Christian McGee at South Shores Tavern 5/29

A native of Richmond, Virginia, and occasional resident of South Florida, singer/songwriter Christian McGee picks up many of the musical threads let out by the millennial neosoul movement. Songs like “Give Me Your Love” hark back to the vintage sexy soul crooning of artists like Teddy Pendergrass. Others, like “Like…

Combichrist at Respectable Street 6/1

As founder of the iconic futurepop act Icon of Coil, Norwegian sound terrorist Andy LaPlegua showed an early penchant for the darker, harder sounds of the industrial music fringe. However, it was with his current outfit, Combichrist, that he fully realized his caustic musical dreams. Unapologetically eardrum-splitting, brutal, and even…

Panic! at the Disco at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre 5/29

Panic! at the Disco — yes, the exclamation mark is back — long ago outgrew the post-emo bombast of the height of the decaydance era of pop rock. Still, the Las Vegas act, helmed from the beginning by pinup-worthy Brandon Urie, has never been successful in fighting its penchant for…

Live: Deftones and Dillinger Escape Plan at Sunset Cove, May 22

​DeftonesWith Dillinger Escape PlanSunset Cove Amphitheatre, Boca Raton Sunday, May 22, 2011There are few towns in the tricounty area less metal than Boca Raton. So last night’s show there by Deftones, supported by the even more berserk Dillinger Escape Plan, was unlikely to say the least. The venue, Sunset Cove Amphitheater,…

Q&A: Parallels’ Cameron Findlay Talks Songwriting and Synths

Fans taken in first by Toronto duo Parallels’ sweet take on retro synth-pop might be surprised at the band’s musical pedigree. Most of the original songs, in fact, were written while founder/drummer/composer Cameron Findlay was touring with electro-noise terrorists Crystal Castles. As a kid raised on punk rock, Findlay fit…

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Revolution 5/25

Despite trials and tribulations and times in and out of the public eye, the pioneering West Coast rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony technically has never broken up. This year marked its 20th as an intact quintet — until some unexpected turmoil hit. Late last year, Bone Thugs successfully toured the country…

Mustard Plug at Culture Room 5/20

At the height of the ’90s ska craze, the scene’s fans embroiled themselves deep in an internal battle: the so-called “traditional ska” faction versus the ska-punk crossover aficionados. A decade later, that genre-rule bean counting seems laughable. There aren’t too many groups other than the Slackers holding it down for…

Parallels at Respectable Street 5/19

Fun, highly bloggable fact: One-half of Parallels, Cameron Findlay, was originally the drummer for electronic-noise terrorists Crystal Castles. On the road with that act, though, when Findlay wasn’t providing skittering blast beats, he was busily writing more-melodic material. The resulting frosty, New Romantic-style dance-floor anthems were meant for a solo…

Deftones’ Thrilling Abandon Returns to South Florida

No one’s accusing Deftones of resting on their laurels, even though the band certainly deserves a little R&R. It’s been a whopping 23 years since the sextet formed in Sacramento. And nearly all of those since the band’s debut album, 1995’s Adrenaline, have been spent doggedly on the road. Each…

Live: My Chemical Romance at Revolution, May 17

My Chemical RomanceWith the Architects and Circa SurviveTuesday, May 17, 2011Revolution, Fort LauderdaleClick here to see a slideshow from the My Chemical Romance show.My Chemical Romance may have long ago graduated to the arena and mega-festival circuit, but the band did get its start in the punk scene. So mid-size…

Q&A: Deftones’ Frank Delgado on Touring and Technology

No one could accuse Deftones of resting on their laurels, even though the band certainly deserves a little R&R. It’s been a whopping 23 years since the sextet first formed in Sacramento. And nearly all of those since the band’s debut album, 1995’s Adrenaline, have been spent doggedly on the…