Email Author Alex Rendon

2011 Stories by Alex Rendon

• Rap Producer Numonics Has Five Albums (and South Florida Domination) Scheduled for 2012

  published December 22, 2011

  Jonathan "Numonics" Rosenfeld, possibly Broward County's hardest-working hip-hop producer, knows how to make an entrance. Hip-hop blasts from... More >>

• Blood Simple: Everymen's Folk-Punk Bond Is as Strong as Ever

  published August 11, 2011

  Whoever said "Play with fire and you'll surely get burned" never met Everymen's Captain Bobo. During the Lake Worth bluegrass-punk troupe's... More >>

• Mike Mineo's Sophomore Album, "Beach Season," Is a Plunge Into the Subtropic

  published July 21, 2011

  Mike Mineo is a gifted if inscrutable musician who has taken many epic leaps in his artistic life. Last year, the charismatic... More >>

• Bonnie "Prince" Billy's Excellent Florida Adventure

  published May 26, 2011

  Will Oldham is one of the most gifted avant-garde singer/songwriters of our day, but he remains criminally unheard outside of a tight indie... More >>

• Japan and Haiti Benefit at Respectable Street 4/17

  published April 14, 2011

  The March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan was an unfathomable tragedy, and it's time to help. For those who don't necessarily have a venue... More >>

• Gene Loves Jezebel at Respectable Street 4/9

  published April 7, 2011

  Glammy '80s U.K. goth-rock group Gene Loves Jezebel's backstory is even more dramatic than its moody catalog. Contrary to its affectionate... More >>

• John Ralston at Bamboo Room

  published March 17, 2011

  After a three-year recording hiatus, Lake Worth emotive singer John Ralston is issuing forth a flurry of activity. This past Christmas saw the... More >>

• Apocalyptica's Orchestral Take on Metallica at Culture Room

  published March 3, 2011

  What began as a crafty gimmick on 1996's Plays Metallica by Four Cellos — four classically trained cellists blasting out refined... More >>

• Secret French Kissing Society Re-forms for Propaganda Gig

  published March 3, 2011

  Expect a night of nostalgia Thursday as Secret French Kissing Society reunites for its first one-off gig since 2009. Originally formed in 2003... More >>

• Filthy Animals Bring Dirty Blues Stomp to Respectable Street

  published February 24, 2011

  Led by frontman Cameron Stiles' Southern rock guitar strokes, Jupiter-based duo (and veritable Black Keys understudies) Filthy Animals can fill... More >>

• Luna Rex to Unveil Bizarre New EP at Propaganda

  published February 24, 2011

  Lake Worth quartet Luna Rex tears a page from Frank Zappa's spoof-rock manual on its highly satirical and conceptually humorous debut EP,... More >>

• Lavola's EP Release Caps a Year of Hard Work and Harder Rock

  published February 10, 2011

  West Palm Beach trio Lavola and its sonically charged rock 'n' roll are perhaps too brazen and piercing to fit alongside the quirky indie pop... More >>

• We Came as Romans Tops Christian Metalcore Night at Rocketown

  published January 20, 2011

  The incongruous-sounding Motel 6 Rock Yourself to Sleep tour slides into town for the second time in six months on Tuesday. Instead of pop-punk... More >>