photo by Jonathan MannionMy article on Rick Ross this week has drawn a lot of comments, some of them echoing my contention that Ross’s past fibs — about serving as a corrections officer, for starters — make him an altogether unreliable narrator. One commenter, however, has laid out a lengthy…
photo by Ian WitlenTrent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails performing at the Cruzan Amphitheatre Friday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s AddictionWith Street Sweeper Social ClubFriday, May 8, 2009Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachBetter Than: Sex.The Review:Friday night in West Palm Beach marked the kick-off…
Jane’s AddictionA Cabinet of Curiositieswww.janesaddiction.comJane’s Addiction is of those bands that, although its members don’t especially like each other anymore, wields an influence simply too great to allow the band to stay broken up. The game-changing L.A. quartet that treated alternative rock like heavy metal (and vice versa) is now…
via myspace.com/katyperryBefore Katy smooched and sang, there were othersFormer Christian singer Katy Perry’s mischievously cute ditty “I Kissed a Girl” made her a pop star even hipsters could appreciate — at least until the next Lily Allen album dropped. “I Kissed a Girl” is fun, catchy and has the killer…
via amonamarth.comMetalheads looking for enough hair windmills — a circular type of headbanging that, um, is exactly what it sounds like — to give Don Quixote a coronary will find their Valhalla at Culture Room on Saturday as Viking-obsessed Swedes Amon Amarth roll through town.Over the band’s seven-album career, its…
Photo by Justin Namon, www.thepopnessparty.comTo read past installments of Miami According to Brooklyn, click here. What I would like to talk about this week is the new anti-tethering law that passed Miami-Dade County in March. Here’s the ordinance exactly how it’s stated: it “bans tethering or chaining of a dog…
Photo by Justin Namon, thepopnessparty.comTo read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here.What I would like to talk about this week is what I’ve realized more recently is the coolest thing about music: the fact that it keeps changing and evolving. It’s funny because whatever each generation…
Yes, Winter Music Conference and March madness have ended, but Culture Kings gives you another reason to skip out of work early this Wednesday afternoon with an acoustic in-store performance by Chester French. Think catchy Boston-bred guitar licks with a Beatles/ N.E.R.D. falsetto fitted with Bapes and blazers. The duo,…
Image via City LimitsCity Limits goes dark April 10.The last show at City Limits in Delray Beach will take place on April 10, featuring the Led Zeppelin tribute band Zoso. The club announced officially yesterday that it was closing. At least Palm Beach County still has Respectable St. Cafe, in…
Photo by Justin Namon, thepopnessparty.comTo read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. What I’d like to talk about today is an event I went to last week at the Bank of America tower downtown in honor of Earth Hour 2009. A friend of mine was working…
via www.myspace.com/coliseumMellowness might be anathema to Louisville’s Coliseum, judging by its reckless velocity and nihilistic harangues. “My lungs are filled with fumes…There’s no air in this city/I need something pure,” sings Ryan Patterson on 2004’s “This Mind Locked Inside This Body.” The band’s anti-authority lyrics and relentless backbeat qualify it…
If WMC boasts a definitive DJ, it would have to be Danny Tenaglia. The man’s been conference staple since 1986 (he missed out on 1985, the first WMC year) and has become legendary for his epic, soulful sets. As one of those pioneering WMC performers Tenaglia’s been privy to the…
Sung to the tune of “Jack and Diane”: “A little ditty about Matt and Kim/Two American kids making music in Brooklyn/Matt plays keys, sings snotty and cute/Kim bashes out drumbeats and sings a bit, too/Oh yeah, life goes on/Long after the hype of their debut is gone/Oh, yeah, life goes…
It seems Alkaline Trio visits South Florida every couple of months. Now that’s not a bad thing at all, especially since they’re one of the best poppy/dark punk bands still making music. But the big news here is Saves the Day is coming with them, and it seems like a…
Matthew Sabatella has carved out a distinctive niche for himself over the past several years or so by recreating the songs of America’s past, complete with instruments of the era — fiddles, banjos, Jew’s harps, and the like. He takes his traveling band to schools, libraries, and just about anywhere…
via www.backroom-entertainment.deWorking in both New York and, well, Tokyo, the artist known as Alex from Tokyo has shifted from an experimenting house dabbler to a member of the lauded Berlin Innervisions label. Tokyo Black Star, his production group with Tokyo-based producer and engineer Isao Kumano, released their latest studio effort…
Stiff Little Fingers gave us some of the best Irish punk rockSt. Patrick’s Day is today. So before we hit the pub to celebrate, we thought we’d put together a mix for you of some tracks our favorite Irish and Irish-American bands. Enjoy them — preferably with a pint of…
Photo by Justin Namon, www.thepopnessparty.comMy topic this week is the bicycle phenomenon here in Miami. Personally, I think that people picking up their bike instead of their car keys is awesome. They’re saying they really do care about their environment, plus it’s a great, fun way to exercise. Even though…
There are certain unforgettable snapshots that frame Arlo Guthrie’s life and career. They’re prefaced by the lingering legacy he inherited from his father, the great Woody Guthrie, one of America’s most indelible folk singers, the patron saint of protest and the man who inspired generations of young men like Bob…
Hmmm. Ludo? Isn’t that the nickname for a certain much-abused narcotic of somewhat ill repute? Or could it be that hit by Boz Scaggs from way back in the day? Or maybe it’s the nickname your college buddy chose because he always shunned his given name. Well … no. This…
Tuesday night at the Hard Rock, L.A. glam-metal heroes Mötley Crüe bring their grown-up and toned-down debauchery, while their searing Sunset Strip sound remains intact. With infinitely underrated guitar god Mick Mars, enigmatic songwriting bassist Nikki Sixx, genre-defining vocalist and aging pretty boy Vince Neil, and the wild pounding thump…
Photo by Justin Namon, www.thepopnessparty.comWhat we’re going to talk about this week is Ecco Lounge, the brand-new restaurant/lounge put together by Aramis Lorie and Brian Basti (of Poplife and PS14, respectively). It’s on the corner of SE Second Avenue and SE First Street, and it’s opening in early March.This project…
