For its 13th-annual edition, the Ultra Music Festival has expanded to three full days of electronic excess with a 200-plus-act lineup that’s just as stacked as ever, featuring dance music legends like Underworld, Carl Cox, and Moby as well as crossover stars like Crystal Castles, Jinder, !!!, Cut Copy, Röyksopp,…
Although glockenspiel and ukulele queen Rachel Goodrich is no longer local — she recently relocated to Los Angeles — she’s still a hometown hero. On the heels of the February release of her self-titled album, Goodrich is coming back for a few concerts in the area, including one at Propaganda…
Here’s a chance to get to know Clarence “Citizen Cope” Greenwood at a two-night intimate serenade experience. This time, it’s without the steady drumming, melodic keys, and seductive strums of the guitar, as good-vibin’, life-lovin’, mumblin’ son of a gun Cope will play selections from his four albums solo. Cope’s…
Bermuda’s Collie Buddz’s cultural authenticity still runs pretty high despite his position as a white guy doing reggae. Is it his worldly credentials or his vanilla-yogurt-smooth voice? Check out his recent Playback EP for yourself. It’s far from Jamaican roots, but Collie never sounds like he’s trying to be anything…
For the past couple of years, Bobby Yapkowitz has been writing songs that have a traditional country feel. Think Gram Parsons, not Toby Keith. This past November, Yapkowitz and a few friends, including tattoo shop and Eulogy Recordings magnate John Wylie, decided that they could add something to the tunes…
For one of the most successful bands in history, Rush remains a pretty cryptic bunch. Formed in 1968, the Canadian trio of guitarist Alex Lifeson, drummer/lyricist Neil Peart (who joined in 1974), and singer/bassist/keyboardist Geddy Lee began as a Zeppelinesque hard-rock combo before mutating into rock’s most progressive, subversive A-list…
Is Torche a metal band? Depends on whom you ask. Despite their pop leanings and lead singer/guitarist Steve Brooks’ repeated claims that Torche is not a metal band, their fan base consists largely of stoner-rock and postmetal fans. Why? Well, first, Torche is signed to Hydra Head Records, the mostly…
Lil Wayne just unveiled the second single, “If I Die Today,” from the upcoming Tha Carter IV. Rap-Up correctly point out that this song owes quite a bit to Rick Ross’ “I’m Not a Star” from last year’s Teflon Don. First off, it’s got basically the same J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League beat,…
Our favorite metal horns in the womb rocker tyke Harrison Daum Snow was born last November. Since then, he has experienced breathing problems as a result of a diaphragmatic hernia, and has had several surgeries to help correct the abnormality. This has been a taxing time for Lake Worth-based parents…
The story behind Brooklyn’s rock ‘roll duo Boom Chick is just as simple as their name. One evening on a whim, Moselle Spiller sat down at a drum set, in turn impressing musician boyfriend Frank Hoier with her natural ability to pick up a beat. It was at that point…
This week’s music section is somewhat of an intense read. With the Ultra Music Festival completely dominating the upcoming social calendar, we’ve got a collection of interviews with a sliver of the talent set to dominate Miami’s Bicentennial Park this weekend. Marvel, as interviews with Röyksopp, Moby, Simian Mobile Disco,…
Let’s dispose of too much discussion of how often you’ve listened to the Chemical Brothers in the past decade. The headliners of Sunday night at Ultra have probably been at their jobs longer than you’ve been at yours, and it shows.Last year’s Further was a career record, and the soundtrack…
We we we so excited because right after we visit Chick-fil-A for some waffle fries in the food court, we can see the Princess of Awkward Phase Pop, Rebecca Black, at Miami’s Dadeland Mall on Sunday, June 5. This is as part of her 2011 summer tour of malls. Several…
A quiet victory does not necessarily mean a small victory. And a royalties triumph for Eminem does not necessarily extend to other musicians — or does it?The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Universal Music Group, upholding the Pasadena appellate court ruling that Eminem’s former production company, F.B.T…
Chris Brown has serious problems. And not serious-but-still-kind-of-funny problems like Charlie Sheen. No, Chris Brown’s problems result in violence. And today has been a problematic day for the troubled young performer.He appeared on Good Morning America this morning to promote his new album, and not long after host Robin Roberts…
Over her multi-decade career, the powerful vocals of Loleatta Holloway moved a variety of bodies in all sorts of settings. According to her manager Ron Richardson, the Chicago native died Monday after a brief illness. She was 64.First as a gospel singer, then an R&B/soul artist, and a disco queen,…
As per usual, our extended family at Crossfade in Miami has dreamed up a fantastic visual to accompany this weekend’s sold-out Ultra Music Festival. Combining the dry wit of Jose Duran and the artistic prowess of Mark Poutenis, this Ultra 2011 Bingo Card is as close as we’ll get to…
Without opening up some crappy dialogue across the genres here, it’s the youth movements of Egypt, Tunisia, and hopefully Bahrain that will topple Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s dashiki-eclectic Pan-African scam soon. Granted, his oil interests have gotten the American subconscious, and that’s good because we’re close to four bucks a…
For all the gargantuan music festivals we host in South Florida, we are always guilty of forgetting the home-grown — the reason why others come to our shores.Case in point is visual artist David Brieske, operating under the close to unpronounceable pseudonym of Fsik Huvnx, making aural dreamscapes for fringe…
Anthony Green With Jacob’s Ladder Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Friday, March 18, 2011 Better Than: Getting hit with flying objects. The Review: Anthony Green, lead singer of Circa Survive, came out with his first solo album in 2008 called Avalon. His second solo album called Beautiful Things, is in the works…
Sharon Jones & the Dap-KingsFillmore Miami, Miami BeachSunday, March 20, 2011Last night, Miami witnessed a bright glimmer of hope, a true freedom fighter in the revolution against the evil Auto-Tuned empire that currently governs the pop music world. Drake, Keri Hilson, and Rihanna take note, Sharon Jones and her Dap-King militia are on the…
To Be Hated Outsourced (Destroyio Records!) www.myspace.com/tobehated Last month we took a look at To Be Hated’s State of Things album and I found myself entertaining questions of fleeting youth, upcoming middle age, time machines and what new school vs. old school punk rock means to me. All that is…
