Music and fashion go ’round in circles, with ’80s-style stunna shades and keyboard rhythms the trend in 2009. But one musical era will never go out of style: ’60s doo-wop and soul. Enter Mayer Hawthorne, a singer, producer, and hip-hop head who grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, making spacey…
When it comes to roots-rock-reggae music, few old-school legends that are still touring have the pedigree for great songwriting that Don Carlos possesses. Although he’s often overshadowed by more popular Jamaican reggae singers such as Burning Spear and Toots Hibbert, Carlos started out in the same era (early ’70s) and…
The IWAN concept facility The Bubble in downtown Fort Lauderdale will be hosting another event Saturday starting at 7 p.m. Except this show will break somewhat from the indie rock/punk that usually fills the space and show some love for the metal heads of South Florida. Opener Lazer Beast describes…
Even after 33 years together, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band simply doesn’t stop touring. Between playing around 30 festivals a year, DDBB also headlines their own shows and has recorded 16 albums since 1984. Although their sounds hasn’t changed much since they started, it’s far from being stagnant. They’ve added…
Judas PriestMonday, August 17Hard Rock Live, HollywoodBetter Than: A case of the MondaysThe Review:Classic metal shows are always an excellent bang for the buck — see previous reviews on local shows by Iron Maiden or Slayer, for example. The bands are drawing on years of a critic- and fan-vetted catalog,…
Jordin Sparks, American Idol’s youngest winner has been added as another opening act on Britney Spears’ second leg of “The Circus Starring Britney Spears” tour. So if you’re counting reasons to buy your tickets to the show: Jordin Sparks, Kristina DeBarge, $50 million production, 50 dancers, magicians, clowns, acrobats, and…
The roof is on fire, party people. Or it will be at Jazid this Friday. And Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three will have had nothing to do with it (or anything else in the last 25 years, for that matter). The culprits responsible for said act of arson…
Counting Crows, Michael Franti, Spearhead and AugustanaAugust 18, 2009Bayfront Park AmphitheaterBetter Than: Having to drive to AtlantaIn case you missed the last few days, the beautifully-set Bayfront Park Amphitheater has reopened its doors and live music has come back to downtown Miami. Yeah, I know, there are other downtown venues…
The 22-year-old singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini confounds most expectations, from his name on up. Despite its Mediterranean sound, Nutini hails from Paisley, Scotland (though his father’s side of the family is Italian, a few generations back). And despite his early shaggy, long-haired image, Nutini is not yet another dour rocker from…
When it comes to roots-rock-reggae music, few old school legends that are still touring have the pedigree for great songwriting that Don Carlos possesses. Although he’s often overshadowed by more popular Jamaican reggae singers like Burning Spear and Toots Hibbert, Carlos started out in the same era (early ’70s) and…
Every death metal, horror punk, shock rock, and costume wearing band in America owes Alice Cooper a debt of gratitude. Without him bringing electric chairs, fountains of fake blood, and corpse makeup onstage, rock and roll would be a much tamer genre. He hasn’t been all shock rock and makeup…
So much for the Guitar Hero Champions being able to rock out in front of a huge audience at BankAtlantic Center. Oh and Aerosmith has canceled the rest of their tour at the BankAtlantic Center due to injuries sustained by Steven Tyler. Unfortunately, this means the show they already missed…
IncubusBayfront ParkSunday, August 16, 2009Better than: A great number of shows I’ve seen this year.The Review: Change is fascinating, whether we’re talking reinvention or a revamped, retooled performance. This is true particularly in music. So I was curious to see how Incubus has rewired its show from the band’s last visit to SoFla in 2007 with…
Inner Circle are the “Bad Boys of Reggae.” If you’ve ever seen the TV show COPS then you know why — they wrote the theme song. But Inner Circle aren’t one-hit novelty wonders; the band has released 24 studio albums since 1974. These conscious dudes are among the few active…
DJ/producer Tim Green is on fire right now. The young London prodigy has enjoyed a meteoric ascension from bedroom producer to internationally-acclaimed artist since 2006, when his funked-up banging techno productions began to garner the attention and praise of top industry players like Pete Tong, Ritchie Hawtin, John Digweed, and…
Jim Hayward has been manning the helm at Slammie for a decade plus with varying partners and people helping out along the way. Now he has put together a show to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Churchill’s Pub. Rumor has it that long time proprietor Dave Daniels is considering stepping…
88.1 Way FM is hosting a concert called Wayfest 2009 at Cruzan Amphitheater on November 14. Way FM is a listener supported radio station that is all about God. Well the God Christians worship anyways. Christian powerhouse band Casting Crown is headlining the show, and they’ll be joined by BarlowGirl,…
Remember her? Yes, that’s right–the super sexy blond cutie aka Colombian bombshell from here. Well, clearly she’s just as hot now as she was last time we brought her to your attention…only somehow even hotter musically.Fanny Lu has spent much of the last year tearing up the charts not only…
With three storms whirling around us, it reminds us that we are the midst of hurricane season. So from here on out we need to remember a storm-free weekend is a blessing. Let’s hope this upcoming weekend remains quiet.Anyway, here is what happened during over the (storm-free) weekend:Woodstock 40th Anniversary…
You’ve got to hand it to Jerry Only and the Misfits. Despite losing Danzig, one of the most iconic lead singers in punk rock history, being sued by said lead singer, losing legions of fans, and suffering resoundingly negative album reviews, The Misfits soldier on. The originators of horror-punk are…
Ex Norwegian, The Freakin Hott, and Zombies!Organize!!At Propaganda’s Grand Opening CelebrationPropaganda, Lake WorthSaturday, August 15, 2009Better Than: The grand opening of the new El Dorado near my house a couple months back.The Review:You all know we’ve been dropping some serious ink on Lake Worth’s on-the-money music joint Propaganda for some…
Why try to originally opine on the sounds of the heavy Miami trio Vultures are Wolves, when the band’s MySpace page is so darn descriptive? There, you will find that they tag themselves as being appropriate for fans of “repulsive uncontrolled chaos,” and sounding like “blasts of bloated diarreah spit.”…
