Ana Gabriel is a living legend in Mexican music, having repeatedly conquered pop, rock and regional charts in her native country, the U.S. and Latin America over the span of her illustrious 42-year career–a career that has borne 38 albums to date. The singer-songwriter, born María Guadalupe Araújo Yong to…
It’s puzzling why people who are hell-bent on blowing the minds of other people via so-called “noise music” so often also seem hell-bent on blowing their sonic victims’ olfactory senses. So weird smells aside, the International Noise Conference is the place to see and hear shit you will not likely…
Yes, Blues Traveler is still around. Long ago, frontman John Popper graduated from the more-is-more school of blues-rock jamming, his dissertation a seven-minute harmonica solo tucked into a 23-minute jam about a sweet-talking hippie. Since 1990, he has led the band in diligent touring and understatement-free recordings, including an album…
There are few hispanophone ladies and gents of a certain age who at some point have not been reduced to misty eyes by the ballad stylings of suave Spaniard Julio Iglesias. Although Iglesias’s true crossover peak came mainly in the 1980s, he has hardly receded from the international spotlight, cranking…
Miami is in for a special techno lovers’ treat this Valentine’s Day. Esteemed Berlin-based producer, DJ, and Wagon Repair label owner Konrad Black will throw down that night at Glass at the Forge. This exclusive South Florida performance comes on the first leg of Black’s debut 2009 U.S. tour and…
The last time the Kendall-born quartet Black Tide made it back to South Florida was last September, when the foursome played a date at Revolution on its tour with the Welsh metallers of Bullet for My Valentine. It was an extremely short homecoming. And the band’s nonstop touring schedule has…
M.D.C., a.k.a. Millions of Dead Cops, a.k.a. Multi-Death Corporation, a.k.a. Millions of Dead Children, a.k.a. Millions of Dead Christians, a.k.a. Millions of Damn Christians, a.k.a. Magnus Dominus Corpus, a.k.a etc., etc., return to Miami on April 11. The hardcore punk originators hail, originally, from Austin, Texas (although now claim Portland…
Tomorrow night the Gipsy Kings will perform at the American Airlines Arena’s Waterfront Theater. Known for a style called Rumba Catalana, the Kings have been wowing audiences for 17 years, ever since the release of their debut album, Allegria. Rumba Catalana is essentially a spin on traditional flamenco made more…
The last time the Miami-born quartet Black Tide made it back to South Florida was last September, when the foursome played a date at Revolution on their tour with Welsh metallers Bullet for My Valentine. It was an extremely short homecoming to be sure. And the band’s nonstop touring schedule…
Renee Fiallos via MyspaceQuick, what’s the difference between “Real Jazz” and that impostor shit John Tesh and his cronies try to pass off? If you can’t answer that question, you owe it to yourself to get down to Tobacco Road tonight at 10 pm. Here’s a hint: Real Jazz has…
If you’re onto Corporate America’s scheme to fleece consumers out of their hard-earned dollars with the whole Valentine’s Day scheme, good for you! Restaurants consistently have the worst service of the year on February 14, and the fact that it falls on a Saturday this year will only add to…
via myspace.com/thefreakinhottThe day of love is just around the corner. If you haven’t made plans already you’re either a) single, b) lazy or c) both. The good news is Respectable Street has the cure for all your Valentine’s related woes this Saturday starting at 8 p.m.. Someone had the fantastic…
Valentine’s doesn’t come around on a Saturday very often, making this year’s an ideal reason for EDM lovers to consummate their love on a dancefloor somewhere (as if we needed an excuse on Saturday nights anyways.) Here’s a lowdown of some choice shows happening around town that night, which should…
Photo From http://www.martinibar.com Hey Kendall, Grove, South Miami, what’s closer than the beach, less confusing than downtown and stays open til 5 am? Martini Bar, your one stop shopping, drinking and dancing experience. Where else can a party-mom send her kids to the movies, drink herself stupid, doo…
There are few hispanophone ladies and gents of a certain age who have not been reduced, at some point, to misty eyes by the ballad stylings of the suave Spaniard Julio Iglesias. While Iglesia’s true crossover peak came mainly in the 1980s, he has hardly receded from the international spotlight,…
Bad news for fans: Yonder Mountain String Band just announced that it was postponing all of its shows from February 11 to 15, with the vague explanation, “due to circumstances surrounding the band.” That includes this Friday’s previously scheduled gig at Revolution. The okay news is that rather than an…
City Limits, besides snagging Bad Brains, has also grabbed blog darlings Tokyo Police Club to play the same weekend the band would have played Langerado. Unfortunately, the show goes up against two others that night that attract similar fans: Girl Talk and Deerhunter at Culture Room, and Modest Mouse at…
Propaghandi is coming to South Florida in March. Fans of the long-running thrashy punk band from Canada may or may not be psyched to see them at the Culture Room, but you can be sure that they will go. For starters, the band has never played down here, ever. A…
via myspace.com/badbrainsAsk any self-respecting punk rock fan to list his or her top 10 punk bands, and Bad Brains will almost certainly be toward the top. These hardcore punk rock pioneers began playing together as a jazz band with a rough edge and a hint of reggae way back in…
Lou Miami is not from Miami, he don’t perform here, he got nothin to do with this place and this place got nothin to do with him. Matter fact, dude’s from Boston and probably just made his name up cause he thought it sounded cool. Give thanks, otherwise I never…
Kat DeLuna will be visiting Miami this week. The Dominican songstress, who enjoyed rampant radio success at the tail end of 2007 and into 2008 with her hit single, “Whine Up” featuring Elephant Man, just turned 21 in November, and it’s lucky for her. She’s recently kicked off an 8-city…
The February 13 show at Respectable Street Café features two of the finest local acts to break out of Broward and Palm Beach counties: John Ralston and the Postmarks. Of the two, the Postmarks are perhaps the better known, garnering a degree of international critical acclaim by largely refusing to…
