Missed Moonfest on the infamous 500 block of West Palm’s Clematis Street? The 500 Block Rocks New Year’s blowout is another chance to experience the eclectic, street-party atmosphere that the Honeycomb’s Steve Rullman is so adept at assembling. The booze-drenched, multistage shebang features every local band you love to love:…
With the year running down and school winding up, now’s the time to get some rock in you. Long-running emo/pop/punk band Good Life Cycle is at it again. After dealing with endless, almost Spinal Tapesque, drummer problems and losing its lead guitarist to South Florida’s favorite doom-metal sons, Torche, the…
If DJs flock to vinyl like moths to a flame, then Tom Laroc better get used to wiping the bloody debris of other turntablists out of his grill. The man literally has thousands of records, and every Thursday, he brings upward of 2,000 of them to the Pawn Shop to…
Behold, the Dukes of Controversy SUN 11/20 The Sex Pistols might have scared many a God-fearing Brit in the late 1970s, but that doesn´t mean there weren´t more provocative bands around at the time — bands that wore pig masks and wrote songs raunchy enough to make even Johnny Rotten…
When Sublime point-man Bradley Nowell died of a drug overdose in 1996, many hard-drinking, fast-living music fans were left in limbo. Where were they gonna get the infectious mix of ska, punk, reggae, rock, and hip-hop that they had come to know and love? Enter Badfish, the Sublime tribute band…
So what do all these new bands that play ’80s romantic revivalist music listen to besides the Chameleons and Interpol? Depeche Mode, of course, which you can verify for yourself at the kickoff show of the venerable band’s new tour. These Brits have been making albums since 1981, certifying them…
But Galaxy Girl’s one of a kind THU 10/20 “I have a home studio. Inside there, it’s a mad place!” warns lovely electronica artist Jeannette Romeu, a.k.a. Galaxy Girl. Her Weston pad houses “12 synthesizers, four computers, a supernova, access virus — that’s an instrument! — guitars, violins…” And the…
So you’re a big Billy Joel fan and you feel the sincerity of Elton John, yet you haven’t checked out local (by way of the world) phenomenon Brendan O’Hara and the Humble Ones? Stop sleeping it! O’Hara has had a long trip from the outskirts of NYC to Portland to…
Maybe you missed its Cinco de Mayo show at SpiderPussy, but if you like dangerously catchy, keyboard-driven tunes, Elkland is your band. The synth-poppers formerly known as the Goat Explosion bring their brand of hook-laden electro back to South Florida after finishing a stint opening for Erasure. Formed in the…
Oktoberfest comes around like cuckoo clockwork FRI 10/14 At precisely 7:30 Friday evening, a procession will march down a wooded path, past an authentic German chalet, carrying a parade of flags. Then, with the gravitas that accompanies such official ceremonies, one of the marchers will execute a sacred autumn ritual…
“Playing after the Woggles is dangerous,” claims Professor Manfred “The Man” Jones, lead vocalist of the venerable Athens, Georgia, garage-dance band. But this isn’t a homeland-security issue — it’s more like a severely severe blow to the overinflated egos of lesser bands and imitators. Predating the Dirtbombs, the White Stripes,…
Neo-prog shores up at Dada SUN 10/9 A million years ago (OK, so maybe more like 30), ambient instrumental rock was poised to take over the world (OK, maybe just the record stores). Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, and even Pink Floyd were using emerging technologies to weave electronic…
On a dark and stormy night last year, the creepiest band in America was burning bridges at one of the friendliest venues in Palm Beach County. A temporary ban from the Red Lion, two drummers, two bass players, and a new guitarist later, the Creepy T’s return to the scene…
So last month you had your shitkickers oiled up and your handlebar ‘stache all in line. You were all set to get off the barstool at Davie Junction and get down at the Tim McGraw show, maybe even catch some eye candy from his wife, the incomparable Faith Hill. Dagnabbit,…
Don’t confuse Scream Tour with Scream Fest: This isn’t a convention of B-movie horror stars and starlets. What we have on hand is hunky handfuls of heartthrobs and teenage titillation taking over the Miami Arena, promising to get the young ones hollerin’. Bow Wow (no more “Lil'”; this dog is…
The fans know it: Way before Trey and his posse bastardized the spelling, Radiators fans were called fish heads and gave the N’awleans funksters the same adulation reserved for space rocking jam bands. The band’s 25-plus year history is filled with thousands of shows, hundreds of tours, a slew of…
A chick who really does rock THU 8/25 In the song “The Best Thing,” Abby Gennet, singer/guitarist for the band Slunt, steals a dude’s money, steals his car, blows out its stero system, and makes off with homeboy’s best friend and later, his dad. The tune will make you remember…
Nealon’s back on the road THU 8/18 For every Saturday Night Live star who finds success post SNL (like Rob Schneider), there’s an equal number who leave the cast only to embarrass themselves (Jimmy Fallon). Then there’s the case of Kevin Nealon. After the longest stint of any SNL performer…
Veteran of Lenny Kravitz’s band before Kravitz started sucking and founding member of the Greyboy Allstars, Karl Denson is the godfather of contemporary saxophone. Apparently, he’s also a superhero — Orb Man — as revealed by his website (www.karldenson.com). His band, the Tiny Universe, also possesses secret, superpowered identities that…
Hamilton gets you all misty-eyed THU 8/11 Mountain Dew doppelgänger Sierra Mist knows a little something about cracking a joke. As part of the company’s new ad campaign, it enlisted comedians like Nicole Sullivan and Michael Ian Black and recently held a standup competition to find the best young comic…
Fronted by the lyrically astute Jessica Martins’ pulpy coo, Via Audio floats out of Boston on mellow vocals and instrumentation to ply catchy, melodic folk-pop. The laid-back four-piece formed around Beantown’s Berklee School of Music in 2002 and released its eponymous debut EP last year to minor critical acclaim. In…
From Tom Waits to George Gershwin to Chopin, the influences on Jesse Jackson, a renegade musician bending the norms of the dance-obsessed Miami scene, produce a passionate iteration of contemporary soul-folk. You can often spot the blond, affable Jackson performing outside Back Door Bambie, an incongruous figure with his portable…
