Photo by C. Taylor CrothersKeller WilliamsRevolution Live, Fort LauderdaleFriday, February 26, 2010Better Than: Solo acts at Mallory Square in Key West that rely on their money-fetching dog to provide the show. The Review:”Who, what, when, where, why, how much?”- “Stupid Questions,” Breathe After a playful instrumental warm-up, these were the questions posed…
Nite Jewel will be one of the first acts to perform at Grand Central.Miami, do you miss the days of Studio A? Tired of trekking up to Fort Lauderdale or West Palm Beach to see a show just because Miami lacks a mid-size venue? Did you feel some shows scheduled…
Crossfade can exclusively confirm that Drake will not perform at Karu & Y on March 12. According to Drake’s manager Cortez Bryant, who spoke with New Times Friday afternoon, the concert continues a trend of shady promoters impersonating members of his team. The story is developing, so keep checking this…
For those who can’t get enough heavy metal mayhem, hopefully 70,000 Tons of Metal will suffice. So far, the cruise no wuss should book (it’s $666, ferchristsakes!) has unveiled 11 of the 40 acts terrorizing the high seas from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico, and back to Miami, Jan. 24-28, 2011…
courtesy of Girlie ActionOne of the most distinct trends in this year’s Ultra Music Festival lineup so far is the presence of several so-called “livetronica” acts, crossover artists from the jam scene whose experimentation is more with bleeps and bloops than guitar noodling. One of the best is Colorado’s Pretty…
Legalize it.The 17th annual Bob Marley Fest hits Bayfront park this Saturday, February 27th with more Marley-kid performances than you can shake a joint rolled up in a copy of the Miami Herald at (hey at least then the paper’ll be put to good use).The list of what you can’t…
photo by C. Taylor CrothersTouring in support of his 13th album, Odd, Keller Williams is just that. That’s meant in the best way possible. The 40-year-old fits the very definition of unique, having toured almost exclusively as a one-man-band since the early ’90s. (Exceptions include short stints with String Cheese…
Photo by Travis NewbillPaleface With Black Weather Shaman and EverymenWednesday, February 24, 2010 The Monterey Club, Fort Lauderdale Better Than: Staying inside ’cause it was raining. The Review: Perhaps the chilly drizzle kept a lot of people home. Or maybe it had something to do with Black Weather Shaman, and some kind of…
Photo by Rachel BriggsEven if British soft-folkster David Gray hasn’t been a fixture in your playlist since his days as Radiohead’s opening act in the mid-’90s (or ever), do consider attending his April 14 show at Fillmore Miami Beach if only to see his opener, Phosphorescent.For the past five years,…
Minnesota punks Off With Their Heads have been grinding out some of the best melodic “don’t call it pop-” punk the Twin Cities have put out in recent history. For the past seven years, the band has gone under the radar. But a stable lineup since 2007 and constant touring…
via vprecords.comCapleton’s favorite food is okra. “I love okra, whatever style — fried okra, okra stew, okra salad. Okra is really good for you.” So says the Prophet, sometimes called the Fireman, but always known as one of the greatest artists in dancehall history.Born Clifton George Bailey III in St…
Prog-rock kings Yes are known for their intricate and multimovement songs, ethereal lyrics and harmonies, and fantasy-fueled album-cover art (mostly by Roger Dean, who also designed their distinctive logo). Through the ’60s and ’70s, albums like Fragile, Close to the Edge, and Tales From Topographic Oceans and tracks “Starship Trooper,”…
Punk band reunion tours are each unique… but not like snowflakes; more like small-town Fourth of July parades, in that it’s a constant tradeoff between reassuring familiarity and the flinching overcompensation of old people with streamers. The Cro-Mags should fare better, or at least fall toward the former; the hardcore…
If you’ve ever been to a Jimmy Buffett show, we’re just preaching to the choir when we say it’s a one-of-a-kind experience. The Parrothead community is one of the great followings in music history, on par with Deadheads. Arriving at the venue, you might be momentarily disoriented by the atmosphere,…
The quirky and quizzical Keller Williams once again returns to South Florida with his one-man band. He’s a festival staple and always a highlight in that setting — but his club shows are downright rapturous. No matter how big the room, K-Dub always manages to produce a basement-party sing-along vibe…
In a world where divas are bionically enhanced, the bloom of marquees and floodlights can be seen from space, and the energy crisis has been averted by harnessing the kinetic motion of dance floors, power house is the genre of choice. And those who choose choose power house DJ Boris,…
Yes, this is hard to read.What we know for sure: West Palm Beach’s Cruzan Amphitheatre will host the traveling version of the Bamboozle Festival on May 25. Specific acts for this date have not been announced, but a little checking in on Cobra Starship’s Too Fast for Love dates with…
The namesake guitarist of the Damon Fowler group may look, at first, a little too fresh-faced to really know about the blues. And yes, Fowler is a cherubic Gen Y-er, but he already boasts more than a decade on the live circuit. Growing up in the Tampa Bay area, he…
Aholsniffsglue once made crack cocaine out of Ajax and battery acid, smoked it with the Dalai Lama, and became obsessed with stripes and circles. True story.Give thanks the art world appreciates the kind of compulsions that drive people past the brink of madness, are willing to pay for it, and…
In this era of dime-a-dozen indie electro-pop duos, one contemporary act stands apart from the rest for sheer substance, stylistic originality and emotional rapport, and that’s Ontario, Canada’s Junior Boys. Crooner/co-producer Jeremy Greenspan and partner Matt Didemus first began their collaboration in the early 2000s, the fruit of which were…
PalefaceThe Show is on the Road (Ramseur Records)Paleface’s journey has been a rocky one. He’s been picked up and slammed down by major labels, battled substance abuse, and had Beck crashing on his couch (okay, maybe that wouldn’t be so bad). But as one of the founders of New York’s…
via facebook.com/pages/Steel-PulseOne of the longest-running roots reggae bands around, Steel Pulse now boasts a list of former members as twice as long as that of its current lineup. Only two of its current players have appeared on all 11 of the band’s studio albums: keyboardist and backing vocalist Selwyn Brown,…
