“Everyone looks up to America. When they see these things happening — people shooting in churches, schools, movie theaters — the rest of the world is confused,” says David Hinds, lead singer and guitarist of the British reggae band Steel Pulse. “How can you be police of the world when…
If you were going to compare the viewing experience of Amy, the new documentary about singer Amy Winehouse, to another movie, it might have to be Titanic. Throughout the two-hour film, you can’t help but to root for Winehouse: she’s funny, charming, and has a voice that could melt the…
Sure, the Barenaked Ladies are headlining, and it’ll be awesome to sing along to “chickity china, the Chinese chicken” — but has any rock band ever captured adolescent angst quite like the Violent Femmes? Songs like “Blister in the Sun” and “Add It Up” have helped at least two generations…
Cover bands often play like they really believe imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. You know, the bar bands who try to put the serious overdrive in Bachman Turner Overdrive when they rock out to “Takin’ Care of Business.” Massachusetts glam rock fanatic Lord Russ, however, will undoubtedly…
Editor’s Note: This article is featured in the June 25 issue of the Broward-West Palm Beach New Times. As the paper went to press, it was announced that Vivian Campbell will undergo treatment for a recurrence of cancer and will miss a number of Def Leppard shows, including the band’s…
While many would be intimidated to replace a lead singer in a band that had found major success, Bobby Amaru says joining Saliva has been no sweat. After 15 years of rapping hits like “Always” for the Tennessee metal band, Josey Scott left Saliva in 2011 to sing Christian music…
With 2015 marking the twentieth summer series at Coral Sky Amphitheatre and with Live Nation always looking for ways to fill out their lawns around the country, the concert behemoth is giving fans a break on tickets this week. From 10 a.m. today through Sunday, lawn tickets will be available…
If nothing else, The Gipsy Kings hold the distinction of being the soundtrack to one of the great moments in comedic history. If you’ve never seen The Big Lebowski, you should stop what you’re doing right now and change that. But those sane souls who have seen the Cohen Brothers classic…
Singer Brett Scallions had as good an excuse as any to leave his rock band Fuel for a few years. “Robbie and Ray called me to do the Doors thing.” That would be Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek, the original members of the Doors who asked Scallions to step into…
“The world was bigger then,” says Mark Riddle, host of the Quiet Village Podcast. He’s attempting to explain why tiki culture and all its Polynesian-themed bars, stiff tropical drinks, and beachy music dominated the United States in the ’50s. “It was the beginning of when middle-class people could travel. The…
On the telephone Dave Davidson sounds like an ordinary guy. You’d never guess his was the booming, guttural voice of Boston death metal band Revocation. Davidson laughed when the contrast was brought up. “I have to work on my voice. Especially before a tour with vocal warm-ups. But I’ve been…
We often think of the last Monday in May as a day revolving around beaches, heavy drinking, and barbecue, but Memorial Day is meant to be a day of observance for the soldiers who lost their lives in war. Started after the Civil War as Decoration Day, Memorial Day became…
The long state of Florida holds nothing but inspiration for the five members of the Americana band Mylo Ranger. From their southeast home in Delray Beach to the shores of Pensacola to forgotten spots in between, the band has found fuel for their country-tinged rock sprinkled throughout this beautifully weird…
“Wide Eyes”, the sunny new single released today by West Palm indie rockers, Rivers, is a sign of maturity explained singer/songwriter/guitarist Danny Brunjes. “The first EP we were throwing as many darts as we could and waited to see what hit. Our songwriting evolution has taken a stronger form.” The…
You may have heard of Devon Allman’s father. He is, after all, one half of a little band called the Allman Brothers. But though Devon Allman’s paternal side of the family is undisputed rock royalty with his father Gregg and uncle Duane being, you know, the Allman Brothers, it was…
Want to feel old? It has been twenty-one years since the release of Live’s Throwing Copper. To commemorate the record that sold eight millions copies, the singer and lyricist of that album, Ed Kowalczyk, is touring an unplugged rendition of the Throwing Copper. “It’s two guys on stage, me singing…
We in South Florida like to think our neck of the woods is the hottest place in the world, but Tampa staked its claim this past weekend, not just with the temperature, but also with the incredible line-up at the Big Guava Music Festival. Saturday was a meeting of rock…
We know SunFest just put the finishing touches on five days of music festival goodness that might have put some in a live music coma, but if you are like us (and if you are reading a music blog, you probably are), the umpteen acts to take the West Palm…
Few young bands had ever been hyped as relentlessly as the Strokes. Back in 2001, when there was a yearning to wash rock radio’s hair of Limp Bizkit and Korn, the dirty garage rock of the Strokes seemed so refreshing, they were dubbed as heroes, not necessarily stopping crime but…
On Sunday, mobs of people of all sizes, shapes, and levels of sobriety plodded along the West Palm Beach waterfront to get their food, drink, art, and — — most importantly — music at SunFest. Sonically, there was something for nearly everyone. Gray-bearded rockers could sway to the classic sounds…
It was almost as if by calling it SunFest, the West Palm Beach extravaganza was able to will away the rain and dark clouds that occupied South Florida for much of the day. Because when the gates opened and the music started, it was nothing but clear skies and balmy…
Few know the ins and outs of Flogging Molly quite like Nathen Maxwell. Before he joined as the band’s bassist in 1996, he was just another fan of the Flogging Molly’s raucous Irish punk. “When I was 17, I used to sneak in the backdoor of the L.A. bar where…
