Jubano Jazz Offers a “Third Stream of Musical Consciousness”

Rodney King once asked: Can’t we all just get along? Here in South Florida, we found one instance of this ideal scenario. Latin music and that of the Ashkenazi have joined sonic forces in Jubano jazz, a blend of Eastern European klezmer music and Latin jazz. Working the soulful strains…

Ed Kowalczyk’s I Alone Acoustic Comes to Culture Room

Twenty years ago, the York, Pennsylvania, four-piece Live, which formed for a middle school talent show, was one of the biggest rock bands in the world. The group sold out stadiums and performed the massive Woodstock anniversary concerts in ’94 and ’99 on the strength of the album Throwing Copper…

Ten Wildest Spring Break Bars in Fort Lauderdale

Congratulations! You’ve been working your asses off for what seems like an eternity, and now you’ve made it to the best week of them all: spring break. It’s a truly magical time! You can skip town and transform yourself into that person who slugs down shots like a champ, works…

SunFest 2014 Lineup: Kid Rock, Robin Thicke, J. Cole, Austin Mahone

Every year around this time, we spend hours staring at the computer, hitting refresh, waiting for the lineup for downtown West Palm Beach’s most massive music festival to hit the web. And finally, this morning, SunFest announced the schedule for the acts that’ll be performing seaside at the 32nd-annual blowout…

Sunny Devilles Make Hip-Hop Influenced by Bob Dylan

How do you hip-hop? If you are Tanner Kauffman and James Bauer, you experiment. Together they make up the Sunny DeVilles, the Boca-based hip-hop act who’s spanking new album In Search Of… is just the beginning of their journey. The record is laced with heavy lyrics and saxophone grooves, quite…

Justin Timberlake’s Top Five Collaborations

It’s hard to imagine a world without Justin Timberlake. No lovably awkward Mickey Mouse Club duets, no bleached-blond curls or coordinating denim outfits, zero hours spent in front of the mirror trying to learn the choreography from the “Bye Bye Bye” video, definitely no “Cry Me a River” (the greatest…

Death Jam Posse and Laser Wolf Records Release Death Wolf on Vinyl

“Our mission is to resurrect the bass gods and have coochies popping worldwide,” Da $wap $hop Kid says of his new project, Death Jam Posse. Three dudes you might recognize as Bleubird, Jabrjaw, and Protoman have taken on entirely new personas: Young Lauderdale, Mr. Belvedere, and Da $wap $hop Kid…

Demi Lovato Live at BB&T Center: “I’ve Been Through a Lot”

Demi Lovato BB&T Center February 25 Better than: Watching Camp Rock? On the surface of things, Demi Lovato’s story is predictable, something we’ve heard before. Former Disney Channel darling ditches the script and becomes a badass bitch or whatever, something à la Miley. But digging back to her beginnings as…

Tate’s Comics Is Expanding Its Original Location

Tate’s Comics, the original Lauderhill massive headquarters for all things comic-book-related, is currently growing even more enormous. Walls have been struck to expand the location by 3,400 square feet, making it bigger than Giant Man, The Blob, and possibly Godzilla at more than 10,000 square feet. Tate Ottati, the store’s…

Five Ways to Score With a Hot Spring Breaker

Though South Florida has the hottest natives anyplace outside of Brazil, sometimes the sexy pot can feel a bit lacking for locals. You end up making out with the same old rotation of regulars every other week (or every night of the week, if you’re newly divorced or still in…

Justin Timberlake’s Top Five Collaborations

It’s hard to imagine a world without Justin Timberlake. No lovably awkward Mickey Mouse Club duets, no bleached-blond curls or coordinating denim outfits, zero hours spent in front of the mirror trying to learn the choreography from the “Bye Bye Bye” video, definitely no “Cry Me a River” (the greatest…

13 Acts That Rocked the Sail Across the Sun Music Cruise

Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week, a shipload of fun. I’m a big fan of music cruises. For me, they are ideal entertainment. You get a bunch of great bands onboard, all the food you…

Too Future’s Anniversary Party Honors the Bass

One year ago, we parked our car along a side street off Himmarshee in downtown Fort Lauderdale and followed the sound. It led us to Original Fat Cat’s where, on a cool Monday night, deep, slow-wobbling vibrations oozed like molasses over an otherwise motionless city block. By midnight, the dark…

Art Garfunkel – Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale – February 21

Art Garfunkel Amaturo Theater, Broward Center for the Performing Arts February 21, 2014 Better than: Simon and Garfunkel? Predictably no. Art Garfunkel in his prime? Again, no. Art Garfunkel, three years prior when he was robbed of his voice? Decidedly yes. Three years ago, a mysterious malady robbed Art Garfunkel…