More on SpaceGhostPurrpPart two of this article. It seems Kubiat Nnamdie knows no creative boundaries. It’s like he’s in a persistent state of focused productivity, working in photography or sculpture, performing, writing music, or singing. The 21-year-old began both singing and photographing at age 13. He’s basically self-taught, but his…
Concert Preview for Frank Sinatra Jr.In 1988, when he was 44-years-old, Frank Sinatra Jr. was hired as the conductor and musical director of his father’s band. He describes this moment as one of the proudest of his life. But in talking about it, he remains remarkably unsentimental.”If I had not…
Andrew Bird may not have set out to redefine modern music, but his eclectic fusion of jazz, rock, ragtime, and European folk morphs into a template that defies description. With his initial contributions to the zany Squirrel Nut Zippers, continuing with his own band Bowl of Fire, and with subsequent…
See also Beach Day’s Hollywood Hot SpotsBefore shuttling photographer Christina Mendenhall and me around their beloved Hollywood, Florida, for a tour of their personal hideouts, the musical trio called Beach Day let us poke around their brains and living room. Besides the cats and dog running about, Natalie, Kimmy, and…
Unlike the majority of bands in the bustling local crusty swamp-punk movement, the boys from Coon Doggin Outlaws actually reside near a marshland. That would be their hometown, the mucky grounds of Okeechobee, Florida. The trio’s distance from South Florida proper hasn’t deterred it from the joining the ranks of…
The Dewars do 420 for County GrindAll about Surfer BloodMore on new band Wake Up Last night, while attending Lake Worth dive Propaganda’s newest indie dance night B-side, we had some good musical fortune. We not only witnessed the homecoming of twin-brother, off-kilter, psych-folk duo the Dewars (now based out of…
Our interview with Beach DayFull slideshow of Beach Day’s Day on the Hollywood TownWhile walking on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk with the band Beach Day, we all suddenly start singing Lonestar’s “Amazed” at the same time that it plays from the speakers of an ice cream shop. This says something…
Previous Tattoo TuesdaysDJ LinderSMASH’s Gothic Fashion GuidebookMichael “Pooch” Pucciarelli says he was raised “on a diet of Godzilla films, H.P. Lovecraft novels, and Walt Disney World.” This multi-instrumental musician, fine artist, tattooer, and owner of West Palm’s Altered State Tattoo is bringing what he calls a mix of “modern dark…
Interview with Robb Bank$Robb Bank$, Best Hip-Hop Artist, New Times Broward Palm BeachSpaceghostpurrp interview on Miami New TimesRobb Bank$ may be barely out of boyhood, but he has the deep and alluring voice of a man. It sucks the listener in on his new track “Like That,” a collaboration with…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week: Jennings, Keller and other members of the folk faithful. I admit that I never really think of South Florida as a harbinger of folk music. Granted, there’s an active…
Do not attempt to adjust your computer screen, iPad, tablet, Android, iPhone or whatever the hell it is you’re looking at right now. What you’re reading is correct. I am writing about Jessica Simpson.This is one of the few public admissions of how low and beyond self-respect I will go…
Photos: DMX at Revolution Live.DMXFeaturing Quest, Alligator City, and RabbitRevolution Live, Fort LauderdaleFriday, July 6Better than: An episode of Celebrity Couples Therapy.”DMX! DMX! DMX,” a more than patient crowd of fans chanted. After the opening acts fell short of remembering lyrics to a certain rap classic “Sabotage” and female rapper…
News sources have been reporting on Cro-Mags founder and bassist, Harley Flanagan, going on an inspired stabbing and biting melee in the VIP area of the Webster Hall during the CBGB Festival this past July 6. The 42-year old punk rocker, MMA enthusiast, and Krishna follower supposedly gained access to…
County Grind’s eulogy for Adam Yauch”I quite vividly remember when Licensed to Ill came out,” relates organizer of the Homage to the Beastie Boys at Cinema Paradiso Mark Pollack. “I was nine and got the cassette from Camelot Music in Coral Square Mall. I toted that thing everywhere in my…
When the weather in South Florida starts to heat up, we locals get the hell out and go places, far away, very foreign places like Alaska. Recently when heading up on such a trip to Kentucky to visit Southern relatives, word came to us that a musical act from the…
Although he declines to give many interviews and claims his personal life isn’t nearly as important as his music, Jack White’s stature grew since launching the White Stripes, an unlikely duo with ex-wife Meg White. Even then, his ego was obviously significant, given the fact that Meg’s dubious drumming skills…
White Ringwith DeathfaceGreen Room, Fort LauderdaleJuly 6, 2012Better than: Waiting for DMX to show up next door at RevolutionBrooklyn based “witch house” duo White Ring brought their crucible of darkness to Fort Lauderdale’s Green Room on Friday night. The group’s sound is one of effected and distant sounding vocals layered…
Let’s be honest here because we can.We can because we are not bitter exes who’ve made fuck-fuck on each other with others and because within these digital pages, we truly care about feelings and frail psyches. Honestly, who here did not think way back in 1999 when the self-titled, debut…
There’s been a lot of ink about Ringo Starr in the last week or so, spurred on by yet another return engagement of Mr. Starkey’s All Starr Band. The opinions shared in these digital pages have been split. My colleague Rich Abdill recently gave the ex-Beatle some love relative to…
South Florida up-and-comers Soulnar are more than just an awesome name and a funky groove. This jam band complements its big talent with stellar improvisational skills and the members are looking to dominate the local festival scene.The band formed around lead guitarist and singer Chance Barnett and his wife, Heather,…
Last month, we introduced you to Subculture, a company of community organizers and music enthusiasts led by Phillip Roffman. In our interview with Roffman, he expressed a desire to band together likeminded locals from various artistic scenes, and mount cross-disciplinary events. Now, the first of these is coming. Mark your…
The ’90s were a fertile time for the cross-breeding of ska, reggae, and rock. Two of the biggest acts in this new hybrid scene were, of course, Sublime and 311. The former lost its lead singer to a heroin overdose, but now continues on with a new singer in the…
