Against Me! New Wave Gainesville’s Against Me! shares a hometown with Lynyrd Skynyrd and, discounting the redneck caricature Skynyrd became after frontman/spiritual leader Ronnie Van Zant’s 1977 death, a lot more: a keen eye for the flaws of leaders and those being led alike, and songs with sentiments as potent…
DJ Slip 187 Lucy Orozco Masters of Mayhem Thunderbird Beach Resort August 11, 2007 Better Than: Getting locked inside a tanning booth and blistering up to the sound of “Diamond Girl,” on your brand new iPod headphones. The review: The usual darkness and crowding of nightclubs can only do Miami…
Gilberto Santa Rosa Hard Rock Live August 9, 2007 A stunning – and obviously health conscious – woman sensually swayed her hips and caressed her long black hair from the second level railing for most of Gilberto Santa Rosa’s performance last night at the Hard Rock Live. Despite going relatively…
Rick Ross Alexandra Quinones Rick Ross Charities, Inc. teamed up with Magic Johnson Burger King restaurants to kick off the 1st Annual “Rick Ross Be Out Day” Wednesday, at Miami Carol City Senior High. The concert was free, but it was incredibly hot. Luckily, Slip N Slide Records invited Miami…
Taking Back Sunday’s slow-but-steady rise to stardom is one of the most genuine post-hardcore success stories. Forming eight years ago in Long Island – historically a hardcore hotbed – the quintet got their start the true d.i.y. way, grinding away on the all-ages circuit and self-releasing their music. And that…
Anyone ever listen to Diplo’s seminal 2004 debut release, Florida, and find themselves rewinding the best frigging song on the album, “Diplo Rhythm,” endlessly trying to recapture that little snippet of Rio baile funk he slips in for the last 2 1/2 minutes of the track? It’s the one that…
Taverna Eros 8 E. Atlantic Ave.Delray Beach 561-272-8220 For partygoers, the tiny strip between Swinton and NE First Avenue on Atlantic Avenue is an oasis in an otherwise party-free desert that is Delray Beach after dark. Nestled within this oasis is a Mediterranean-style hideout. Taverna Eros is a hip little…
So it’s Tuesday night, and you’re hungry for some British soul. MTV doesn’t have you covered, BET wouldn’t even know where to start, and the new Mark Ronson album just isn’t doing the trick. What can you do to fill the void? Head to Seminole Hard Rock to check out…
Picture this: You’re enjoying a nice vacation in Rio, lounging with friends at a jazz club, when the bandleader calls out to you in the audience: ___________ (fill your name in here), come on up, it’s been years! “Oh, no, no,” you laugh, shooing away the attention with your hand…
Buy a ticket to the Projekt Revolution concert and your purchase will contribute to eliminating an estimated 167 tons of carbon emissions this year — which should make you feel pretty damned good about yourself. In fact, give yourself a pat on the back for hitting up a tour that…
When you make a biographical film about a public figure who’s well-known to much of the audience, you start out in a deep hole. From the moment the guy appears onscreen, people are making mental notes about the actor’s way of holding a fork or pronouncing tomato instead of getting…
In Hollywood, you often hear of passion projects — movies nobody in their right mind should try to produce — yet a handful of stubborn filmmakers do it anyway. El Cantante, starring Marc Anthony as salsa pioneer Héctor Lavoe and Jennifer Lopez as his wife, Puchi, is an example of…
First off, this isn’t exactly a new project by the fresh-out-of-prison Jamaican singer Jah Cure. The recently released True Reflections is more of a greatest-hits compilation of the best tunes that Cure has cranked out over the past eight years — most of which were recorded while the singer was…
In a genre in which artists are shot and killed because some take themselves too seriously, self-deprecation by independent thinkers is a welcome sound. Word Perfect, a duo made up of Florida MCs Dirty Dem (Fort Lauderdale) and Wiseguy (Orlando), would probably be more appropriately identified by a Chicago or…
Straight outta Belton, Texas, Flyleaf is a teen-angst quintet that aims to inspire through depression. Lead singer Lacey Mosley’s lyrics are rooted in her hardscrabble upbringing and early addiction issues, but rather than simply recap her personal tragedies, she infuses them with upbeat messages. “Fully Alive,” from the band’s self-titled…
History will remember Ben Kweller with a tampon stuffed up his nose. The 24-year-old songwriter plugged in and rocked out during his Austin City Limits Music Festival performance this past year after his “allergies” induced a nosebleed that gushed blood on the keys and his guitar while he battled through…
“I write my life as it progresses, as it gets worse — whatever,” says Aaron Yates, under his nom de plume Tech N9ne. “I’m like a fan inside this cat called Tech N9ne who writes this crazy stuff. I’m just waiting to see what the beats are going to bring…
If Mavis Staples never uttered another note, her legacy as one of gospel’s greatest voices would still be assured. A surviving member of the legendary Staples Singers, she helped carve a legacy that’s revered in both sacred and secular circles. In recent years, Staples has made a comeback of sorts,…
As with Contraband, the first Velvet Revolver CD, Libertad is an amalgam of its influences: some good (Guns N’ Roses), others less so (Stone Temple Pilots). Still, the unregenerate retro-ness of the project — and of Slash’s axing in general — will leave those with a taste for cock rock…
Here’s a disc that’s somehow getting better reviews as a rerelease than it did when it first dropped in 2003. That shouldn’t be the case, obviously, but since one-half of the Jaylib duo, the almighty J-Dilla, passed away, critics, pundits, and those who slept on the project the first time…
If one-hit wonders the Buggles were to recut their 1979 song “Video Killed the Radio Star” today, it would need a new title — say, “Internet Killed the Music Store.” Twenty-eight years on, CD sales are in the toilet, distributors, outlets, and even major chains like Tower Records are closing…
We’ve got the winners for our Projekt Revolution ticket contest. The trivia question was: What number appears in some form on the cover of every Taking Back Sunday album, and what does it refer to? The answer: 152. It’s explained here, in a a VH1.com interview with frontman Adam Lazzara:…
