Ten Things We Saw at Fiona Apple’s Miami Beach Concert

A friend likes to call the genre that Fiona Apple falls under “crying vagina” music. Though an accurate description, have to say, there weren’t an overwhelming number crying vaginas last night at the Fillmore on Miami Beach. Maybe because it’s Miami Beach and everyone’s tanned and worked out. Who knows?!…

Tedeschi Trucks Band to Headline Sunshine Blues Festival in Boca Raton

We’re kinda hopping no one’ll be singing the Florida blues again on January 19th this year due to any kinks in our state’s electoral process. Instead, we’re crossing our fingers that the only blues heard around here will be those coming from the instruments and mouths of Jacksonville’s Tedeschi Trucks…

Joe Cocker and Dave Mason – Hard Rock Live, Hollywood – September 28

Joe Cocker and Dave Mason
Seminole Hard Rock Live Hollywood
Friday, September 28 Better than: Presumably, either artist on his own  It would appear to be a winning combination. Two seminal British artists of the late ’60s, two instantly identifiable voices, one great song they share in common. That was the set-up for what…

Adam Ant – Seminole Casino Coconut Creek – September 28

Better than: The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. A pair of drum kits onstage indicate either, A: a Grateful Dead catastrophe about to occur or B: a pair of drummers ready to overtake all other sounds by performing like one. More on that later in a sec. See also:- Adam Ant, an…

Lady Gaga Is Today’s Ani DiFranco; Here’s Why

About a year ago, I reviewed Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball show at American Airlines Arena. She spoke endlessly and earnestly with the audience, offering them a slew of unwarranted but well-received bits of advice. Though not the aesthetic, the activity and energy reminded me of an Ani DiFranco concert circa…

Ask a Failed Musician: Success Is Influence

Black Flag: Very influential, not always critically praised.Welcome to Ask a Failed Musician, in which I will help struggling musicians make sense of their careers and even offer some advice. Whether it will work, who knows? It obviously didn’t work for me. But then again, I was on Kimmel once,…

Florence + the Machine – BB&T Center, Sunrise – September 26

Florence and the Machine with the Maccabees BB&T Center, SunriseSeptember 26, 2012Better than: Casting spells in a graveyard. “Turn to everyone around you. Kiss them. Hug them. Shake their hands. Get to know them. Make friends. Now you don’t have to be shy with them,” Florence Welch said halfway through…

Sober Observations of People All Drunk and Stupid at the Club

Some of the saddest and most depressing moments you’ll ever have in your life will be when you’re drunk or high at a club — but you won’t realize it, because you’re drunk and high at a club. Naturally, a complete loss of inhibition causes you to do the dumbest…

Adam Ant at Seminole Coconut Creek Casino on September 28

When British new-wave sensation Adam Ant last toured the U.S., Tupac and Biggie Smalls were still alive. Bill Clinton was in his first term as president. A lot has changed since that time. Ant, however, says his first U.S. tour in nearly two decades is familiar territory. “It’s starting where…