Bored? Money burning a hole in your pocket? Or do you just have a burning urge to see a fading pop icon try to bring the magic back to her act without resorting to public displays of indecency? If you answered yes to any of the previous questions, then there…
When you think downtown Hollywood, you almost certainly think Dub. Okay, maybe not, but Arts Park has a serious music festival on the books now. On September 5, Dubfest is coming to town featuring Bunny Wailer’s only U.S. appearance (the last surviving member of the original Wailers), Lee “Scratch” Perry,…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs, this time with a focus on food disaster blogs:Cake Wrecks has countless pictures of cakes with the best of intentions gone…
The punk rock invasion of South Florida keeps on coming with Guttermouth, Does it Matter, and The Ruins announcing a show at Respectable Street on August 16. Respectable just announced that the Queers are coming in September, and are also hosting Fear, Agent Orange, D.I., and Total Chaos in August…
Somehow this mega-show slipped under the concert announcement radar, perhaps because it seems like he played here a month ago, but John Legend is back with India.Arie on July 9 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood. The multi- Grammy award winner (6 to be exact) and collaborator on countless huge…
Has the Culture Room gone a little soft for your tastes this week? Plain White T’s, Boys Like Girls, and Drop Dead, Gorgeous are all on this week’s bill, but not to worry, true metal fans. Saturday is a new day, and Culture Room is opening the doors for a…
Rob Thomas, formerly of Tabitha’s Secret and currently of Matchbox 20, is touring solo in support of the soon to be released “SwanCradlesong”. He’s had about 30 huge radio hits, and like it or not he’s probably one of the preeminent faces of contemporary singer/songwriters. Other than that, it’s hard…
Local comedian Marvin Dixon (he’s from Miami) has been hosting comedy shows like Def Comedy Jam, BET’s Comic View, and Showtime at the Apollo for 15 years. You’ve just never heard of him. That might change with the ironically titled All White Comedy Show coming to the Miramar Culture Center…
Sometimes, it’s the little things that really make a band’s sound. Vocal harmonies, a little extra time in post-production, or a perfectly timed cracking of the voice can all make a song much better. In the case of Drop Dead, Gorgeous, it’s not really any of the aforementioned things that…
When I was a kid, I remember my mother packing lunches in a brown paper bag and throwing in a little note on my napkin throughout grade school. As I complained of embarrassment, the notes disappeared, as did the carefully prepared cream cheese and sliced green olive sandwiches. They were…
The redcoats are coming! British alterna-rockers Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays are hitting up Revolution Live on September 29. The Furs, who’ve had a slew of hit songs like Love my Way, Heartbreak Beat, and Pretty In Pink, have (not so) recently reunited and hit the road hoping to inspire…
This week’s Live Nation Wednesday deal isn’t the greatest unless you’ve got 3-5 people you can persuade to your musical tastes. In what’s becoming a weekly event, Live Nation is dropping the service fees on four packs and six packs to a slew of events this summer (Hit the jump…
With all the garbage pop punk polluting the airwaves these days, sometimes it’s hard to recall a time where pop punk was good, much less relevant. If the only punk you know is played on MTV3 or VH1, it’s high time you head out to Respectable Street and catch this…
Santa Barbara based band Rebelution (not to be confused with the Christian movement of the same name) are bringing even more feel good indie reggae to Culture Room on August 29. The formation of the band is typical: they met in college, started playing together, recorded an album, co-vocalist leaves…
He’s played Bonnaroo and Langerado. He’s toured with Ben Harper, the Wailers, and Steel Pulse. Now, Trevor Hall is taking his acoustic folk/hip hop/reggae mashup on the road solo and he’ll be hitting Culture Room July 18. Hall’s music stands out from many of his fellow folk singer/songwriters for a…
Hurricane Grill and Wings won a Best Of award this year for best wings, so I just had to check it out. Luckily enough, I walked in to the Plantation location just after 2 p.m. and was handed a lunch-special menu. So long as you purchase a drink (fountain drink…
Now Hannah Montana’s minions are striking out on their own. Mitchel Musso, best known as Oliver on the Hannah Montana sitcom courtesy of Disney, is hitting the road with a head full of songs and an itching, burning need to sing them to you and your children. Having just released…
The wheel in the sky keeps on turning, and Journey keeps on touring. Enjoying a second revival thanks in no small part to their song being used as the punctuation mark at the end of HBO’s The Soprano’s, Journey is tearing up the country, packing as many shows as possible…
How’s this for some good tour timing: Tony Bennett’s long, meandering tour which spreads 33 shows over 8 months, will be conveniently making a slew of stops in Florida throughout January 2010. On January 8, Mr. Bennett will bring his golden voice to the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, and…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights other food blogs, this time with a focus on recipe-focused blogs:Looking for something to bring to the upcoming Fourth of July party? Try this recipe…
Want to see something a little different in November? Try Mute Math, a new wave, post-rock, alternative hybrid band from New Orleans. I guess they’re not entirely new or undiscovered, seeing as they’ve been nominated for a Grammy for their “Typical” video (found after the jump) and they’re playing at Revolution…
Photo via michael.doyle’s Flickr The backlash against Atmosphere is puzzling. Wasn’t it just a few years ago that Slug and Ant were THE darlings of the underground hip hop movement? Anyone non-commercial hip-hop fan had an Atmosphere sticker or two on their car, or at least rocked a Lucy Ford…
