When Coral Springs resident MC Jumanji and his manager Sergio Mendes didn’t hear the music they liked in South Florida, the pair decided to do something about it. They recently founded the label American Grime, named after their favorite strain of hip-hop. “Grime was a way for the London underground to…
Its press release describes its sound as “New Orleans Big Brass Circus Rock,” but saxophonist Matt Thomas says his band Dirty Bourbon River Show is, more simply, a theatrical party. “We want to pay tribute to New Orleans while doing something artistically satisfying,” Thomas tells New Times as he shows some…
In the blink of an eye, Halloween has passed us by. And if you don’t stop and pay attention, you’re going to miss your last chance to get early bird tickets for the Riptide Music Festival. Now through Sunday, November 6, you can continue to get early bird-priced tickets…
A year ago guitarist Stu Sauce, drummer Cody Orange, and bassist Rod Reiter were strangers. After a few Craig’s List ads and a meeting of the minds at a Starbucks, the Deerfield Beach trio quickly united to form the funk band Xotic Yeyo. Though their influences ranged from jam bands like…
We’ve all had that urge to take the stage and sing. There is no shortcut. You have to just get out there and unleash your inner diva or troubadour at the open mike night. All you need is a name, a song, and a venue. Broward and Palm Beach have…
For Bonnie Raitt to be one of the few people to make Rolling Stone’s lists of both the 100 greatest singers and guitar players demonstrates her unique abilities. In the midst of an extensive tour that takes the blues-rock legend to the Broward Center tonight, Raitt spoke with…
“We decide on stage what songs we play.” That is how Go Kurosawa, the drummer of Japanese psychedelic rock band Kikagaku Moyo, explains how his group prepares for a concert. “If the crowd is silent, we’ll play meditative, dreamy songs. If people are more wild, we will play more punk…
We might not be New Orleans or New York, but South Florida has a large audience craving the uniquely American art form of jazz.
Not even old enough to legally drink in America yet, the 20-year-old Irish musician EDEN is already in the second chapter of his musical career. Born as Jonathon Ng in Dublin, Ireland he received classical training in violin at age seven. In the next dozen years he taught himself piano, guitar,…
With the release of his new album, Third Ward Stories, Fort Lauderdale-based saxophonist Jason Hainsworth set out to create a musical biography of his childhood in Houston. But how do you tell a story through instrumental jazz without any lyrics? “Too often I think we take for granted the countless…
There’s no figure more polarizing in music right now than Kanye West. Love or hate him, everyone has an opinion on Yeezus. While he hasn’t come out and straight up said it, it’s apparent that Kanye has positive vibrations for South Florida. Mr. Kim Kardashian just revealed his Saint Pablo…
It’s Halloween. While you might not have your creative, life-like, or scantily clad costume ready to go just yet, South Florida’s promoters are already at full throttle making sure all you vampires, pirates, comic book characters, and sexy cops have someplace to party. Here are the ten best Broward and…
Tortuga might mean turtle in Spanish, but on Fort Lauderdale Beach it means one of the world’s premier country music festivals. Yesterday Tortuga Music Festival announced the line-up for the fifth edition. The three-day festival on the sandy seaside of Fort Lauderdale Beach Park will be held in 2017 on…
“A bunch of us just said, ‘Hey, we have the basic ingredients, let’s pull it together.'” is how Layne Fox, music director at Lake Worth’s CWS Bar + Kitchen, explained how the Damn Glad to Party with You Festival came together for an all day extravaganza October 15. The free all-day, all-night…
The first half of this list saw a heavy emphasis on acts from today or the recent past. The top ten portion of the most successful musical acts of Broward and Palm Beach counties delves further into history, while also finding room for a few newbies. Without further ado here…
What is success? To some it is a measure of happiness. To others it is a measure of wealth, and to still others, health. To measure the success of a musician or an artist of any sort can be just as arbitrary. With that in mind, using a combination of…
Though Henry Rollins made his name as frontman for hardcore punk band Black Flag and later move to his own hard rocking Rollins Band, he hasn’t put out an album since 2002. “One day it occurred to me that I was done,” he tells New Times from Australia. “I had…
Donald Trump is perhaps the most divisive candidate to run for president of the United States. And when YG was planning a new tour, he thought it was the perfect opportunity to let Trump know how he felt about him. “I ain’t a political dude, but I got to speak…
Did you know the word karaoke is a combination of two Japanese words whose translation in English would be “empty orchestra”? Yes, the Japanese must have a different interpretation of the purpose and aim of a night of karaoke than us amateur singers of South Florida. If we were to…
The music festival craze seems to know no bounds as another impressive two day line-up has been announced for South Florida. This time it is the inaugural edition of the Riptide Music Festival, which will be held December 3 and 4 on the beach of Fort Lauderdale.. Put together by Entercom,…
The Dandy Warhols 2000 release Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia was more than just a flawless rock album. On songs like “Bohemian like You,” “Horse Pills” and “Cool Scene” it also foretold the era of the hipster, a label Dandy Warhols’ singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor is proud to carry. “All my…
Take one listen to Pompano Beach’s Peyote Coyote’s self-titled five song debut EP and you’ll know the trio picked the perfect name. The five songs of stoner rock released this past April make you feel like someone smuggled a hard core psychedelic into your ear drums. Guitarist Ryan Huseman, bassist…
