Miami’s garage rock savants Jacuzzi Boys spent enough time on dry land to finish their fourth album,”Ping Pong” set for release October 21. It was recorded in Los Angeles last year over the course of four months while the trio of singer/guitarist Gabriel Alcala, drummer Diego Monasteri, and bassist Danny Gonzales listened to a…
Sunshine came softly through our window today. The Sunshine Music Festival announced the line-up for the fifth edition of jamtastic music to be held Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Boca Raton’s Mizner Park Amphitheater. The headliner will be Sunshine Music Festival veterans Tedeschi Trucks Band, the Jacksonville blues rock band made up…
Guitarist John Ceparano was holding some flowers one day when a stranger approached, glanced at the blooms in his hands, and asked if they were stargazer lilies. “We thought that was such a cool name for a band,” Ceparano remembers. “It informed our sound. We thought, What would a band…
Though the seasons are more subtle in South Florida than in other parts of the country, there are signs that Autumn is here. The kids are back in school, the days are getting shorter, and you can’t escape football being on TV. Most importantly the music scene kicks back up…
An old trick to get a room’s attention is not to yell, but to speak quietly. Penny & Sparrow singer Andy Baxter and guitarist Kyle Jahnke put that maxim to the test every time they hit the stage with their intimate folk Americana music. “I wish it worked all the…
Football season is here, which means your list of day drinking excuses just got that much longer. Football is synonymous with alcohol and food. Walk through the parking lot of a game and you’ll find all kinds of glorious meats sizzling on the grill, adults beverages in the cooler, and…
Last year’s movie Love & Mercy succeeded where biopics about musicians normally fail. It showed the creative process of making music. In painstaking detail, it demonstrated how in 1966, Brian Wilson produced The Beach Boys masterpiece Pet Sounds. “The movie was very accurate and well portrayed.” Wilson told New Times, right…
When I first heard the song “Mellow Yellow” on a good time oldies station, my reaction was, “Why haven’t I ever heard this before?’ It was a perfect blend of pop and cool, mixing folk and psychedelia After a little digging, I learned it was by Donovan. Perusing his catalog…
It was terrible news for classic rock fans last March when AC/DC cancelled the last leg of their “Rock or Bust” World Tour due to singer Brian Johnson risking total hearing loss. At the time the band announced they would make up the ten missed dates with a guest singer,…
Things should be good for West Palm Beach indie rock heroes Surfer Blood. They have a new album set for release in early 2017. They’ve had opening gigs for some of their biggest influences like The Pixies and Guided by Voices. Their song “Swim” was even heard on the awesome…
Labor Day is the first Monday of each September. It is meant to be a tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. Somewhere along the way, though, it transformed into a weekend bidding farewell to summer through pool parties, barbecues, and…
Broward County is just over a hundred years old. In that time there have been a lot of humdingers and hootenannies. There have also been monumental concerts. Some featured unforgettable musical legends at the height of their careers. Others featured titans who were not much longer for this world. Broward…
Though Bro Safari is a DJ name that connotes all kinds of stereotypes of the EDM scene, Nicholas Weiller told the New Times he didn’t put too much thought of social criticism into his handle. “I didn’t intend to call myself Bro Safari for a long time. I had a…
When last New Times wrote about Jake Miller five years ago, the Weston native was an internet superstar. It all started with rapping prowess and good looks. Now age 23, he recently put out his second EP Overnight. The Florida kid presently calls Los Angeles home and more surprisingly, he…
Hipsters, like yuppies before them, are a subculture no one wants to admit joining. Yet since the turn of the century, when hipsters first popped up with their too tight jeans and ironic facial hair choices, they have seemed to not just prosper, but also reproduce. There are endless variations…
Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, the four day event that drew thousands last year, will be holding a second edition. The 2017 dates are March 2 through 5, backers announced Tuesday. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday morning, August 17 at 11 am at okeechobeefest.com. 4 day general admission passes…
“In spite of all the technological advances the best way to listen to music is still vinyl. When you put the needle to that groove, there’s a tactile sensation.” Bo Crane told the New Times. The one time DJ, record producer, and longtime owner of Pandisc Music Corp might be biased…
After a long road, Minneapolis’s punk pop quintet, Motion City Soundtrack, is calling it quits as a live band. “We’ve reached the point where we’ve done this constant touring for 15 years. We called this the So Long Farewell tour to tell the people and let them decide if they…
After Bob Marley, no reggae act has sold as many albums as UB40. To singer Ali Campbell, that is a great honor. On his day off in Palm Springs from an American tour, Campbell made it clear to New Times how important he takes the band’s legacy as ambassadors of…
We’ve got our share of city life and plenty of swampland, but it is our sandy beaches that give the fair state of Florida its good name. Of course, one of the next things that come to mind when thinking of Florida is drinking alcohol. When you combine the two,…
One of the great virtues of calling South Florida home is that we can be outside year round. Sure, the summer months are a bit tough with the heat, mosquitoes, and torrential downpours, but those are mere nuisances with what our loved ones up North have to deal with in…
When most of us were 17, we had trouble just getting ourselves out of bed in the morning. At that ripe age, Rylan Talerico has not only under the name Wallace recorded a rock solid debut with The Hubbubery EP, he has perhaps more remarkably organized a music festival, The…
