Whether you’re an avid follower, passive peruser, or determined hater of Pitchfork Media, there’s no denying the impact the Chiacgo-based Internet music daily has had on the independent music industry since it first hit the scene back in 1995. With more than 1.5 million unique visitors per month, it’s the…
True Blood’s Lafayette Reynolds must be taking style cues from Sylvester James, a.k.a. Sylvester, the late American disco and soul singer-songwriter whose flamboyant, androgynous hippie-feminine looks, counter and drag culture leanings, and string of hit dance singles earned him the moniker “The Queen of Disco” back in the 1970s. At…
Three little letters: EDM. How do we define it? More important, how do we experience it? Electronic dance music is not a new phenomenon. We’ve been raving for decades, and we’re surprisingly not tired yet. EDM, though, has morphed into something of a new animal in recent years, fueled by…
Three little letters: EDM. How do we define it? More important, how do we experience it? Electronic dance music is not a new phenomenon. We’ve been raving for decades, and we’re surprisingly not tired yet. EDM, though, has morphed into something of a new animal in recent years, fueled by…
Remember when it was all about dueling pianos? The excitement, the entertainment, the audience participation — the seniors shuffling and frat guys moshing their way up the front to deposit their song requests and scanty tips! That ship has sailed, and when it did, so did 88’s Dueling Piano’s at…
First rule of Club Atrium’s Fight Night? Anyone? We don’t have an answer. If we had to guess, we’d say the rules break down something like this: 1. Pop it. 2. Pop her in the face. 3. Anything else, goes. Tonight, Club Atrium, the same Fort Lauderdale hot spot that’s…
There is an infinite number of ways to celebrate this fine country on the Fourth of July. Drag shows, twerking contests, pool party day raves? If these don’t immediately call to mind the Land of the Free, well, you’re simply un-American. As far as we’re concerned, as long as red,…
There are an infinite number of ways to celebrate this fine country on the Fourth of July. Drag shows, twerking contests, pool party day raves? If these don’t immediately call to mind the Land of the Free, well, you’re simply un-American. As far as we’re concerned, as long as red,…
FastForward is a weekly 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. “We wanted something…
Do you remember that bedtime ritual — being nestled into the comforting crevice of a shoulder, learning each line of a story word for word, and falling in love with the Poky Little Puppy, Tawny Scrawny Lion, and Scuffy the Tugboat? You and 2 billion children all over the world…
Prancercise guru and founder Joanna Rohrback can tell just by looking at your face whether or not you possess the skillset and internal spirit necessary to master the graceful fitness art she’s been fine-tuning since 1989. Or at least that what the announcer conducting the Prancercise live demonstration and contest…
We all thought it was a joke, but by now it’s probably safe to say Joanna Rohrback’s getting the last laugh. Who needs a web redemption when you have soft pop-rock god John Mayer commissioning you to star in his music videos? Over the last five months, the world has…
We know it can get tough navigating the choppy, oft-unpredictable waters of our South Florida music scene. Besides this blog, (your ultimate source for the local lowdown and breaking music news, obvs), how else can a native keep an ear to the ground and an eye out for the next…
What’re they putting in the water in Reykjavik? Icelandic ambient post-rock band Sigur Ros seem to have discovered the elixir for eternal youth. For a band that’s been around nearly 20 years, their output volume and touring stamina is pretty insane — not to mention their ability to stay relevant…
In Miami, DJs are a dime a dozen. For better or for (usually) worse, anyone with a laptop and a Facebook profile can potentially jump on deck and take over the party. Fortunately, in the land of eternally thumping bass, a few real DJ talents emerged. Perhaps the most decorated,…
Nine Inch Nails fans, just when you started getting used to the idea of never again seeing a live show and playing out all the old records into eternity, Trent Reznor came along and blew our minds with all sorts of shrieks of happiness-inducings announcements. After 2009’s farewell tour and…
Chicago natives Plain White T’s have been making the ladies swoon since their 2007 number-one hit, “Hey There Delilah,” went platinum and lead singer Tom Higgenson made every guy feel dumb he hadn’t come up with such sweetly simple metaphors. Two Grammy nominations and two more platinum singles later, the…
Remember that time you came back from college one weekend to find the interior of your mom’s suburban home transformed into a porno set, a couple of naked amateurs straddled over the granite kitchen counter tops? Or the time you visited your friend’s trendy new loft apartment in Fat Village…
Anyone who knows the Jacuzzi Boys knows that Miami’s rambunctious kings of glazed-out garage rock are pretty huge fans of Fleetwood Mac. They even named last summer’s Saturday night dance party at the Garret after 1979’s Tusk, arguably the group’s greatest album. Whether they’re chilling at Iggy Pop’s, spinning records…
FastForward is a weekly 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. This past Saturday…
As natives to the subtropic flatlands of South Florida, do we ever really grow tired of sun-soaked afternoons on the sand spent gazing up at the swaying palm trees and clear blue skies? We didn’t think so, and neither do the Hollywood trio of power-pop garage rockers, Beach Day, who…
There’s just something in the summer air that makes celebrating our lady ‘murica feel especially right. June’s around the corner, the summer heat is here to stay, and all the school kids are about to be let loose on the ‘burbs. Let us welcome the season, honor and remember our…
