B.B. King and Joe Bonamassa at the BankAtlantic Center Saturday, May 3, 2008 Better Than: When you ask your baby for water and she brings you gasoline. At 82, the good news is that B.B. King can still play and sing with aplomb. The bad news is that he’d rather…
We’ve just received official word from Dave Slifkin, Studio A’s general manager. The long-term future of the club still remains unclear. But all currently booked shows will still take place there, with the exception of the all-ages May 22 Sophomore Attempt/Mercy Mercedes/Settings show. Says Slifkin: “Studio A will 100% be…
Sayre Berman Carlos Santana and Derek Trucks Hard Rock Live Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Better Than: Sitting home and watching the speeches of Rev. Jeremiah Wright loop constantly on every channel. There are three sure things at a Santana show: 1) Carlos will display the highest level of improvisational virtuosity;…
They were hailed far and wide as digital visionaries last fall, when they offered up their newest album as a “pay as you like” download. But Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke says it’s not likely to happen again. “It was a moment in time,” he tells the Hollywood Reporter. In…
Air’s Moon Safari would knock Marcel Proust’s dick in the dirt. The distinguished French author would fete the equally distinguished French pop-men for the group’s association with one of his pet concepts: involuntary memory. Rather, both Proust and Air explore the idea that everyday life can evoke pure recollections of…
New Zealand twosome Concord Dawn is the biggest drum ‘n’ bass thing in its native country. The band’s deliriously danceable tunes have been played for years by international heavyweights such as Grooverider, Goldie, DJ Hype, Ed Rush, and Dieselboy. They — Matt Harvey, a.k.a. Matty C, and Evan Short, a.k.a…
Imagine, for a moment, that there are whole worlds of music about which you know nothing. Stars rise and fall in these other spheres, completely uninfluenced by the mechanisms of popular Western music. From time to time, one artist will galvanize an entire nation; one song will become an intrinsic…
Few singers make their career after returning to their native land from the United States. But Noa is no ordinary singer. After growing up in New York City, the Israeli native headed back to the homeland on her own at age 17 in order to serve her mandatory two years…
The Waterford Landing’s 2004 self-titled full-length debut was refreshing, in what was then a local sweltering sea of shit populated with bad bass, half-ass hip-hop, uninspired rock and roll, and Atari-produced reggaeton. Scene veterans Richard Rippe (vocals, synths, bass), Ed Matus (guitars, synths, vox), and Alex Caso (synths, keys, vox,…
The characters given life by Slug on Atmosphere’s new album have unenviable situations, but they’re not all painting that shit gold. (Whatever that means.) Vagrants, single parents, and dope-addled fiends, they live, work, fuck, and wallow in their misery, giving the emotional indie rapper a chance to traffic in someone…
Name a pop music A-lister, and he or she has either worked with Pharrell Williams or probably wants to. Gwen Stefani, Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, and Madonna all fall into the first category. Need more proof? But as he has transformed himself into one of the three…
Chambao, an Andalusian band from Málaga, Spain, introduced the concept of “flamenco chill” to the world in 2002 when it released an album by the same name. But since then, it seems the trade winds blowing up through the Straits of Gibraltar have brought many changes to the group’s music…
Much like their most beloved musical forebears, long-surviving hometown trio Outereach is hard to peg to one microgenre or scene. First on the list of influences on the group’s MySpace page is The Police. It’s instantly recognizable in frontman Joey Espinoza’s clear, smooth tenor; in his snappy, repeatable refrains; and…
It used to be that a band’s records enticed you to the live show. Although a studio recording, Monotonix’s Drag City debut EP, Body Language, on the other hand, is best appreciated as a memento of the delirious tumult this band puts on live. You know of a lot of…
One year ago, with the release of the band’s self-titled debut, the Postmarks instantly became the most critically acclaimed band in all of South Florida. Indie press stalwarts such as Pitchfork Media praised the group’s gorgeously arranged pastoral sounds. Acclaim by mainstream giants including Rolling Stone and Spin further brought…
During an increasingly rare moment at home in Barcelona, Mr. Furia, half of the pop-disco-smashup outfit the Pinker Tones, is expounding on the importance of sunshine. Where the recording industry is notorious for starting the workday around the bewitching hour and finishing it with breakfast, Furia and musical partner Prof…
Here come the four words many live-music junkies in Miami never wanted to hear: Studio A is closing. Rumors of its demise had plagued the venue practically since its opening in spring 2006, but staff has confirmed that after two years of live shows and alternative club nights, it’s shutting…
In this week’s Miami New Times music section, we gave you the brief rundown on why, this Saturday, you should check Barcelona’s quirky world-disco duo, the Pinker Tones. Click here to read it online, if you missed it. The show is presented by the awesome Rhythm Foundation, as part of…
Pelican, Circa Survive, and Thrice Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Better Than: Considering just Thrice’s set – better than the band’s last appearance in South Florida, last December at the Fillmore Miami Beach. The Review: Alright, I start this review very irritated that it can’t be more detailed…
A few weeks ago, Bartow, Fl rapper Riskay was in town making a video. She’s the hilarious female MC that made a name for herself via the web when her song “Let Me Smell Yo Dick” caught the eye of Perez Hilton, the New York Times, and a gaggle of…
Miami Symphony April 27, 2008 The Lincoln Theatre Better Than: 100 years of symphonic solitude sung by Marquez himself. It’s not every night that one gets to hear a hundred year span of classical music played live; then again, it’s not every night that The Miami Symphony Orchestra hits one…
Honda Civic Tour Panic at the Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet Wednesday, April 23, 2008 The Fillmore Better than: waiting outside the venue in your min-van to pick up your 12-year-old daughter and her four best friends. I seem to have lost track of when shows…
