It was a pretty big deal the last time Lil Wayne brought his “I Am Still Music Tour” to South Florida. And it was on April 5. Today, Weezy added a second leg of North American dates, and local fans need only wait until August 2 to get their fix…
SW 3rd Ave Music FestivalNew Times StageThe Green Room, Fort LauderdaleMay 6, 2011Better than: Rebecca Black’s version of Friday.Click here to see a slideshow from the night.It’s disturbingly easy to put into words what the combined efforts of six local acts, a supportive venue, trusting fellow New Times staffers, and…
All of the bands who performed at Friday’s New Times Stage as part of the SW 3rd Ave Music Festival were on point — but only one can hold high the title of winning the evening’s text vote challenge, a “Battle of the Bands” of sorts.After a long night of…
One final reminder that tonight is the New Times-curated SW 3rd Ave Music Festival show at the Green Room in downtown Fort Lauderdale. With a packed lineup boasting John Ralston, the Dewars, Young Circles, Plains, the New, and Lavola — plus an afterparty with Radio-Active Records’ DJs — this should…
Previously:New Times Hosting SW 3rd Ave Music Festival Stage at Green Room May 6SW 3rd Ave Music Festival Full ScheduleThose of you who read this week’s print piece regarding John Ralston only scratched the surface of what’s going on with the Lake Worth master songwriter. In the raw, exclusive Q&A…
South Florida resident Vanilla Ice has a major role in a new web promotion called TripYourFace.com, which surprisingly has nothing to do with the Ultra Music Festival. Rapping a track that could very well be called “Hotel,” he sips bubbly in a lavish Las Vegas scene straight from a Hype…
Even if “Just the Way You Are” suggests a level acceptance in his life, Billy Joel’s less than sunny relationships with music critics, wives, and traffic laws has given him every right to have a vendetta or two. However, one of his vendettas — a 57-foot yacht, to be exact…
Even more mystifying than Plains’ workmanlike fuzzy rock precision was that frontman Michael McGinnis could keep a band together with so many members working on other projects. Well, that has changed, according to McGinnis.For tonight’s show as part of the SW 3rd Ave Music Festival’s New Times Stage at the…
Earlier this week, we wondered which song would emerge as the patriotic anthem of choice in a world untainted by Osama bin Laden. Well, “God Bless the U.S.A.” figures to be that song. But it’ll be Beyonce’s version — recorded for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008 — instead of…
You might have already heard a thing or three about the SW 3rd Ave Music Festival New Times Stage going on Friday evening in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Among the performers, all of whom have graced our pages over the years, is John Ralston. He’s far from an old man, but…
The Cinco de Mayo holiday is the ideal time to celebrate the myriad musicians featuring the fifth numeral in their name. Many of these performers, but far from all, actually have five members (and the list features far fewer doo wop groups than you might think). Special shouts to Elmo…
John Ralston has just shaved off his beard, which makes more room for a toothy smile. Now 33, the married Lake Worth alt-country artist must groom himself to keep his infant daughter from tugging at his neck — much the way a need for cross-country touring used to gnaw at…
Original Creedence Clearwater Revival bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford have been the backbone of the Revisited lineup since its formation in 1995. Even without the group’s legendary voice, John Fogerty, the swampy rhythm and blues from the late ’60s and early ’70s lives on. Now it’s veteran…
Those paying close attention to the upcoming concert listings at Revolution, Fort Lauderdale’s sizable downtown rock venue, will certainly notice a sizable gap in programming for June. After May 28’s Face to Face show, nothing follows on the calendar until a Dirty South DJ gig on July 1. This is…
Downtown Fort Lauderdale will overflow with local music fans when the SW 3rd Ave Music Festival gets underway this Friday, May 6. As already mentioned, come early — the revelry begins at 5 p.m.Earlier this week, we unveiled the full lineup and set times for the free New Times/County Grind…
Well, it only took 24 years. The Cars (sans bassist Benjamin Orr, who died in 2000) re-formed last year and now are on the brink of releasing the first collection of new material since 1987’s Door to Door. Much like Devo’s 20-year gap between Smooth Noodle Maps and last year’s…
“California, look what you’ve done to me,” Billy Corgan sings on “Owata,” a new song from the forthcoming Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. If you’re curious about what the title means, get to the first chorus of this upbeat acoustic guitar and synthesizer number.As for what the Golden State has done to…
It’s beyond exciting that the SW 3rd Ave Music Festival is this week! Friday, to be exact. We have just received finalized set-time information for all of the stages, including our own New Times-curated event at the Green Room.One key bit of information: IT STARTS EARLY. Doors open at 5…
Today, in the media blitz following reports that U.S. forces shot bin Laden dead while raiding a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, (also the same day Adolf Hitler’s death was announced in 1945) there’s a soundtrack developing to accompany the elation currently felt by many Americans. One unifying “song” in the…
Tonight marks the local unveiling of Cop City/Chill Pillars’ latest exploration into “the center of the center” and other unimaginable locales. Propaganda is hosting a release party for the Lake Worth psychedelic punk trio’s latest, Held Hostage on Planet Chill, and it’s likely that an assortment of area musicians will…
The delightful music festival on the high seas that was the subject of a New Times cover story earlier this year has returned! The second Bruise Cruise Festival sails February 10-13 next year from the Port of Miami to the Bahamas and back, and this time 520 bruisers are invited…
It goes without saying that Nardwuar the Human Serviette is the best celebrity interviewer of all time. Drake knows this, so he decided to go long for a fellow Canadian and got this prime chat set up with Lil Wayne. As Passion of the Weiss points out, Weezy “may be…
