John Wylie, the local hardcore musician and established entrepreneur, gives corporate synergy a good name next Saturday. One of his current influential record labels, Wayward Parade (the other is Eulogy Records), and his tattoo shops, Aces High, present the now-annual Aces High Music Festival. It features nine bands on two…
Amos Lee oozes passion. The singer-songwriter’s enthusiasm for life really comes through in his new album Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song. While Mountains might not have reached the lofty status of landing on the top of Billboard’s charts as his previous release, Mission Bell, the new record takes bigger…
Event 2, the second release by Deltron 3030, is less an album and more a cinematic experience for the ears. We were reintroduced to Deltron Zero, the hero of the future, as he battles evil corporations that rule the universe. We first met him in the year 2000 on Deltron…
Late in February, Art Garfunkel came to town and, in an interview with this publication, when asked about reuniting with Paul Simon, said, “In my mind it’s very doable. You’re talking to the wrong man. It’s a tricky subject, and it looks so simple. But I won’t get into it…
As you can tell from your Facebook feeds, many members of the hipster generation are now reproducing. But these new parents are not allowing the complication of having children slow down their action-packed, self-involved lifestyles. Any sporting event or all-ages concert you now attend, you’re certain to see a number…
Tegan and Sara are the most unlikely pop stars on the planet. The twin sisters from Calgary were picked up by Neil Young’s record label right out of high school. In the mid-’00s, they found critical success with great oddball singles like “Walking With a Ghost” and “Back in Your…
This Sunday, from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., Sandbar Fort Lauderdale will be hosting an all new party, Soundbox. The promoters promise it will be heavenly madness. Top billing of the no cover festivities belongs to Lost Pieces, which is made up of DJ Donnie Lowe and Michael Gin. Lowe…
Tea Leaf Green has gone from four to five band members since its beginnings in the late ’90s. But as far as changes to the act go, really the other big shift to note is an unfortunate water-balloon-hurling incident that led them to no longer utilize a man in a…
Tegan and Sara are the most unlikely pop stars on the planet. The twin sisters from Calgary were picked up by Neil Young’s record label right out of high school. In the mid-’00s, they found critical success with great oddball singles like “Walking With a Ghost” and “Back in Your…
Twenty years ago, the York, Pennsylvania, four-piece Live, which formed for a middle school talent show, was one of the biggest rock bands in the world. The group sold out stadiums and performed the massive Woodstock anniversary concerts in ’94 and ’99 on the strength of the album Throwing Copper…
Tate’s Comics, the original Lauderhill massive headquarters for all things comic-book-related, is currently growing even more enormous. Walls have been struck to expand the location by 3,400 square feet, making it bigger than Giant Man, The Blob, and possibly Godzilla at more than 10,000 square feet. Tate Ottati, the store’s…
In the ’80s, kids’ first Ghostbusters dress-up choice was to pretend to be Bill Murray’s Peter Venkman, then Slimer, followed by the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. But eventually, some kid would be saddled with the bespectacled Egon Spengler, such is life for the straight man. Harold Ramis, who played second…
When you’re talking about funk, you’re talking about Bernie Worrell. His keyboard playing in Parliament-Funkadelic was a foundation of the P-Funk sound. He later found himself a member of the Talking Heads, most famously in their concert film Stop Making Sense. Worrell continues his legacy of funk with The Bernie…
What does a song six months in the making sound like? Tonight at Respectable Street you can find out as Miami’s electro-pop duo EONS will premiere their new single “Stay.” The tune will be available on Soundcloud on February 14, which is fitting as its danceable beats are suitable to…
It seems though every other movie being released this summer is based on a Marvel comic book. With new editions of Captain America, Spider-man, X-men and the cinematic debut of the Guardians of the Galaxy hitting the screen, Hollywood and the Marvel Universe continue their intimate tango. But Marvel comic…
With Valentine’s Day coming up, people’s standards tend to drop. All of a sudden that person you’ve desired for eons but has found you repugnant is now open to going out with you. Whether it’s out of a fear of not being alone in the middle of February or out…
With apologies to Jon Secada’s legion of adoring fans, it wouldn’t be hyperbole to say Chan Marshall is the finest singer to reside in South Florida. Marshall, who records and performs as Cat Power, has lived on and off in our neck of the woods for more than a decade…
With apologies to Jon Secada’s legion of adoring fans, it wouldn’t be hyperbole to say Chan Marshall is the finest singer to reside in South Florida. Marshall, who records and performs as Cat Power, has lived on and off in our neck of the woods for more than a decade…
One Tuesday night at the 101 Coffee Shop in Los Angeles, I was sitting at a booth and a friend pointed out a shaggy-haired stocky man who was standing by the front door being loud and obnoxious. “That’s Philip Seymour Hoffman,” he said. Sure enough, with the next word, Hoffman…
It still blows my mind when I hear the word “shit” on basic cable. It wasn’t that long ago that the television censors were Puritanical. There was no cursing, no nudity (partial or otherwise), and there was no recreational drug use. If marijuana ever showed up, it was in an…
If Colorado and Washington are the way of the future, weed will soon be decriminalized everywhere. But until that day comes, rock stars are going to be busted for having it on their person. It’s happened since the dawn of rock n’ roll. So many of our most famous and…
Skum was always more hype than band. Starting out in Williamsburg, VA, in the 1980s they were better at promoting themselves than playing their instruments. They did everything in their power, including calling the cops to shut down their shows, to make certain they weren’t exposed as only knowing how…
