Like his reportedly shady past, Los Angeles glam-rap sensation Mickey Avalon’s live shows are fast becoming legendary among jaded clubgoers. Live, he has smashed a bottle over his head and engaged in not-so-simulated sex with a sultry back-up dancer. At gigs on his home turf, there have been fights, a…
JJ Grey & MOFRO Saturday, January 4th 2008 Bamboo Room, Lake Worth Better Than: Tearing up a hot bowl of grits on a cool winter morning in Florida. The Review: After just a few notes, anyone witnessing JJ Grey in action can’t help but notice how strong his stage presence…
Editors Louis XIV, Hot Hot Heat, and Editors Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale Tuesday, January 8, 2008 Better Than: Seeing all three bands together at an even smaller venue The Review: Last night’s show at the Culture Room marked the first stop of a tour by rising indie-ish stars Louis XIV,…
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings January 3rd, 2008 Culture Room Better than: Watching the Dap-Kings back up Amy Winehouse. Last Thursday night, a soul music extravaganza took place inside of the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings played to a sold out crowd and let music…
Better Than: Medieval heat torture. The Review: Candyland, the hyped-up party of the year, was NOT what I expected. In previewing the party, the New Times was told that the party was to be, “the best of the best.” Therefore, I was anticipating Disneyland fireworks. I have seen Culture Productions…
Goldie at Laundry Bar If there’s a face – okay, a set of grills – most closely associated with drum ‘n’ bass, it’s Goldie’s. The founder of Metalheadz, a label at the forefront of the genre’s development, Goldie — a.k.a. Clifford Joseph Price — stands as a monument to the…
ZZ Top December 28, 2007 Hard Rock Live Better Than: Not having dared at all. The Review: “ZZ Top at the Hard Rock?!?!” “That’s what I said.” “Wow! You know that’s one of the few bands I’ve never seen?” “Really? So you’ll go, then?” “No, sorry. I’ve got other plans.”…
Dave Navarro & DJ Skribble December 22, 2007 Pawn Shop Lounge Better Than: A fistfight in front of a mirror. Contrary to unpopular opinion, kids still get riled about rock; when the rock comes dosed with bottom heavy rap, they get really riled. Make that: really, really riled. Witness Dave…
Something jazzy this way comes Friday night at Tobacco Road. Fort Lauderdale’s Lights Down Low offers a breezy vibe, a stylistic combination of Spiro Gyra and Pat Metheny. The band has hit The Road before, playing upstairs, and keyboardist Chip Gardner had a great time. “The sound guy, Cosmo, is…
Few star DJs are genetically equipped to keep the marathon after-hours, 4 a.m.-start-time sets at Space interesting. Ever a work in progress, the British producer/DJ/label-owner was once considered the pioneer of twisted house. That was just one stop on his steady rise from the infamous “motorway raves” of the early…
This Saturday at Jazid, Miami rock quartet Article 66 becomes the newest pack of lucky dogs to score the opening slot for Suénalo Sound System. “We’ve never played there before, and we’re very excited and grateful for the opportunity,” says vocalist/guitarist Tony “T-Bone” Tomas. “It’s a great place in a…
Go ahead, say awww: Audiocrash got together thanks to a couple of preschoolers — well, not exactly. See, the wives of band cofounders Craig Schembri and Guy Strempack attended preschool together. Explains Schembri: “They said, ‘Hey, we should go to dinner or to a concert.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, yeah,…
For every grand gesture, every history-changing moment, and every genre-defining band in the annals of music, there is a bandwagon. Mudhoney, Nirvana, the Melvins, and the rest of the Pacific Northwest grunge originators might have launched the most pervasive and profitable bandwagon of them all, laying the groundwork for the…
South Florida’s favorite jam band, the Heavy Pets are rocking a show tonight with Suenalo. For more on the Heavy Pets, check out this recent feature on the band, but if you really want to learn more about them, check ’em out this evening at the Culture Room in Fort…
Unclassifiable when they began making records, Manhattan Transfer were the Dresden Dolls of their day, sort of. The band was formed through a series of happy accidents — group founder Tim Hauser meeting the outfit’s first soprano, Laurel Masse, as a fare in the cab he was driving. The swing/a…
It’s hard to find anyone with a subtler touch on the keys than Maryland-born Cyrus Chestnut, who draws from both modern and traditional jazz, while also flirting with R&B and gospel. Such eclecticism has found him performing alongside the likes of Vanessa Williams, Wynton Marsalis, and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni…
They’ll be rinsin’ the night away once again at Laundry Bar this Friday. Romford, England-based A-Sides — a.k.a. Jason Cambridge — headlines this drum ‘n’ bass night. One of the most prolific artists of the genre, he’s been producing music since 1990 and has released over 500 tracks to date,…
What a crazy few months it’s been for Beenie Man. These days, it seems like every time Beenie’s name is in the press, it’s pertaining to his personal life instead of his music. He’s the center of a tax evasion scandal, one that alleges he owes the Jamaican government more…
Café Tacuba Sunday, December 16 the Gusman Theater, Miami There are very few bands around that can continue to garner new, younger fans almost two decades into their careers. Mexico’s Café Tacuba, however, stands as one of those select few. Downtown’s Miami old and marvelous Gusman Theater was brimming with…
Pregnant chicks are cool, I guess, because they eat like stoners and can hold your beer on their stomach while you play Halo. But I still feel mildly weird about these pictures of Xtina trying to look all uber-slutty with a small human inside her stomach, I guess because a…
Café Tacuba Gusman Center Dec 16, 2007 Media: Check out a slideshow from the concert. Between the art deco splendor of the Gusman Center and the flock of Mexican hipsters making their way through the nipply cold wind tunnels downtown last night – it felt like we were in Chilangolandia…
The Y100 Jingle Ball December 15, 2007 The Bank Atlantic Center School will soon be coming to a brief respite as youngsters gear up for the holiday break. In celebration, every teen and tween in South Florida seemed to have congregated at the Y100 Jingle Ball with parents in tow…
