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Being a geek is cool again. But no, busty girls with lensless glasses all over Instagram, you all don’t count. We’ll define a real geek, lovingly, as someone who...
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Adrenaline Mob delivers what its name promises: a rush of heavy energy powered by raw guitar force. The New York-based group is, in fact, a metal supergroup. Singer Russell...
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San Diego quintet Through the Roots boasts what is probably the quintessential California sound: breezy, beachy, and freely crossing through any number of laid-back genres....
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Stuart-based trio Aquaphonics dubs its sound "electro-soul," and indeed, it often uses a funky interplay between the electronic and the organic. As the group's watery name...
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The Speakeasy in Lake Worth is quickly becoming Palm Beach County's new epicenter of punk, hardcore, and all related subgenres.
That's mostly thanks to local duo On Fire...
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In 2012, Yanni is often an easy punch line; anytime someone needs a quick quip about the New Age and easy-listening cultural moments of the early '90s, Yanni's the guy.
The...
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Canadian act Comeback Kid has stuck around so long — marking a full decade this year — that it's managed to last until a renewed scene interest in more pure...
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For rock bands of a left-field and perhaps nondanceable bent, it’s still pretty damn hard to get taken seriously in this town. Now, imagine how much harder it would have...
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With Winter Music Conference and the madness around Ultra in full swing, it seems that almost all of Miami-Dade County is currently pulsing to a four-four beat. This show at...
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The members of Nashville foursome Hot Chelle Rae all boast parents and various other family members from high up in the Music City industry echelons. (Two, Ryan and Jamie...
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In the sparkly, off-kilter world of Miami electro-pop duo Afrobeta, a new party anthem is bubbling under the surface all the time. Even if it's outside of official studio...
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True hip-hop has long had an affair with classical music, though indirect. The best producers have long used booming strings and brass to add a sense of melodrama and...
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Winter Haven quintet Anberlin arose out of a particularly Central Floridian millennial scene in which various punk-derived strains of music commingled freely with Christian...
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Gregg Allman is of course the only surviving eponymous brother in the Allman Brothers Band. But the group is one of the few of the late hippie generation enjoying renewed fan...
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The annual wintertime dance music event known as Candyland may officially be the South Florida rave that wouldn't die. This year's edition marks its stunning 16th, with the...
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Four-piece Highlonesome originally formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but an obsession with vintage Americana drove the band to real mountain territory: Tennessee. Now based in...
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Palm Beach County is of late awash in acts that marry roots music styles with contemporary ones, usually punk. But if you listen closely to the Killbillies, from West Palm...
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Is the Midwest the new locus of underground hip-hop? Minnesota's Twin Cities have boasted a long tradition of a scene focused on wordplay-heavy lyricism absent of rap's usual...
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The increasingly distant connection between food -- the stuff that grows, walks, flies, and/or swims -- and "food" -- the semi-edible material that pops out of a box, can, or...
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With a birth date some 30 years ago and no breaks, the Toasters can definitely stake a claim as the longest-running American ska band, full stop. British expat Rob "Bucket"...
