Bet you’re wondering what the hell Luther Campbell is doing right now. The busy man is probably lounging, sipping a hot cocoa, in Park City, Utah. The father of booty music announced a 2 Live Crew reunion tour this past Saturday from Sundance. He attended the film festival to promote Life…
The Jacuzzi Boys are so everywhere. Their Daytrotter session went live and likely exposed a slew of internet music nerds to their CrazySexyCool rock ‘n’ roll. It’s quite an honor to be added to this streaming library of live recordings made by mostly emerging indie bands. They’re so everywhere that they’re even…
You read right. DJ, producer, and active tweeter Diplo is off the bill for the Sleigh Bells show. He was expected to perform alongside the Brooklyn noise-pop duo at Revolution Live this February. Diplo grew up Thomas Wesley Pentz in Florida and hit it superbig collaborating with M.I.A. He’s one-half of dancehall…
We would be fools without ears or hearts if we didn’t take a minute to acknowledge the passing of Etta James today.At 73, the Matriarch of the Blues endured many trials during her life, including an absent mother, an addiction to heroin, and more recently struggles with dementia and hepatitis C…
If you were trying to watch season one of The Wire yesterday afternoon on MegaUpload, you were probably left with a lot of time on your hands to wonder why the site wasn’t working. The major file-sharing website was shut down this afternoon by the U.S. Department of (in)Justice (we kid, we kid…
Starving as an artist sucks. Starving, period, sucks. That’s why it’s so sweet that Dada is hosting Trauma Hawk, a co-op event for artists to sell their usable art, made mostly with recycled materials, this Sunday. They’ll make money and do things like eat with it. Artist and musician Maitejosune…
If you grew up in South Florida and are old enough to remember the mid- and late ’90s, you might remember the band Discount. The Vero Beach punk ensemble was led by then middle schooler Alison Mosshart. The once-underaged songstress is now a grown woman living in London as one-half…
If you live in South Florida and often are at shows, it is entirely possible that we’ve made eye contact. This is because I like to glare intensely at people, and also because I spend my afternoons obsessively checking events on Facebook, looking for concerts to attend once the sun…
The talented members of Toubab Krewe play not only traditional rock instruments but also traditional African ones. These include noisemakers you’ve probably never seen in your life: the soku, kamelengoni, and kora. The band is composed of white dudes who marry West African sounds with American jam-band music. Since 1997, Toubab Krewe…
What’s the best thing about Christmas? Is it the family gatherings or the roast meats? Is it the presents or that it’s Jesus’ birthday? God forgive us, but no. Friends, it’s the Christmas lights. Those wonderful glowing buds of hope that light our way in the darkness of winter and…
Since you’re already jogging through the “high” culture of the Miami Beach Convention Center, basking in the glow of curator masturbation material, stop by the Kohn Compound in Wynwood. Let the fearless group there haunt your audio dreams and bring Baseling to the next level with pure sound quality. Your…
Peter Murphy and She Wants Revenge With Hussle Club Revolution, Fort LauderdaleThursday, November 10, 2011For a slide show from the concert, click here.Better than: Any goth night anywhere.It’s interesting to watch bands play the same show as a legend whose style they clearly admire and imitate. Last night, Hussle Club and…
Geoff Tate, lead singer of prog-metal band Queensrÿche, is known for his four-octave vocal range as well for his band’s conceptual epic albums. On its 30th-anniversary tour, the group’s newest, Dedicated to Chaos, is a break from that format.Tate recently shaved his tresses not because he wanted a new look but to…
Radio-Active Records’ Grand Opening PartyWith Little Beard, Luma Junger, and MötherskyRadio-Active Records, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, November 5, 2011Check out a slide show here.Check out video here.Road trippers making their way from Fort Kent, Maine, to Key West will now be able to satisfy their musical needs as they cruise through Broward…
Iyaz hit the scene nice and sweet with his smash hit “Replay” in 2009 when the singer was only 22 years old. Discovered by Sean Kingston via his MySpace page and Caribbean hit “Island Girls,” the British Virgin Islander joined the ranks of a growing legion of island pop stars.Keidran…
Chuck Livid believes that the greatest success of his DIY label Livid Records is the bonds it has created between the bands and the label. These are bonds so intense that he thinks of all 16 of them as, in his words, his own “flesh and blood.” On this, Livid’s five-year…
Alt-country singer, songwriter, and all around musical maven Lucinda Williams comes from a long line of wordsmiths. Her grandfather was a Methodist minister and her father, poet Miller Williams, read at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. She still turns to him for songwriting advice. Williams is a prolific and inspired singer with both…
Dolly Parton “Better Day Tour”Hard Rock Live, Hollywood Tuesday, October 18, 2011Better than: Any other horny hillbilly. Dolly Parton will now be remembered as the most charming, talented, and adorable diva that ever came this far south after last night’s show at the Hard Rock. The lovely “Queen of Country” brought…
What can be written about Miami music legend Rat Bastard that hasn’t already been typed? Not much. Perhaps that’s why musicians Rob Elba and Brian Franklin orchestrated the music and lyrics to the Hearing Damage: Songs Inspired By the Life and Noise of Rat Bastard (AKA Rat Opera), which honors…
Night Ranger’s song “Sister Christian” has had the whole world wondering what “motoring” is since 1984. Drummer Kelly Keagy wrote the massive hit for his little sister and it kind of ended up an anthem for teenage girls to keep their legs shut. After 30 years, a breakup and many side…
With the 2004 debut release She’s in Control, an original sense of humor, and supersexy songs, Canadian duo Chromeo managed to delight bored folks stranded on lonely dance floors in megaclubs all across the globe. Friends since high school, Patrick Gemayel (AKA P-Thugg) and David Macklovitch (AKA Dave 1) grew…
Missing Persons’ frontwoman Dale Bozzio first sang “What little filters through is giving you the wrong impression” in 1982. The line, from the song “Words” by the former Playboy bunny and Hustler model, might fare well as a stance on a messy and undeniably creepy legal “situation” Bozzio recently faced…
