AltWeeklies Wire
Declaration of Independencenew
Def Jux reasserts its status as this decade's most artistically vital and commercially viable independent hip-hop label.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Chennault |
12-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Reznor's Edgenew
Nine Inch Nails' auteur Trent Reznor's first output after a drawn-out dance with heroin reveals a newfound sense of purpose.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
10-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mississippi God Damnnew
The North Mississippi Allstars grew up with Southern music history. Now they're making it.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
07-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fiddle Ma Nizzlenew
This duo goes where hip-hop has never gone before: the orchestra pit.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Mosi Reeves |
07-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Soul Sistersnew
The two artists who make up neo-soul duo Floetry met on the basketball court in their native England.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
06-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Stuff of Legendsnew
Going through some hard times led John Ralston to write more music, and that led to two new albums: the just-released Needlebed and There's Always an Ambulance Around the Bend, to be issued this summer.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
04-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Band of Brothersnew
While most modern bluegrass bands step lightly in Birkenstocks and ponytails and strum meandering, milquetoast newgrass, the Hackensaws stomp through their repertoire with a purposefulness that can be described only as blue-collar.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hackensaw Boys, Give It Back
Famed South Florida DJ Does His Second Spinnew
Gabriel Fain was spinning records at one of America's most illustrious dance clubs, Voodoo Lounge and Club Space in downtown Miami, before he surrendered himself to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Now he's back.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Down with the Pixies, Up with Chick Flicksnew
Death Metal Douglas' band, Radar O'Reilly, is seen either as an AC/DC rehasher repelling audiences from local bars and clubs or a talent burning too brightly among the blind.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
11-16-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Death Metal Douglas
Resurrected Skinny Puppy Shows Some Teethnew
Drug abuse has taken a catastrophic toll on Canada's legendary proto-industrial outfit. 1996's The Process was released after keyboardist Dwayne Goettel's overdose death. The surviving members, long-time friends, spent the remainder of the decade estranged.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
11-02-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Skinny Puppy
Girls' Night Outnew
Teedra Moses grew up studying her mother, a successful gospel singer on the church revival circuit. Later, she studied Prince songs like calculus problems, writing her own lyrics over his music.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Audra Schroeder |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Quirky Floridian Rapper Drops Weird Sciencenew
When Bleubird (real name Jacques Bruna) isn't living with his parents in South Florida, he's traversing the globe, playing huge festivals like the Warped Tour, hopping around Belgium and Switzerland, and cutting albums with German rappers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Audra Schroeder |
08-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bleubird