If you’re looking for a hilarious WTF moment today, look no further than Miami’s BangBros website. Okay, everyday you could scan that sleazy site and say to yourself, what the fuck? And then grab some lotion, or a toy, and masturbate until you go blind. Been there, done that right?…
Fourth Dimension and Babylon Fall Sound System Wednesday, July 23 Original Fat Cats Better than: Watching Passa Passa videos at home. Early this morning, the streets of Fort Lauderdale were alive with the sweet sounds of reggae. South Florida’s hardest working reggae band, Fourth Dimension was at it again at…
One Day As A Lion One Day As A Lion EP (Anti-) Even though it’s been almost ten years since the public first heard about Zach de la Rocha working on solo material, fans shouldn’t necessarily worry that his first offering after Rage Against The Machine is an EP. Containing…
Miami’s nightlife landscape in filled with many characters who make going out that much more interesting. They are always larger than life and are always shrouded in mystery. Perfect example is Miami’s latest anomaly, the Unicorn King, a man who frequents the 14th Street area in Downtown Miami, yet no…
Thursday’s the unofficial start of the weekend, so here are a few things to get you going. — Arielle Castillo *The big event in Miami tonight is MOCA’s second installment of its Battle of the Bands series. Old Wives Tale, Treasures, Minimal, the Psycho Daisies, and the Hongs play. Click…
With a sound like warm melted butter in songs that defined the “quiet storm” slow-jam genre, the voice of Anita Baker ruled the airwaves during the ’80s and early ’90s. From the moment the Detroit native released Rapture in 1986, Baker became a mainstay on R&B radio. Songs like “Caught…
Just as a fulfilling summer consists of familiar pleasures and thrilling adventures, summer soundtracks ideally should include obvious, reliable favorites and surprising gems. This is the guiding principle of the following list of hot-season tuneage. Of course, there are as many awesome summer songs as there are cases of skin…
“I’m everything.” So says Johnny the Boy as we take a booth at Rosinella and begin the ol’ verbal heave-ho. Coming from any other nattily coiffed über-hipster, such a statement would be absurd, about as fat-headed as it gets. But coming from a boy like Johnny, the remark not only…
Considering the fact that 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of a year that produced countless musical milestones, it’s surprising how little has been made of it so far. While pundits were quick to offer retrospectives of 1967, the year that ushered in Sgt. Pepper, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Cream…
Harmonix Instrumentals, Volume 1 (Self-released) www.myspace.com/harmonixanalogue This EP by reclusive musician/producer Harmonix could be a little dicey for the uninitiated. Crafted in his home studio, it’s an ambient-oriented, hip-hop-flavored 26-minute platter of jangly New Wave synths, space jazz, and Southern low-end beats. The opening trio of “New Wheels,” “Electrocrunk,” and…
Disregarding genre pigeonholing (i.e., ignoring all the drum ‘n’ bass-specific high-hat mayhem), if Random Movement’s sound were to be correctly placed in a hypothetical spectrum, it would be next door to The Orb. Originally a collaborative d’n’b effort between Jack Sheets (DJ Shapeshifter) and Columbus, Ohio native Mike Richards (also…
The obvious similarities between Secondhand Serenade, hailing from the suburbs of California’s Bay Area, and homegrown sensation Dashboard Confessional are impossible to ignore. Like Dashboard Confessional, the name is a framework for a shifting project led by a singular talent; John Vesely is to Secondhand Serenade what Chris Carrabba is…
You should know what to expect from a Guttermouth show. If the band’s name doesn’t spell it out, its reputation certainly should — there’s a reason the guys were banned from Canada, after all. Guttermouth is amazingly adroit at crafting Nineties-American-style punk rock in the vein of bands such as…
When Return to Forever disbanded in 1977 after going through four lineup configurations, the quartet’s core members went on to develop stellar, fruitful careers. Al Di Meola experimented with an acoustic trio alongside Paco de Lucia and John McLaughlin, among many other projects. Stanley Clarke continued to revolutionize the bass…
There’s no denying that Fourth Dimension is one of South Florida’s hardest-working reggae bands. The group gigs constantly — at least four or five nights a week — playing all three counties in South Florida, and these guys are actually worth a damn when they plug in their instruments. After…
Near the end of Digi Snacks, Wu-Tang mastermind RZA states, “Hip-hop is all about having fun.” And the production maestro, chess fanatic, and underrated MC indeed has a fabulous time spitting spastic, marble-mouthed verses on his fourth solo album. But soul-funk group Stone Mecca harshes RZA’s buzz with its dank…
Portugal. The Man likes spontaneity. In fact you might even say the Alaska quartet does things ass-backward. For example: Even though the band writes music while on the road and works out the parameters of some of its live jams ahead of time, it prefers to go into the studio…
In the late Eighties and early Nineties, hip-hop and house music constantly cross-pollinated. There was the Jungle Brothers’ classic “Girl I’ll House You.” There was Special Ed’s “Club Scene.” There was the hip-hop-influenced flash and panache of Chicago house pioneers such as Farley Jackmaster Funk. But, then, in the mid-Nineties,…
Katy Perry is capable of remaking herself for any promising target demographic. In her teens, she delivered achingly sincere contemporary Christian fare that didn’t turn out to be achingly sincere after all, and her One of the Boys persona — flirty, snarky tart — feels equally phony. The production, by…
This just in: Thousands of college students’ favorite jam act, O.A.R., will hit the appropriately jammy outdoor setting of Mizner Park Amphitheatre on Friday, October 3. Opening acts are Between the Trees and Matt Hires. Tickets cost $30 in advance, $32 the day of the show, and are available through…
Take a look at this: Amazon.com is listing two original copies of the now out-of-print 1993 album Love Thirsty by local act Black Janet, each asking close to $80. It’s hard to say how many have actually sold at this price, but I could definitely see this relatively unknown disc…
Here are tonight’s highlights in live music around town, in case you’re already getting the itch to go out and do something. — Arielle Castillo *Sebastian Bach, Poison, and Dokken at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. Seriously, Bret Michaels must really love South Florida — he played here…
