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Local Music

Christopher Moll of the Postmarks Returns with Soulful the Lovers Key (VIDEO)

By Alex Rendon Fri., Mar. 8 2013 at 9:00 AM

Categories: Local Boy Made Big, Local Music

Picture Marvin Gaye, Morrissey, and Amy Winehouse all rolled up in one," a big name mélange, which accomplished Coral Springs musician Christopher Moll uses to describe the R&B-infected vocals of Maco Monthervil, Moll's newest musical discovery. Moll is the gifted multi-instrumentalist behind the saccharine chamber-pop sounds of the Postmarks. Monthervil is a criminally unknown vocalist with a serious set of soulful pipes.

Together, the two of them have teamed up to form the Lovers Key, a retro-pop project brimming with potential. The Lovers Key represents Moll's next journey in music. Moll experienced a nibble of stardom with the Postmarks. The trio toured the US and Europe, played CMJ, SXSW, and Lollapalooza, released two solid original full-length albums, their eponymous debut receiving a respectable 7.9 rating on Pitchfork. After some extensive touring in 2010, the Postmarks' troupe decided to take a break, Moll going on a self-imposed leave of absence from the music business.

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Marco Rubio on Lil Wayne's Tupac Claims: "There's Only One Tupac" (VIDEO)

By Liz Tracy Tue., Feb. 26 2013 at 11:17 AM

Categories: Local Boy Made Big

When we were busy making fun of Sen. Marco Rubio's totally lame Spotify list, we didn't realize he was such a big fan of the Thug Life.

TMZ accosted a friendly and chatty Rubio at Reagan National Airport and asked him about the whole Lil Wayne-Miami dis debacle. Specifically, they addressed whether Tunechi is the new Tupac, as he claimed at Birdman's birthday party last week. And he got deep on the subject. "There's only one Tupac," he said, adding that rappers like Lil Wayne are just entertainers, but 'Pac? "I think Tupac was more someone that was trying to inform us what was going on, and he did it through entertainment."

This is good stuff. Click on for the video and full interview and Wu-Tang talk.

- Lil Wayne Apologizes to Miami and LeBron, But No "Sorry" for Saying He Boned Bosh's Wife (AUDIO)

- Lil Wayne Banned From NBA Games, Blames the Miami Heat; How About Blaming Weezy? (VIDEO)

- MC LMS Weighs In on the Lil Wayne Debacle: "Not Through Threats and Physical Violence but Through Music"

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Surfer Blood's JP Pitts on Where the Band Is Today: "We Are All Still Best Friends"

By Alex Rendon Thu., Feb. 14 2013 at 10:12 AM

Categories: Interview, Just In , Local Boy Made Big

Zachary A. Bennett

This Tuesday, West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood announced the official release date for its major label debut on Warner Bros Records, Pythons. The long-awaited follow up to the collection of lo-fi fuzzy gems that made up Astro Coast, is slated for a June 11 release date.

It's been a long time coming for Surfer Blood, who technically self-released Astro Coast three years and some months ago. An impressive debut, it showcased Surfer Blood's use of Pixies' start-stop dynamics, and Pitts' Black Francis' style roar. The album won a place on our 2009 Best Of List and on many an accredited national music sites around the nation. Recorded and mixed in front man JP Pitts' apartment in early 2009, it wasn't held back by its DIY nature.

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Helado Negro Drops Concept EP Island Universe Story on Asthmatic Kitty

By Liz Tracy Tue., Feb. 28 2012 at 1:42 PM

Categories: Heads Up, Local Boy Made Big

Kristi Sword and NRMAL

That's Play-Doh btw.

Helado Negro's newest release, Island Universe Story, will take you on quite the mental journey that will launch at your ears. You could call the sounds on it experimental easy listening. It's not at all boring, just easy to listen to. It's very beautiful and actually experimental. It's not in-your-face, but you could definitely find a place and time to dance to it. Best of all, the lyrics are in Spanish.

Otherwise known as Roberto Lange, the musician was bred right here in Davie and currently resides in Brooklyn. His newest work is an "infinite series," so though this is the first, it's not the last. How many there will be total is a mystery.

"The EP series is an ongoing thought cycle where it's allowing me to have my own soundboard to throw things at and see how it fits into a larger context over time with all of the Helado Negro work," Lange says. "There is no answer to how many EPs there will be... infinite, variable, and unforeseen." That's a lot. This first is being released on Asthmatic Kitty today.