While adding local blog RSS feeds from the Crossfade blogroll to my Google Reader, I noticed a disturbing number of dead links, which made me momentarily sad. Props to The 305, South Florida Classical Review, Radio-Active Records, The HoneyComb, South Florida Punk, Penned Madness, Crown the South, Sweat Records and…
As Spring Break season nears, Gorillaz uncork another track off of their anticipated Plastic Beach (out March 9) that’s upbeat enough to get the crowds game for snorkeling at Commercial Boulevard and A1A, but with lyrics that won’t make SwimAtYourOwnRisk.com’s MP3 of the day. “Superfast Jellyfish,” features the Super Furry…
Even after watching Lil Wayne’s interview with Katie Couric last year with a bucket of popcorn and tears in my eyes, I somehow forgot: this guy is a self-proclaimed gangsta. “I don’t take nothin’ from no one, I do what I want to do,” he told Miss Katie. “And I’m…
Photo by Rachel BriggsEven if British soft-folkster David Gray hasn’t been a fixture in your playlist since his days as Radiohead’s opening act in the mid-’90s (or ever), do consider attending his April 14 show at Fillmore Miami Beach if only to see his opener, Phosphorescent.For the past five years,…
It was sure fun while it lasted.After only 18 tweets, and what must be an inordinate amount of Internet heckling, Lil Wayne has decided to close his freshly augmented trap. After expressing yesterday that Weezy’s introspective side was helping me settle in at New Times Broward-Palm Beach, I will now…
Yes, this is hard to read.What we know for sure: West Palm Beach’s Cruzan Amphitheatre will host the traveling version of the Bamboozle Festival on May 25. Specific acts for this date have not been announced, but a little checking in on Cobra Starship’s Too Fast for Love dates with…
Courtney Love couldn’t have typed it any better than that.Sure, both of these earth-shattering events happened on Monday. I’m still taking daily solace being in sync with my South Florida neighbor’s unfolding Twitter platitudes as I settle in as Music Editor at the New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Fans should not…
Current NPR darlings Surfer Blood already got a co-sign from Brooklyn electro-house producer Drop the Lime when he spoke about the bands he spins when not spinning for cash in an interview last year. Now the DJ, who rolled through Miami last month, has taken his adoration to the next…
