Jyrki69, frontman of the 69 Eyes Photo by Jeffrey Delannoy Last night’s concert at Revolution marked the 69 Eyes’ first ever appearance in South Florida as headliners. Despite playing, and with the same lineup, for over fifteen years, the Helsinki, Finland-based quintet has remained something of a cult band in…
Among all the music that resonates through the nighttime streets of Miami, little of it gets dubbed as “the sound of South Beach.” No we’re not talking about the vocal skills of the homeless people muttering to themselves, but rather the synthesized psychedelic noise candy that pumps through nightclub speakers…
Astute observers have noted that his summer marks the fortieth anniversary of the Monterrey International Pop Festival, the event that established the blueprint for the rock festival concept and spawned the possibility of booking a variety of bands and artists to perform over the course of consecutive days in a…
Alejandro Fernandez Viento A Favor (Wind In My Favor) SONY BMG It’s a relatively different Alejandro Fernandez than what the masses have grown accustomed to after 15 solo albums and a career that has spanned the same number of years. But it also showcases a musically evolving and fresh sounding…
So Mr. Rogers is just creepy. I think most of us can agree on that. But every now and again, his shows were decent. Check this video out of Mr. Rogers getting a b-boy lesson… and try not to get creeped out. –Jonathan Cunningham…
Looks like another city is about to cancel Live Earth–the climate control awareness concert scheduled for this Saturday. The concerts are supposed to take place in various cities around the world and are stacked with all-star artists like Madonna, Jorge Ben Jor, Lenny Kravitz and lots more. But some cities…
For a onetime habitué of late-night discos, Vince Clarke sure is an early bird. At 11:00 a.m. on a recent Friday, he’s up and alert-sounding over the phone from his room in a lavish Atlantic City hotel. “Oh, I’m a 5:00 a.m. riser these days,” he says in a sardonic…
Recording the song “Highs and Lows” at Scott Storch’s lavish Palm Island waterfront mansion was a dream come true for the young members of Miami quartet Bottom of da Map. After all, the renowned Storch is one of the top producers in the business, having sired major hits for megastars…
“Brimstone127 is like the Biscayne Boulevard of Miami hip-hop,” quips local musician Buffalo Brown. “The man is a staple down here. You cannot talk about Miami hip-hop without mentioning Brimstone.” Bold statements indeed. But while the usual local suspects may have gotten more mainstream shine, Brim, as he’s known for…
In ice-cool genre-mashup circles, Brazil is the de rigueur frontier for new hard-hitting, urban-sexy dance beats. Bonde do Rolê, hailing from Curitiba, is the first group from the baile funk scene to make international inroads, thanks to a chance discovery by American DJ/producer Diplo, of Hollertronix. On its first full-length,…
Last year’s Seeger Sessions saw the Boss unexpectedly twist toward traditional Americana. This Live in Dublin double disc and companion DVD finds him employing his seventeen-piece Sessions Band to expand that musical palette with exhilarating results. Where Springsteen’s earlier folk forays — the bare-bones Nebraska and more recent Devil &…
Ah, Finland. Frozen tundra of absolute mystery. The country that even the rest of Scandinavia makes fun of. The place whose most recent major international musical offering is Lordi, winner of the 2006 Eurovision song contest. (In case you missed that competition, Lordi is a metal band whose members dress…
His thirties might be a threat that’s still five years off, but Marc Broussard’s voice sounds twice its age when in blue-eyed-soul character. Broussard’s third LP, S.O.S.: Save Our Soul, hit stores last month. It’s a leap of faith in image (goodbye, peach fuzz; hello, Brokeback Mountain) and in sound…
By 1952 Louis Armstrong’s international ubiquity was so established that even a six-year-old Rio de Janeiro boy taking trumpet lessons could develop an obsession with him. Claudio Roditi would, a few years later, expand his jazz fantasies to include Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. In 1970 he began studying the…
The Police reunion has been hailed as the musical event of the millennium. But an online missive from drummer Stewart Copeland, following the opening date of the band’s North American tour, in Vancouver, warned all was not well. Mentions of miscues and onstage fumbles suggested that after an absence of…
Coming to international fame in the Nineties via his double-entendre-titled Bang the Box mix series, Chicago’s Bad Boy Bill (William Renkosik) has never been known for subtlety. And that’s okay, because sometimes there’s the plain and simple need to be whooped on the head with a huge groove and a…
Though South Florida guitarist/singer/songwriter Diego Jinkus’s debut full-length is self-released, it sounds professional, capturing a jam-heavy but song-oriented slice of the local world beat scene. The ten tunes rest on a laid-back pop-rock vibe spiced up with Latin percussion and a heavy dose of contemporary jazz. The driving force is…
Today’s hip-hop royalty knows Chuck Brown quite well, even if the fans don’t. Nelly, for instance, sampled Brown’s 1978 smash “Bustin’ Loose” in his own number one, “Hot in Herre.” Brown is the founder and undisputed champion of go-go, an exuberant blend of funk and soul that hails from his…
Joan Jett 6/30/07 When we got to Dolphin Stadium and realized it was silly foam hat day; I knew it would take an awful lot of domestic, stadium-sized beers to survive until Joan Jett played. Turns out, I was right. So we roamed through the mini-mall labyrinth in search of…
Tonight’s stop of Jesse Malin’s “Death and Taxes” tour, at Studio A, promises a bonus: openers Acute are hometown boys. Well, at least singer Isaac Lekach, 26, is. (Remember the basically one-man act, Poulain? That was him). Lekach went on a sort of vacation to Los Angeles a few years…
René ”Residente” Pérez Better than: Trading in your new Daddy Yankee CD for a slightly used paddleball. Calle 13 is from Puerto Rico, but on Friday, Residente and Visitante were running on Cuban time. La Covacha’s patio/concert area was bloated with eager audience members by 1 a.m., which also happened…
DJ Goodroid Better Than: Listening to Y100’s techno hour and calling it a party. The Review: Drumwerks is back at Soho Lounge every Thursday night, only this time they’ve included a new resident DJ, Goodroid, who claims to have the only dubstep set in Miami. Either way, it’s always fun…
