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…

Joey Santiago, the guitarist of the greatest American rock band there ever was and probably ever will be is out running errands. While fans of The Doors and The Beach Boys might take umbrage to that title, nobody from the USA has ever matched the fury, the beauty, the ridiculous…

Earlier this week, Thomas Fekete — guitarist of local band made good, Surfer Blood — announced that he had cancer and needed financial help for his treatment. Support came flooding in within moments of the announcement. And in only four days, the fundraising campaign has netted over $60,000. But longtime…

“We live in a world of technology. Who doesn’t have a cell phone and isn’t always checking their social media?” asked Of Mice & Men’s Phil Manansala. The 27-year-old-guitarist of the Southern California metalcore band was discussing the themes of their hypnotizing new video for “Broken Generation”. In a sort…

The only inefficient thing about the Ting Tings might be the name. Singer/guitarist Katie White and drummer Jules De Martino powered through thirteen songs at Revolution Live last night in just under an hour, not even going through the charade of leaving the stage and having the crowd chant their…

Even though nearly every day feels like July in South Florida , June 21 will mark the first official day of summer. On the weekend of this year’s solstice, the second edition of Lauderdale Live will be held in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Live music does make leaving the house to…

  While many young bands fear the sophomore slump, Los Angeles indie rockers The Mowgli’s are embracing it. The band is excited to finally release new songs into the world. “We’ve been playing the old songs for six years. It’s fun to play new songs.” explained The Mowgli’s guitarist Josh…

Sibling bands have long had a special place in music fans’ hearts. There’s always been an intrigue to how a family that plays together can stay together. Part of the fun of watching a family band jam out onstage is the uncertainty that at any moment they might start strangling…

Katie White. That’s her fucking name. And when you put her together with fellow Brit Jules De Martino, you have The Ting Tings, an electro-pop act hailing from the United Kingdom.  The two met in London when White was 19, and bonded over their love of well-crafted pop music. Soon,…

When Jupiter native Julian Cires started Lavola in his bedroom as an avenue for musical experimentation, he always knew the band had to have a violin. But, as Cires explained to New Times, it never quite worked out. “At our very first live show we were supposed to play with…

The Journey is not just the name of the debut album by Boca Raton dream folk four-piece Sea and Space, it is also a description of how the quartet came together. Before rehearsals the four members spoke to New Times about their origins began. “There’s an age disparity between us,”…

“I’ve never lived outside Louisiana,” A flu ridden Maggie Koerner told New Times, “I was raised in that strong Southern way not to be afraid to say what you want to say. There’s a grittiness to my music from that.” Though she explains that her sound isn’t “Southern” or blues,…

Standing in a blue suit under a white hat that would fit an 1890’s carnival barker Elvis Costello told the crowd, “I thought being in Fort Lauderdale I would just sing my songs about love and fidelity. But that would be a short set.” On the final night of his…

The wild and unpredictable characters who make up Atlanta four-piece the Black Lips have often claimed the band’s recordings and live shows are an attempt to uncover the roots of punk rock. “Nothing’s more punk than gospel music,” assures bassist Jared Swilley. “The screams they conjure up, you can’t beat…

My suspicion probably stems from watching Borat too many times, but I have trouble believing that Eugene Hütz really exists. The lead singer of Gogol Bordello claims to be from the Ukraine with a Gypsy lineage. His band brands itself as gypsy punks merging an accordion and violin with the…

That debate on whether your favorite little-known musician was selling out by striving to expand their reach toward mainstream popularity seems antiquated these days. Some would call it so 20th Century. But there are still pockets in certain subcultures where authenticity and integrity are major reasons to support an artist…

Maybe it’s the glasses, but ever since Elvis Costello burst on to the scene with his 1977 album My Aim Is True, the British New Waver has dabbled in a wide range of activities that have nothing to do with strumming a guitar and shouting “Pump it Up” into a…

“Jittery, Zeitgeist, wither by the watering hole” is not from a Shakespeare sonnet but rather the second line from an Aesop Rock song. As you could guess from that one snippet, the New York-raised, San Francisco-residing Aesop Rock spent some time with a thesaurus. The rapper made his name in…