Fat Mike and NOFX are excellent party hosts, both onstage and off. Between the mess of Yuenglings and cake back stage, some powdery favors on the tour bus, and the barrage of greatest hits firing through the speakers, the band hosted an intense and liberating punk blowout for a capacity…
In 1994, I was the world’s most lovelorn middle-schooler. And through the throes of my unrequited love for my eighth-grade crush, there for all the highs and lows, I had one constant companion: Boyz II Men. Maybe it sounds cheesy now, but that’s kind of the point: The Philly four-piece…
The world is filled with long-winded storytellers and boring status updates about babies and dinner. Unless you’re Keith Richards, Ozzy Osbourne, Richard Branson, or some other filthy-rich British person, there’s a good chance your life is pretty mundane. Still, there are the rare few who can take a seemingly unexceptional…
“I’m pooping, but I’m good,” Fat Mike tells New Times over the phone. This is the NOFX frontman fans have grown to love over the past 30 or so years: blunt, mischievous, and gleefully unapologetic. Formed in 1983, the band has long been one of America’s preeminent punk outfits, riding…
The fourth annual Tortuga Music Festival may be all said and done, but we’re still mulling it all over. For one thing, the fest expanded to three days this year. But if 2016’s numbers tell us anything, organizers may want to consider adding opening the gates on Thursday next year,…
Day one of the fourth-annual Tortuga Music Festival began as a languid, low-key beach hangout — until it wasn’t. Eventually, the heavens opened up and weather became the main story. But that’s for later. For the first time in Tortuga’s short history, organizers added a third day to the weekend. The…
Downtown Lake Worth’s seminal blues club, Bamboo Room, has had a shifting and tumultuous existence over the last couple of years. While ongoing news of the venue’s opening and closing and re-opening has been the subject of concern throughout the area, it was only a few months ago that the…
Just over two years into their professional relationship, Muddy Magnolias’ Kallie North and Jessy Wilson are already that couple finishing each other’s sentences. Their paths first crossed in Nashville, both searching for that big break, and their instant connection set everything in motion. North’s Southern roots meshed seamlessly with Wilson’s…
The big names need no introduction: Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, and Tim McGraw will draw the biggest crowds of Tortuga 2016. But it’s the little guys, the wildcard acts at the massive, annual country-music beach party, that will provide the surprise thrills. Though most are relative newcomers, several of the…
Each year, we’re told this track or that single will be the song of the summer — usually dictated by the charts, some radio personality, or a media outlet like this one. But if we’re being honest, for the past 25 years, there’s one pervasive jam that could easily win…
Well, it’s over. In the end, Ultra 2016 saw little rain, great performances, and — save for the Prodigy’s last-minute cancellation — minimal hiccups. At 18 years of age, Ultra has matured into a well-oiled festival, running smoothly from the Porta Potty to the Main Stage. Yesterday, the third and…
A punk rock show on St. Paddy’s Day — one of the booziest holidays on the American drinking calendar. What could possibly go wrong? Thursday night, Revolution Live opened up the outdoor area behind the main building, otherwise known as America’s Backyard, for one of punk and ska’s favorite outfits,…
On Thursday, legendary punk revivalists Rancid return to Revolution Live to summon bruised memories of moshing and slam-dancing in the ’90s before setting sail on the Salty Dog Cruise with Flogging Molly and Frank Turner. Despite its name, Rancid has never stood out for being foul in any way. If…
They’re an all-female band with music videos that include bikini-clad girls wrestling and shoving hot dogs in each other’s mouths; albums with titles such as Heart Like a Fist and These Boots Won’t Lick Themselves (the latter containing a pair of songs called “Cum” and “Motortits”); and a look that…
Bands for Bernie was a lot like the Bernie Sanders campaign: full of good ideas, but ultimately you knew it wasn’t going to work out. (Not that it’s over for him, but after the South Carolina smackdown…) Held on J Street in downtown Lake Worth, BFB was an all-day love…
Politics. It’s the one topic, aside from religion, that most people avoid in polite conversation. But when the time for politeness has passed and opinions need to be shouted, what better way to do it than with a rock n roll block party? This Sunday, February 28th, J Street in…
Rayland Baxter is a gifted and literate singer/songwriter, but he didn’t begin his career in earnest until the latter half of his 20s. All it took for this late bloomer to get going was a career-ending knee injury and some heartbreak. The son of Bucky Baxter, a distinguished steel pedal…
It’s not always friendly within the confines of Revolution Live, the longstanding midsize music venue in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Even with its excellent production, multiple standing-room levels, and several bars, it can still feel stuffy at times — especially when a quality headliner draws a full house. One such headliner…
Who were the pioneers of party in Florida? Two men, David James and Jonathan Vinazza, believe they have an answer — and the video evidence to back them up. The duo’s upcoming documentary, The Scene: ’90s Florida Rave Culture, is a detailed and sprawling film project focusing on a decade…
Some people get up every morning, put on their smart shoes, drive to their stable jobs, clock hours, and return home to their nightly lineup of pre-recorded television. Others get onstage and cook up a vat of pipin’ hot Louisiana gumbo while simultaneously singing, playing slide guitar, and maneuvering a…
Bruce Springsteen — the Boss, our beloved headband-wearing, blue-jeans-clad, all-American Everyman — is one of the most mind-numbing superstars in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. Over the course of a nearly five-decades-long career, Springsteen has solidified himself as a well-liked white dude from New Jersey who got rich making…
Before there was Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child, there was Diana Ross and the Supremes. One of the original ’60s girl groups and by far the most successful, they gave us every great song with the word “love” in its title: “Baby Love,” “Stop! In the Name of Love,” and “Where…
