In true space-age, dance music-weirdness style, Green Velvet was birthed as the alter ego of an alter ego: that of Cajmere, a.k.a. Curtis Alan Jones, a reigning house music artist of the late Eighties/early Nineties. Cajmere was always a little more out there than the other disco dons of his…
An impressive vocal range, off-the-cuff improvisational skills, and smooth dance moves enabled Oscar D’León to step out from behind the wheel of a taxicab to follow his true love. In the early Seventies, the Venezuelan sonero would sing along to Cuban star Beny Moré’s biggest hits as he shuttled passengers…
Miami hip-hop heads, you’ve been waitin’ and debatin’ for oh so long. Saturday it’s finally here — the local stop of the Rock the Bells tour, a day-long festival of so much non-bling-blingin’, non-booty-bass hip-hop, it hardly seems real. Okay, so the New York and California shows get the elusive,…
The next guy who calls 2007 “the year of the reunion” is gonna get his nose broken. It’d be nice to think there are larger utopian forces — beyond greed and stalled solo careers — bringing together the Police, Genesis, the Spice Girls, and Smashing Pumpkins. But there ain’t. But…
If he hadn’t choked to death in London’s Samarkand Hotel 37 years ago, how many mediocre records would Jimi Hendrix have dropped by now? Stevie, the Stones, Sir Paul … they’re all way past the point where any residual genius is still expected. Since at least The Gold Experience more…
Okay, so Rocky Votolato hardly seems like the kind of guy you’d count on to be the life of the party. His languid vocals and low-key ruminations rarely rise above a whisper, and when they do, it’s only to express some sense of dread or discontent. Up until now, that…
To get it out of the way — the comparison between Rawkus Records’ erstwhile twin saviors, Pharoahe Monch and Mos Def, is unavoidable. Both leaders of the late-Nineties rap “underground” released amazing debut solo albums for that New York-based label, and then largely disappeared from the retail map as Rawkus…
Now here’s a show I would watch. It appears that Miami’s Luther Campbell, better known as Uncle Luke is getting his own reality TV show. Not sure when it’s scheduled to air, but I came across a pilot for the series yesterday that’s just hilarious. If anyone knows more about…
Coming this Thursday, check out both the Broward-Palm Beach and Miami New Times papers for coverage of the Projekt Revolution tour! The tour takes place Friday, August 10 at the Sound Advice Ampitheatre in West Palm Beach. Headlining are tour founders Linkin Park; accompanying them across two stages are My…
Hear the new track “My Life” from Jah Cure So reggae crooner Jah Cure is fresh out of prison. Lot’s of folks in the Caribbean are elated at the good news. At the same time, lot’s of folks in the Caribbean feel people shouldn’t be so quick to herald a…
Any fans of breakdancing and viral videos need to watch this South Korean b-boy putting in some serious work! They don’t call this guy Poppin Hyun Joon for nothing.–Jonathan Cunningham…
Better Than: Paying $50 for popcorn and milk duds only to sit through an hour and 45 minutes of Lindsay Lohan’s greatest adventures. The Review: Electroma, the new film written by the Daft Punk wonder couple, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, was first seen by the eyes of a…
Faith Hill & Tim McGraw at the BankAtlantic Center Tuesday, July 23, 2007 Better Than: Watching these two duke it out in a Celebrity Death Match. The Review: Move over Korn, Evanescence, and Flyleaf, the real Family Values tour made its long awaited debut at Sunrise’s Bank Atlantic Center last…
Twenty-seven year old Singer Siccaturie Alcock, better known as ‘Jah Cure’, has been released from prison. The Jamaican singer who was convicted on rape, illegal possession of a firearm and robbery was released at 5:30 Saturday morning. Jah Cure was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 1998. Although he…
It’s a little past midnight inside the ballroom of a Sunny Isles Beach hotel, as the thinned out crowd seems oblivious to the salsa blaring from the speakers. Nothing the resident DJ standing atop the stage puts on the turntable during a one-hour span did little to arouse the gathering…
Photo by Jeffrey Delannoy Marilyn Manson and Slayer Sound Advice Amphitheatre July 23, 2007 Better Than: A sacrifice Marilyn Manson and Slayer kicked off their “Reign in the Sun” tour at the South Florida Fairgrounds last night. Junior High age Goths in their black Marilyn Manson outfits sweat profusely as…
Somewhere in Nowheresville, possibly California, a sleek black sportscar hurtles along a desolate highway flanked by sand, tumbleweeds, and dusty mountains. The silver-helmeted, black-leather-clad drivers say nothing. They’re on their way to find more of their kind, somewhere out there. But when they change — maybe evolve — their populace…
Rappers blogging is an odd trend that seems to have taken hold last year, right around the time white MC Sage Francis took exception to a MySpace posting. The entry in question had been penned by far superior white MC Serch, former member of 3rd Bass and then-host of VH1’s…
Raging Geisha’s frontwoman, Erica Sommer, is all about manipulating contrasts. There’s the inherent contradiction of her band’s name. There’s the music, which incorporates equal parts crunching guitar rock and Timbaland-style beats and samples. Then there’s her persona: sweet but fiery, sometimes rightfully PO’ed. See, Sommer is a black woman in…
The Tu Madre party, Thursdays at Cameo, holds the rare distinction of being one of the most unique club nights in Miami. Seriously. It’s Latin-oriented, but don’t think for a minute it’s a night of ho-hum salsa and reggaeton. First the crowd: a few Charo look-alikes, sure, but a lot…
Of the five bands on the bill this Thursday at Tobacco Road, Window is easily the most hardened road dog. The group’s implicit motto is “We’ll play anywhere,” and that it does, from representing the local color at SXSW to providing a backdrop at divey Italian restaurants in St. Louis…
New York City’s Josh Houtkin and Dave Pianka, a.k.a. JDH and Dave P, have been making the smarter cool kids dance for a few years now at their futuristic Fixed party. The sound heavily skews toward electro-house, but the two come from a punk rock background, so their musical policy…
