John Legend and The Roots are each talented in their own right, and they’ve teamed up for a collaborative album called Wake Up! to be released next Tuesday. The album is a funky ’70s soul throwback, and takes direction from legends like Marvin Gaye and Nina Simone. Special guest collaborators…
Unfortunately not all big shows can launch their tours in Miami. We get that. But when we heard that last night’s Jay-Z/ Eminem concert in New York — the first in the new Yankee Stadium — had a ton of special musical guests, we just had to share some footage…
I recently stopped by Afrobeta’s beautiful downtown home recording studio to drop off a LeBron CD, and to check if they needed a guitarist for their tour. I love Afro Beta, and if I could work with any local band it would be them. You should have seen them at…
Young Livers Of Misery and Toil (No Idea Records) www.noidearecords.com I believe that the great and sorely missed Thomas “Pig Champion” Roberts was the butt of the Poison Idea joke of record collectors being pretentious assholes. That much is true dear readers, but I’m not as much a pretentious asshole…
via his MySpace pageWe like to lay claim on musicians whenever we can. If they’ve lived in South Florida for more than a few months, went to school here, had a girlfriend from here, or even their dog lived here, we like to think they’re ours. So it should come…
The afternoon Tupac Shakur died of cardiopulmonary arrest and respiratory failure due to multiple gunshot wounds on September 13, 1996, the rap game changed instantly. The words “Thug Life” and “Makaveli” were never the same, and hip-hop enthusiasts the world over mourned the loss of a great musician. He touched…
Anja Schneider is a veritable renaissance woman of electronic dance music. The DJ, producer, radio show host and record label magnate is a long-standing veteran of the Berlin scene whose renowned weekly show on Berlin’s Radio Fritz has been going strong for a decade. But it’s the success and brand…
Photo by Getty ImagesChelsea Handler as a Lady Gaga-esque houseWe were expecting quite the spectacle at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. In lieu of last year’s Taylor Swift acceptance speech interruption, Kanye’s apologetic tweets, and her tweets suggesting she was going to interrupt him this year, we thought there…
For a minute, Fall for the Arts felt like a street festival in the French Quarter. With a sweaty crowd all hopped up on fried chicken, foie gras, fish tacos, frozen lemonade, and lukewarm beer, the Rebirth Brass Band of New Orleans launched into shout-alongs of “Who Dat?” and honked…
This isn’t the first you hear about Miami native YEYO, and it certainly won’t be the last. The rapper and producer has been grinding for the last few years, and continues to show nothing but promise. He first started out with Puerto Rican rap group the Shanghai Assassinz back in…
The Agency at Transit Lounge, MiamiSaturday, September 11Better Than: I could have even hoped.The Review:If you read my Q&A with drummer Mike Marsh earlier this week, you know I was pretty psyched to see this show. Having attended high school (or various high schools, as the case may be) in…
Photo by Ian WitlenAlice Glass of Crystal Castles performing live at Grand Central, Miami.Click here to view photos from Crystal Castles at Grand Central.Crystal CastlesSaturday, September 11, 2010Grand Central, MiamiBetter Than: Your old-school Gameboy.Let’s discuss the elephant in the room: Why didn’t local artist Panic Bomber open for the Toronto…
Photo by Victor GonzalezThe DewarsThe Dewars & The Band in Heaven Friday, September 10, 2010 The Vagabond, Miami The Review: There were quite a few people that made an hour-plus trip from Palm Beach to the Vagabond last night in support of two of their own local bands — a…
This week BET announced the nominees for its annual Hip Hop Awards, which air on Tuesday October 12th and is hosted by the always hilarious Mike Epps. We had a few Miamians score some nominations, like usual suspects Rick Ross and DJ Khaled, each picking up four noms in various…
A lot of South Floridians were crushed when Bono had to reschedule U2’s July stop in Miami because of a back injury. The show was rescheduled for August of next year, but what are we supposed to do until then?Bono and the Edge contributed the music and the lyrics for…
via their MySpace pageUnfortunately Metallica won’t be joining Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer for their October 3 performance at Bayfront Park. But they’re still a band that always comes to mind when thinking of classic metal. And what’s more “metal” than a band putting together an EP filled with fan bootlegs?The…
pyrofusion.comHave you ever wanted to be a part of something really big? Well Miami will be one of the hundreds of cities taking part in EarthDance 2010, hailed as “the world’s largest synchronized music and dance festival for peace.” In 2004, it broke the Guinness World Record for largest synchronized…
Photo by Sean MurphyWhen we reminisce and look at days gone by, we tend to think of the fun times we’ve had first, and the people who we’ve shared them with. We have a hunch that Rivers Cuomo was on the same track mentally when he came up with the…
Photo by Jose FloresMemphis Blac with Smokahontas Jones Thursday, September 9, 2010 The Vagabond, Miami Better Than: A typical night at an 8th Street Motel The Review:Dallas’s Memphis Blac and Smokahontas Jones make no bones about who they are. Memphis used to be a sex worker and has a lot…
I got a text from my friend Tamar the other day, saying, “You wanna go to a Pitbull video shoot?” Hell yeah! I love Pitbull! I grabbed the Kodak and drove to a studio near Coconut Grove. Some of the hottest women I have ever seen were walking around in…
Grant C. Dull is anything but. Party promoter, culture blogger, international DJ, impresario, and record company head/founder are just a few labels that apply. Free spirit who up and moved to Argentina from his home in the U.S. after taking a couple of trips inspired by the country’s literature and…
Bwomp-womp-woppa-woppa: That’s the sound of the dubstep. Friday night Canada’s Excision is making like a snowbird and setting up his nest at Discotekka for Boom! Pow! He’ll be joined by Miami’s own Pharaoh of Bass and Throw-up Music, Otto Von Schirach. Dubstep is a dirty, grimy genre, and Excision is…
