Growing up in the westerly suburbs of Fort Lauderdale, I learned to accept that much of my adolescent and young adult life would be flat: low, flat stretches of land covered in Malvina Reynolds’ “little boxes” that all look just the same; strip mall plazas filled with chain restaurants and…
The West Palm dream-pop weavers of the Band in Heaven might have just finished up their first album, filled with perfectly fuzzy shoegaze tunes lamenting the loss of innocence, but for a relatively young group of musicians, it looks like they’ve managed to skip the whole awkward adolescent phase and…
There’s a distinct sensation when you’re at a party that’s outgrown itself. The crowd’s there, the music, the drinks, the same cigarette smoke and sidewalk jerk-chicken vendor, the same bouncer and bartenders, and the same guys playing pool in the back. But there’s a certain air of restlessness, a subtle…
Cold Cave is Wesley Eisold, the brooding, multifarious former vocalist behind influential hardcore groups Give Up the Ghost (previously American Nightmare) and Some Girls. Since 2007, he’s been churning out a stream of self-produced experimental darkwave synth, occasionally collaborating with friends like Sean Martin of Hatebreed and the late Justin…
FastForward is a column documenting the nighttime scene in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County. It’s a weeknight stop at your neighborhood dive; it’s a blurry, bass-filled Friday night in the club; it’s that one moment in a conversation you hope you’ll remember the next morning. For hundreds of suburban-dwelling,…
5. Backstreet Boys With Jessy McCartney and DJ Pauly D. 7 p.m. Sunday, August 25, at Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansbury’s Way, West Palm Beach. Tickets cost $29 to $109 plus fees. Call 561-795-8883, or visit cruzanamphitheatre.net. Backstreet’s back! What do we have to say to that? All right! The Orlando…
It’s been a while since we last caught up with West Palm Beach psych rockers the Band in Heaven. With a full-length album, Caught in a Summer Swell, due out September 17, a dreamy, Ray Bradbury-inspired single, “Dandelion Wine,” getting buzz all over the internet, and a tripped out new…
The last time we saw Mayer Hawthorne at the Fillmore Miami Beach, he donned a proper suit, bowtie, and his signature black-framed spectacles. When we saw him last night opening for OneRepublic at the Hard Rock Live, he’d traded in his dapper, clean-cut charm for a five o’clock shadow and…
Flo Rida does it all: International recording artist, fitness guru, muscle supplement spokesperson, and duh, philanthropist. This Carol City native and Broward resident has no problem showing off his opulence when he’s out in public or performing on stage, but when it comes to giving back to his fans and…
The drum ‘n’ bass party that started up back in May at Lake Worth’s Speakeasy Lounge will have its fourth installment this Friday with veteran headliner A-Sides dropping an old school Jungle set for seasoned and baby bassheads. “The vibes are great, and it’s all about the music,” says Rene…
FastForward is a column documenting the nighttime scene in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County. It’s a weeknight stop at your neighborhood dive; it’s a blurry, bass-filled Friday night in the club; it’s that one moment in a conversation you hope you’ll remember the next morning. EDM is truly is…
Mad Decent Block Party With Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, Riff Raff, Robb Bank$, and others. Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale August 3, 2013 As two o’clock approached this past Saturday, a black sky pressed down on downtown Fort Lauderdale. Hundreds of half-naked youths swarmed the downtown area, readying themselves for the…
Toronto’s Zeds Dead are Dylan Mamid and Zach Rapp-Rovan, two friends who came together ten years ago over a shared interest in making beats and cultivating an unpretentious bass scene in their hometown. Since their weekly party Bassmentality blew up back in 2010, the duo, who go by DC and…
A violent video showing three Dirty Blondes bouncers beating on patrons outside the popular Fort Lauderdale Beach watering hole has gone viral since hitting the internet Sunday evening. Two patrons, identified as Alexander Coelho, 29, and David Parker, were arrested and charged with battery and disorderly conduct after a fight…
FastForward is a column documenting the nighttime scene in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County. It’s a weeknight stop at your neighborhood dive; it’s a blurry, bass-filled Friday night in the club; it’s that one moment in a conversation you hope you’ll remember the next morning. No one ever said…
What happens when you mix extremely cheap booze, overly aggressive bouncers, and the hot, late summer sun beating down on the Fort Lauderdale Beach boardwalk? If you’ve ever been to Dirty Blondes, chances are you’ve personally witnessed things teeter on the brink of disaster at least once. The quintessential beach…
It’s time for yer regular Jacuzzi Boys update! The sun might be setting on this summer, but our swampy garage guys are still at it. After a monthlong U.S. tour back in June, the Jacuzzis have conjured up a new weekly party in Little Haiti to wind down the rest…
Summer might be nearing an end, but there are still a few lingering moments of hot and sticky musical goodness to look forward to, like the third and final installment of Propaganda’s indoor/outdoor pool party concert series, Summer Daze. This Sunday, Savannah, GA, reggae-rock outfit Passafire will headline along with…
“It finally feels like summer,” says a sandal-clad girl to her friend this past weekend at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park. The friend nods in agreement and sips from his dewy 312 beer, a local favorite. As a scorching heat wave blanketed most of the country, festival-goers descended…
Believe it or not, in 1946, Americans consumed double the amount of coffee that we do now: 48 gallons annually per person. That’s amazing, considering they did it without Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and fancy coffees like French Press, espresso, and Frappucinos. They accepted prepackaged, preroasted, overheated, watered-down, one-flavor-fits-all coffee. And…
Ever since Switzerland-based Art Basel launched a Miami edition in 2002 — and it subsequently became the most important art fair in America — South Florida’s art scene has been blowing up, from the graffiti rainbow wonderland of Miami’s Wynwood district all the way to Boynton Beach’s stretch of warehouses…
Believe it or not, in 1946, Americans consumed double the amount of coffee that we do now: 48 gallons annually per person. That’s amazing, considering they did it without Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and fancy coffees like French Press, espresso, and Frappucinos. They accepted prepackaged, preroasted, overheated, watered-down, one-flavor-fits-all coffee. And…
