There are tons of bands to hear tonight, so no matter your musical taste, you should be all set.If you haven’t already picked up your tickets to the Blink-182 show tonight at the Cruzan Amphitheatre, you’re going to be doing some scalping and/or auditioning to be a new roadie as…
It’s time for some cubaneo, party people. You know you’ve been wanting it. Well, we got some for you right here. And what better celebration of Cubiche culture than the music of the late, great Perez Prado? For the uninitiated, Prado is to this day considered the King of Mambo,…
If you can’t make it down to Colossal Music Fest at Tobacco Road or Howitzer at Churchill’s Pub, there are still plenty of things to hear in Broward and Palm Beach tonight.Universally hailed as one of the finest bass guitar players of this generation, Victor Wooten is lighting up Culture…
One of my favorite South Florida groups, the dark indie-pop duo The State Of officially start a national tour for their new record Day of Abandon October 1. I e-mailed the pair, made up of pianist/vocalist Steph Taylor and drummer/vocalist Nabedi Osorio, a few questions about their influences, background, and what to expect from the new…
Reasons to attend the Death to the Sun festival at Legion Park in Miami tomorrow afternoon: 1) It’s free. 2) You have nothing to do in the early afternoon, most likely, anyways, besides nurse a hangover. Why not treat it with some hair of the dog? 3) If you just like fun, ironically…
Rejoice, fellow broke-asses. The recession is kind of good for us, because finally, there is no societal shame in our thrifty-nightlife game. Now the whole word is trying to perfect its get-in-free-or-cheap and procure-free-drinks methods, when we’ve already refined them. This is a particularly good weekend for partying on the…
How about a little soul in your life? A couple concert announcements today could go a long way toward getting your groove on this year.Blues Traveler has been through a ton. They hit it big with a couple singles “Run-Around”, “Hook”, and “But Anyway”. Then things started getting a little…
Alligator Alley has a stacked lineup for Saturday, which includes the most rawkin’, grrrliest band in South Florida, Angry Pudding. The foursome is one of the best punk groups around, playing with a femme-driven grit that, well, is sort of hard to find in these parts. I admit, I have a…
Gear Wire is a Chicago based news and video site covering music and audio technology. This recently uploaded video finds Gear Wire in Fort Lauderdale’s Modern Music (320 E. Oakland Park Blvd.) talking about Fender Stratocasters made in America, Japan, Mexico, Korea, and China.Find out what these guitar store Van…
Everybody’s favorite (ironic?) Miami bass/freestyle/electro quartet Miami Bass Warriors are finally getting around to celebrating the release of their 12″ EP. The record was released back in July and features staple cuts “Going Back to Calle Ocho” and “Bro, That Chick’s a Basser,” as well as a new track, “Breakfire.”Now…
DJ/producer Michael Christopher is a Boston transplant who moved to Miami in 2004 to pursue a college baseball career, and soon became a mainstay of the local underground dance scene, playing various weekly residencies and parties throughout the years at local venues like Blue, Laundry Bar, White Room, and PS14.He…
It’s like Beatlemania all over again. Not that I was there to witness the original madness, but, y’know… Last week, the Fab Four’s re-mastered catalogue — each album at least 40 years old (!) — moved 2.25 million CDs in an era when the compact disc is suppose to be…
Even if you’ve spent most of this century under a hard rock, there’s no question you’ve heard the news about the music Juliette Lewis has been making. If you’ve been lucky – and you’ve been smart – you would’ve already heard the music itself. With her Licks, Juliette ripped the…
Although it can seem silly to outsiders (and insiders), the byzantine world of hardcore dance music aficionados is full of weird genre-based in-fighting. And some of the most ferociously discerning fans come from the word of soulful house. Not to say that, as a scene, the people of deep grooves…
When we close the book on this decade, I am willing to bet Nick Diamonds will be mentioned among the names of the most influential music makers of the 00’s. Through his work in lo-fi indie-pop outfit the Unicorns, into his most recent incarnation with the band Islands, Mr. Diamonds…
Swedish band the Sounds rock Revolution in Fort Lauderdale
The journey of Journey from arena rock headliner to karaoke mainstay took 12 lineup changes, two indefinite hiatuses, one “chronic throat infection,” and the replacement of American Idol judge Randy Jackson as a backing bassist. Now, with Filipino singer Arnel Pineda imitating Steve Perry’s soaring crescendos, a journey to see…
Another weekend, another Tobacco Road-centered music festival sponsored by the tireless Oski Gonzalez and Queen of the Scene. No, seriously, these two are among the most unfailingly positive movers and shakers on the local scene. And if they put on so many multi-stage, million-band festivals, it’s because they really care…
Los Enanitos Verdes (“The Little Green Dwarves”) are pretty much the granddaddies of alternative rock in their native Argentina. They’ve been in the game a hell of a long time — 30 years, if you count the early days, before guitarist Sergio Embroni and keyboardist Tito Dávila signed on in…
Although they remain a cult act in the United States, the rough-and-ready northern Brits of the Happy Mondays are hugely influential on today’s indie/dance crossover acts. Founded by brothers Paul and Sean Ryder in ’80s Manchester, the Mondays formed at the exact moment when postpunk was fading and early dance…
Lil Jon talks Crunk Rock, Pitbull, and fine wine
Head Spins: Dean Michaels, the W Fort Lauderdale’s resident empire builder
