You only patronize the one sushi joint that you heard has the freshest fish. You sit at the bar and annoy watch the chefs while they work. You bust out your little chopsticks and mix wasabi into your soy sauce with a practiced arrogance while boring regaling your friends with tales of…
The name of Boca melodic death-metal band Bladesong says a lot. An exotic weapon, fighting style, and type of warrior in the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, Bladesong generally specifies a type of swordplay that creates enchanting melodies when the weapons engage. However, the style doesn’t inflict much damage. And…
Traditional types try to cast the city and its wide array of temptations as the domain of evil. It’s in small-town America, the rhetoric goes, that good, wholesome folks raise good, wholesome kids. But B-horror movies tell us that demons and zombies actually lurk in the backcountry and that these…
Life isn’t easy when you’re a band called Asspiss. And the hardcore punk quartet felt the burden of such a name yesterday, when a show was canceled because of it. Booked to play Lake Worth restaurant-by-day/alleged new hot music spot-by-night Little Munich tonight with bands Kill Now?! and Bartholin, Asspiss…
Back after its run a decade ago, Lilith Fair hasn’t fared so well this time around. Poor ticket sales have plagued the tour, forcing cancellations at 13 spots, including our own in West Palm Beach. But no worries, South Florida! We already have a festival celebrating the XX-chromosomed. Tobacco Road’s FemmeFest, which takes place in November…
Fresh off their own festival Pet Zoo, which took place last Friday and Saturday, South Florida jam favorite the Heavy Pets will play the Funky Buddha Lounge Thursday and Friday. Over the last few years they’ve released two albums, the ambitious 21-track debut Whale and a self-titled album released in May. Now the lineup…
Lords of Acid with My Life with Thrill Kill Kult and Blownload Culture Room, Fort LauderdaleThursday, August 5, 2010Better Than: People-watching at Hot Topic.The Review:Face it, the ’90s are retro now. And raunchy industrial dance parties? They’re so ’90s. So it came as no surprise that Thursday night’s Sextreme Ball…
Sex is fun. Mix it with some dense, pulsating electronica and comical lyrics and sex becomes one hell of a party. But not just anyone can keep such a party from devolving into some half-ass gathering of the Hot Topic-attired. This is where we usher in freaky-deaky acid-housers Lords of…
Sex is fun. Mix it with some dense, pulsating electronica and comical lyrics and sex becomes one hell of a party. But not just anyone can keep such a party from devolving into some half-ass gathering of the Hot Topic-attired. This is where we usher in freaky-deaky acid-housers Lords of…
There’s a day, month, and week to celebrate anything. The “causes” range from the political to the medicinal to the flat-out silly. In August alone, you can observe National Water Quality Month, World Breastfeed Week, National Clown Week, Hobo Week, National Chocolate Chip Day, Kool-Aid Day, and Bad Poetry Day…
It’s hard to think of another local band that packs the punch that hardcore punk outfit Flees does. From the opening bass line in “You Can’t Break Me” to frontwoman Elyse Perez’s grrrly growl to the thrashy chords that dominate Flees’ debut album, Drink Me, Saturday’s CD-release show should pulsate…
Rock of Love mega-bitch/animal hero Lacey Conner is stepping in as the new female vocalist on Lords of Acid’s U.S. tour. Surely, this raised a couple of perturbed eyebrows with fans, myself among them. Conner no doubt exhibits the bravado necessary to perform as frontwoman for the raunchy acid-housers. She’s…
While the arts in Broward and Palm Beach have been showing some life outside of the major institutions for a while, this weekend happens to be pretty exceptional — and not only because of the annual fest ArtServe and the affiliated event Red Eye. Here is a roundup, though not an…
If the spirit of Ziggy Stardust were dead, it would be reincarnated as the interplanetary glam-fab superstar Travulous. Word is, he’s just arrived on the scene from a world populated with David Bowie-styled androgynous types, but already he’s sprinkling his charm all over DIY art space the Bubble. Lucky for…
All we know, for certain, about Laser Wolf Productions is what the world wide web tells us: that it’s an intergalactic wolf pack that inexplicably finds South Florida’s climate hospitable, that it’s about 30 years old, and that it plans to “do things” (ominous much?) in Fort Lauderdale. For the…
All we can tell you, for certain, about Laser Wolf Productions is what the world wide web tells us: that it’s an intergalactic wolf pack that inexplicably finds South Florida’s climate hospitable, that it’s about 30 years old, and that it plans to “do things” (ominous much?) in Fort Lauderdale…
Stonerific pop metal power group Torche has been a purveyor of sludge thicker than BP’s since 2005. The foursome’s original lineup included members from heavy area acts like Floor, Cavity, and Tyranny of Shaw. But in the interest of not introducing South Florida readers to Torche for the gazillionest time,…
Torche really deserves all the credit it gets. Purveyors of sludge thicker than BP’s footprint, the underground powergroup has consistently turned out its memorable brand of stonerific pop metal since its debut in 2005. The foursome boasted a pedigree with its original lineup that included members from Floor, Cavity, and…
Every year ArtServe hosts Red Eye, a celebration of the eclectic, lowbrow art that makes our art scene just a bit more interesting and honest. It partners with the creators of DIY space the Bubble, promoters Garo Gallo and Yvonne Colon. No surprise there. They’ve been promoting the work of local misfits for the…
Ukuleles, the perfectly fun four-string that you’ve probably grabbed as a joke, have found new life outside of Hawaii due to — what else? — plaid-shirted Brooklyn types. Sure, George Harrison and Greg Hawkes were fans, but, I’m sorry, I just don’t see where that translates into groups like Neutral Uke Hotel. Okay,…
The clothes you wear, the type of rebellion you engage in, what you choose to furnish your house with, all represent ways in which you express yourself. Ways in which you yourself are a piece of art. In turn, everything you do works — or hopefully should work — on…
It’s easy to have a love/hate relationship with Courtney Love. She’s a rock star, which inevitably comes with a lot of baggage. We try not to judge, and even relish the theatrics of figures such as Love. But no matter how much I appreciate her quasi-subversive antics, she never fails to be annoying…
