Girl Talk and Deerhunter Sunday, March 8, 2009 Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale Better Than: Throwing your own party. To even try to guess which songs Girl Talk was mashing-up at any given time last night would’ve been an exercise in utter futility. I mean, before I figured out one another…
King Khan and the Shrines Saturday, March 7, 2009 The Vagabond, Miami Better Than: Listenin’ to Nuggets while munchin’ on peyote. Until I read Chris Toenes’ preview piece in this very paper, I had no idea that King Khan was a de facto protégé of Raunch Hands’ Mike Mariconda. I…
The first US date for Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction has been announced and we in South Florida are blessed that it all begins here. Thankfully, It’s not the first stop in the whole tour, so most of the kinks should be ironed out by the time they both…
Modest MouseSunday, March 8th 2009Revolution Live, Fort LauderdaleBetter than: Their performance at this year’s Langerado. Or anyone else’s for that matter.Modest Mouse has got to be the loudest band ever to shun the use of distortion. There’s no humming fuzz, in fact, I don’t even think they use overdrive, other…
The PoguesWith Kiss KissPompano Beach AmphitheaterSunday, March 7, 2009Better Than: Having to hear about it after the factThe Review: Saturday night’s concert by the Pogues at the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre marked the first-ever South Florida appearance by the band, since its inception in 1982. Judging by the audience’s gently boozy,…
No, this post has nothing to do with the film (which, by the way, is an excellent movie). Instead, it refers to a burning question I intended to begin with. Do any Mexicans read this blog? I have no idea, to be perfectly frank. But I feel like the answer,…
Break out those calendars country music fans and mark Thursday September 24 as the day you’ll be seeing the Grammy Award winning duo at the BankAtlantic Center. Sugarland is doing a huge spring and summer tour across the US and Canada in support of their third album “Love on the…
Maybe it’s the result of years of Catholic school affecting me during this time of the year. More likely, I’m just campaigning for a free tab at Transit Lounge (c’mon guys…how many posts do I have to write before I qualify??). Whatever the case, I find myself compelled for the…
CuCu DiamantesThursday, March 5, 2009The Viceroy, Icon BrickellBetter than: The $7 million chandelier in the lobby. So, impresarios and Miami royalty Gloria and Emilio Estefan, actress Selma Blair, Food Network star Ingrid Hoffman and Emmy-winning Mad Men star Jon Hamm walk into a posh hotel. No, it’s not the setup…
Franco De Vita is the Latin Billy Joel. That’s not an exaggeration. Anyone who knows Latin music can back it up. And unfortunately I can’t take credit for the comparison, I’m actually quoting, unofficially and without her knowledge or consent, an old boss and mentor from my very first days…
And the old school hits just keep on coming. Depeche Mode has announced that on September 5th, their “Tour of the Universe” hits the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise. They’ll be touring in support of their 12th studio album, “Sounds of the Universe”…
Stifle yourself, Steve Earle. Lower that middle finger, Hank III. Take another hit from that spliff, Willie Nelson. And then all of you step aside. When it comes to insurgency, you guys pale compared to that cantankerous country crooner David Allan Coe. Banished to reform school at age 9, he…
Propagandhi is coming to South Florida this month for another shot at an actual live concert experience. Fans of the long-running thrashy punk band from Canada may or may not be psyched to see it at the Culture Room, but you can be sure they will go, despite fierce competition…
Paris-based indie electro music/fashion label Kitsuné was founded in 2002 and named after the Japanese word for shape-shifting foxes. It releases tracks that pile on robotic gargling, squelchy synths, new rave’s saw-tooth bass, and four-on-the-floor, French disco-house buildups. The only filter the artists don’t employ is the one in their…
Consisting of former String Cheese Incident members Michael Travis and Jason Hann, the electronic duo EOTO, brings, as expected, heavy shades of the jam scene’s improvisational ethic to its brand of dance music. In fact, the group stresses that all of its sounds are completely improvised, that none of the…
For Sam Hamovitch, the year was 1986, and you were about to witness the birth of a historical moment in rock and roll history. It was called “Hair Metal,” and it was pioneered by Mötley Crüe. Your bedroom walls were festooned with pin-ups of Crüe band members Vince, Nikki, Tommy,…
This week will be the very last Can you Rock a little Softer?, at least at Churchill’s, at least for now. Raffa and Rainer and her crew are going to take a break and review the situation and their options. The acoustic and open mike night has made Churchill’s Pub…
Although based in sunny Fort Lauderdale, the foursome of Mad Rockets channel the grit of Motor City in their dirt-under-the-fingernails brand of rock and roll. It’s easy to tell where the band’s musical heart lies just by the players’ pseudonyms: frontman Jinx, guitarist/vocalist Sonic Jim, bassist Todd Damour, and drummer…
Any band that can crank out seven songs in the span of just 16 minutes and not give up a thing is all right by me. And that’s exactly what Tokyo Police Club did with their 2006 debut EP titled A Lesson In Crime. Their single off that EP, “Nature…
We’re telling you this now so you have plenty of time to prepare. Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick have announced a joint tour spanning 40 cities, including West Palm Beach. So start growing that mullet, acid washing those jeans and building up your tolerance for cheap beer and feathered…
It’s Tuesday, so clearly it’s time to start looking forward to the weekend. Since Langerado’s been canceled, people looking to get their fill of music will have to do a bit more planning and travelling. A few of the bigger bands that were to play Langerado, like the Pogues (March…
Friday’s installment of PL0T at White Room presents Spanish minimal techno producer Damián Schwartz live, along with locals Basti and Sabox on decks. At 26, Schwartz has already established himself as a key player in the European minimal scene, with various releases on his own Mupa label, and garnered praise…
