See also:Interview with Toubab Krewe before last year’s Jam CruiseMiami is all-too-familiar Caribbean rhythms and booty-busting tropical beats, but this weekend, these sounds will be replaced with those of koras and djembes. On July 21, 7th Circuit Studios will house the 14th Annual Afro Roots World Music Festival, headlining Afro-pop…
You might remember, a few months back, the Honey Brothers took over Radio-Active Records to shoot their “She’s Got No Love” video. The pop-folk, indie, Paul Simon-sounding group’s big claim to fame is that its drummer is dreamy Entourage actor Adrian Grenier.Director Ari Gold created this charming and heartwarming video…
Frank Caliendo stepped out of the small-stage spotlight, doing standup and impressions, and jumped into the small screen as a cast member on Fox’s MADtv. Once America peeped his all-too-realistic John Madden impression, we got hooked on his comedy. TBS soon offered Caliendo his own program, Frank TV.Though he’s not…
See also:Holly Hunt, the perfect Stoner Metal Drunken Slashpine interview, with jokes on Katie Holmes and inner darknessEarlier this week, we braved torrential rains and knee-deep floods to stop by Radio-Active Records. Owner Mikey Ramirez and Mothersky’s Richard Vergez are DJing County Grind Live this Saturday at Green Room. Secretly,…
The perfect place to lure black-metal Miami trio Slashpine into a drunken interview? Well, of course, a midweek happy hour featuring the sounds of a long-haired Latin guitarist strumming away earnestly and loudly to GNR’s “Sweet Child o’ Mine.” Since the band was mildly sarcastic during our first New Times…
And then he said, “Dave Matthews Band!” Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha. Nearly 20 years ago, Rolling Stone’s Paul Evans called Dave Matthews Band’s RCA debut, Under the Table and Dreaming, “one of the most ambitious releases of ’94.” His album review highlighted the frontman’s “gorgeous vocals” and the collective’s “complex harmonies” in an…
Well before the pop princess and boy-band wave washed away America’s musical dignity and flooded MTV’s New York City studio with screaming, prepubescent tweens, rock reigned supreme in the hierarchy of the music business. Live music meant muffled vocals over distorted guitars and complicated drum patterns rather than lip-synching and…
Nearly two months removed from the infamous “Causeway Cannibal” attack that left one homeless man virtually faceless, South Florida is still struggling to shake the notion that zombies do, in fact, frequent the greater Miami/Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area. When the Heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in last month’s NBA…
Before 1982, television after 2 a.m. was an absolute waste of valuable airtime. That was about the time when stations literally signed off until programming resumed later that morning. But 30 years ago, a dude named Frank Cannella convinced a few networks to let him push hair-growth products in the…
Older men and young men who love the music of older men, big news was just announced that pertains to you and your people! The Who will be kicking off its 36-date North America tour at BankAtlantic Center on November 1. The Brit legends whose music defined, well maybe not…
Kevin Richardson has finally stopped playing games with our hearts and the wallets of the rest of the Backstreet Boys. He’s back with his blue eyes and raven, spiky hair to complete the original lineup of the pop quintet. The band just announced that its comeback premiere performance will take…
Full slideshow of 311 and Slightly Stoopid at Cruzan Amphitheatre311 & Slightly Stoopidfeaturing the AggrolitesUnity Tour, Cruzan AmphitheatreJuly 17, 2012Better than: Your usual Tuesday-night digs.”Bringing people together through music,” 311 frontman Nick Hexum informed about 12,000 raging fans Tuesday night, “that’s what this Unity Tour is all about!”Party buses and…
Maya Arulpragasam, better-known by her alias M.I.A., is definitely one of the world’s baddest bitches. After killing off gingers in her “Born Free” video and flipping off the football-loving grandmas of America on Super Bowl Sunday, she solidified her place in world history as such.Today, she celebrates her 37th birthday…
See also Drunken Slashpine interview with goofy black-metal questionsMetal music wears its love of extremity on its sleeve. But don’t be fooled. There is no one right way to rock. For example, the drunks in Slashpine play black metal, which means they play as fast as they can. On the…
Read part one of the John Waters interview here.In the first part of our interview with the iconic director and famously filthy man John Waters, he spilled the beans on his musical preferences (Bieber) and fashion favorites (Comme). In the second part of our talk with Waters, we dove even…
Watching all the bands you ever dreamed of seeing from your dry, dusty, sweat-splattered tent in the high desert is just so earlier this year. According to the New York Times, the massive music festival Coachella has announced plans to launch two cruises from Fort Lauderdale this winter.There will be…
Tonight is the launch of Laser Wolf’s newest monthly Black Lodge (written with a triangle instead of an “A” and a crescent moon instead of an “O.” Fancy, dark, deep.). This third Tuesday party focuses on darker and experimental musical genres, specifically, witch house. While showcasing this sub-genre may be…
Read part two of our interview with John Waters.William Burroughs once called filmmaker, writer, and purely funny man John Waters “the pope of trash,” and the title just stuck. He gave the world his regular crew of miscreants (read: geniuses) the Dreamlanders, a singing asshole on the big screen, and…
Jason Joshua Hernandez Rodriguez is more than a man with four names. But for a while, the lead guitarist and vocalist for Miami-based seven-piece powerhouse Ketchy Shuby never felt that his band fit well into any one genre. A random encounter, though, ended up defining the act’s sound. “This weird…
See also:Slideshow From Swans at Respectable StreetReview of September 15, 2011, Swans showEarplugs were as useful an accessory as earrings at the last South Florida Swans show at Respectable Street. The slow, heavy, and beautiful sounds of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira and the rest of Swans brought “really loud” as…
After a long bout with pancreatic cancer, keyboard player and composer Jon Lord died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism yesterday. This marks the passing of yet another British rock legend. Although his early love was for classical music and his key influences included American blues and jazz artists like Jimmy Smith,…
Update: Explicit version added at 3:05 p.m. after the jumpGunplay is one of Carol City’s wildest motherfuckers. In fact, he’s probably one of the Western Hemisphere’s craziest creatures. It is a personal goal to spend an evening out with the rapper — getting neck tattoos, riding ATVs through North Miami’s…
