At press time, there were still a few really good seats available for Paul McCartney’s upcoming Sun Life Stadium concert, though tickets will set you back the equivalent of a Namibian family of four’s yearly budget. But hey, this is McCartney, man, the original mop-top heartthrob! And no price is…
With pop culture spinning as fast it does, it would seem to make a certain perfect sense for DJs to start getting dizzy with visuals as well as with sound. But except for a very few practitioners here and there, the spin still remains basically the same. Not so for…
Rye Rye and KelisThe Sirius Satellite Belvedere Lounge at The W Hotel, Miami BeachMarch 26, 2010Better Than: Having to deal with the throngs.There’s always a lot of side action goin’ on at Winter Music Conference. Some of it is quasi-official; some of it isn’t even advertised. And some of it…
Don’t think for a second that this house throwdown has anything at all to do with the knuckleheads from that inexplicably popular show Jersey Shore; in fact the keen cats behind this action are about as far-removed from those dimwits as one could get and still be in the Garden…
A guide to the live acts at Ultra Music Festival
Head Spins: Richard Vasquez
WilcoThe Fillmore Miami BeachMonday, March 22, 2010Better Than: Having to travel all the Way to Chicago’s Vic Theater.Call me a fogy if you want — a lightweight, a wimp. Yes, Wilco staged at The Fillmore Gleason last night, and yes, I left at intermission. And I know damn well that…
The alarm bells have sounded. The sirens have been set off. And those flashing strobe lights you see are meant to be a warning. Tonight People From Venus will land at Sweat Records, and no soul is safe until the alien boys depart back into the nether regions from whence…
Head Spins: Sevim Abaza, South Florida’s queen of metal disco
Classixx is L.A.’s new dynamite duo
Annie Mac tops out at four WMC gigs this year
Crobar Worldwide does the official WMC pool parties at the Eden Roc
Afrika Bambaataa, the godfather of hip-hop, does WMC
Ultra Music Festival grows again in 2010
Regular New Times readers will be well aware of what WDNA does for our community, especially with regards to Brazilian Music, be it Bossa nova or MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira). And there’s no better in-town proponent of the form than Rhythm Foundation Development Director and Café Brasil DJ Gene de…
The Wave PicturesThe Vagabond, MiamiFriday, March 12, 2010Better Than: Having to hear about your own lost loves.The Review:When I heard word Sweat Records and the Vagabond were bringing the Wave Pictures to town, I must admit that I got a little giddy. Not fan-boy giddy, mind you, but the kind…
Head Spins: WDNA’s Frank Consola
It ain’t easy being queen. There’s the gospel career derailed by pregnancy before you reach your midteens and the six-year jazz-pop career that never really gets out of the box. There’s the return to roots under the auspices of Jerry Wexler and Atlantic Records and the transformation into “Soul Sister…
UK trio the Wave Pictures plays the Vagabond
Head Spins: DJ Top Feelin
Anyone who has swung through Miami’s Design District on any given Tuesday over the last two years would have noticed a fair bit of bedlam. Not that there have been riots — but there has been the kind of heavy traffic that comes about when something successful is going down…
People From Venus celebrate their debut album release with a live WVUM broadcast and two shows
