Local rock powerhouse of sorts, Nonpoint is the first act confirmed for the forthcoming Revolution & Poorhouse Music Festival, SunSentinel.com reports. Neither of the participating downtown Fort Lauderdale venues has confirmed much in terms of the scope of the festival, but it is expected to include 20 bands on five…
Broward County rapper J-O first caught County Grind’s attention last year with “My Smoke Song,” an endlessly playable track about the finer aspects of certain special herb. Since then, the guy keeps making music at a prolific pace, including the Speakers Blow mixtape.Now, J-O comes together with the Boss himself,…
For anyone following at home, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart developed a live rep that was far fiercer than the output on the New York group’s somewhat placid self-titled debut. Now, with the upcoming March 29 release of Belong and some more clued-in people working the soundboards across…
Back in October, we had some fun with the above image of Harrison Daum Snow, the yet-to-be-born baby son of Lake Worth’s Jeff and Susan Snow. Aside from the appeal of the image itself, it was exciting that he was coming along as part of a trio of babies associated…
Dr. Dog, the Philadelphia quintet with a Ph.D. in psychedelic rock just jammy enough for the Relix crowd and structured enough for the rest of us, makes its return to South Florida in April. Expect a night of bellow-alongs in step with the best of George Harrison’s riffs from the…
West Palm’s Hey Monday is about to get the best exposure an up-and-coming band can get these days — a Glee cover. Look what it’s done for Gwyneth Paltrow. The episode airs next Tuesday on Fox. Frontwoman Cassadee Pope confirmed the news via her Twitter: “It’s true. Glee is covering…
Need anyone be reminded that some pretty vicious, sludgy music comes out of South Florida, Erica K. Landau’s excellent feature on Shroud Eater should do the trick. Focusing on the interplay between bassist Janette Valentine and partner/bandmate Jeannie Saiz, who fronts the metal outfit, Landau captures the band riding high…
Big things are coming for Boca Raton resident Scott Stapp later this year and into next year. His recent interview with Billboard spent much time discussing a new solo album that is tentatively titled Somewhere in the Middle of Lust and Love, which has “really become a labor of love”…
Machines deserve some TLC from time to time, especially if they’re the means for creating music that programs our bodies to shake. Extrapolate that thought to the “Digital Love Thursday” party series that began a few weeks ago at Green Room in the Revolution/America’s Backyard complex in downtown Fort Lauderdale…
Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon way back in 1973 — long before Pitchfork, the internet, and the birth of Mike Diaz. Still, songs from the Floyd catalog like “Hey You” and “Us and Them” resonate with listeners far younger, and thus we have a stirring version of…
The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner doesn’t look all that happy to be carrying this flag around in the new music video for “Recharge & Revolt.” Given the amount of location shooting for the clip, which has shots of New York, the Grand Canyon, and a lot of other American postcard…
Last October’s Matt & Kim show at Culture Room was a big, sweaty party featuring an assortment of tween fashions, crowd-walking, and unabashed revelry. This will undoubtedly happen again in June when M&K’s infectious glee hits Culture Room. The June 5 show also features another act prone to onstage antics…
Last week, the festival-going public commenced drooling for perhaps the only decent summer music gathering by announcing the dates — July 15 through 17 at Chicago’s Union Park — for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Today, the initial lineup is unfurled for all to see and critique.At $110 for a three-day…
Previously, the Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party, video of Miss Pussycat’s puppet show, Bruise Cruise Day One, Bruise Cruise Day Two, The Black Lips Throw a Bass Into the Ocean, Bruise Cruise Day Three, and Bruise Cruise Slideshow.Sorry to spoil the big surprise at the end of the Black Lips’ latest…
SunFest, the annual live music spectacle on the West Palm Beach waterfront, has announced its full lineup, and there’s some definite magnetism on this bill.Although you wouldn’t know it from the size of the text on the official lineup page, it’s monster news that the illustrious Cee Lo Green is…
Bright EyesWith CursiveFillmore Miami, Miami BeachWednesday, March 2, 2011In the middle of Bright Eyes’ set at Fillmore Miami, Conor Oberst acknowledged that spending six years away from Miami was too long. Judging by the bevy of tears dripping down elated faces in the crowd, even 24 hours without this wonder…
Grammy-nominated English reggae artist Pato Banton has spent more than three decades spreading positivity through his music. Via pop collaborations with UB40 like “Baby Come Back,” a dub-inflected strain of work with producer Mad Professor, and recordings with Sting, his free-spirited flow carries a variety of messages for politicians, cocaine…
West Palm Beach rootsy rock act the Gallery has a shot at joining the ranks of the Beatles, Madonna, Coldplay, and Aretha Franklin as a cover subject on an upcoming issue of Rolling Stone. But these guys probably owe the most rock ‘n’ roll debt to another legend, Tom Petty…
The spine-tingling energy of the godfathers of glam the New York Dolls has a local story line coming up in July. However, the just-announced gig at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood is not quite what you think.As you might gather from the photograph of Dolls’ frontman David Johansen flanked by…
Let’s see if Hipster Runoff has any thoughts about Ian Witlen’s gallery of shots from last weekend Bruise Cruise aboard the Carnival Imagination. After reading our coverage of Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3, here’s some more visual accompaniment for what occurred on the high seas with 400 hipsters…
RIP the Clementines. Long live Ski Lodge! The gifted pop songcraft of Andrew Marr lives on with this new project that has most adorable promotional material this side of Gorillaz. Of course, the tune we’ve just heard is abominable in its own right.Lyrically, the context of “A Game” is the…
Anyone who has worked with ex-Juice scribe Tom Francis can attest to the fact that he knows a boatload about music. The man can speak just as eloquently about Iron & Wine and Ariel Pink as Allen West and Sylvia Poitier. It is with great pleasure that we welcome Francis’…
