Latin Alternative Music Conference Indie Musician Showcase July 11, 2007 New York, NY So last night I headed out to the Mercury Lounge, where the LAMC indie showcase was already unfolding. The venue is a small room located in the city’s Lower East Side (also dubbed East Village), and is…
Once a year, Latin Alternative musicians – those who don’t play salsas, tangos, boleros or other regional beats come together in New York City for a series of industry panel discussions,networking opportunities, open bars (there is a cocktail party that begins at 1 PM on Thursday!),promotional stops and of course…
The first time Kristine Young, frontwoman for, um, Kristeenyoung, was summoned to meet Morrissey, she was summarily ejected from his Rome recording studio. ¨His producer for his last record videotaped one of our shows at the Delancey [in New York]. Over in Rome, where they were making the record, he…
Photo by Jeffrey Delannoy Better Than: Every other large-scale concert of the year so far. The Review: Believe the hype. It’s not often I’ll say that. But last night’s Dolphin Stadium stop of the Police megatour revealed a band so technically assured and connected onstage, even after a 21-year break,…
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Wondering what you’re missing in Ibiza this summer? Following, a couple interviews with some of this summer’s residents at megaclub Pacha. First, hometown hero, Space resident Cedric Gervais. Interview after the jump…
Jyrki69, frontman of the 69 Eyes Photo by Jeffrey Delannoy Last night’s concert at Revolution marked the 69 Eyes’ first ever appearance in South Florida as headliners. Despite playing, and with the same lineup, for over fifteen years, the Helsinki, Finland-based quintet has remained something of a cult band in…
Astute observers have noted that his summer marks the fortieth anniversary of the Monterrey International Pop Festival, the event that established the blueprint for the rock festival concept and spawned the possibility of booking a variety of bands and artists to perform over the course of consecutive days in a…
The 69 Eyes perform with Night Kills the Day, Wednesday 13, and Fair to Midland on Thursday, July 5, at Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets cost $16 in advance, $18 at the door. Visit www.ticketmaster.com, or www.jointherevolution.net.
Tonight’s stop of Jesse Malin’s “Death and Taxes” tour, at Studio A, promises a bonus: openers Acute are hometown boys. Well, at least singer Isaac Lekach, 26, is. (Remember the basically one-man act, Poulain? That was him). Lekach went on a sort of vacation to Los Angeles a few years…
It´s a straight-up L.A. invasion in Miami this weekend. The attack on Friday´s edition of the weekly Revolver party comes from the tag-team duo with the gentle moniker of Guns ´n´ Bombs. While New York and Paris get all the techno/electro revival attention, Flip Turbotito and Johnny Love come correct…
If you dipped your toes in the waters of the Florida rave scene during the past, oh, 15 years, you´ve probably collected some warm, fuzzy half-memories of Rabbit in the Moon. Remember that time at Ultra when that spaceman landed on stage and showered the crowd with sparks from his…
Jacob Miller and Longwave June 23, 2007 Studio A Photo by Jeffrey Delannoy Better Than: Waiting around for prime Saturday going-out time; the show got going around 10:00 and was over by about midnight. The club doors opened at 8:00, and opener Jacob Miller took the stage at nearly 10:00…
Issac Delgado June 23, 2007 Knight Center An energetic and from-the-heart Cuban rumbón broke out Saturday night as a delirious and receptive crowd welcomed one of the island’s grandest and most innovative musicians ever at the James L. Knight Center. As a result the man responsible for keeping close to…
Martini Bar, at the Shops of Sunset Place (5701 Sunset Dr, South Miami) has become the unofficial spot for a freestyle revival. Check it, in the last few months they’ve had Stevie B. and Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam! (And on the non-freestyle, but still late-Eighties/early-Nineties tip, Jordan Knight, of…
Hey, you get a key chain! “In order to give fans the best possible experience for both The Police and the Miami club show, the Maroon 5 show at Studio A has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 11 at 3:00pm. Maroon5 will offer fans a rare and intimate acoustic performance…
Photo by Jeffrey Delannoy Battles June 18, 2007 Studio A Better Than: Sitting inside, listening to the evening’s torrential rain, and pulling bong hits by yourself. Openers Dance, Jenny have long been championed by Lolo Reskin, the fiery-maned proprietor of Sweat Records who also organized the show. Their earlier material…
Our latest writer is looking for Ricky Williams, whom she describes as a “blind pianist.” Her husband, now deceased, used to play guitar in a band with him in the Nineties. Any tips can be sent to me here. — Arielle Castillo…
This next letter is about the hallowed, now defunct Miami rock venue, Washington Square. “I used to live in Miami around 93/94, and I use to go see shows at the Square. I had the live disc, I was wondering if there is a way to get my hands on…
I’ve gotten a few messages recently from people trying to track down musicians, friends, etc from the South Florida music scene. Hence, a new public service of this blog … If you’re looking for a person, copies of an old rare local album, whatever, send me all the info and…
Did you hear what recently happened at the G-8 in Germany? Anarchists from around the world tried to overthrow the fascist global police summit with a punk rock revolution! Black masked protesters wearing Crimethinc and Leftover Crack T-shirts threw grapefruit-size stones and bottles at police and torched overturned cars. But…
The average unsuspecting gringo has no idea: Across Latin America, Los Tigres del Norte are huge. Regularly selling out stadiums of more than 80,000 seats, registering global sales of over 32 million records — yeah, that kind of huge. Playing continuously for close to 40 years now, the five-piece band…
