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…
Two years ago, anyone who invited their friends to Artwalk in FAT Village would have gotten a few blank stares. Just one year ago, you couldn’t have signed up for an arduino, AKA robotics, class at Makers Square, a communal tool shop where circus music blares in the background. But…
New Times Broward-Palm Beach is looking for freelance journalists to write for our news blog, the Daily Pulp. Ideal candidates will have experience in journalism and be based in Broward or Palm Beach counties. Applicants should have solid news judgment and knowledge of current events. They should be able to…
It must be pretty dope for a young, up-and-coming artist to suddenly hear a song he laid down lyrics for and sang on pop up on the radio. Not as dope? When the very same song suddenly pops up on the radio and, instead of the up-and-coming artist, already-established artists…
Peter Frampton was once a proper heartthrob who made women absolutely melt when encountering his golden locks, tender love songs, and winning smile — just ask my mom. However, Frampton has always been a champion of the guitar beyond anything else, as is evident by the fretboard histrionics that have…
Charli XCX Featuring Femme and Elliphant Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Saturday, September 26, 2014 She’s the girl whose songs you can’t get out of your head. She’s the girl that’s taken over your car radio. She’s the girl who we all wish we had the balls to be at 22…
Believe it or not, but 1984 — be it Orwellian dystopia, a lousy time for hair products and fashion, or a year forever linked with Van Halen — was 30 years ago. It was also a busy year for music. There were hundreds of albums released as were a hefty…
Tailgaters packed the lawn at Cruzan Amphitheatre Saturday night with grills, Fireball whiskey, and cornhole. Pretty country chicks donning daisy dukes and cowboy boots stood around guzzling beer. Confederate flags were waving and country music was blasting from trucks as attendees drank the day away, waiting for the concert to…
By Daniel J. Stout Dust off those old Jncos and Adidas shell-toes! Word around the water cooler is: nu-metal’s making a comeback. The signs are there: Limp Bizkit releasing a new album on Ca$h Money, an upcoming fifth Slipknot LP, media coverage of a band called Issues (presumably after the…
Sneak Peak of Halloween Horror Nights 24 at Universal Orlando from Voice Media Group on Vimeo. The sun had set and the sky was indigo. As you walked passed the revolving globe and up to the arches, the eerie music coming from the loudspeakers and musky, earthy smell of the…
People often move to South Florida on a whim, for the sunshine, the beach bods, the 24-hour sloppy, sandy makeout seshes. They also usually leave just as quickly, barely leaving a wake as they zoom out of town on their selfish jet skis. Dana Krangel is not one of those…
It’s the final night of the 2014 Americana Music Festival and Conference, and the final event of a spectacular five day run. Lucinda Williams is about to begin a last minute invitation-only performance at the newly opened City Winery in Nashville. But first, Americana Music Association Executive Director Jed Hilly…
South Florida’s a very transient place, especially within the local music scene. Most of the time you’ll find us reporting on talented acts leaving our parts, seeking greener pastures in places like New York City, L.A.. and, as of late, the songwriter capital of the world, Nashville. It’s not everyday…
Must be something about bands that start with Z. After ZZ Top, the longest running professional band still playing with all its original members is Zebra. The band known for early MTV hits like “Tell Me What You Want” and “Who’s Behind The Door” is currently touring, but on a…
Playing Video Games with The King of Kong, Billy Mitchel from Voice Media Group on Vimeo. In the 2007 documentary that explored who actually holds the highest Donkey Kong score, The King of Kong, South Florida’s Billy Mitchell comes out looking like a real villain. It’s a role that, in…
5. Cupcakes Go Cosplay 10 p.m., Saturday, September 27, at Respectable Street, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. $7 prepay, $10 at the door. Visit Facebook. It’s time to dust off your hottest Sailor Moon or Princess Leia outfit for the nerdiest, sexiest themed night in town. Every kind of…
From the Caribbean island of St. Lucia to the stage at the Funky Biscuit in Boca where he’ll be performing this Friday night with his band Adowa, reggae singer Taj Weekes has undergone a long, interesting musical journey. “We would sing to our parents in the living room,” he reminisced…
Before summer began, there was a good chance you’d never heard of Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea, or Rita Ora. Now, at the start of fall, you can’t get enough of these guys. And let’s not forget about Charli XCX. She, like her chart-topping colleagues, has been around for years but…
The history of bars and music venues in South Florida is littered with cool rooms that hosted great bands while people had a sick time in the crowd — but most of those places come and go in less time than it takes to get from I-75 to I-95. That…
The Sunshine Music and Blues Festival is heading back to Boca Raton and St. Petersburg and bringing with it some seriously exciting acts. We’re being real here. There’s the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and the Both — which includes Aimee Mann and Ted Leo. Don’t know about you, but we’re psyched…
Teenagers came in big numbers wearing their faded T-shirts, sneakers, and jeans to Revolution Live to celebrate the sounds of Hawthorne Heights and Jacksonville natives, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Appropriately, the two bands are on their Hope Revolution Tour. And though we hoped the night, which started at 7, would…
