Whether he’s embodying the presence of artist and musician Dave Brockie or that of Oderus Urungus — the foul-mouthed curmudgeon alien scumdog that fronts the universe’s baddest band of profane rockers, GWAR — this man can talk just about anyone under the table. When we interviewed Brockie last year, he…
Rock star has become an overused descriptor. If you down a can of Four Loko or stay out until the break of dawn, people will say you partied like a rock star. But on Saturday night, Alexis Krauss, singer of Brooklyn based band Sleigh Bells, reminded the packed crowd at…
Michael Bublé BB&T Center, Fort Lauderdale November 2, 2013 Better than: Sinatra, but of course Sinatra’s no longer with us. So consider Bublé the heir apparent. Michael Bublé clearly deserves to be called the best lounge singer of this generation. His mastery of songs, both standards and those that…
Starting this morning and running, jumping, leaping, twisting, twirling, flipping and flying through the weekend, some hundreds of devotees of the flow arts will fill Lake Worth’s waterfront park for the city’s third annual Flow Fest. A wide-ranging practice that incorporates elements of dance, acrobatics, yoga and martial arts, in…
Radiant energy, or electromagnetic energy, is a term typically used to describe radiation when it is emitted by a source and absorbed by the surrounding environment. The exchange of photons can materialize in ways that can be visible or invisible to the human eye. And ever since Michael Franti &…
The college vocal ensemble is a phenomenon both technically impressive and socially awkward. Maybe I am just being judgemental. But who better to judge than some Joe Doe Jabrone in a Yale cardigan? OK, enough with the stereotypes. Not all university vocal groups are frats crossed with barbershop quartets, and…
Four guys used to be the prototypical make-up of a rock band. Trademarked by the Beatles, followed by the Who, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, U2, and a thousand others. Lately however, there have been a new number that dominates rock and roll and and addition of the “fairer” sex. With…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week, SOSOS’s Americana indulgence. I’ve mentioned it before in this column, but I suspect I’m slowly losing the argument. “South Florida has never been a haven for genuine Americana.” We…
“Don’t come in this way yet,” said a woman closing the door to C&I Studios. “It’ll ruin the surprise.” I kind of took a step back, a bit put off. “Damn, they put a lot of work into this,” I thought. Wednesday night’s private VIP preview of Next Door, an…
Halloween has approached Christmas territory in the obnoxious early hype it receives. Does Walgreens really need to start displaying the plastic jack-o’-lanterns while it’s still September? Though a fabulous, memorable Halloween costume usually requires ample time for preparation, this is the last minute. So, here are some musical costume ideas…
Jake Miller isn’t your traditional voice in rap. He’s a white kid from Weston who got his start on GarageBand and YouTube. The guy even goes to University of Miami. But Miller hit a nerve with the bazillion folks out there who want pop hip-hop with lyrics to which they…
Better than: Literally and absolutely anything else you might have been doing. Trent Reznor shelved Nine Inch Nails in 2009 and, for a while, it appeared as though the future lacked any recorded output or live performances from the sonic heretic — at least any under the moniker with which…
The Grateful Dead. The Jefferson Airplane. Janis Joplin. Quicksilver Messenger Service. All these names are synonymous with the San Francisco music scene of the late ’60s. Yet, there’s another band that also made an indelible impression, and, at the same time, helped bridge the divide between rock and country in…
That “One Human Family” bumpersticker? The one you see around that’s inextricably linked with Key West, that speaks to that city’s eccentric, tolerant personality? It might just as well apply to Lake Worth, a similarly quirky, gay-friendly pot of many ethnicities where social/political lines — if they aren’t non-existent –…
The Florida Day of the Dead Celebration is definitely something to gawk at, but for all the right reasons. Located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, the motto for the fourth annual event is “memory for the dead, party for the living.” And quite a party it is. The Dia de los…
Sleigh Bells strike a nifty balance. The Brooklyn-based duo creates experimental cacophonies, yet somehow the music is instantly accessible. New Times caught up with Derek Miller, the band’s guitarist and producer. He explained this dichotomy: “It’s my way of reconciling all the records I love. I grew up with my…
The term “singer/songwriter” conjures images of musicians lounging in coffeehouses while strumming open chords on classically tuned acoustic guitars to overly earnest lyrics. But since leaving his band War on Drugs to go solo, Kurt Vile has consistently subverted the stereotype with experimental atmospherics. This signature sonic approach can be…
This past weekend, crafty folks from all over came to our humble corner of the U.S. They traveled to the Miami Convention Center to show off their goods to the America’s Got Talent producers at the season 9 tryouts. But it was one of our own musicians that stole the…
flickr.com/suzijaneNot me and not someone I dated, but it may as well have been[Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] I went running the other morning. I used to run all the time. I was in shape, and…
Breaking the South Florida record for most flannel shirts under one roof — long held by a K-Mart off of US1 — was not the only impressive feat that took place at Tuesday night’s John Fogerty concert. Even more remarkable was that the 68-year-old singer and guitarist could command the…
Yeah, everyone’s horny on Halloween, dressed up like slutty turnips or sexual dachshunds. But, you’re all forgetting that this is a holiday centered around fear! Thankfully, the gory Fort Laudy film night Splatter-Rama promises they “are going to eat you” on October 31. And thank the gods of zombies for…
Nothing says “Vietnam flashback” like a Creedence Clearwater Revival song. Four guys from California were able to capture the rustic South like no other band before or since. As years went on, their sound also came to epitomize the unrest of the 1960s. Filmmakers began to use CCR’s songs as…
