via www.myspace.com/thesubdudesThe Subdudes may not be among the New Orleans musical legends the average Joe could immediately name. But examine the band’s track record, which stretches back a couple of decades, and its seamless blend of riveting rock and roll, nimble rhythms, and sinewy roots. It’s clear the Subdudes have…

photo by Santiago FelipeA live shot from DMB’s West Palm Beach show in 2007As predictable as death and taxes, the Dave Matthews Band returns to the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach this summer for another two-night stand. The tour will support the band’s still-untitled forthcoming studio album, due out…

via www.myspace.com/panicbomberLike a one-man Gravitron, Panic Bomber pulls you in, spins you around, and leaves you dizzy and smiling. He looks like a neon stick figure in motion, and sounds like a male Sade stuck in a rave. These are all good things. I had never heard of him, and…

Naming his label Size Records, DJ/producer Steve Angello set himself up for criticism if he couldn’t lay down the magnitude of tracks necessary to command a room like Mansion, where he will help commemorate the club’s fifth birthday on Saturday. Luckily, Angello’s brand of breezy, big room progressive house  perfectly…

In a world where divas are bionically enhanced, the bloom of marquees and floodlights can be seen from space, and the energy crisis has been averted by harnessing the kinetic motion of dancefloors, power house is the genre of choice. And those who choose power house choose DJ Boris, who…

via www.windishagency.comDJ and producer Darren Emerson was once in dub-strewn acid house collective Underworld. And lest you forget, he opens and closes his new mix compilation, GU36: Bogotá with the then-progressive trio’s 1993 epic “MMM Skyscraper I Love You.” The two CDs this bookends are Emerson’s third entry for Global…

via www.citizencope.comClarence Greenwood is everywhere and nowhere. Turn on the television or go to the movie theater, and you’re certain to hear his driving choruses or melodic refrains leit motifing all kinds of popular culture (see Entourage, Teton Gravity Research, Acura commercials, and others). Greenwood, who records under the name…

via www.tomjones.comYou’d be hard pressed to find a human being on the planet with more “cool” than Tom Jones. Countless hip hop artists claim to have the lock-down on the swagger, but each of them must bow their heads in reverence to Mr. Jones. There’s not a person alive who…

via myspace.com/leeboysThe Lee Boys are not a bluegrass band, although just reading the name may evoke that thought. No, the Lee Boys are South Florida’s finest sacred steel ensemble. The brothers Lee (Alvin, Derrick, and Keith) along with their nephews Roosevelt Collier, Alvin Cody Jr., and Earl Walker play a…

via myspace.com/here_we_riseNothing says I love you like thrashing guitars, guttural screams and kids wildly punching the air.  The Talent Farm is hosting a very special Valentine’s Day show featuring some of the best hardcore/scream-o/punk acts in south Florida like Here We Rise, Mind Over Matter, Shoot The Messenger, and A…

Renee Fiallos via MyspaceQuick, what’s the difference between “Real Jazz” and that impostor shit John Tesh and his cronies try to pass off? If you can’t answer that question, you owe it to yourself to get down to Tobacco Road tonight at 10 pm.  Here’s a hint: Real Jazz has…

via myspace.com/thefreakinhottThe day of love is just around the corner.  If you haven’t made plans already you’re either a) single, b) lazy or c) both. The good news is Respectable Street has the cure for all your Valentine’s related woes this Saturday starting at 8 p.m.. Someone had the fantastic…

via myspace.com/badbrainsAsk any self-respecting punk rock fan to list his or her top 10 punk bands, and Bad Brains will almost certainly be toward the top. These hardcore punk rock pioneers began playing together as a jazz band with a rough edge and a hint of reggae way back in…

via forgottenjournal.comAnother of Langerado’s casualties has found a new home. Irish supergroup The Pogues brushed off Langerado’s cancellation by announcing they’ll be holding their own show on Saturday, March 7th at 8:30 pm. Better yet, Shane MacGowan and crew have announced this will be the first show of their North…

via Soilwork.orgSwedish death metal band Soilwork has been playing together for 13 years now. When the band first got together and started playing, what came from their amps was pure grind it out death metal, complete with throaty growls and enough blast beats to shake a building to the ground…

via www.epitaph.comNew Found Glory has announced an April 14 date at Revolution in support of the band’s upcoming album, Not Without a Fight. Slated for release on March 10, the disc is NFG’s sixth studio release,  and its first on Epitaph records. The South Florida natives have been blasting out…

via www.myspace.com/bluestravelerYes. Blues Traveler is still around. Long ago frontman John Popper graduated from the more-is-more school of blues-rock jamming, his dissertation a seven-minute harmonica solo tucked into a 23-minute jam about a sweet-talking hippie. Since 1990 he’s led the band in diligent touring and understatement-free recordings, including an album…

via www.darwilliams.comDar Williams isn’t exactly a household name … yet. All that might be about to change, as she’s recently tapped Grammy nominated producer Brad Wood (think Liz Phair, Pete Yorn, and Ben Lee) and Greg Leisz (who’s played with Wilco and Robert Plant) to help write her latest album,…