Kanye West Joins Twitter, Tops 20,000 Followers in Two Hours

By the time Kanye West’s announcement that he has indeed joined Twitter made it to our Google Reader, more than 10,000 followers were on board — that number doubled quickly once Perez Hilton got wind of it and just topped 25K, thanks to Entertainment Weekly. By the end of the…

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases for July 20-26

In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.One of the week’s top-sellers, the Books’ The Way Out — a collage of spoken word, German rock, electronic glitches, ambient noise,…

Kevin Barnes Will Not Perform at Lake Worth-It Festival

Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes will not perform at Lake Worth-It on August 7 due to the economic climate and low sponsorship, according to organizer Cecil Lunsford. Barnes was previously slated as the headliner for the daylong festival in Lake Worth’s Bryant Park. In connection with the announcement, Lunsford adds…

Kie Money Releases “Welcome to Broward County” Video

More proof that County Grind is greatly influenced by 954 Hip-Hop, Kie Money has unveiled a video for the song we got excited about a couple of months back, “Welcome to Broward County.” Or, as some people around these parts like to say, BroCo.Directed by Ed “Nolu” Noel, the slickly…

Nas & Damian Marley Return to South Florida August 22

Nas & Damian Marley put on a masterful performance at this year’s SunFest oh, 84 days ago, if anyone’s counting. Prior to that, the duo was down in Miami for the Ultra Music Festival exactly 121 days ago. Now, this is precisely 27 days of advance warning for the Distant…

J-O’s “My Smoke Song” Video Should Make Him Easier to Google

Plantation-bred J-O, AKA Jonathan Olivert, has a hip-hop name that makes sense — it’s his initials. Right now, though, a certain popular fabric retailer’s site is up top of the search results. This guy hasn’t even reached his 20th birthday, according to his Facebook page, so he’s got some time…

Last Night: Weird Al Yankovic at Mizner Park Amphitheater, July 24

Weird Al YankovicMizner Park Amphitheater, Boca RatonSaturday, July 24, 2010If the thick South Florida heat was getting to Weird Al Yankovic Saturday night, he sure wasn’t showing it — even while donning a suit that turned him into a Hell’s Angels version of Humpty Dumpty for his performance of “Fat.”…

Proof That Marilyn Manson and John Mayer Were in the Same Room

Now some of the gossip-type rags will probably be most interested in the fact that, oh, CONFIRMED: Evan Rachel Wood still crawls in the tattooed, pasty arms of our South Florida alumnus Marilyn Manson! However, this photograph is courtesy of the sexual napalm joke-tosser John Mayer (please click on the…

Crosby, Stills and Nash Hit Hard Rock Live on October 1

Seeing Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in South Florida this year is now possible. Of course, you’ll have to buy tickets to Neil’s show on September 23 — also at Hard Rock Live. Anyhow, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash have long been components in one of the most…

Surfer Blood Featured Prominently in Pitchfork Festival Video Wrap

Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 Recap from MPLS.TV on Vimeo.Our lovely sister paper Minneapolis’ City Pages presents a charming video snapshot of this past weekend’s Pitchfork Festival, which was held in Chicago’s Union Park. Interspersed between interviews with Pitchfork head honcho Ryan Schreiber, comedian Michael Showalter, Neon Indian, Best Coast, South…

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros Coming to Culture Room October 19

Among bands that your cool dad might know about even before you is Edward Sharpe & the Magnificent Magnetic Zeros (oh, whatever), so maybe bring him to Culture Room on October 19. Even if NPR suggests that the ten-piece troupe from Los Angeles “defies documentation, let alone description,” here’s a…

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases for July 13-19

In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Many, many music reviewers might have you believing that the M.I.A. album is the worst thing to be committed to tape since…

Why Lindsay Lohan Should Record in Prison

Tuesday marks what could be the best thing for Lindsay Lohan’s recording career. For better or for worse, hip-hop culture is overly linked to the idea of “authenticity” (especially in the case of 50 Cent). As Lohan begins a 90-day prison sentence today — which likely will amount to about…

MP3: Protoman Proclaims “Guns Don’t Kill People (Florida Does)”

The righteous talents of South Florida rappers Protoman and Bleubird come together on this urgent new jam, “Guns Don’t Kill People (Florida Does).” And yes, their spitfire verses on the track will leave some welts in your flesh.According to Protoman’s MySpace, “This funk inspired breakbeat produced by Dantanna also features…

Slideshow: The Pretty Faces’ Farewell Show at Propaganda Friday

Don’t be squeamish. The slideshow from Friday’s killer set by the Pretty Faces at Propaganda features some folks who’re pretty darn picturesque and worth a lot of pageviews, ahem, eyeballs. Bassist Hannah Thorslund even rocked what I believe is an award-winning T-shirt, and Jeph and Tom were equally slick. Shots…

Download Totem Pole’s New EP Already!

If the Glimpses of the South Florida Scene piece we ran last week and the MP3 of the day prior to that didn’t draw enough attention to the trippy brilliance of Totem Pole, let one of the finest South Florida music blogs, Hear Hums’ blog, be a reminder. Totem Pole…