Florida might not be known for the blues but boy, is that profile changing with the steadily rising talent that is Selwyn Birchwood. The Orlando-native Tampa resident has been praised by Rolling Stone as a “young, powerhouse guitarist and soulful vocalist” and by the Washington Post as an “indelibly modern…
“I’d have to say the biggest change, among the many, would be the freedom to finally have free shows a lot more often,” says Jump the Shark owner Garo Gallo ahead of this weekend’s one-year anniversary party. “Allowing even the most niche and fringe artists and performers a chance to…
Here’s a free lesson for aspiring musicians who want to make it big quick: A) Find a band on the verge of success and become a rabid fan; B) Learn said band’s catalogue backward and forward; and C) Pray and hope, and maybe even light some candles to whatever iconographical…
Why does Miami get to have all the fun? And more importantly, why does that so-called fun have to be so damn expensive? Our neighbors to the south may boast an international profile, port-of-entry status to the United States, and a more dense nightlife scene, but we’re of the mind it’s…
Hot off the release of their fourth full-length LP, Hotting Up, the Hawaiian-bred, Santa Barbara-based group Iration is now on the road spreading their gospel of good times, positivity, and tropical fun via their multi-faceted version of reggae. Formed in 2004 near U.C. Santa Barbara, and originally a reggae cover…
At first glance, with the current environment ripe for the return of ’90s sounds, a package tour featuring Torche, Hum and Failure seems a little weird, tricky even. But there’s something astute and historically encompassing about such a venture given that, for one, the majority of these musicians filed their…
For starters, as requested by the band, a smoke-free Revolution Live was a thoroughly enjoyable Revolution Live. That said, Collective Soul’s performance had high expectations from their fans, and the band did not disappoint, drawing from its extensive catalogue and sticking to the straight rockers that have garnered them acclaim…
Ed Roland’s dedication to music has been the sole driving force behind Collective Soul’s continued relevance in the music industry. Formed in the early ’90s as an outlet for work that he had created during his years as a sound engineer in his native Georgia, Collective Soul’s first product, Hints…
Chris Blinston, a former Marine, has the impressive physical presence of a Rottweiler and the subtlety of an atomic bomb. In other words, he’s perfect for reality TV. The artist and owner of Coral Springs’ No Hard Feelings Tattoo Gallery is one of the contestants on Ink Master, a show…
“Cycling is our life, not just a ‘theme’ or ‘concept’,” says Two& proprietor Elmo Love. A year ago, Elmo and Zoe Love took their love of cycling from an online operation of selling bikes and antiques to a brick and mortar store on East Las Olas Boulevard.They added beer and…
“We are frequently changing the route within Delray to keep it interesting and fresh,” says John Haley, coordinator of The Bus Loop. “The Delray Beach Bus Loop began in 2011 and has added much excitement for some of the more innovative fundraising events within the city.” For the uninitiated, the…
“Discovered by Albert Hofmann in 1938, mass manufactured for use in psychiatry by the pharmaceutical manufacturer Sandoz from 1947 and utilized by the CIA in the 1950s, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, or LSD-25, was banned in 1967 after its widespread adoption by the counter culture” is the innocuous and somewhat to-the-point…
Female beauty, for as much as it has been celebrated and reviled through time, hit a commercial stride at the turn of the last century with a focused assault on the necessity of products to enhance and, well, ultimately perfect that which nature had given. And while “assault” might be…
“We owe it to the fans who have kept us going all these years,” says Strung Out’s Jake Kiley. “They’ve kept us fired up to keep going.” This has been the ethos for the Simi Valley band, now in its twenty-sixth year in existence. The band’s latest album, Transmission.Alpha.Delta, its eighth,…
Brothers, maritime warriors, merengue-dance-off champions, rock and rollers, audio junkies – many are the hats of the Jellyfish Brothers. And in the band’s relatively short tenure in South Florida’s ever-expanding music scene, the Jellyfish Brothers have risen as elder statesmen and tastemakers with their seemingly tireless efforts to promote art and…
The Florida Grand Opera’s (FGO) 2014-15 season comes to a close with a production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul, a modern opera in three acts. First performed in 1950, Menotti’s first full-length opera is a study on the causalities of political dissidence upon a family. Leading the drama is…
Formed by pals Tom Hunting and Kirk Hammett in 1980 and named after a Leon Uris novel, Exodus stands proudly as one of the founders of the Bay Area’s longstanding and lauded thrash metal scene. Now on the Dark Roots of Thrash II tour with the equally essential Bay Area thrashers, Testament,…
Formed in 1983 as Legacy in Berkeley, California, and quickly renamed Testament, Eric Peterson’s thrash metal powerhouse has not shared the financial success of their contemporaries Metallica or Anthrax, but the band has certainly earned the respect of fans and other musicians as an uncompromising force that has soldiered on…
It’s hard to believe that something as lame as The Hunger Games has managed to capture the imaginations of millions. If anything, it’s good to see the kids reading. Literate children is not a bad thing. But there’s a disconnect at play here. There’s a failure to bring young readers…
Whether it’s canned tuna or prized tuna sashimi, the big blue fish seems to find itself in the midst of controversy time and time again. From canning processes to mercury levels and fishing practices that fail to comply or rather completely ignore responsible standards, tuna has become more than just…
“I really don’t think about the age thing unless someone brings it up or I happen to look into a mirror,” says Robert Price, founder of Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa (KLS). He recently turned 50 years old. A good chunk of those 50 years has been spent as leader of one…
Ice cream can be quite the cravings generator. From kids in bad need of a sugar fix to the eternally baffling flavor-mixing/alternative modes of consumption of pregnant women, ice cream is often a welcome and necessary treat. Just look at 39 year old David Nathaniel Farrior who, in a surveillance…
