Girl, you know it’s true. Vanilli (birth name Fab Morvan) one-half of notorious late-’80s lip-synching duo Milli Vanilli, is reportedly constructing a comeback. Most shocking of all, it is not even his first try. Back in ’03, the dreadlocked pop-star wannabe released his solo debut, Love Revolution, to tepid reception…
Mike Mineo is a gifted if inscrutable musician who has taken many epic leaps in his artistic life. Last year, the charismatic multi-instrumentalist released his debut, Eccentricity. The 18-track cornucopia of pop, soul, funk, jazz, blues, calypso, and zydeco ultimately found a place within South Florida’s fickle music scene and…
Emcee Jabrjaw (AKA Ryan Britt) and DJ Dee Dubbs’ (birth name: Dan Wilkes) debut full-length album Eastern Specifics poises the duo as South Florida’s very own Eric B and Rakim. Because they’ve worked together since 2006, it would seem like the wait for a final product from the Lake Worth…
Melancholic feelings wash over us today as the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) prepares to send its 135th shuttle into space. Weather permitting, the space shuttle Atlantis will commence to make its ascent to the International Space Station at 11:26 a.m. EDT. It will be the last launch…
New Times is thrilled to hear that Miami musician Ricardo Guerrero is making the schlep up to our parts to perform in this week’s installment of Digital Love at the Green Room. Back on May 27, during the last relevant show staged at Lake Worth’s Little Munich, Guerrero’s two-piece, This…
Self-proclaimed “Margate punk rock superstars” the Shakers have been shaking coccyges with its sludgy three-chord madness longer than most Mohawked kids have been out of diapers. Friday night at Lake Worth indie haven Propaganda, the blustering four-piece unleashed its latest concoction of full-throttle, stripped-down bombast titled Crabby Road. Maybe we’ve…
Broward County dance aficionados will be familiar with the gyrating work of Broward-based DJ crew On Til Dawn. These three beatsmiths, Anthony Mazzeo, Mike Romero, and Eric Dupri, have been on the grind the past few years; beginning with raves out in the swampy Everglades just a few years back…
Although it’s located four counties north, we’d still have to give props to Brevard County hard-rocking three-piece Elephantgun for being the sole Florida entry in “Ampeg Straight Up Tone Competition.” As of noon today this trio was sitting pretty in first place, up by 100 votes over indie Worcestershire UK…
Continuing with the long-running trend of dueling movie projects that brought us simultaneous films about Truman Capote (Capote versus Infamous), mall cops (Observe and Report versus Paul Blart: Mall Cop), and sexy Brazilian dances (Lambada versus The Forbidden Dance), two Hollywood studios are developing projects about the ill-fated life of…
This West Palm Beach act is named after one of French duo Justice’s celebratory gritty dance tracks. So one gets the impression that D.V.N.O. would be some sort of club act decked to the nines in black leather, tweaking knobs and squelching out samples. However, that’s not the case. Although…
Bonnie “Prince” Billy Radio-Active Records, Fort LauderdaleMonday, May 30, 2011We are not exaggerating when we say you could literally hear a pin drop when we arrived at Radio-Active Records shortly after 7 p.m. last night. That was just in time to catch a clean-shaven Will Oldham — AKA Bonnie “Prince” Billy…
South Florida roots purveyors Spred the Dub have built up a large local following with their deep-dubbing gooey goodness. Now area “Spredheads” have a regular night on which they can count to hear this local quintet spread the irie vibes: “Reggae Mondays” at Reef Road Restaurant and Rum Bar. We couldn’t think…
West Palm Beach 25-year-old singer-songwriter Jamie Rasso has been rising through the ranks locally, with a carefree sound that’s boldly straight-up pop flavored. Intriguingly, Rasso’s summery vibe has won him favor with local musicians from disparate scenes. Swamp-folk act Everymen is a huge fan and so is Jon Glassman, frontman…
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 following and a few famous devotees. Johnny Cash was a fan and covered Oldham’s “I See a Darkness” on American III: Solitary Man. Equally enamored of his…
West Palm Beach electro-ambient-dance purveyors Sumsun is picking up traction for its dream-house sounds. New Times learned recently that the two-piece — consisting of Judson Rogers and touring partner Edwin Jantunen — will join bombastic unit Sleigh Bells and atmospheric act Neon Indian for a stint on their North American…
It’s no secret that craft beer holds a special spot in our hearts over here at the New Times office. As any good journalist worth their weight in malt and hops, we are always on the prowl for any old excuse to hoist a cold micro-brewed beverage. So when news…
Guitarist Russ Rogers is shifting his focus away from electro-thrash group Kill Miss Pretty and is reviving his alternative rock project A New Way to Live Forever. Receiving rave reviews from this very publication back in 2008 ANWTLF auspicious debut EP, Avalanches, raised many eyebrows. Our former music editor Jonathan…
Lead by Bryan Wohlust, Doorway 27 was one of Palm Beach County’s biggest alternative-rock hopes in the mid part of the last decade. Coming with a postgrunge style that wasn’t overly aggro, a pop sensibility delivered with just enough rock edge, and an appreciation for the Red Hot Chili Peppers’…
One of the driving forces behind Respectable Street’s Thursday-night indie mainstay, “Flaunt,” DJ J.J. Contramus, has branched out on his own with a new project titled Symbols. Chock-full of brooding synthesizers and distant, unintelligible lyrics, this is “witch-house” finally embedding itself in South Florida. In layman’s terms and (as the…
Regular local show attendees have undoubtedly seen Tim Hicks out in front of the stage with his idiosyncratic dance moves at some point or another. This 29-year-old Fort Lauderdale native and avid local music supporter has no shame in his game and cuts the rug with a spasmodic style all…
Loxahatchee Sinners UnionWith Los Bastardos Magnificos and Lone WolfHooligans, Boca RatonSaturday, May 7, 2011A bit of the swamp invaded Boca Raton on Saturday night. Under the tutelage of longtime Palm Beach County musician James “Scarecrow Jenkins” Pellegrini, Hooligans welcomed a night of honky-tonk revival that sounded straight out of the…
Don’t lie, you totally shed a tear last week during loveable fop Michael Scott’s final episode of The Office. It was a sad day at our favorite fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin indeed.We bet Dan “Dirty Dem” Duarte was a little choked up too. Although that’s not entirely evident in…
