Email Author Jonathan Zwickel

2006 Stories by Jonathan Zwickel

• B. Fleischmann

  published February 16, 2006

  Even as it ages, Generation Hip-hop will never appreciate classical music to the same degree previous generations have. We're myopically fixated... More >>

• Ready for Takeoff

  published February 16, 2006

  In the world of rockabilly swing, few have flown as high as Big Sandy and His Fly Rite Boys. Currently a quintet, the band first took off... More >>

• The Deep End

  published February 16, 2006

  Since its inception, the world of turntablism has spawned some whacked-out characters and spun off into some surreal, sci-fi realms. Between crews... More >>

• Easy Ranking

  published February 9, 2006

  Sometimes this lofty pursuit of music journalism can be just as self-absorbed as the industry whose tail it chases. Case in point: the 33rd... More >>

• Hot Chip

  published February 9, 2006

  Hot Chip is the precocious U.K. outfit that's gonna split listeners down the middle like a sharp ax through cordwood. The slow-bumping, lo-fi... More >>

• Good Night, and Good Luck

  published February 9, 2006

  New Times is, politically, a nonpartisan newspaper. You've probably noticed that we get off on bugging everybody. Hell, we recently ran an... More >>

• Valhalla Awaits

  published February 2, 2006

  It was a cool, peaceful night in Western Broward, patchy clouds parting to reveal a deep, star-speckled sky. A gator looked on with reptilian... More >>

• How Live?

  published February 2, 2006

  More >>

• Timb the Ubiquitous

  published February 2, 2006

  After years of stalking every bar, club, concert, and fetish party in Palm Beach County, regaling unsuspecting crowds with... More >>

• The Avett Brothers

  published January 26, 2006

  I'm not sure exactly what this means, but I know it's true: The Avett Brothers make the kind of music you can believe in. My introduction to... More >>

• Solid Soul

  published January 26, 2006

  It's a little scary when a talent as huge as Shawn Elliot arrives so suddenly on the scene. Which is not to say that the longtime Floridian... More >>

• The Jung and the Restless

  published January 19, 2006

  Of the many larger-than-life musical archetypes — standbys like the Preening Lead Singer, the Strung-out Axeman, the Hip-hop Hustler, and the... More >>

• Future Perfect

  published January 12, 2006

  Direct from Beatcomber's lips to your, um, eyes — Happy New Year! Here's a toast to new beginnings! (Yeah, I'm drinking and typing. You gonna... More >>

• Mason

  published January 12, 2006

  Listen closely to their second full-length and you can actually hear the members of Mason going through puberty. Which is to say, there's a lot of... More >>

• Spam Meets Smunk

  published January 12, 2006

  He might not be as famous as the legends he's played with, but veteran saxman Pee Wee Ellis gets credit for being one of the primary... More >>

• The Deep End

  published January 12, 2006

  Tiësto in Concert begins at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, January 12, at Hard Rock Arena, 5747 Seminole Way, Sunrise. Tickets cost $32.50, $67.50, or... More >>

• Weather or Not

  published January 5, 2006

  OK, people: No dwelling on that bitch Wilma. And no bitching about your dwelling in 2005. South Florida took some shots, both on the chin and at... More >>