In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, made Thanksgiving a national holiday — a day when we could pay tribute to everything we had: family, friends, a good harvest. A great deal of us will spend Turkey Day recuperating from the prior evening’s hangover — due to the unencumbering liberation one…
Talented Miami rap duo Ghost Arm upped another couple songs to its Facebook page that would sound hot popping off of some wax, especially “Relocative Frequencies.” This particular track features production by Roberto Pagano, and continues the duality within the group that relies equally on vintage soul samples (in this…
Check out 45 photos from the festival.At the inaugural Palm Beach Art and Music Festival, New Times found the mood among the crowd of chilly hipsters and bundled-up art connoisseurs in attendance to be extremely positive. The dip in the temperature to the mid-50s on Saturday night impeded a little…
Seems like a new festival pops up about every two weeks in our parts. This recent phenomenon isn’t so awful, though; it never hurts to try to up one’s cultural pursuits. The inaugural Palm Beach Art and Music Festival intends to do just that. The festival’s sponsor, West Palm Beach’s…
Seems like a new festival pops up about every two weeks in our parts. This recent phenomenon isn’t so awful, though; it never hurts to try to up one’s cultural pursuits. The inaugural Palm Beach Art and Music Festival intends to do just that. The festival’s sponsor, West Palm Beach’s…
In August, Pompano Beach emo group Further Seems Forever confirmed reports of a reunion featuring its original lineup — including former (and well-known) lead singer Chris Carrabba. So far, the band is set to perform a one-off at Belgium punk and hardcore festival Groezrock Festival in April 2011. Meanwhile, Further Seems…
It begins with that unmistakable soothing hiss of a record player’s needle dropping onto vinyl and a loop that sounds straight out of a ’70s R&B album. Motor City transplant Mr. Chief’s previously unreleased track “Ironic” certainly has an old-school flavor one can nestle up to. The introspective themes covered by…
The former Soviet Republic of Russia didn’t actually consist entirely of spies on covert James Bond-esque missions and men in furry hats constantly shooting vodka. Take Red Elvises’ frontman Igor Yuzov, for example, who grew up in Cold War-era Russia fantasizing about American rock ‘n’ roll. Yuzov’s idolatry of U.S…
Talk about time management: along with putting in bassist duties for lovably quirky West Palm Beach indie-folk group the Dewars while canvassing the nation with Surfer Blood, Lake Worth singer/songwriter Evan Mui somehow found enough time to post a two song EP titled Nighttime on his personal website.The talented multi-intrumentalist…
MySpace.comThe Methodaires pack the stage at Churchills.After three years of gigging up and down South Florida’s coast, Fort Lauderdale ska-revivalists the Methodaires have put the final touches on its debut EP. With lead singer Nia Devine belting out choruses Patti LaBelle-style, the group is also known for its crowd-pleasing rocksteady…
When Ryan Alexander handed us a new album from his electro-acoustic outfit Alexander called It’s Not Always Signs, It’s Not Always Wonders, at Respectable Street’s 23rd Anniversary Party on July 31, we were a little taken aback with the news. We hadn’t received any kind of advance warning that a…
Photo by Alex RendonJames Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Monday, September 20, 2010 Better than: vinegar on fish and chips. For any diligent anglophile the announcement that veteran Britpop group James would be kicking off its U.S. tour on our shores — and performing in a quaint venue like Culture Room…
“We are trying to show the rest of America that South Florida consists of more than Rick Ross, strip clubs, and cocaine,” declares Tim McClure, a blue-collar Fort Lauderdale MC better-known as Protoman. Engulfed in wafting aerosol vapors at the South Florida Graffiti Expo held in late August at Kevro’s…
British rock band James’ 28-year career has endured the kind of trials and tribulations that would make for a fantastic episode of VH1’s Behind the Music — unpaid £250,000 tax bills, drug addictions, and a six-year breakup — but its resplendent jangle pop lives on. While never commandeering the charts…
A new weekly indie dance party called NOIR kicks off this Wednesday night at Pompano Beach’s Club Cinema — and what name would be more appropriate for a place with an allegedly checkered history. The oft-shuttered, well-equipped club hasn’t hosted a weekly dance party since, well, since we can remember…
As if South Florida didn’t have enough illuminated hot pink, blue, green, peach, and fuchsia signs blaring around town, a new dance party that’s being touted as the “ultimate Neon light party” called If It’s On, It’s Neon rolls into Pompano Beach this Tuesday August 10 at Club Cinema. This…
Dead Confederate With John Ralston & Invisible Music, the Dewars, and Lavola Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Respectable Street Better than: Hiring a Nirvana cover band to play your private party. The review: Thanks to Invisible Music violinist Susan Sherouse and percussionist Tiffany Jezek — who are both pregnant — Respectable…
After 23 years in business, Respectable Street Café — AKA Respectable Street, Respectables, or Respecs — has grown from the dilapidated building at 518 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach to a South Florida music and culture hub. On Saturday, four stages featuring 23 bands — one for each year…
Don’t be fooled by Dead Confederate’s Civil War moniker and Georgia roots — this atmospheric rawk quintet is the furthest thing from a Lynyrd Skynyrd rehash. Although the five-piece explores stoner rock in the psychedelic “Wrecking Ball,” this dynamic quintet prefers to dish out thunderous guitar riffs and gut-wrenching growls…
It’s been six months since we’ve seen any action on Coral Springs dream-pop whiz Mike Diaz’s, AKA MillionYoung, tumblr page. But Diaz made up for lost time a couple of weeks back by posting a little nugget of chilled-out bliss: his electro-finessed rendition of 19th century French composer Erik Satie…
Don’t be fooled by Dead Confederate’s Civil War moniker and Georgia roots — this atmospheric rawk quintet is the furthest thing from a Lynyrd Skynyrd rehash. Although the five-piece explores stoner rock in the psychedelic “Wrecking Ball,” this dynamic quintet prefers to dish out thunderous guitar riffs and gut-wrenching growls…
Aussie nü-metal group Sick Puppies was booked to play our shores for Respectable Street’s 22nd Anniversary Party last year, but the trio pulled a Flaming Lips on us and bailed out at the last minute. Just like the Lips, the Sydney three-piece is making amends — albeit a little farther…
