Don’t expect to find too much material of Prince on YouTube in the future. The famous songwriter and eccentric music savant is waging war with the popular online video company over copyright issues and unauthorized use of his music. I’m not sure why the former assless chap wearing icon is…
Yesterday we gave you fresh techno, today we give you some funky deep house sounds. This mix comes courtesy of Miami DJ Rhouse, who originally hails from Pittsburgh, PA. Says Rhouse: “I am the grandfather of DJs having done my first gig in 1969. Unfortunately as my real world career…
Here’s another mix from Nova, “Summertime Sessions.” Click here to take a listen to a set of minimal techno sounds! Nova spins with Swedish techno legend Samuel L. Session at Blue on Saturday, September 29. Read about Samuel L. in next week’s issue of New Times. As always, local DJs,…
Following on the heels of yesterday’s cancelation of their weekend gigs in Austin, Detroit’s favorite garage rock band, the White Stripes, announced today that they are canceling their entire forthcoming Icky Thump tour, again citing health issues. According to a press release, Meg White is suffering from acute anxiety and…
While his Definitive Jux labelmate El-P is P.K. Dick-obsessed and fellow Caucasian rap-adours Buck 65 and Sage Francis delve into bloggish beatnik narratives, Aesop Rock seems like the last white indie rapper who just wants to kick a beat and bust a rhyme. The hook is that Rock is a…
You can’t help but be intimidated by KRS-One’s voice, a booming tone that shakes walls from concert halls to Ivy League classrooms. It is deeply distinct, like what you’d get if James Earl Jones rapped about b-boys, Jesus, and Bobby Seale. So imagine what it’s like to pick up the…
One thing that Marilyn Manson and I both agree on: You can’t shock an audience today,” Alice Cooper says. “Audiences are shocked full at this point, because of CNN.” Cooper should know; he’s the most infamous shock-rocker of all time, a pioneer of the genre. “When I used to cut…
Brooklyn’s ace dub specialist, Victor Axelrod, of the Easy Star All-Stars, knows a lot about making a solid dub record. As the mastermind behind the highly acclaimed Dub Side of the Moon, a reggae adaptation of Pink Floyd’s Darkside of the Moon, Axelrod and his Easy Star comrades breathed life…
The body of James Brown wasn’t even cold before DJs across the country were cooking up tribute mixes to honor the late Godfather of Soul. Some of these mixes hit the mark, a few managed to barely delve beyond his greatest hits, but they were practically all created out of…
Multicultural music is what you get with Congolese-born, Belgium-raised singer Marie Daulne, best-known as the founder and frontwoman of the eclectic band Zap Mama. The music that the all-female-based band cranks out draws from various influences without sticking to a single genre. They’ve been that way for years, and their…
Jenny Lewis may like the critical cred that came with recording for indies such as Saddle Creek, but the former child actress (she survived Camp Beverly Hills) clearly wants some adult stardom to pair with the kiddie kind. Blacklight, Rilo Kiley’s first official CD for Warner Bros., is a blatantly…
Early this morning, the unofficial Mayor of Miami, Trick Daddy, was arrested at Tootsie’s Cabaret and charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest. Knowing that Trick loves the strip clubs just about as much as he loves the kids, it’s no surprise that his latest scuffle took place at one…
It’s an undebatable fact that the MTV VMA’s are a big waste of time. Britney Spears jiggling her way across a stage and Kanye West throwing yet another temper tantrum is not news. But damn if it’s not entertaining to watch the stars in all of their drunken glory! Aside…
One of South Florida’s finest underground MC’s, Dynas, recently released a new video with good lyrics and some well-needed strong social commentary. Watch out for hip-hop’s Special Task force. The tune is called “Figure it Out” and Dynas isn’t holding his tongue on this one. Check it out. –Jonathan Cunningham…
If you know anything about SXSW, the annual new music showcase in Austin, TX, you know that SPIN magazine’s parties/shows there are epic. Here’s your chance to play next year’s edition. Enter the Hot Pursuit, an online competition powered by Music Nation. Upload your songs, videos, and photos on the…
On a lone desolate strip off Broward Boulevard, among barefoot crackheads and auto-body chop shops, lies a deserted strip mall with few signs of life. One can drive by it for months without figuring out that, on the corner of SW 27th Avenue and SW Seventh Street, stands one of…
Members of local band the Eat had one simple thing going for them (aside from chops and dexterity at their game): They didn’t give a good goddamn about anything. The fact that record contracts and riches eluded guitar-wielding brothers Eddie and Michael O’Brien, drummer Chris Cottie, and the two tenured…
“Conscious rap” needs to be eliminated from hip-hop’s vernacular — or, at the very least, Talib Kweli’s name should be stricken from its rolls. Nobody’s quite sure what the term means: Music that doesn’t focus on rims and bling? Songs wherein the listener’s life isn’t explicitly threatened? Kweli has said…
Within the realm of African free jazz, there’s never been a performer with charisma and skill that could match South African trumpet player Hugh Masekela. He’s been an icon within jazz on a global level since the late 1960s, when he was releasing songs like “Grazing in the Grass” to…
Paul Motian has never been quite so stunning a bandleader as he was an ensemble drummer, playing with guys like Bill Frissel and Bill Evans in the late 1950s. On his latest disc, Live at the Village Vanguard, one wishes fellow musicians Chris Potter, Larry Grenadier, Greg Osby, and Masabumi…
Mala Rodriguez is more than just another hot Spanish singer. Yes, she is sexy, but she’s also an authentic rapper. Consider her Tego Calderón minus the ‘fro. She’s a genuine singer too and often shows traces of a Nelly Furtado-esque ability in her songs. Like her American counterparts Foxy Brown,…
It’s an unusually breezy Thursday afternoon on Hollywood Boulevard. The vintage shops and restaurants that line the old district are mostly empty, and Latin music sensation Sito Oner Rock — or just Sito to his fans and friends — is doggedly trying to choose a restaurant for an interview. The…
