It’s not every day you read about an artist soliciting her fans for secrets. But when folks found out that Nashville songstress Shelly Fraley wanted to use their deepest, darkest as fodder for lyrics, they complied. About seventy of Fraley’s listeners submitted their secrets, and with them, she created her newest…
Yup, big-mouth Kanye couldn’t stop his yapping-trap from telling an Atlantic City crowd — and thus the entire universe — that Kim Kardashian, his “baby mama,” is preggers. West called out his Kardashian as such last night, surprising even her. At only 12-weeks knocked up, they’d apparently planned to not tell…
For the past few weeks, every music website under the sun has dutiful churned out their “Best Songs of 2012” lists, but who has time to read them all? Besides, many publications’ staffs suffer from that dreaded hive mind and a specific focus. So we decided to go all slapdash…
Better Than: Jock Jams: Volume 5.It has been said that a jack-of-all-trades is a master of none. However, while someone like Dave Grohl feeds his children by disproving the aforementioned statement, Kid Rock has managed to spin a career out of what boils down to on-stage vivisections of the term.Last…
Since we landed ashore at the end of the maiden voyage of Holy Ship!! last January, I’ve been wondering: What’ll happen in 2013? Will I meet the dude from Korn again? Will I get stuck on a ship with Riff Raff? Will the Mad Decent crew be giving Skrillex haircuts to…
Blondie2012 certainly brought a bevy of class gigs to the tri-county area, but upon reflection, the ones that stood out the most did so for reasons like honesty, longevity, and nostalgia. Not that nostalgia is necessarily a bad thing, but it would be downright criminal to pass up a pair…
Well, while the rest of us grudgingly slink back to our cubicles, several thousand luckier music fanatics embark from Fort Lauderdale on the six-day concert bender known as Jam Cruise. The yearly cruise to a different exotic location features the best touring acts in the jam, funk, and bluegrass scene, all…
Folks, it’s officially a wrap. We’re just hours away from saying goodbye to 2012 and welcoming 2013 in with open arms. And as the nightlife editor, I would like to take you on a little trip down memory lane to visit some of my favorite events of the year. While…
The thing about hitting the clubs on New Year’s Eve is that it can end up being one helluva expensive night out. And while we do love VIP treatment and poppin’ bottles, we don’t want to spend the New Year paying off our party debt. See also: – South Florida…
It’s 2013. But some people (like New Times) secretly wish the year was still 1969. In private, when the shades are drawn, we bust out the dashikis and love beads, the incense and rainbow-colored hemp teepees, spark up an ol’ fashioned Acapulco Gold doobarino, and prance around without shoes, soaking…
Gladys Knight Seminole Hard Rock Live, Hollywood Friday, December 28, 2012 Better than: Wrestling at the Poorhouse afterwards. It’s all about transparency and honesty here at the Grind. For instance, why would renegade rock and roll animal Abel Folgar be given the charge to cover the elusive Empress of Soul’s…
Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, specifically, is the new throbbing groin of the gay world. It’s where all the queers around the globe rest their well coiffed heads when in our oddly shaped shape. What South Beach was in the late ’90s, Wilton Manors is in the aughts, though a little…
OK, so it wasn’t the Who of old. Keith Moon, the symbol of the band’s irreverent attitude, is long gone, and John Entwistle, the band’s stoic bass man and rhythmic anchor, succumbed a decade ago as well. Pete Townshend, balding and irascible, is clearly showing his age (even stalking off…
The water’s warm, the air’s cold, and the bass is heavy. Yup! It’s time again to pack for Holy Ship!!Ravers from all over the world are packing their glow sticks, swim trunks, and Dramamine for the second annual HARD fest in the middle of the ocean. This is nothing like the…
With 2013’s breath already warm on our necks, most music scribes are reflecting on the year past. We contemplate the good and bad bits of the year, we compile our “best of” lists, and we (sometimes subconsciously) set our new standards for the next year. See also- The Growlers, Jane Jane Pollack,…
Photo by Christine TaylorJesse SykesBy Ben Westhoff Each week in our print editions and every day on our blogs, the 13 Voice Media Group papers feature some of the best music writing in the country. That’s why we’re excited to announce the winners of our first VMG music writing awards. The honor…
If there’s anything that we at New Times know how to do, it’s party. And if there’s anything you should seek our advice on, it’s how to ring in the new year. Because, folks, let’s be real: This is the most important decision you will make all year.Selecting the perfect…
Now that we’ve outlasted the Mayan calendar, we can dare to peek ahead and see what music there is to look forward to in 2013. Obviously this is a subjective list coming from one South Floridian’s perspective, so you will have to go elsewhere to read about Justin Bieber finally playing…
SunFest, the five-day, fall-on-your-face festival, is the Christmas time, the birthday, the “my parents are out of town” of live music for downtown West Palm Beach each year. An excessively diverse lineup, a prime location right on the Intracoastal, and the ease of sneaking a water bottle full of Patrón in…
After 40 years in the biz, David Bromberg doesn’t exactly come across like a musician who’s moved in the same circles as Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jerry Garcia, Carly Simon, and Willie Nelson. But those and other superstars have availed themselves of his guitar skills. In fact, with his graying…
The things that make up a “best” concert aren’t the good things. Those you don’t remember. It’s the crazy shit; like when I fell twice in a filthy mosh pit at a Black Lips show and couldn’t get back up on my own, or when, this past spring, David Lee…
Harry Truman was president of the 48 United States of America when legendary bluesman B.B. King released his first two singles, “Miss Martha King” and “Got the Blues,” in 1949. Now fast-forward six decades and add a couple of states: Notice anything different? Not really, right? Because at 87 years old,…
