Music

Nearly 45 minutes late for a confirmed sit-down on a recent balmy afternoon, Issac Delgado speeds through the glass doors of a Miami hotel, sunglasses still on and car keys dangling. Wearing jeans, a loose dress shirt, and loafers, he doesn’t tender much of an explanation for his tardiness as…

Does he or doesn’t he? Chances are he does, and then some. Dig her, that is. The real question then: Does she dig him? Probably. But she’s not sure. She is damn certain of one thing: He’s no good for her. No damn good at all. And he knows it,…

If there were a Grammy for Most Urbane American International Vocalist, it would go to Jane Monheit. The New Yorker could be the stateside soul sister of Germany’s Ute Lemper, minus the Kurt Weill repertoire. Monheit, though, does have the necessary grit to sing Weill or any other dramatic songs…

On its third album, this Chicago quartet continues its quest to incorporate the best bits of shoegaze, stoner rock, and heavy music — and then flip the bird at the genre conventions of all three. Since debut album Australasia, the staunch road dogs have progressively drifted away from their earliest,…

The title of this superb anthology of rare furious grooves from Florida speaks for itself. There are tons of righteous soul, hard-kickin’ drum breaks, James Brown-influenced grooves, and a whole lot of unheard funky goodness. For those new to the funk, according to the scrupulously detailed liner notes, funk music…

After a number of adventuresome jazz albums on Blue Note, the Miami-based trumpeter returns to his pre-Irakere roots on this disc. These original songs bear an Afro-Cuban feel not far from Buena Vista Social Club turf, with Sandoval even sporadically abandoning the mouthpiece to sing. His trademark high-register squeal is…

While the rest of hipsterdom in their native London was going flashy neon, the Horrors did what any endearingly bratty, contrary children would do. They looked inside themselves and saw their hearts were black. Well, not really, but the quartet kicked aside the dance-rock trend in favor of raw, throat-ripping…

954 champion spitter J-Perk has just put out a new track within the past 48 hours that’s way too hot to sleep on!! The tune is called “Lauderdale” and it’s a firebrand shoutout to all of Broward County. It’s got a bunch of hood-telligent MC’s on the track and was…

Dilla and Madlib Fans Rejoice!! If you missed it the first time around, Stones Throw Records has reissued the seminal album Champion Sound by beat gods J Dilla and Madlib. Lover’s of real hip-hop need to go out and support this album!! Of course, with a reissue, there are additions…

Since Florida’s #1 crooner T-Pain isn’t slowing down anytime soon, we might as well support him. Here’s his new video “Bartender” which has been dancing around my head all week long. This dude has style. Peep the semi-Michael Jackson moves in the video. –Jonathan Cunningham…

Airing Out Roxanne’s Only a week ago, I wrote a music column about how popular Broward county scenester hangout Roxanne’s on Main was under new ownership, and that most of their cool crowd was getting the cold shoulder from new management. The counties only true school hip-hop night, the Breaks,…

Just when it seemed like dissing Brooke Hogan was starting to get passé, the tabloids are back at it. The South Florida-based singer and daughter of the Hulkster was recently spotted out in Miami at Danny Devito’s restaurant looking slightly mannish. Some would say she looked like a tranny. So…