San Francisco DJ/producer Justin Martin has enjoyed increasing success since co-founding the auspicious Dirtybird label with Claude VonStroke in 2005. Despite his international acclaim and A-list accolades, he keeps both feet firmly planted in the underground scene, where his edgy yet melodic brand of techno has gained loyal following. This…
James Dunn The Long Ride Home jamesdunnmusic.com Even the title boasts an air of familiarity, one that translates to the sound of the songs themselves. It breeds a connection that finds these muscular melodies recalling the angst-filled anthems of Bruce Springsteen as they might sound if sung by Jackson Browne…
Critical respect has been a long time coming for the Eagles, who didn’t help their cause much with last year’s mediocre double disc, Long Road 0ut of Eden, which, despite (or maybe owing to) being available only at Wal-Mart, wound up as one of 2007’s top-selling albums. The quintessential Americana…
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…
Most of these guys who hang out in this club scene crap have no respect for women whatsoever. They’re just out trying to get their dick wet, which is horrible. I see it every day. I have literally carried girls out of here and other clubs I’ve worked at because…
It’s a desolate Monday night at Casola’s Pizzeria on SW 17th Avenue in Miami, just south of where I-95 ends and close to where suburbia begins. On weekend nights, the joint is jammed with loud, drunken clubland refugees soaking up the evening’s booze with the mammoth slices. But tonight the…
On the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s current Southern tour, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records. The New York-based label founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis became seminal for musicians such as Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock, who…
There is little left to say about the singular Celine Dion that anyone who has ever been near a radio or TV set doesn’t know already. If you love her, you probably know all about her recent past, in which she held court in Las Vegas for five years. You…
Nobody in Miami has been a bigger booster of local quartet The Jean Marie than Lolo Reskin of Sweat Records. So where else would the band celebrate its latest album release than at The Vagabond’s Friday party, which Lolo helps throw? So this edition celebrates Annie Jump Cannon, the group’s…
It’s easy to crack a joke at ol’ Rod the Mod’s expense. Sure, sadly, the lingering image many casual music fans have of him is of his latter-day, slightly bloated, warbling version. But the man is a legend, a holdout from when frontmen were rock stars instead of disposable pop…
If the number of online photos depicting a young violinist next to smiling, modestly dressed girls is any indication of classical music stardom, Joshua Bell is off the charts. One could argue, too, that the admiration from students of an art that requires hours of practice a day is more…
Critical respect has been a long time coming for the Eagles, who didn’t exactly help their cause much with last year’s mediocre double disc Long Road Out of Eden — which, despite (or maybe due to) being available only at Wal-Mart, wound up as one of 2007’s top-selling albums. The…
If the quantity of photos available online depicting a young violinist next to smiling, modestly dressed girls is any indication of classical music stardom, then Joshua Bell is off the charts. One could argue, too, that the admiration from students of an art that requires hours of practice a day…
It’s puzzling why people who are hell-bent on blowing the minds of other people via so-called “noise music” so often also seem hell-bent on blowing their sonic victims’ olfactory senses. So weird smells aside, the International Noise Conference is the place to see and hear shit that you will not…
Animal CollectiveMerriweather Post Pavilion(Domino)On Strawberry Jam in 2007, experimental noise-making weirdos Animal Collective glided on the outskirts of dreamy indie-pop. Fan fave “Peacebone” even flirted with a sunny melody that exposed a heart beneath all the usual digital flotsam. The band’s ninth album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, is still frolicking in…
If, thanks to a debacle over RSVPs, you missed the Panda Bear solo show during this past Art Basel Miami Beach, cheer up. The entire Animal Collective trifecta has just announced a large-scale national tour in support of the group’s latest album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Despite the band’s large-scale popularity…
Gunline Entertainment is a rap group of young gutter dudes from South Dade’s meanest corners steadily making a name for itself by playing shows all over Dade County. From Maracas to Gusto’s, Nice and Naughty to Coco’s to Sobe Live, they bring a real bloodthirsty-party-vibe with em’ wherever they go…
Yo! Majesty was schedule to perform at White Room around 10:30 p.m. but didn’t show up until midnight. The promoters weren’t too happy and told Yo! Majesty that the gig was off. Needless to say, Yo! Majesty wasn’t happy either. Not sure if they eventually did go on since I…
On the current southern tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the 16-piece band is focusing on the 70th anniversary of the original Blue Note records. The New York-based label founded by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis in 1939 that became seminal for musicians like Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane,…
About 20-some-odd years after the fact, Dania Beach alt.country.punk.roots pioneer, Charlie Pickett, is finally getting some of the props in mainstream media that he deserves. South Florida natives and music nerds that are in the know have been clocking this guy’s career since the late 1970s when he was slaying…
Artie Lange Live From Miami from Miami New Times on Vimeo. Artie Lange is the greatest American storyteller since Mark Twain. This motherfucker is hilarious. Artie Lange was in Miami promoting his book “Too Fat To Fish,” at Books & Books in Coral Gables. Artie was drinking water because…
Lurk on this suckas. Fusik aka Only Few Are Sick aka play this shit loud til the old lady next door shakes her fist at you then realizes she might as well be dancing and then starts shakin it like a hot tomato aka…
