“The hate you gave little infants f**ks everybody” is the breakdown of the THUG LIFE acronym Tupac Shakur had tatted on his belly. Before exploding metal cylinders sent his body to the pavement and his soul to Heaven’s ghetto, he’d already survived five bullet wounds, gone to prison, and spent…
Our bosom buddies over at the Juice have a nectar-filled tidbite regarding Madonna, and her latest real estate overture that would place her home address in the 33414 zip code, and might necessitate a gym membership at Ultima Fitness.In an entry titled “The Singer Who Cried Wellington,” Lisa Gartner uncovers…
Judging by how many vehement Danny Gokey supporters spoke out when they found out that his Culture Room show was nixed, hopefully we can bring some American Idol-fueled joy into the world with the following: Jordin Sparks will perform at Revolution on June 22. That’s right. Idol season six winner…
Best to show up early at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale tonight to catch two local acts prior to Dallas/Fort Worth product the Rocket Summer’s headlining set. Aside from the fact that a gaggle of fans will already be settled in to see and hear Stephen Bryce Avery in all…
Pulling off the whole big-room commercial house music thing without falling into the lowest common denominator is no easy feat (I’m looking at you, David Guetta,) but The Shapeshifters have managed to find that difficult balance between mainstream appeal and true musical quality fairly successfully. The West London DJ/production duo…
Nocturnal, the other major superclub on NE Eleventh Street, has suffered its ups and downs, surviving through its fare share of closing and re-opening rumors over the years. But that’s just par for the course in nightlife, where longevity is rare and a fifth birthday, which the dance warehouse celebrates…
Any given Saturday in Miami the bass, sweat, sex, liquor, music, and dancing flood the concrete tropics like a hurricane on South Beach. This year a bigger, better Swamp Stomp shook the wooden floorboards at The Bayside Hut to their core with more local soul than the Miami section in…
No matter what happens Saturday at Poor House (110 Nugent Avenue, Fort Lauderdale) on Saturday evening, the results will probably warrant another blog posting.Thanks to a tip from New Times shutterbug Ian Witlen, we discover an intriguing Facebook entry titled “FALCO” Plays The Poorhouse. The news comes a few months…
Anyone expecting M.I.A. to ease her way back into public consciousness gradually obviously doesn’t remember that her biggest hit of all time features some gunshots as part of the chorus. With “Born Free,” Maya Arulpragasam manages to find a far more intense, manic musical backdrop for her rhetoric than “Paper…
The local super-indie label Destroyio Records made it all the way to the finals of Miami New Times’ recent Mastermind Awards contest this past winter. That was not a small feat, considering the artsy-fartsy, more “establishment”-type entries in the pool. The one-man operation deserves plenty of credit for keeping proper…
Now Crossfade isn’t taking any steps to become Sunfade for the week, but there’s going to be a lot of SunFest coverage. The lineup, which includes Weezer, the Flaming Lips, Nas, among many others, is strong to say the least. And, assuming the weather is nothing like the buckets of…
The best DJs dig deep into the sounds they’re spinning. And that doesn’t mean just the the components of a given track – the structure of the beat, the motion of a melody, the drive of a bassline, and so on. No, the best want to know where a song…
When it comes to making a regional song into a global phenomenon, gotta hand it to Jay-Z. “Empire State of Mind” isn’t disappearing from the airwaves any time soon (although we’re partial to his “Brooklyn’s Finest” featuring Notorious B.I.G.). Something about shouting out the names on a map over a…
Our giveaway of tickets for the screening of Animal Collective’s visual album ODDSAC, this Sunday at Grand Central in Miami, is now closed. Congratulations to the winner!For everybody else, advance tickets are still available for $15 at this link. A pretty good deal — just a few dollars over the…
Friday’s closing bell is only hours away, and there’s a whole weekend’s worth of angst yet to spend. On Saturday evening, one option worth risking a black eye for is a run of seven local hardcore acts at Brogues on the Avenue Irish Pub in Lake Worth (621 Lake Avenue).Dubbed…
Coral Springs native and hip-hop producer Jim Jonsin is suing Lil Wayne’s Miami rap collective for $500,000 in allegedly unpaid royalties for the smash hit “Lollipop”. According to the suit, filed this week in New York federal court, Young Money Entertainment “failed to provide any accountings or payments whatsoever” to…
Miami New Times columnist and Miami bass legend Luther “Luke” Campbell will be honored at this year’s rendition of the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, along with the group he made history with: the 2 Live Crew. The awards show will be taped on June 3rd, and then will air on June…
Miami loves Victor Calderone, his big-room tribal house beats and energetic pop diva remixes for the likes of Madonna, Beyonce, and Whitney Houston are exactly the sort of thing that gets Miami’s mainstream nightlife set off at the club. The Brooklyn-based DJ/producer had an auspicious career start back in the…
Jon Cowan deserves a lot of credit in recent years for keeping alive some hope of quality dance music on the Beach. Back in the ’90s, he was known for spinning around town and co-promoting the Bliss parties at Groove Jet, which were responsible for beginning the tidal wave of…
Lurking in the trenches of obscurity, tomorrow’s super producers toil in darkened studios surrounded by empty malt liquor bottles and ashtrays full of blunt roaches.Or maybe they’re up and grinding at The Setai. Either way, Llamabeats Crew bring a sample heavy musicality to live guitar, bass, and key laced tracks…
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…
John Fogerty performed at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on Thursday, April 22, 2010
