FusikWith Ketchy ShubyCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, June 26, 2010TopSpot USA’s Sean Russell, a local music industry player and subject of a recent New Times Broward-Palm Beach profile, tracks down the latest news and adds insight from the front row of local concerts. On Saturday, Russell attended the CD Release Concert…
The Juan MacLean’s new self-titled mix CD, an installment in !K7 Records’ venerable DJ-Kicks series, is like listening to this dessert. It is an undeniably uplifting, indulgent monologue on soulful deep house, a selection of songs partially intended to counter the indie/hipster world’s aversion to pure house pleasures. But it…
A true nomad and storyteller with a big bushy beard, one-man-band Smokestack and the Foothill Fury’s Jarod Yerkes is an anomaly in these modern times. While the dutiful members of the work-a-day world find it wiser to stay put, place their heads in the sand and make minimum credit card…
Viva le VoxWith the Royal Tinfoil and EverymenRespectable Street, West Palm BeachSaturday, June 19, 2010 When a Viva le Vox show flyer mentions little more than a free CD and cupcakes, it’s hard to know what to expect. The band went all out for their CD Release Party at Respectable…
It might be hard to picture “Redneck Yacht Club” singer Craig Morgan and his rugged brand of country in upscale CityPlace, just up the road from Palm Beach and its real-life megayachts. But boat owner or not, everyone will be welcome at Morgan’s show on the plaza at 7 p.m…
Freaks and fans alike can brace themselves for Lake Worth act Viva le Vox’s upcoming CD-release party, a spectacle some might refer to as a “hillbilly zombie circus.” Freaks aside, the band is a local work of art worth checking out if you want to feel scared and uncomfortable yet…
Still feeding off the glistening energy from Memorial Day weekend’s Amberland, Perpetual Groove gifts South Florida with two nights of feel-good tunes. The band, which schedules its annual visit to SoFla each December, is serving up another double-dose for fans at the Culture Room Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June…
Come check out Lake Worth’s closest musical act to a Vaudevillian freak show, Viva le Vox, Saturday, June 19 at 9 p.m., at Respectable Street Cafe in West Palm Beach. The band is headlining the release party for their newest CD, Wayward Ones, along with South Carolina duo, the Royal…
Tracy Morgan, who needs no introduction as one of the stars of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, is bringing his act to West Palm Beach’s Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theatre, a frequent stopover for celebrity funnymen. Warning: Morgan is in the business of unalloyed crudity. Deformities, crabs, and…
Country music has more than its fair share of tough guys, and Toby Keith might be the biggest and baddest of them all. Keith’s latest disc, 2009’s American Ride, yielded such testosterone-laden chart-toppers as the title track and “Every Dog Has Its Day.” He will have sidekick Trace Adkins in…
For the past year, New Times staffers and freelancers have sacrificed themselves for you. They’ve eaten the best pizza. They’ve logged their time at stellar art shows, plays, music venues. They’ve become barflies at strip joints and coffeehouses. They’ve paddled the coolest kayak trips and hiked the top trails. So…
Brooks & DunnWith Jason Aldean and Tyler DickersonCruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachSaturday, June 12, 2010They could have just gone their separate ways, traveling that red dirt road into the sunset.But instead, Brooks & Dunn chose to take fans one more time down memory lane, and a capacity crowd at West…
Drummer Derek Roddy will be the featured artist in the next in the series of the 2010 drum clinics hosted by Jeff Lee of Resurrection Drums. The event will be held at the Bienes Center for the Arts in Fort Lauderdale on June 16. Roddy, known for his contribution to…
Skafest 2010 begins at 2 p.m. at Rocketown in Pompano Beach. What follows is our preview coverage of the event from the print edition. “Ska is one of the only music scenes in which the community is overwhelmingly positive and everyone is friendly,” declares Matt Turner, organizer of SkaFest 2010…
Scott Rothstein will spend 50 years in prison, a federal judge decided this morning. The sentence ends a seven-month saga since Rothstein’s empire crumbled. Once one of South Florida’s most politically connected lawyers, he swindled more than a billion dollars in perhaps the biggest fraud case in Florida history. Below…
What sort of music do you like to hear when you just wanna party? In South Florida some folks gravitate toward whumpity-whump thumpatronics. That’s fine, but when you want a rippin’ guitar solo and high-octane rockabilly, there’s no better choice than the Hep Cat Boo Daddies. Comprising rip-snortin’ guitar slinger/singer…
Today marks the release of Minimal Wave’s 30th anniversary reissue of now-defunct Fort Lauderdale collective Futurisk’s seminal synth classic Player Piano. Read Abel Folgar’s review, and order a copy here. From our print edition, the story of the reissue follows below.”We were the rejects of the rejects.” That’s how Jeremy…
The Psychedelic FursWith Nothing Rhymes With OrangeThe Culture Room, Fort LauderdaleWednesday, May 26, 2010At the Culture Room Wednesday evening, the Psychedelic Furs opened their 16-song set with their first major hit “Love My Way.” With the current lineup consisting of original members Richard Butler (vocalist) and Tim Butler (bassist), longtime…
Director John Hughes both championed and obscured the Psychedelic Furs, and it’s a wonderful shame. On the soundtrack to Pretty in Pink, Hughes caught the Furs when they were at their absolute best and, in the ears of most music listeners, cemented them there for all time. With the title…
Daryl HanceWith Yankee Slickers and SososThe Funky Buddha Lounge, Boca RatonFriday, May 21, 2010Beers were flowing at the Funky Buddha on Friday, and three bands scheduled that night gave us everything they had, if only for a short while. Daryl Hance of Mofro fame was down from Jacksonville on his…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here’s a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. You might think a name like Beerfest smacks of everything you need for a booming party. And you’d be…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here’s a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. The ritzy, glitzy, over-the-top China Grill is giving us one more reason to visit: It’s trying to be not…
