Better than: Figuring out the “hipster” application on the new 21 Jump Street film. I am no man. Or rather, I am nowhere near enough of a “man” in the classical sense to say that I don’t know more than the next average Joe. I will say this much: While Madonna…
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Ultra Fest is like candy for the senses, one of which is, of course, sight. While the sternum vibrates with each bass hit and the ears are tickled by tweaks, blips, and beeps from the towers of speakers, the eyes are dazzled not only by the trance inducing visuals on the…
Ultra Music FestivalBayfront Park, MiamiSaturday, March 24, 2012 Better than: Friday at Ultra 2012. Saturday was always going to be the big day at Ultra this year — less of the warm-up, not the sparse crowds that strangely afflicted notable sets on Friday, and none of the inevitable “final day of a…
At age 70, Aretha Franklin remains one of America’s most iconic singers, a distinction that earned her the nickname “The Queen of Soul.” Dubbed one of the greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone, she’s garnered a total of 20 Grammy Awards and 45 hits on the Billboard Hot 100,…
Are you tired of hearing about Ultra yet? Do you want nothing to do with wearing neon colors, sunglasses at night, and glow sticks? We certainly are. So, while the masses flock to Miami for the weekend, find a safe haven in the Broward and Palm Beach counties with the…
Kraftwerk Ultra Music Festival March 23 Better than: An egg cream.Two people said to me this week, “I never would have believed it if you’d told me five years ago that so many people would be this excited to see Kraftwerk.” One was a music writer and the other my roommate, both fans…
New OrderUltra Music FestivalMarch 23Better than: The ’80s reincarnated. Manchester U.K.’s New Order played a seminal role in bridging the gap between dance and rock music. Thusly, its selection to be part of the 14th-annual mega-sold-out 2012 Ultra Music Festival made perfect sense to us. “Now here is a group…
Lake Worth band Yellow #6 has been around since 2009, playing, according to member Tom Beals, “Without microphones, in garages and living rooms, mostly. With microphones, at Propaganda, Respects, Speakeasy, Snooze Theatre (soon), Turnpike stops.” They just released a demo, which he says took a lot of tweaking to “get…
Since the 1999 release of Californication, the musical output from the Chili Peppers has been less than Red Hot. Sure, there’s good material on the subsequent By the Way and Stadium Arcadium, and devoted fans may even call one, if not both of them, masterpieces. However, neither of those records…
Tiësto is a classic. That is, if an electronic musician can be a classic in 2012. If you grew up listening to EDM or even if you just went clubbing on Miami Beach as a teenager, you know his name and you’ve heard his sound.Tiësto was giving interviews at the…
Andy and Edwin White are musically inclined brothers from Orlando known together as Tonstartssbandht. Currently, they’re nearby at what Andy describes as “our old homebase,” just days away from two shows in South Florida this weekend. Though they’ve been making music together for some time now, Andy lives in Montreal, and…
Let’s suspend belief for a second now and imagine a world in which Will Ferrell, Christopher Walken, and SNL support cast in stitches and the dreaded cowbell does not exist. Chances are that in such a scenario, many folks would lead lives unaware of Blue Öyster Cult and the impact…
Fernando Perdomo is a familiar name in South Florida music. Recently, New Times’ Lee Zimmerman wrote about the musician’s desire to alter the perception of music in South Florida. Perdomo has come up with an idea to do just that. He’s working on creating a South by Southeast, an idea taken from…
Thirteen years ago, artist and musician Ruben Millares started the band Smiling Gums. More than a decade later, the act is going strong and making it on the radio airwaves. The group will be playing live at the 88.9 FM WDNA Jazz Gallery this weekend. Performing with a six-piece ensemble,…
The past few years have been rough for Buju Banton, but the incarcerated reggae star received a bit of good news earlier this week. Buju, who’s serving a decadelong sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution Miami on questionable drug charges, has been nominated for two International Reggae and World Music Awards. …
Like Lerner and Lowe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, England’s foremost theater composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber (born March 22, 1948), has left an indelible impact on the modern musical stage. In fact, no individual currently working in those realms has created as emphatic an impact on today’s theater,…
Whether you spend this weekend losing your mind at Ultra down in Miami or partying elsewhere, by the time Sunday evening rolls around, you just might find yourself in need of some nourishment. If so, you may find what you’re longing for up at the Hurricane Bar and Lounge in…
Think we can all agree that as far as boy bands go, Black Lips are the cutest. It sounds and feels creepy to write this, not just because we’ve seen the band live probably ten times, and because when they play Grand Central on Sunday, they might even recognize this…
South Florida, it’s about that time. It’s time for Ultra Music Festival! Put on your furry boots and get out your map of music, then try to see as many acts as you possibly can. As a dance music DJ, I have to say that I have a love/hate relationship with Ultra…
An interview with Ralf Hütter, the man behind legendary German crew Kraftwerk, seemed like a long shot. But a few days later, the band’s publicist emailed me back in disbelief — “Holy smokes, Batman!” were her exact words — letting us know that Hütter, for whatever reason, had agreed to…
Canadian act Comeback Kid has stuck around so long — marking a full decade this year — that it’s managed to last until a renewed scene interest in more pure hardcore sounds came about. The quartet, despite forming at a time when posthardcore was in its trendy infancy, was never…
