BY ANDY VIHSTADT Jukebox Hero Cat Power turns on the Jukebox January 22. The mostly covers album (and bonus disc) will include a bit of everything from Hank Williams to the Hot Boys. Here’s the tracklisting. For those of you hoping for her rendition of “Hanging on the Telephone” from…
The Morrissey concert originally scheduled for tonight at the Fillmore Miami Beach is officially cancelled. No official word on why, or whether or not it will be rescheduled. Refunds at point of purchase. Gossip to follow, I’m sure at www.morrissey-solo.com. Don’t ask me anything else right now because I’m too…
It’s not every compilation of house music that starts out with a Sun Ra track. In fact, this may be the only one. Still, coming from Henrik Schwarz, this isn’t all that surprising, considering that he opened his 2006 DJ-Kicks set with a number by Moondog and wove a slew…
“I came back from NY, nigga lost his deal/Felt sick to the stomach, almost lost his meal,” Phonte raps on Getback’s first track, “Sirens.” He’s referring to his duo Little Brother’s exit from Atlantic Records after sales of its major-label debut, The Minstrel Show, failed to meet expectations. Getback was…
The story of Against Me! begins in the college town of Gainesville, Florida, in 1997. Then-17-year-old Tom Gabel would play his angst-filled compositions with an acoustic guitar on street corners for spare change. The tunes were catchy, and his lyrics were about, well, being an angry, punk-rock 17-year-old in Gainesville…
Destruction. Doom. Death. These themes have been heavy-metal hallmarks since more or less the inception of the genre, and let’s face it, the music wouldn’t be as fun or compelling without them. But for New Orleans residents, these words have a much deeper meaning in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina…
I’m an old-school fool who’ll steal a 45 (that’s a record, son) over a compact disc any night of the week, but when labels push lushly packaged CD compilations encompassing dope, hard-to-find original albums, I can only say, “Um, pretty please?” Such is the case with a long-overdue duo of…
In the eight or so years since Tegan and Sara signed to fellow Canadian Neil Young’s Vapor Records and began touring the world in earnest, more and more fans have been flocking to their unorthodox, much-talked-about shows. The tattooed, mulleted sisters are hilarious on stage, where they include sibling-rivalry jabs,…
It’s a good month for Joy Division fans to maybe think about trying to smile. Sure, the confusing multiple release dates for Control, Anton Corbijn’s biopic about singer Ian Curtis, make it unclear if the movie will ever reach the big screen in South Florida. But fans can thank the…
The Thrills’ 2003 debut, So Much for the City, was a fanciful homage to the California myth, as filtered through the Day-Glo haze of wistful ’70s euphoria. Its playful imagery summoned endless vistas of surf and sand, idealized and admired from a vantage point somewhat distant and distinct. It’s not…
Longtime Miami DJ Oscar G has a penchant for driving the city’s dance culture forward. He’s been the resident DJ at Club Space for years and has a faithful following that packs the club every weekend he’s in town. This is not just because of its early-morning debauchery but because…
The members of Asylum Street Spankers lay down stone-cold, earth-bound grooves as expertly as they get the old-time weed party started. And if the Austin troupe is serious (yeah, right) about the burgeoning kiddie music market — its new album, Mommy Says No!, targets fans of SpongeBob SquarePants, lunch boxes,…
The neo-goth/new-wave quartet Shiny Toy Guns gets its firepower from a wide combination of talents. A lot of it has to do with the group’s two lead singers — one male, one female — who have an uncanny knack for audible synchronization. Each boasts a powerful voice with plenty of…
For those who remember, Southern California’s rock/ska band Sublime was one hell of a music outfit while it lasted. The group, fronted by affable lead singer Bradley Nowell, kicked out funky riffs and dubbed-out ditties about everything from smoking sinsemilla to hardcore substance abuse. Although the band lasted only from…
The cover to New Seasons — a rural landscape dipped in shades of electric raspberry — looks a lot like the jacket for Charley D. and Milo’s 1970 debut LP, a lost treasure in lysergic country pop. That’s not surprising. The Sadies, as their sixth studio album clearly demonstrates, retain…
The Virginia-born singer, songwriter, and serial jammer tells us that he plans “to rock” as he returns to South Florida with a full band instead of relying solely on his acoustic guitar and Gibson Echoplex delay system that he used the last time he was in town. “It will be…
Boston’s on the Beach40 S. Ocean Blvd.Delray Beach561-278-3364To celebrate the second World Series championship for everyone’s lovable losers, I visited a place whose name says it all: Boston’s on the Beach. The smell of victory, I learned as the Boston Red Sox smashed their Louisville Sluggers into the hopes of…
So, my money says that the whole Fiascogate won’t help Lupe Fiasco sell records when his new album, The Cool, drops later this year. The MC was never really relevant to hip-hop’s thug elite, and he’s pretty much pissed off the backpacker crowd by dissing A Tribe Called Quest last…
The sometimes West Palm Beach resident Killa Cam’ron has a new double mixtape out today. I’m not going to waste a lot of time loving it or hating on it as I’ve only heard a few tracks which didn’t move me in either direction. But here’s a funny post from…
Barring some fourth-quarter cataclysm, Lil Wayne’s Da Drought 3 is probably going to end up as my album of the year, despite it not actually being a real album and everything. It’s tough to articulate just what’s so powerful about Da Drought 3; when I first heard it, I thought…
So it stands to reason that there’s only one American Gangster album that people should be interested in and that’s Jay-Z’s new release. It’s his second full length album post retirement and it’s not getting the greatest of reviews, partly because it’s his second full length album post retirement and…
Jay-Z American Gangster (Roc-A-Fella) American Gangster is one hell of a comeback album. For Diddy. Alongside his production team, The Hitmen, Sean Combs produces the album’s hottest tracks, “Pray,” and “Roc Boys (And The Winner Is),” outshining hit makers like the Neptunes and Jermaine Dupri. As for Jay-Z, let’s hope…
