Long Island’s DJ Theo is one of the few in the trade with enough versatility to love the club and — gasp! — the radio. In fact he’s passionate about both. Fiery, even. “I always thought dance music didn’t get the kind of respect where people could talk about it…
Long before dance music was divided into a million subgenres, Héctor Romero was mixing things up at his legendary block parties in the Bronx. During those anything-goes days, Romero — then known as Baby Hec — developed a love for early house music through residencies at legendary NYC clubs such…
This DJ from New York has the talent to venture from rap to rock to house to electro to whatever without losing the audience or sounding strained. He was formerly an editor at knowledgeable and adventurous music mag Fader, where he was known as Nick Barat. Now he — along…
Remember those strange techno-ambient sounds on the Wachowski brothers’ Matrix prequel, The Animatrix? They belong to Satoshi Tomiie, one of Japan’s most successful DJs. Tomiie should be a familiar name to anyone with the slightest interest in house music, for he’s marking almost two decades in the biz, after honing…
L.A. is full of starlets, celebutantes, and wannabe Playboy bunnies who are only too happy to besmirch the name and good reputation of female DJs such as Colette Marino, who actually knows what she’s doing. And don’t let the pretty looks fool you into thinking otherwise. She’s currently residing in…
Los Angeles resident Zach Sciacca always remembers to take listeners on a true journey — a real Z-Trip. And since so many DJs have forgotten (or never learned) how to mix, Z’s local appearances should easily be highlights in a crowded party itinerary. As a teenager in Phoenix, he formed…
As if it wasn’t apparent by his moniker, Chuck Love reveals himself as something of a smooth dude when he sings. The Minneapolis-based artist, who is also a DJ and producer, found a natural home at San Francisco’s Om Records for last year’s debut double-disc Bring Enough to Spill Some…
Starting out in New York as an intern for Wyclef, DJ Ryan Morales was originally known as Shockwave thanks to his All-State New Jersey reputation as a crushing linebacker. With almost 20 years of spinning under his belt, and now referring to himself as the new and improved RM2, he’s…
James Zabiela’s story is as close to a fairy tale as it gets for a DJ. The Southampton, England native won a bedroom DJ competition from a now-defunct British dance music magazine eight years ago. Since then, he’s enjoyed a career with most of the UK superstar DJ highlights, from…
Fort Lauderdale’s Jolly Badfellow boasts an old-school punk style something like Jabbers duking it out with early Green Day. But there’s a real knuckle ball: the upright bass played by a dude who calls himself Elvis Munster. Never underestimate guys with silly-ass stage names lugging around unwieldy instruments. Munster keeps…
Three-fourths of this high-energy quartet hail from South Florida, including its charming, boyish frontman Marco Argiro. All legs and arms, the natty 25-year-old doubtlessly inherited his impeccable style from his father, longtime proprietor of atelier Moda Mario, on Fort Lauderdale’s swanky strip of Las Olas Boulevard. And the entire band’s…
Saturday night’s Eclectic Sounds Unite event at Studio A is something of a locals-only extravaganza, featuring an unlikely mishmash of Miami-bred acts playing everything from reggae-injected punk (Music Is a Weapon) to rock en español (Tereso). Among the up-and-coming standouts are Astari Nite and Rimsky. The former, helmed by the…
The difference between a cover band and a tribute band is the difference between a slut and a prostitute: One plays with all sorts of people’s stuff simply because it’s fun; the other plays with particular people’s stuff simply because it’s a profession with a paradigm. But tribute bands can…
Last Night: Matt Pond PA and The Walkmen at Langerado Matt Pond PA, The Walkmen March 7, 2008 Langerado, Big Cypress Reserve Better Than: A hot-buttered steam bath. Matt Pond PA If there were two more incongruous acts to stage in the swamplands, I can’t think of ’em. I mean,…
I was all set to badmouth Vampire Weekend when they were to take the stage at Langerado yesterday, but the Ivy League louts denied me the privilege. Seems a little TV show called Saturday Night Live trumps Big Cypress, so the boy band decided to stay home and do their…
Nile As is so often the case with metal shows, there are too many bands on this bill. While there’s a certain bang-for-the-buck factor, in all honesty – and with no offense to the other three bands – this show could easily be whittled down to Nile and Warbringer and…
Jacek Gancarz Click here to see a slide show of the concert. Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin with Hurt and Seether March 6, 2008 Cruzan Amphitheater Better Than: A cold beer on a hot night. Allow me to begin by saying that I commend everyone that made the hellish…
Bernadette Peters has appeared in classic movies such as The Jerk, Annie, Pink Cadillac, and Pennies from Heaven, as well as innumerable TV shows including Ally McBeal, for which she received an Emmy nod. But musical theater obviously still runs in the veins of this 60-year-old, Queens-born actress and singer…
Judging by Bayonics’ mix of hip-hop, reggae, funk, and salsa sounds, you’d think they were local boys, or maybe an experimental act from some island somewhere. But most of the 10-piece band’s members hail from San Francisco’s Mission District. The group holds a monthly residence at that city’s Elbo Room…
Imagine that Rachel Bilson, Adam Brody, and the rest of the hot young-adult stars of The O.C. played together in Newport Harbor’s hottest fake band. Then imagine they decided to take the music offscreen and around the world. Translate their songs into Spanish, and you’d have RBD, one of the…
Miami owes a great deal to Arturo Sandoval. Not only is he a great civic treasure as one of the world’s premier jazz trumpeters, but also he is the man responsible for bringing jazz to South Florida. Prior to the 2006 opening of the Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club in the…
For every musical prodigy there’s a horde of rabid critics eager to decry and defame. This is certainly true for Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang. His was a troubled career from the start. At nine years old, after winning contests and playing highly regarded public recitals, Lang Lang was invited…
