Beyonce Knowles

Quick Takes

Last Night: Beyonce at the BankAtlantic Center

Beyonce Cranks Dat

Last Night: Panda Bear and No Age at Karu & Y

Art Damage with Panda Bear and No Age Friday, December 5Karu & Y, Downtown Miami Better Than: Everything happening that night on the planet Earth if you happen to take Pitchfork or College radio charts as the gospel. The Review: The rumors of a No Age/Panda Bear double bill during Basel beg ... More >>

Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were dem ... More >>

My Inauguration Photo Album Full of Obama Droves, Celebrity Specks And Snipers

It is hard to overstate how crowded it was on the National Mall Sunday. I've been to New York City.  I've been to Disney World. I've been to Phish concerts. But to be one amongst nearly a million human bodies is oddly disconcerting. Especially because it seemed like a good thirty percent of tho ... More >>

Mary J. Blige

It is hard to overstate how crowded it was on the National Mall Sunday. I've been to New York City.  I've been to Disney World. I've been to Phish concerts. But to be one amongst nearly a million human bodies is oddly disconcerting. Especially because it seemed like a good thirty percent of tho ... More >>

Borne in the U.S.A.

How they define the heartland on Broward Boulevard

Spinning Blues Into Lies

Cadillac Records can't handle the truth

Happy Birthday, Blowfly!

The original nasty rapper celebrates his 70th at PS14.

Head Spins: DJ Lennox

Kicking hip-hop from Miami to West Palm Beach.

Let Them Eat Cake

Kicking hip-hop from Miami to West Palm Beach.

Marc Anthony

Kicking hip-hop from Miami to West Palm Beach.

The Strong One

No more shucking and jiving for reggae's newest starlet

Shirley Caesar and Yolanda Adams

No more shucking and jiving for reggae's newest starlet

South Florida Native Jim Jonsin Is the New Producer King

No more shucking and jiving for reggae's newest starlet

American Idol Goes Geriatric

No more shucking and jiving for reggae's newest starlet

Destiny's Child

Destiny Fulfilled (Columbia)

Simmer Down, Kids!

Sex-ed teachers want to know: How do you get hormones to listen to reason?

Back to the Future

A review of Kelly Clarkson in the year 2025

Talib Kweli

Eardrum (Blacksmith)

Same Old Beyoncé

Another desperate letter from a disgruntled fan

Crisis in Suburbia

Little Children, Dreamgirls: Showstopper Edition, The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky, Diggers

Dream Works

But it's not perfect. Jennifer Hudson nails it as a well-worn tale struggles to transcend the Ray model.

Beyoncé

B'Day (Sony Urban Music/Columbia)

Horror Business

The HorrorPops' lead freak in uniform sets things straight.

And Then There Were Five

Jurassic 5 wants the airwaves.

Country Boy Makes Good

Alan Jackson

Hip-Hop Academy

We get schooled in the College Night traditions at Delux

Various Artists

One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found (Rhino)

Soul Sisters

Hand in hand, the two women of Floetry make their mark on R&B

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Hand in hand, the two women of Floetry make their mark on R&B

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meals toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise

Scream Therapy

On a busy VMA weekend, Miami raised the art of celebrity worship to new heights

Beat Street

D'N'B Basic

The Prince Deficit

One man can save us from our devastating lack of sex appeal

Miss-a-Miss-a-Missy

One man can save us from our devastating lack of sex appeal

Wannabe Hit Parade

A nonscientific tip sheet of WMC's breakout tracks

Beyoncé

Dangerously in Love (Columbia)

Missy Elliott

Under Construction (Elektra)

SAS Martini Lounge

Under Construction (Elektra)

She’s the Best Kind of Trouble

Under Construction (Elektra)

Clubland Confidential

Sample the year's best dance grooves.

Taylor Swift Headlines the BankAtlantic Center

Sample the year's best dance grooves.

Soul Circus

Sample the year's best dance grooves.

Sex and the City 2, Pompano Beach Edition

​Thousands of miles from the glamorous sand dunes of Abu Dhabi, in an entirely different beach town, four women clamored into their seats at the Muvico in Pompano Beach to watch the premiere of Sex and the City 2.We purchased our $11 tickets days in advance. My pals came decked out in strappy heel ... More >>

Soulja Circus

​Thousands of miles from the glamorous sand dunes of Abu Dhabi, in an entirely different beach town, four women clamored into their seats at the Muvico in Pompano Beach to watch the premiere of Sex and the City 2.We purchased our $11 tickets days in advance. My pals came decked out in strappy heel ... More >>

Ladies Night Minus Fluff

​Thousands of miles from the glamorous sand dunes of Abu Dhabi, in an entirely different beach town, four women clamored into their seats at the Muvico in Pompano Beach to watch the premiere of Sex and the City 2.We purchased our $11 tickets days in advance. My pals came decked out in strappy heel ... More >>

Food and Drink Events This Weekend in Broward/Palm Beach Counties

PTC24 via Creative CommonsIf you aren't cooking something using fire this weekend, you're doing it wrong.​Sticking around town for Labor Day and dreading Tuesday morning, when you'll have to listen to that jerk from sales brag about his awesome weekend spent hanging on the deck of Lady Gaga's spac ... More >>

Battle Royal: Jay-Z and Kanye West Take "Watch the Throne" Global to Fend Off the Hip-Hop Hordes

PTC24 via Creative CommonsIf you aren't cooking something using fire this weekend, you're doing it wrong.​Sticking around town for Labor Day and dreading Tuesday morning, when you'll have to listen to that jerk from sales brag about his awesome weekend spent hanging on the deck of Lady Gaga's spac ... More >>