“The Hoy Polloy signifies ‘the masses,'” says K Sos, vocalist and one fourth of The Hoy Polloy. “Our ability to cross genres with a blend of rock ‘n’ roll is how we stay true to this principle. No matter what genre preference you have, there’s a good chance The Hoy…
Future R&B star The Weeknd and recently stripped-down pop princess Demi Lovato have been announced as headliners of this year’s Y100Jingle Ball, which takes place December 18 at BB&T Center in Sunrise. Other performers on this year’s somewhat more eclectic bill include up-and-coming gay icon Nick Jonas, Australian pop-punk band…
As the stifling heat of summer finally begins to break and our extended daylight hours diminish, most of us have already been forced to admit what the impending onslaught of Starbucks #PSLs and flamboyant grocery store Halloween displays will shortly set in stone: Summer is over. It’s time to get…
You made it. It’s 4 p.m. and Friday, which means there’s a small likelihood you were just startled out of a puddle of your own drool at your desk and, in your post-nap delirium, chanced to clicked on this link. Keep reading! Claire Danes Loves Techno Homeland star and mommy…
Fort Lauderdale bar owners this week were shocked to receive notice that the city will consider a measure Tuesday on whether or not to scale back late-night drinking in the city. Some owners of nightlife establishments were given a letter dated September 23 from city manager Lee Feldman explaining that…
After selling out both days at last year’s event, beloved Fort Lauderdale country music meet-up Tortuga Music Festival has just announced it will expand to a third day in 2016, taking over the sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach Park from Friday, April 15 to Sunday, April 17. Country everyman Blake…
So what if some old farmers wrote an “almanac” that’s deemed summer officially over, and walking into your local grocery from now until Thanksgiving means being accosted by the overwhelming aroma of a thousand cinnamon broomsticks? If you’re a denialist like me, you’ve likely spent a good chunk of time…
Back in 2013, perennial indie rock gods Arcade Fire caused a stir in Miami when they descended upon a couple of mid-sized venues in downtown and Little Haiti as the mysterious masked band The Reflektors. The impromptu shows, which sold out in minutes, came as part of a handful of…
It’s Friday!!! Which means I have officially made it through my first week as new Music Editor of this fine and fair blog. While I am extremely excited to help breathe some new life into our coverage of the local music scene and the best concerts in town each week,…
You win some, you lose some. While we’ve long since waved farewell to some of our favorite Florida campout fests — Langerado and Harvest of Hope, to name a couple — this morning we’ve been #blessed with some great news for music lovers in the Sunshine State. Soundslinger, LLC, the same…
“Today I was a little worried because we had football and we had a Jewish holiday, but it turned out being even better than the first one,” said Hollywood Vine-yl Society organizer and local music encyclopedia Steve Toth on Sunday afternoon at the second edition of a new quarterly meet-up…
Guerrilla medical experiments, liquid porn, mandatory class war, courtesy executions, amateur spiritualism — these comprise the futuristic, dystopian realities of the characters in Florida Atlantic University media professor and composer Joey Bargsten’s experimental, postmodern opera Anatomy of Melancholy. Completed in 2005 as an interactive, “do-it-yourself iPod opera,” the avant-garde performance…
FAT Village is all grown up. Fort Lauderdale’s little arts neighborhood that could has gone from a humble strip of converted warehouses off NW 5th St. a few years ago to a thriving urban enclave where galleries, co-ops, and boutique creative businesses co-mingle – especially on the last Saturday of the month. The art walks…
It’s Friday — but don’t turn off your brains just yet, friends. The National Urban League is holding its annual conference at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale this week, and its culminating event is happening this morning as five presidential hopefuls, including rivals Hillary Clinton and Jeb…
It’s hard to imagine a world without Justin Timberlake. No lovably awkward Mickey Mouse Club duets, no bleached-blond curls or coordinating denim outfits, zero hours spent in front of the mirror trying to learn the choreography from the “Bye Bye Bye” video, definitely no “Cry Me a River” (the greatest…
It’s hard to imagine a world without Justin Timberlake. No lovably awkward Mickey Mouse Club duets, no bleached-blond curls or coordinating denim outfits, zero hours spent in front of the mirror trying to learn the choreography from the “Bye Bye Bye” video, definitely no “Cry Me a River” (the greatest…
One year ago, we parked our car along a side street off Himmarshee in downtown Fort Lauderdale and followed the sound. It led us to Original Fat Cat’s where, on a cool Monday night, deep, slow-wobbling vibrations oozed like molasses over an otherwise motionless city block. By midnight, the dark…
Before the honey-sweet vocal harmonies of indie-folk darlings Tegan and Sara, there were the Indigo Girls. Their brand of heartfelt folk rock had commercial appeal from the beginning, leading to a quarter-century-long career for the singer/songwriters, who continue to write and tour today. But as two openly gay best friends…
“One of the hardest things about winning American Idol is winning American Idol,” says Lee DeWyze, the 27-year-old singer-songwriter from Illinois who was crowned winner of Idol’s season nine back in 2010. “There’s this perception that if you come from American Idol, in some cases, you can’t possibly be a…
Jillette Johnson is the girl in high school whom all the nerds openly adored and all the jocks secretly loved — all the other girls would have been jealous, if it weren’t that the pretty, bubbly brunet was just so darned sincere. She listens to everything from Radiohead to Josh…
Florida tends to remain on the receiving end of many a cruel joke, due to its comically unfortunate shape, its geographic positioning, the subtropical heat, and its weirdo populace. (Us!) Those of us who live here know how to take it. Heck, we’re laughing the loudest — when we’re not…
It’s been a long journey, folks, but your patience has paid off. We’re happy to bring you our final installment of the best list of the year: 100 things to do in Broward County before you die. Here ya go, friends — the whole dang list! Enjoy! See also: 100…
