This past November, Miami’s New World Symphony held its first mini concerts at the Lincoln Theatre, and the sold-out crowd almost couldn’t believe its ears — or wallets. Works by Maurice Ravel, Aaron Copland, and Samuel Barber performed live, each for less than the price of a latte? Clearly our…
Discovered during a walk-on rendition of Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” at a local club, Sandra Tola was a young mother without any real ambition as a singer. Nevertheless, she soon found herself recruited into 1980s dance-pop trio Exposé. The group enjoyed quick success: signing to Arista Records, touring in support…
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs formed in 1985 while stumbling into the dimly lit bars of their native Buenos Aires. Back then, they were just a ska group poised on the crest of a Latin rock revolution still far from shore. But the following year saw the release of their debut album,…
According to celebrity pulicist Mike Ock, Robert Smith and Vince Neil met while shopping on South Beach, hit it off and will be forming a supergroup to be called Motley Cure. They plan to cover r&b songs from the 50’s and 60’s and create an elaborate stage show involving acrobats,…
Looks like Miami’s late-night techno scene took no time at all in bouncing back after the week of hardcore WMC partying. Pornograph Events will be throwing down at Electric Pickle this Thursday night with Marco Donato –one half of Italoboyz, those minimal rascals who pleased audiences at this year’s Get…
Let’s say you’re a washed up boy band looking to make a comeback. What’s the best way to bring back the crowds you used to pull 15 years ago? NKOTB are on their “Full Service” Tour, which sounds like a very interesting way to bring back the old fans…
This past November, Miami’s New World Symphony held its first mini concerts at the Lincoln Theatre, and the sold-out crowd almost couldn’t believe their ears — or their wallets. Works by Maurice Ravel, Aaron Copland, and Samuel Barber performed live, each for less than the price of a latte? Clearly…
Mellowness might be anathema to Louisville’s Coliseum, judging by its reckless velocity and nihilistic harangues. “My lungs are filled with fumes…There’s no air in this city/I need something pure,” sings Ryan Patterson on 2004’s “This Mind Locked Inside This Body.” The band’s anti-authority lyrics and relentless backbeat qualify it as…
Do you recognize the super-sexy blond cutie in the picture you see at left? You should. This little Colombian bombshell is Fanny Lu. Her 2006 release Lágrimas Cálidas won her all sorts of acclaim, including a nod in the Latin Grammy, six for the Billboard Awards and two in Premios Lo…
Black Owl Music is an independent blues label based in Miami that started in 2003. It seems to have been founded by or is at least very closely related to local bluesman Poppa E, whose show schedule reads like that of a player 40 years his junior, and whose band…
Well the Brooklyn sort-of electronic artists and remix impresarios Ratatat are coming down for a turn at Ft Lauderdale’s Revolution, April 12th. Even though I wouldn’t ever really classify myself as being into electronic music per se, Ratatat has always bent my ear in a pleasant, highly listenable fashion. They…
Guadalupe Victoria Yolí Raymond, better known as La Lupe, is perhaps one of the most iconic figures in Cuban music. She was a singer of boleros and guarachas and known the world over as the Queen of Latin Soul. Her command of the stage was renowned and her emotional range…
Ultra Music Festival ’09: Cut CopySaturday, March 28, 2009Bicentennial Park, MiamiBetter than: Listening to them on your iPod.Most of my encounters with Cut Copy have been while drunk at The Vagabond or White Room, where indie dance-rock is pretty much the norm. However it wasn’t until Boys Noize gave “Lights…
@page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –>We will no longer mention anything that happened last week and only look forward, intrepidly. Tomorrow night the Weirds return to Churchill’s with another free concert (Tuesday, March 31, 2009) of off the beaten path excellence. Night…
Didn’t quite get your fill of electronic music at WMC? Well here’s some good news for you: The Crystal Method has announced their first tour in five years will be stopping in South Florida on May 14. Revolution Live will play host to CM who are touring in support of…
Ultra Music Festival ’09: Crystal CastlesSaturday, March 28, 2009Bicentennial Park, MiamiBetter than: Everything else at Ultra — seriously.The lights dimmed at the Bayfront Stage at Ultra Music Festival and from the darkness emerged the silhouette of the lead singer Alice Glass, a petite girl who looks like that goth girl…
Amanda PalmerSaturday, March 28, 2009Culture Room, Ft. LauderdaleBetter Than: A televised confessional.If there’s a better way to preface a Culture Room show than by hitting the legendary Mai-Kai, I don’t know what it is. When that show happens to be by Dresden Doll baby Amanda Palmer, well, the prefacing is…
Ultra Music Festival: Santigold, The Ting TingsFriday, March 27, 2009Bicentennial Park, MiamiBetter Than: The best pop you’ve never heard.Hard to say the best way to tell when I’m most thrilled by a band. Is it when I’m so giddy with excitement that can’t stop shooting the show? Or is it…
You know her as lead singer and all-around knockout for “Brechtian punk cabaret act” The Dresden Dolls. But now you’re gonna to get to know her even better. See, she’s got a new record out, her own, a new producer twiddling the nobs, and a nifty tie-in with one of…
My WMC day on Thursday went from swish to underground to somewhere in the middle, and it was interesting to see how conference is holding up across the economic strata. It seems like in the alternate world of dance music, people who have been partying on yachts are still partying…
So yesterday I headed to the beach to bop up and down Collins, checking out some of the hotel parties for WMC. I hit the Raleigh for a penthouse party given by AX, where the Belvy was flowing like sweat on the pool deck at the Shelborne, which is where…
The “Legend” label tends to get thrown around, but in this case, there’s just no label that fits better. Smokey Robinson is one of, if not THE greatest Motown singer/songwriter in history. His career with The Miracles produced tons of hit songs like “Shop Around”, “Who’s Loving You”, and “The…
