The PostmarksWith John Ralston and Raffa and RainerPropaganda, Lake WorthFriday, July 10, 2009Better Than: Gorging oneself on a smorgasbord of the best homemade recipes.The Review: In the handful of months the Lake Worth indie rock spot Propaganda has existed, local booking/promoting guru Steve Rullman has done a remarkable job luring…
BuikaGusman Theater, MiamiJuly 9, 2009Better Than: My little brother’s high school graduation (the last event I attended at the Gusman) The Review: Afro-Spanish flamenco fusion queen Concha Buika truly shook the dust off of downtown’s historic Gusman Center last Thursday night. Her passionate performance had the full house laughing, crying,…
Col. Bruce Hampton (Retired) and his current band, Quark Alliance, is bringing a whole new kind of jam/funk/blues/avant garde to Revolution Live on August 21.Col. Hampton has been pounding out the tunes since 1963, playing in bands like The Hampton Grease Band, The Late Bronze Age, and The Aquarium Rescue…
If you or someone you know ever gets that smug sense of accomplishment, that they’ve done so much with their lives or they’re just crazy busy and don’t have time for much else, and you’d like to knock them down a peg or two, have them look up Ruben Blades’…
It’s impossible to hyperbolize here: the Brit DJ titan John Digweed — along with longtime partner Sasha — is progressive house. Digweed started DJing as a young teen in the late ’70s and early ’80s, but it was in the early ’90s that he finally got his big break, spinning…
In case you haven’t heard enough quite enough of the King of Pop over the last few weeks (is it ever enough?) Who’s Bad, “The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band”, is coming to Revolution Live on July 22. Founded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, five years ago, Who’s Bad has…
Respectable Street’s 22nd Anniversary Party is coming up on August 22, and down-under rockers Sick Puppies have announced they’ll be playing that same night. Sick Puppies are touring in support of their upcoming Tripolar album, their third studio album to date. As far as what they sound like, well think…
Concha Buika refuses to hide behind a false veneer of personality. She needs no carefully crafted persona, media image or handlers.Instead, the singer who has won a devoted following in Spain and beyond with a powerful blend of flamenco, jazz, African and Latin American music prefers to reveal all -…
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, the smack-talkin’, party-startin’ Philadelphia duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince gave millions of young American suburbanites their first introduction to the joys of hip-hop. With multiplatinum-selling status and unforgettable songs such as “Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble,” “Parents Just Don’t Understand”…
Why can’t we just let Ian Curtis die already? It’s what he wanted! Still, if you’ve been waiting for the newest incarnation of Joy Division since She Wants Revenge, downtown Miami venue the Vagabond might provide the fix you need this Friday. Besides, with pink slips looming over everyone’s head…
This show has pretty much nothing to do with the martyred gay San Francisco city supervisor. The quintet Harvey Milk may have named itself in tribute to the man, but that’s where any political notions end for this band. Rather, this sludgy, experimental noise-rock-style act spews the kind of weirdness…
The legend of Chan Marshall draws its power from her beauty, her Southernness, and her mental illness. Oh, and from that time she flashed her bush at the readers of The New Yorker. Still, the singer, who performs under the moniker Cat Power, is on an upswing that began when…
Turns out it’s gonna be a full house on Friday night at the Electric Pickle with Benno Blome booked to play the upstairs room while Sunshine Jones and Pete Herbert play downstairs. Berlin-based DJ/producer and Sender label owner Blome is a veteran of that city’s underground scene and a highly-regarded…
Not to be totally outdone by all of Live Nation’s various and sundry discount deals of late, rival concert promotions titan AEG Live is announcing its own special deal. It’s good on this Friday, only, for one show — the Blazed and Confused tour date on August 1 at Bicentennial…
Today is your lucky day jam/modern day hippy fans. The Black Crowes, one of the most successful jam bands in history, have announced an October 6 date at Pompano Beach Amphitheater. The Crowes will be touring in support of their upcoming album Before The Frost, Until The Freeze, which is…
Sam, the rotund frontman and trombonist for Big Sam’s Funky Nation, will his bring his signature New Orleans big funk and big brass to Miami on July 24. Formerly the trombonist for Dirty Dozen Brass Band, another New Orleans jazz staple, “Big Sam” is one of the six very talented jazz-trained musicians that comprise the Funky…
The latest petFood podcast, petCast003, came out this week and this one is mixed by L.A.’s Shoddy Lynn. The podcast series is the brainchild of Miami natives Lazaro Casanova and Jay-You. They put out a nice stream of electronic based music that incorporates elements of Miami’s Caribbean flavor and rhythms…
It’s a punk rock extravaganza going down at Culture Room on August 8. Four Year Strong, Set Your Goals, Polar Bear Club, Fireworks, and Drive A are set to take the stage on August 8 starting at 7:30. Four Year Strong is a pop-punk band from Massachussets, Set Your Goals…
Cobra Starship are bringing their synthpop goodness to Respectable Street on August 21 in support of their upcoming album Hot Mess. The first single off the album is called “Good Girls Go Bad” and features the impossibly hot Leighton Meester singing (and in the video). Surprisingly enough, Meester more than…
Scottish punk rawkers 4 Past Midnight deliver the kind of old-school punk anthems that used to play in rotation in your brain throughout the late ’80s and early ’90s. The first song on their MySpace playlist, “Fuck Them All,” is a gritty criticism of those destroying the punk scene, while…
Backdoor Bamby’s Fourth of July PartyFeaturing DJ Shannon and Shameless BurlesqueJuly 4, 2009The Vagabond, MiamiBetter Than: Sitting at home and watching the fireworks on TV The Review: After watching the fireworks in Miami Beach, the perfect place to do some Fourth of July dancing was the always-naughty Backdoor Bamby. That…
Danny TenagliaIndepenDance Pool PartySaturday, July 4, 2009The Surfcomber Hotel, Miami Beach Better Than: Any other Fourth of July pool party in South Florida. If dance music happens to be your thing, then the place to be this last Saturday was the IndepenDance Pool Party at the Surfcomber Hotel. The main…
