Though indie-rock band Ra Ra Riot’s popularity has grown enough that it can book big festivals and fill midsized clubs like Revolution Live (where it’s headlining this Friday), singer Wes Miles tells New Times Ra Ra Riot will always be a “house-party band.” Last year, the band returned to those…
Though the origins behind why 4/20 has become synonymous with marijuana are as hazy as the inside of a bong, the pothead community has embraced the date as theirs. In observance of the year’s most blazin’ countercultural holiday, we’ve compiled a list of the ten greatest stoner anthems of all time…
There comes a day in your life when you find yourself either too old or too uncool to have an LSD hookup. Most evenings, that’s fine. You have Netflix to entertain you. But when of Montreal comes in town, it’s a small tragedy. What the Merry Pranksters set in motion…
This month’s musical line-up is no April Fool’s Day joke. The fourth month of 2016 is filled with must-see music festivals and heavy-duty headliners. Here’s a chronological list of which nights to mark off on your calendars. Of Montreal April 1 at Culture Room The indie-rock outfit out of Athens,…
It has become almost an annual tradition that the Athens, Georgia band of Montreal plays a show in South Florida, and they never disappoint. Masterminded by Kevin Barnes, who writers and performs almost all of the instrumentation and vocals of their recorded work, of Montreal’s live experience over the last…
Once, at a poker game, a guy told me I couldn’t appreciate Led Zeppelin the way he did because he grew up with them. I argued I grew up listening to them too, that even though they had broken up by then, I played their CDs until they were all…
Andre Lipke, the multi-instrumentalist for Led Zeppelin tribute band Get the Led Out, first fell in love with Led Zeppelin in a shopping mall. “I was 12 years old,” he tells New Times from his home in Philadelphia. “I was in a Spencer’s or a Hot Topic, one of those…
Hard-rocking Aussie quintet AC/DC announced yesterday that due to medical reasons, they have been forced to cancel and reschedule ten upcoming dates on the U.S. leg of their “Rock or Bust” World Tour, including this Friday’s concert scheduled at BB&T Center in Sunrise. According to the band’s official statement: “AC/DC’s…
Okeechobee Festival just wrapped up the 2016 edition of what will hopefully become an annual tradition. It was three solid days of live music and ideal weather in a beautiful setting very few people in the world experience. But like all rookies, no matter what the event, athletic or musical,…
As Okeechobee Fest 2016 unfolds beautifully into its third day, we’re still reeling from the killer performances and topnotch production value that went down over the course of the festival’s first full day. Saturday’s lineup included some of the fest’s biggest names, from Kendrick Lamar to Miguel and Skrillex, and…
Music lovers have been trickling into Okeechobee’s Sunshine Grove all week, and Friday, March 4, the main stages officially opened to the public, launching Florida’s latest multi-day music festival, with top talent, camping, art installations, and a wellness area dedicated to yoga and meditation. The four-night inaugural music festival had…
Hearing Shabazz Palaces for the first time brings on a most pleasant instance of déjà vu. That smooth voice mixing metaphor with pop culture references at first sounds familiar, but could it be? It is. Shabazz Palaces MC Ishmael Butler once went by Butterfly as one third of Digable Planets, the…
Putting himself in the company of George Clinton and Jimi Hendrix might seem the height of hubris for Robert Randolph — if others weren’t already doing it. Rolling Stone named Randolph the 97th greatest guitarist of all time for his work on the pedal steel guitar. Ahead of Robert Randolph…
Another season passed and another Super Bowl is coming our way. Unfortunately, for the 31st year in a row, there will be no Miami Dolphins in the big game. But don’t worry, Miami sports fans, while the quality on the field (o court, or ice) hasn’t always been first-rate in…
In the dozens of shows I’ve attended at Culture Room, I’d never before witnessed desperate fans begging outside for an extra ticket. But Friday night at the parking lot on the corner of Oakland Park and Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale, hoards of sad souls offered bouncers and scalpers pay…
When it was announced earlier this week that Guns N’ Roses and LCD Soundsystem were reuniting for Coachella, the first reaction was shock and awe. Slash and Axl of Guns N’ Roses seemed to be in an eternal blood feud, while just 5 years earlier, LCD Soundsystem filmed a documentary…
“We’re both lyric tenors, but Michael’s voice is a little higher,” Joseph Bell coos over the phone. Even his speaking voice reminds us of the late King of Pop’s. “It’s funny. Before, I tried to change my voice, but then I got this job.” The job Bell speaks of is…
No rock song this millennium has managed to balance six minutes of bliss and angst quite like Silversun Pickups’ “Lazy Eye.” The 2007 track made the rounds on virtually every late-night talk show and rock radio station, and follow-up hits like “Well Thought Out Twinkles” and “Panic Switch,” with their…
A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer as lead singer of the Lovin’ Spoonful, it’d be understandable for John Sebastian to have seemed a bit peeved that our first question in our 20-minute conversation wasn’t on writing and recording hits like “Do You Believe in Magic”, “Summer in the City,”…
So, Santa has already dropped off your stash, and it no longer matters whether you’re naughty or nice, and you’re just looking for something to do? Like always, we here at New Times have your back. Here is a comprehensive list of the bars and clubs in Broward and Palm Beach…
Whether in sickness or in health, Thomas Fekete creates music that makes us want to listen. This past April, the guitarist of West Palm Beach rockers Surfer Blood was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Though the disease and its treatment have kept Fekete from touring with his band,…
No matter how much buzz Bulletproof Stockings receives, neither I nor half of the human population will ever have the opportunity to see the Brooklyn rock band live. That’s because the four-piece that has received comparisons to Florence and the Machine and Fiona Apple will play in front of women…
