There aren’t many musicians who inspire serious scholarship, but Bruce Springsteen is one of them. The New Jersey native has sold more than 120 million albums over his four decade-plus career. Although many acts that started in the 1960s or ’70s still sell out arenas, most of these musicians (without…
The night before I met Jason Handelsman at the Sports Grill on the Green (the one at the Palmetto Golf Course off U.S. 1), I was pacing in my bathroom and brushing my teeth when, out of nowhere, I felt like Jason and I were communicating somehow — both of…
Rob Elba and Brian Franklin have gathered a large and notable cast of local musicians turned actors to perform their rock show Hearing Damage: The Rat Opera. The band — which also includes Russell Mofsky, Andre Serafini, and William Trev — started warming up with some Led Zeppelin last Wednesday…
Times are tough friends, and freelancing does not pay as much as it used to. Eating ramen noodles for breakfast, lunch, and dinner gets old quick, no matter how much siracha you put on it. Because of these reasons, and the incessant need to make rent every month, this freelancer…
“It’s all kind of a blur,” Mikey Ramirez, co-owner of Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records, says of their extremely busy 2014 Record Store Day. When we arrived, the wait was about 30 minutes to even get in the door, but apparently some people stood out there for hours to get a…
There aren’t many musicians who inspire serious scholarship, but Bruce Springsteen is one of them. The New Jersey native has sold more than 120 million albums over his four-decade-plus career. Although many acts that started in the 1960s or ’70s still sell out arenas, most of these musicians (without naming…
You do not turn to adjust your set. The stations have not been renumbered. It is not a local channel you accidentally landed on playing Palm Beach rapper Eric Biddines’s new video. You are in fact watching MTV Jams which has put Biddines’s “Railroads Down/Unfinished” in heavy rotation. The song,…
This weekend, we decided to search for some inner peace at YogaFest in Huizenga Park, Fort Lauderdale. We want to say we weren’t inspired by overconsumption of weed brownies or Easter candy, but, then we’d be lying. Too much THC and sugar will naturally send you into the downward facing…
On Thursday, Coachella attendee Kimchi Truong died after an apparent overdose. It’s believed to be the first death tied to the giant annual festival since 2008 — though the actual number is hard to ascertain, since the Riverside County Coroner’s Office says it does not track them. But as always…
We first met Miami native Alex Segura when reviewing his band the Faulkner Detectives’s EP (Livid Records) The Modern Handshake back in 2012. Since then, his career in journalism and comics publishing has kept him bouncing between South Florida and New York City. His most recent, nonmusical musical endeavor: He…
In just a few weeks, the folks of Exxxotica, their sticky luggage in tow, will head to Fort Lauderdale’s Broward County Convention Center for three days of dildos, sexual puns, and, presumably, a few awkward social and physical situations. Most important, this adult entertainment gathering, starting May 2, will present…
Medical marijuana may not be legal in Florida just yet, but that doesn’t mean pot enthusiasts everywhere won’t smoke their brains out on 4/20. So in celebration of National Smoke-Out Day, we’ve provided you with some of the best herb parties going down in BroCo and Palm Beach. Now go…
At the beginning of Record Store Day, there was Metallica. James Hetfield and the boys performed in 2008 at San Francisco’s Rasputin Music. It was on that day that the third Saturday in April became somewhat sacred. Given that record stores are like temples for the musically obsessed, the event…
5. Imbibe at Stache Happy Hour Stache 5 p.m. Friday, April 18, Bar Stache 1920’s Drinking Den, 109 SW Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Visit Facebook. $10 donation. Stache is giving you the opportunity to participate in drunken revelry with your coworkers and to become a better person with tonight’s Imbibe,…
An American original on both sides of the lens, Miami’s own Bunny Yeager mixes it up tomorrow among the swells of Palm Beach. How high the risqué have risen! The ’50s pin-up girl, who went on to a long career as a photographer, is in town for an exhibition of…
Zombies are all over the place these days and they don’t seem to be going anywhere. From Walking Dead to zombie runs to the face-eating bath salts guy a couple years back, the undead are popping up all over the place — some studies say the obsession is a cultural…
I was taught good guys wear only white. So after the stage lights came on and Tech N9ne stood in front of a packed Culture Room clad in a white gas-station-attendant shirt, matching pants, and a star-shaped mask pasted onto his face, revealing only his eyes, mouth, and the considerable…
It’s safe to say that the Used is doing better than it ever has before. Currently, it’s co-headlining a U.S. and Canada tour with Taking Back Sunday, and shows are pretty much all sold out. If this success wasn’t enough, the band has hit number one on the Billboard Independent…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week, different avenues back to the future. Music is a transcendent thing, and the process of experiencing it can take both artist and audience into realms where past and present…
For a man who started his career doing session work in the shadows, most notably on Lauryn Hill’s “Everything Is Everything,” Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name,” and a gaggle of Kanye West confections, you would think Ohio’s John Stephens would have picked a more humble stage name than…
With the advent of the internet and the ushering in of the digital era, the concept of a local record store may seem outdated. But you know what’s missing from those torrent files and streaming sites? A human touch, a hub for the musical community to convene with others who…
Kat Lane is Miami to her core. Her songs — like “Miami in the Summer” — have the irreverence and stickiness of a South Beach summer night. Lane got her start as a dancer when she was about 4 years old. That, and her parents’ passion for music, is how…
