Hardcore Pink Floyd fans are exactly that — deeply, sometimes scarily knowledgeable about their favorite band, and sticklers for accuracy and respect in reproducing its music. And from a concert that is Pink Floyd-related, these folks demand a show. The true Floyd experience, after all, is about more than just…
A number of really surprisingly awesome artists have already been announced for Langerado’s debut year in Miami. Today, the festival added four more: Modest Mouse, Deerhunter, the Gene Ween Band, and Alberta Cross. Click here to read the list of other artists announced so far…
The last Wednesday of every month, the Grand Groove crew takes over the upstairs at Jazid, playing a hip-hop, funk, and soul-heavy blend of classics and soon-to-be classics. Here’s the description from DJ Sire Esquire, who, full disclosure, occasionally writes about music for New Times: “Dope DJs, music & vibes…
The last time Fall Out Boy headlined in South Florida, it was for a gig with Gym Class Heroes and Plain White T’s at the Fillmore Miami Beach, on Halloween 2007. That theater seemed like a smallish venue for them then, and thanks to both Pete Wentz’ tabloid appearances, and…
The Leeds-born house DJ Dave Seaman, is by now, is a worldwide household name in electronic music, with countless mix albums and original releases, a record label (Audio Therapy), and a constant international touring schedule calibrated with military precision. But in the mid- to late-Nineties, he was still relatively unknown…
Whether music snobs like it or not, the Mississippi-birthed, meat-and-potatoes rock act 3 Doors Down has survived — and thrived — for over a decade and a half now. Even those who can’t identify by name the staples of the “active rock radio” format can hum along with the band’s…
If you read Crossfade or New Times at all, you’ll know that John Hood is a regular contributor (and a regular man-about-town). But long ago, before I was his “boss” (although nobody is really the Hood’s boss), I happened upon one of his Thug Sinatra evenings, then at the old…
via www.myspace.com/themachinelive Hardcore Pink Floyd fans are exactly that — deeply, sometimes scarily knowledgeable about their favorite band, and sticklers for accuracy and respect in reproducing its music. And from a show that is at all Pink Floyd-related, these folks demand a show. The true Floyd experience, after all, is…
The scaling back of this past Art Basel Miami Beach was noticeable, with fewer freebies and lower-key events. So it’s safe to assume that the final big event of the “season,” Winter Music Conference, is going to look a little different overall this year, too. It’s doubtful that megawatt DJs…
via www.myspace.com/theblacklipsIf you are thinking of attending the Black Lips show at Churchill’s on Friday, March 27, you should probably buy presale tickets — the show is most likely going to sell out. The source for online tickets, however, has changed. Promoters New Art School were previously selling them through…
via www.villagevoice.comTV on the Radio’s win for best album was not exactly a stunning upsetNew Times’ sister paper, the Village Voice, has been running its annual Pazz & Jop critics’ poll since 1971. And while it’s among the last in the “best-of” national roundups, it’s been one of the most…
As Crossfade announced last month, New Times is partnering with Gulfstream Park in a Battle of the Bands; the winner gets to play at the upcoming Langerado music festival. Nine finalists have been chosen. They’ll square off, four and five at a time, respectively, on February 7 and February 13…
Jim NortonWith Amy SchumerWednesday, January 21The Lincoln Theater, Miami BeachBetter Than: Cheech & Chong’s show around the corner, maybeThe Review:It’s unclear whether the big, bad economy can be blamed for the less-than-full turnout at Jim Norton’s South Beach Comedy Festival gig last night at the Lincoln Theater. Plenty of people…
It’s easy to crack a joke at ol’ Rod the Mod’s expense. Sure, sadly, the lingering image many casual music fans have of him is of his latter-day, slightly bloated, warbling version. But the man is a legend, a holdout from when frontmen were rock stars instead of disposable pop…
Nobody in Miami has been a bigger booster of local quartet The Jean Marie than Lolo Reskin of Sweat Records. So where else would the band celebrate its latest album release than at The Vagabond’s Friday party, which Lolo helps throw? So this edition celebrates Annie Jump Cannon, the group’s…
There is little left to say about the singular Celine Dion that anyone who has ever been near a radio or TV set doesn’t know already. If you love her, you probably know all about her recent past, in which she held court in Las Vegas for five years. You…
If, thanks to a debacle over RSVPs, you missed the Panda Bear solo show during this past Art Basel Miami Beach, cheer up. The entire Animal Collective trifecta has just announced a large-scale national tour in support of the group’s latest album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Despite the band’s large-scale popularity…
Local producer and PL0T resident DJ Alejandro Sab a.k.a. Sabox was a staple of the burgeoning downtown minimal scene in 2008. For those of you who missed out last year, here’s a killer mix encapsulating some of the sexy stripped-down funk sound patrons heard at White Room Fridays and other…
Much like his previous video, for “The Right,” featuring Jean Grae and Wrekonize, DJ I-Dee’s latest video is also based on his beloved early 16-bit video games. “Swollen Dome/1991” features another downtempo-ish track (mostly “Swollen Dome,” with “1991” just at the end), with just enough scratching, and the wunderkind battle…
Last week, I wrote a little preview on the Yo Majesty show set for next Tuesday at White Room, summarizing the duo’s on-and-off internal turmoil. MCs Shunda K and Jewel B sometimes refuse to pose for photo shoots together and do interviews separately, and then just as quickly seem to…
Nobody in Miami has been a bigger booster of the local quartet the Jean Marie than Lolo Reskin of Sweat Records. So where else would the band celebrate its latest album release than at the Vagabond’s Friday party, which Lolo helps throw? So this edition celebrates Annie Jump Cannon, the…
Little, it seems, can stop the improbable Tampa-based female party-rap juggernaut Yo Majesty — not even the occasional near-implosion of the group itself. Early last summer, some undefined internal meltdown sent home half of the duo, the gospel-trained vocalist-turned-rapper Jewel B. The group’s backbone, the verbose and sheerly ass-kicking Shunda…
