…when you can use VOCALOID, a totally fascinating, vaguely unsettling singing synthesizer program from – where else? – Japan. It doesn’t just do the robot voice box or vocoder sounds – this one actually sings, mainly through the reedy female voice of a fictional character, Miku Hatsune (based, however, on…
In case you didn’t already know, Erykah Badu’s long-awaited album, New Amerykah, Part One: 4th World War is in stores now. The album came out yesterday on Erykah’s birthday and it’s tight. Yesterday was also Ky-mani Marley’s birthday…and it seems that a musical lovechild between the two artists must be…
By ANDY VIHSTADT DangerKeys Photo by Melanie Pullen for Fat Possum Records Akron, Ohio’s Black Keys called on Danger Mouse and a handful of guests to flesh out their two-piece sound for LP5. Stream the first single, “Strange Times,” at the duo’s MySpace page. Attack & Release hits stores April…
Since this festival is only two weeks away, you might as well start mapping out your plans for Langerado weekend now. It’s March 6-9, which is right around the corner. Here’s the official line-up with set times for all the bands that you want to see. Friday and Saturday are…
Bleubird is a rapper who has taken an unusual path to success. His style is a combination of the heady white-boy rhymes of Aesop Rock and the rapid-fire spoken-word style of Saul Williams. Hell, call him Allen Ginsberg with shelltoes on if you want to, because he can fit that…
It seems crazy to say this, but it’s been 21 years since No Use For a Name debuted as a band. In other words, the band as an entity can legally drink; a substantial number of its fans cannot. Pop-punk intrinsically seems like a genre made both for and by…
By ANDY VIHSTADT Sex & Violence For your viewing pleasure: the new Kanye West video, directed by Spike Jonze. Much like his 1995 vid for Wax’s “Southern California” (reminisce here), Jonze shows his penchant for slow motion and fire. Add a shovel-wielding lingerie model to the equation and you’ve got…
Its’ silly that folks still resort to treating entertainers like this but some idiot at a recent Pitbull show got in a real cheap shot by launching a bottle at the Miami rapper’s head. The video below shows it in slow-mo afterward so don’t worry if you miss it the…
Everybody’s favorite local 305 hip-hop curator, DJ Khaled, is movin’ on up yet again. Yesterday, he announced the launch of his new record label, We the Best Music (named after his 2007 album, of course, We the Best). It’ll be ecxlusively partnered up with and distributed by Def Jam Entertainment,…
One of our sister papers in Texas, the Houston Press, has this great list today of 10 hip-hop break-up songs, “because Valentine’s Day is for suckas.” Among the selections from the list of mostly dirty south jams: “Crampin’ My Style” by UGK, “Dirty Bitch” by Geto Boys, and reppin’ the…
So Trina’s album is officially pushed back till April 1st but her latest single is still blowing up all over the country. Even though the album is pushed back two months, Slip N Slide just released the video for “I’m Single Again” and if you haven’t seen it yet, check…
And it just got him busted yesterday in Hicktown, Mississippi where Juvie was arrested for possession of marijuana. The arrest report was rather vague and stated that the former cash money rapper had “under an ounce” of weed on him. That could mean anything. We’ll keep you posted if we…
Local boy band Los Primeros have gotten with a group called Citizens to Save Hialeah Park, and recorded a bilingual song called, well, “Save Hialeah Park.” The park itself is the site of a former race track, clubhouse and grandstand, and, according to the group on its web site, “is…
This needs no introduction. Radiohead is coming to the U.S. and we’re first. Everything you need to know is below. The tour kicks off in West Palm Beach and ticket info and price is at the bottom. Get ready folks as this is going to sell out quick!! Like, Hannah…
This isn’t surprising but yesterday, an appellate decision upheld the 37 month prison sentence that R&B legend Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers is currently serving for federal tax evasion. A three judge panel disagreed with arguments that Isley,66, is too old and sick for such a lengthy sentence. Many…
By ANDY VIHSTADT Gods & Monsters R.E.M. is streaming “Supernatural Superserious,” the first single from the upcoming Accelerate LP on its official site. Have a listen here , and then contemplate whether it’s worth $2.50 for the ringtone. The album comes out on April Fool’s Day, so let’s hope Stipe…
Daft Punk backstage at the Grammys, in LED suits I’ll admit to not really paying much attention to the Grammys live broadcast this year. Kanye, Winehouse, blah blah blah blah, predictable for an awards show based more on (ever-weakening) album sales than anything else. That’s why it was pretty cool…
Amazing news: Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige are touring together. Doubly amazing: the tour kicks off at the AA Arena on March 22nd. This’ll be Jay Hova’s first tour since 2004. Tickets go on sale February 16 at 10 a.m., and they’re available through all Live Nation and Ticketmaster outlets…
…He also dispenses health and safety advice. I don’t know about that El Tigre character though; he looks like a loose cannon. Sexy ‘stache, though… — Arielle Castillo…
Alright, the unofficial/official (the site is hosted by WMC itself) list of parties so far is up… As usual, with things starting as early as Monday and Tuesday (but really getting crazy starting Wednesday)! A couple of picks for, oh, Tuesday: –The annual Pop Tarts party at Automatic Slim’s, which…
Here’s one of the few other videos about South Florida music that I could find on YouTube. And this one is truly sort of amazing — it’s a tiny clip from what the poster says was South Florida’s only ever cable access show devoted to metal and hardcore. Of course…
Found a couple interesting things on YouTube from old-school South Florida public access shows (not as many as I would have liked, though!). First cool item was this video posted by the user “Ninjaguydan,” who lists her (?) name as Lisa, and says she directed this music video for her…
