Say it ain’t so! First, rumors keep popping up that Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa are getting a divorce–which entitles the soon-to-be ex Mrs. Bryant to HALF of everything Kobe is worth. It’s California and they had no pre-nup. No sympathy there… fools and their money always part. You…
Combichrist Studio A August 3, 2007 Better Than: A double dose of spankings The Review: An assortment of mesh, vinyl and exposed genitalia gathered around Studio A on Friday night to await the coming of Combichrist, as well as to celebrate various kinds of alternative sexual fixations. The party was…
Hippiefest The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddi, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, Mitch Ryder, The Zombies featuring Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent (Time of the Season), Country Joe McDonald, Mountain featuring Leslie West & Corky Laing, and Badfinger featuring Joey Molland Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino August 2, 2007 Better Than::…
This little disc just landed at the New Times office today–straight from Osaka, Japan and it’s already got a few of us dancing. Of course, it’s past 6pm and those of us still here are minutes away from cracking beers and laughing the night away so we might as well…
Matthew Dear Asa Breed (Ghostly International) Matthew Dear has breathed new life into Detroit techno. “Hands Up For Detroit,” his debut single from 1999, became an anthem for the city, invoking the spirit of the mid-’80s, when the “Belleville three” ruled the clubs while inventing techno. After eight years of…
Young Buck Buck the World (G-Unit/Interscope) The autumn release of 50 Cent’s Curtis surely has Interscope execs sweating like pigs praying not to be butchered. Will Curtis save the G-Unit empire or hasten its demise? While they’re waiting, the suits should parse related releases for hints. The formulaic Rotten Apple,…
Don’t even get me started on this outfit. According to this news story, R. Kelly may finally be heading to trial to face charges on child pornography…which is a really spruced up way of saying “this jackass not only peed on a 14-year-old girl then slept with her, he also…
Something snapped inside Icon of Coil’s Andy LaPlegua a few years ago. There he was, putting out well-behaved futurepop albums, when all of a sudden his id engineered a bloody coup and demanded he start yanking loud, evil beats out of his ProTools. The success of his debut EP as…
Flutist Huáscar Barradas takes a decidedly spiritual tack to his profession. The Venezuelan virtuoso sees jazz as liberation, and music in general as an art that teaches children values beyond consumerism. For him improvisation is an opportunity to break free of standard musical systems and structures. Barradas knows well the…
In true space-age, dance music-weirdness style, Green Velvet was birthed as the alter ego of an alter ego: that of Cajmere, a.k.a. Curtis Alan Jones, a reigning house music artist of the late Eighties/early Nineties. Cajmere was always a little more out there than the other disco dons of his…
An impressive vocal range, off-the-cuff improvisational skills, and smooth dance moves enabled Oscar D’León to step out from behind the wheel of a taxicab to follow his true love. In the early Seventies, the Venezuelan sonero would sing along to Cuban star Beny Moré’s biggest hits as he shuttled passengers…
Miami hip-hop heads, you’ve been waitin’ and debatin’ for oh so long. Saturday it’s finally here — the local stop of the Rock the Bells tour, a day-long festival of so much non-bling-blingin’, non-booty-bass hip-hop, it hardly seems real. Okay, so the New York and California shows get the elusive,…
The next guy who calls 2007 “the year of the reunion” is gonna get his nose broken. It’d be nice to think there are larger utopian forces — beyond greed and stalled solo careers — bringing together the Police, Genesis, the Spice Girls, and Smashing Pumpkins. But there ain’t. But…
If he hadn’t choked to death in London’s Samarkand Hotel 37 years ago, how many mediocre records would Jimi Hendrix have dropped by now? Stevie, the Stones, Sir Paul … they’re all way past the point where any residual genius is still expected. Since at least The Gold Experience more…
Okay, so Rocky Votolato hardly seems like the kind of guy you’d count on to be the life of the party. His languid vocals and low-key ruminations rarely rise above a whisper, and when they do, it’s only to express some sense of dread or discontent. Up until now, that…
To get it out of the way — the comparison between Rawkus Records’ erstwhile twin saviors, Pharoahe Monch and Mos Def, is unavoidable. Both leaders of the late-Nineties rap “underground” released amazing debut solo albums for that New York-based label, and then largely disappeared from the retail map as Rawkus…
Now here’s a show I would watch. It appears that Miami’s Luther Campbell, better known as Uncle Luke is getting his own reality TV show. Not sure when it’s scheduled to air, but I came across a pilot for the series yesterday that’s just hilarious. If anyone knows more about…
Coming this Thursday, check out both the Broward-Palm Beach and Miami New Times papers for coverage of the Projekt Revolution tour! The tour takes place Friday, August 10 at the Sound Advice Ampitheatre in West Palm Beach. Headlining are tour founders Linkin Park; accompanying them across two stages are My…
Hear the new track “My Life” from Jah Cure So reggae crooner Jah Cure is fresh out of prison. Lot’s of folks in the Caribbean are elated at the good news. At the same time, lot’s of folks in the Caribbean feel people shouldn’t be so quick to herald a…
Any fans of breakdancing and viral videos need to watch this South Korean b-boy putting in some serious work! They don’t call this guy Poppin Hyun Joon for nothing.–Jonathan Cunningham…
Better Than: Paying $50 for popcorn and milk duds only to sit through an hour and 45 minutes of Lindsay Lohan’s greatest adventures. The Review: Electroma, the new film written by the Daft Punk wonder couple, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, was first seen by the eyes of a…
Faith Hill & Tim McGraw at the BankAtlantic Center Tuesday, July 23, 2007 Better Than: Watching these two duke it out in a Celebrity Death Match. The Review: Move over Korn, Evanescence, and Flyleaf, the real Family Values tour made its long awaited debut at Sunrise’s Bank Atlantic Center last…
