From his humble beginnings performing backup vocals for Lionel Richie’s debut solo album to becoming an ’80s pop icon in his own right, Richard Marx has continued to evolve as an artist and musician. While his name and songs might not arise with the frequency that they once did, Marx…
In the fall of 2013, when former MOCA North Miami curator Bonnie Clearwater, now of the NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, saw the “Café Dolly: Picabia, Schnabel, Willumsen” exhibition in Denmark, she knew she had to bring it to Florida. The show features paintings by three major art players:…
Most 26-year-olds who grew up playing piano haven’t tickled the ivories in more than a decade. The ones who still perform have likely joined bands and given up the keys for guitars and drums, and those most “progressive” instrumentalists have gone the way of Chromeo. There are not too many…
When it comes to a romanticized backstory, few have one as remarkable as French musician and actress Soko. Between bullet points that include wringing a hit single in Denmark from the keys of bedroom laptop and scoring starring roles in art house feature films, Soko’s history could very well be…
A lot can change very quickly — just ask New Found Glory’s Jordan Pundik. The four-piece pop-punk outfit hailing from Coral Springs has been whipping out the same driving, catchy melodies since 1997. But in the past year, Pundik fathered his second son, Jude; lost bandmate Steve Klein; signed to…
In November 1996, Lil’ Kim released her first full album, Hard Core. It was a huge commercial and critical success: an overtly racy album with raunchy lyrics that featured the biggest name (yes, the biggest) in hip-hop at the time, her Junior M.A.F.I.A. cohort, the Nortorious B.I.G., on “Crush on…
Daisy Berkowitz was born Scott Mitchell Putesky in Los Angeles at the tail end of the 1960s. He was first drawn to the guitar at 13, lured by the music of the Cars and the Cure. But the instrument wasn’t just a hobby for Putesky. By 1990, he went on…
Respectable Street is known for its atmosphere. There’s the dance floor that’s been scuffed at least a million times over, the glowing bar and wide couches that face each other, the intimate backyard where a slew of awkward covers have been sung during Saturday night karaoke. However, the venue looked…
When you look up Peter Frampton’s name, four words come up: “teen idol” and “guitar god.” Today only a very strange teenager would have a poster of the now balding, 64-year-old Frampton on their wall. That is, unless the kid was a student of the guitar. Then it would make…
Scott Eyman’s retirement from the Palm Beach Post was a great loss to the paper. He was far and away its most sophisticated writer on cultural matters, serving as film critic, then books editor and art critic. In his spare time, he turned out 13 books, most notably a series…
Do you like bass? Are you so dedicated to the lower register that you’d haul your own 150,000-wat rig around the country, then shove the ear-bleeding sounds of Adventure Club, Destroid, Flux Pavilion, and more through the speakers and totally wreck lives? That takes a lot of effort, and most…
When describing the music of Citizen Cope, aka Clarence Greenwood, you may get stuck. Sure, you can talk about the mellowness, his smooth voice, and the catchy melodies, but it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what he’s doing. Spotify may “suggest” him to you, but after listening to what artist? The…
“How does he make that guitar talk?” listeners often wonder when they hear Peter Frampton noodle around. It’s not the drugs or drink you imbibed that’s making you think his guitar is vocalizing. Rather, it’s an intended effect achieved through technology. The English rock legend uses an effects unit called…
Perhaps you received an invite on Facebook to a mysterious event dubbed “It Is The Takeover A Record Store Tour.” The description for the October 6 event reads: “2 notorious troublemakers with nothing better to do will be taking over South Florida record stores with protest and pizzaz. It is…
Just a year ago, Adam Perry, Albert Suttle, and Matthew McDonald went on hiatus from their previous band Perpetual Groove and formed Ghost Owl. They decided to change their style a bit, freeing themselves to explore new sounds, going for a harder, more rock feel while retaining the entrancing elements…
5. Synesthesia 5 p.m. Friday, October 5, at Eucalyptus Gardens, 2430 NE 13 Ave., Wilton Manors. $5 cover. Visit Facebook. Synesthesia is making its regular appearance on the scene, every first Saturday of the month. This time, the sounds you can see party will take place at Wilton Manor’s Eucalyptus…
#72929692 / gettyimages.com Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week, looking back on the 30th anniversary of Miami Vice. With the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Miami Vice, who among us doesn’t feel a tug of…
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and you know, dear readers, that saving tatas is a cause we can really get behind. In all seriousness, breast cancer is one of the most curable forms of cancer. About one in eight American women will develop it in their lifetimes, and nearly 100…
Everyone is so busy with their highfalutin proclamations of bad bitchery that they seem to have forgotten about the original bad bitch of hip-hop, Lil’ Kim. While the planet is seemingly caught in an infinite feedback loop of kvetching and swooning in equal measure about Nicki Minaj’s outrageous behavior and…
Around 7 p.m. on September 19, 2012, Young Jeezy and Rick Ross got into an argument backstage at the BET Awards in Atlanta. The war of words quickly turned into a massive altercation involving the Atlanta and Broward residents’ respective cliques. But while it was reported that violence spread to…
By Olivia Feldman Bring your black T’s, tight jeans, and a few extra packs of American Spirit cigarettes: Respectable Street is celebrating 27 years of debauchery, dancing, and drunkenness with another blowout block party. And you’re cordially invited. The Respectable Street staff knows how much its patrons love the combination…
Reinvention usually makes you think of the chameleonic, the sham, the put-on, the need to reassess to remain relevant — negative connotations. Reinvention is, though, closer to rebirth in many instances, a chance for someone to evolve, not completely change but, in a way, improve. It is those who reinvent…
