Deadmau5 (pronounce dead mouse for those reading this aloud) a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman, has just announced a North American tour with a stop at Revolution Live on November 13. The Canadian progressive house DJ is bringing his trademark high energy show (think full multimedia experience rather than just a dude bobbing…
70’s power balladeers REO Speedwagon, prog rockers STYX, and straight up 80’s (hair) metal band Night Ranger are touring and hitting up Cruzan Amphitheater on October 31. Let us break this down for you: If you buy a ticket for this show (and you will), there’s about a 99% chance…
If checking out the Get Up Kids reunion show on November 12 isn’t your thing, perhaps this will float your boat (pun very much intended). There’s a boat, a big one at that, setting sail from Miami that very same day which will have Rick Springfield, Richard Marx, Brandon Barash…
There was a time in the ’90s when “emo” wasn’t a bad word, a style of dress, an overuse of eyeliner, or an awful haircut. It was when bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Cursive, Texas is the Reason, and The Get Up Kids were proud to play their own…
Celia Cruz was without question one of the most iconic figures in Latin music. Her singular pipes and unique style, along with a vivacious personality and a smile that could only be measured in wattage, distinguished her from other notable contemporaries. It’s only right that a legend of such stature…
The Aerosmith gig scheduled for tonight at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise is postponed due to an “artist injury.” The official Live Nation press release doesn’t specify further, but Rolling Stone reported recently that Steven Tyler may have pulled a muscle during his June 29th concert, forcing postponements of a…
The PostmarksWith John Ralston and Raffa and RainerPropaganda, Lake WorthFriday, July 10, 2009Better Than: Gorging oneself on a smorgasbord of the best homemade recipes.The Review: In the handful of months the Lake Worth indie rock spot Propaganda has existed, local booking/promoting guru Steve Rullman has done a remarkable job luring…
BuikaGusman Theater, MiamiJuly 9, 2009Better Than: My little brother’s high school graduation (the last event I attended at the Gusman) The Review: Afro-Spanish flamenco fusion queen Concha Buika truly shook the dust off of downtown’s historic Gusman Center last Thursday night. Her passionate performance had the full house laughing, crying,…
Col. Bruce Hampton (Retired) and his current band, Quark Alliance, is bringing a whole new kind of jam/funk/blues/avant garde to Revolution Live on August 21.Col. Hampton has been pounding out the tunes since 1963, playing in bands like The Hampton Grease Band, The Late Bronze Age, and The Aquarium Rescue…
If you or someone you know ever gets that smug sense of accomplishment, that they’ve done so much with their lives or they’re just crazy busy and don’t have time for much else, and you’d like to knock them down a peg or two, have them look up Ruben Blades’…
It’s impossible to hyperbolize here: the Brit DJ titan John Digweed — along with longtime partner Sasha — is progressive house. Digweed started DJing as a young teen in the late ’70s and early ’80s, but it was in the early ’90s that he finally got his big break, spinning…
In case you haven’t heard enough quite enough of the King of Pop over the last few weeks (is it ever enough?) Who’s Bad, “The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band”, is coming to Revolution Live on July 22. Founded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, five years ago, Who’s Bad has…
Respectable Street’s 22nd Anniversary Party is coming up on August 22, and down-under rockers Sick Puppies have announced they’ll be playing that same night. Sick Puppies are touring in support of their upcoming Tripolar album, their third studio album to date. As far as what they sound like, well think…
Concha Buika refuses to hide behind a false veneer of personality. She needs no carefully crafted persona, media image or handlers.Instead, the singer who has won a devoted following in Spain and beyond with a powerful blend of flamenco, jazz, African and Latin American music prefers to reveal all -…
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, the smack-talkin’, party-startin’ Philadelphia duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince gave millions of young American suburbanites their first introduction to the joys of hip-hop. With multiplatinum-selling status and unforgettable songs such as “Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble,” “Parents Just Don’t Understand”…
Why can’t we just let Ian Curtis die already? It’s what he wanted! Still, if you’ve been waiting for the newest incarnation of Joy Division since She Wants Revenge, downtown Miami venue the Vagabond might provide the fix you need this Friday. Besides, with pink slips looming over everyone’s head…
This show has pretty much nothing to do with the martyred gay San Francisco city supervisor. The quintet Harvey Milk may have named itself in tribute to the man, but that’s where any political notions end for this band. Rather, this sludgy, experimental noise-rock-style act spews the kind of weirdness…
The legend of Chan Marshall draws its power from her beauty, her Southernness, and her mental illness. Oh, and from that time she flashed her bush at the readers of The New Yorker. Still, the singer, who performs under the moniker Cat Power, is on an upswing that began when…
Turns out it’s gonna be a full house on Friday night at the Electric Pickle with Benno Blome booked to play the upstairs room while Sunshine Jones and Pete Herbert play downstairs. Berlin-based DJ/producer and Sender label owner Blome is a veteran of that city’s underground scene and a highly-regarded…
Not to be totally outdone by all of Live Nation’s various and sundry discount deals of late, rival concert promotions titan AEG Live is announcing its own special deal. It’s good on this Friday, only, for one show — the Blazed and Confused tour date on August 1 at Bicentennial…
Today is your lucky day jam/modern day hippy fans. The Black Crowes, one of the most successful jam bands in history, have announced an October 6 date at Pompano Beach Amphitheater. The Crowes will be touring in support of their upcoming album Before The Frost, Until The Freeze, which is…
Sam, the rotund frontman and trombonist for Big Sam’s Funky Nation, will his bring his signature New Orleans big funk and big brass to Miami on July 24. Formerly the trombonist for Dirty Dozen Brass Band, another New Orleans jazz staple, “Big Sam” is one of the six very talented jazz-trained musicians that comprise the Funky…
