and way-up-on-high that brings to mind nothing…
