Five Things to Do This Weekend Under $12

5. Chaotic Comedy at the Monterey Club 9 p.m., Saturday, July 19, at the Monterey Club, 2608 S. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale. $5 cover. Visit Facebook. According to the interwebs, Monterey Club is hosting a night of “dark, gritty, opinionated standup.” Expect to feel a little guilty as you snarf…

Black Fridays Turns 3 With These Most Memorable Moments

Since its inception in 2011, Black Fridays has been the go-to bash for the “dark electronic and classic new wave”-lovin’ crowd. And in the past three years, the popular party has seen it all — from suspension acts to zombie walks to cosplay nights. It even outlasted multiple moves, from…

Top Seven Signs You’re Too Old for Warped Tour

Summer is the season of music festivals, so naturally, that’s when the 20-years-strong Vans Warped Tour makes its round of the nation. Unlike the trends at popular EDM fests — you know, flower headbands, dilated pupils, corny rave moves — Warped Tour keeps things pretty much rock ‘n’ roll with…

Corey Bost Displays Unrelenting Honesty in His Debut LP

Last year, little-known singer/songwriter Corey Bost was going through a difficult time in his life, dealing with deep family issues and broken relationships. To cope, this lifelong Fort Lauderdale native penned five songs that eventually became his debut EP, Kingdom. With nonexistent promotion and no marketing arm, Bost’s collection of…

Ten Most Underrated Artists of All Time

The recent catastrophe that was Robin Thicke’s Paula album restores a degree of faith in humanity. For a while, it was almost impossible to avoid this purveyor of misogynistic drivel clogging up the radio and television. The follow-up to last year’s massive Blurred Lines sold a mere 24,000 copies in…

Dave Matthews’ Five Unlikeliest Musical Collaborations

Short of the Grateful Dead and the Beatles, no musical act has a more loyal fan base than Dave Matthews Band. Since its founding 23 years ago in Virginia, DMB has packed venues large and small. This year is no different. The band returns to South Florida’s Cruzan Amphitheatre with…

Kobra and the Lotus with Kiss and Def Leppard July 22

“Nineteen years ago, I was watching Def Leppard with some friends up in Calgary, standing in the nose-bleeds; now I’m getting to support them on tour… This is surreal!” says Brittany Paige, AKA Kobra Paige. She’s the lead singer and chief songwriter of heavy-metal revivalists Kobra and the Lotus. Her…

The 15 Most #Selfie Obsessed Musicians

The Chainsmokers summed it up pretty perfectly with their hit “#Selfie.” The egocentric craze of snapping shots of yourself to share on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook or wherever you choose to upload your photo diary is upon us and doesn’t seem to be dying out anytime soon. Everyone from…

The Fray: “We’re Just a Bunch of Guys From Denver!”

The Fray’s Isaac Slade, Joe King, Ben Wysocki, and Dave Welsh have been riding a wave of success sprinkled with intensely memorable moments since 2005. The Grammy-nominated band even had the opportunity to meet the Boss at one of the group’s own shows. A recent interview with drummer Ben Wysocki…

Should We Look Forward to Pink Floyd’s New Album?

When news trickled out last week that Pink Floyd was releasing a new album in October titled The Endless River, you couldn’t help but get giddy. For at least two generations, the British band was the soundtrack for a simpler time when you could pontificate complex subjects like the meaning…

Dave Matthews’ Five Most Unlikely Musical Collaborations

Short of the Grateful Dead and the Beatles, no musical act has a more loyal fan base than Dave Matthews Band. Since its founding 23 years ago in Virginia, DMB has packed venues large and small. This year is no different. The band returns to South Florida’s Cruzan Amphitheatre with…

Tim McGraw – Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach – July 11

Cowboy boots and skimpy duds were the look of the evening at Tim McGraw’s Cruzan Amphitheatre show. This Friday, the singer stopped by West Palm Beach on his Sundown Heaven Town Tour. Tailgaters stumbled onto the lawn with freshly poured beers and taco drunchies from the food trucks, awaiting McGraw’s…

Dennis Miller’s Xenophobic Standup Is Seriously Offensive

Dennis Miller made himself chuckle onstage last night at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, with the line, “Arabs will go to the moon when the Israelis set up camp there.” Hardy fucking har? Out of context, it doesn’t make much sense, but the parts are what are important here…