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Neil Diamond at BankAtlantic Center on June 1

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

You may not know his face or sweaty chest, but everyone's familiar with the songs of Neil Diamond. This old crooner was quite the baja panti in his day. Hell, he remains a sex symbol for more women and men than the Biebs.

New Times writer Lee Zimmerman claims this singer and son...

Two Door Cinema Club at Revolution Live on June 5

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Contagious choruses are hardly anything new to the music industry; they're almost the heart of it. Three-piece band Two Door Cinema Club makes climbing the charts look crazy easy even without straight pop hooks.

Its genre-bending fusion of pop, indie rock, and dance makes it stand out from th...

Roberto Carlos at American Airlines Arena on June 2

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

A year before the Beach Boys embarked on their Surfin' Safari, Roberto Carlos was redefining South American music — that was 50 years ago. Though Brazil's pop-rock movement kicked off in the 1950s, Carlos is considered one the pioneers of Jovem Guarda.

For more than half a centur...

Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease?

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

It's a pristine spring morning on the remote tip of Big Pine Key, 30 miles north of Key West. The lone paved road is surrounded by dense brush and wetlands that give way to the Gulf of Mexico. On this particular Tuesday, though, the usually silent landscape is dominated by the pulsing whoo...