The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Hit SunFest in West Palm Beach

Portlandia might try and stab in the dark at getting you reminiscing about the ’90s (1890s and 1990s), but nothing gets you hopping into the old time machine like a good old fashioned set of delicious and pleasurably guilty whatever wave of ska. Well, not so much whatever wave. In…

Jazz Legend Herbie Hancock at SunFest and in My Life

Dearest readers, I have been a contributor to these pages for well over eight years now, and I’ve enjoyed a certain stylistic free range that is typically not allowed aesthetically or socially by journalistic moral standards. That said, in today’s blog post, we’ll be hailing Herbie Hancock’s upcoming SunFest appearance…

Tattooers Illustrators Art Show at 15 West

Last December, the empty venue formerly known as Automatic Slim’s was given its second face-lift along with a new namesake, 15 West. Despite its gutted and rebuilt interior, the crowd and vibe inside remained pretty comparable to that of Automatic Slim’s. So, when I heard about a tattoo artist gallery…

Foreigner: Changing Players, but Same Stash of Hits

Is there a divide between a band and its brand? Is it right to lay claim to a name and the legacy that goes with it even when there’s only one original member and the group’s roster is rebuilt from the ground up? We asked similar questions recently of the…

Boys No More: Are the Beach Boys Rebooted or Merely Rebranded?

Nobody wants to deflate expectations or deprive Beach Boys fans of reason for celebration. And yet, the announcement late last year that the band had decided to reunite seems to warrant a cautionary note. After all, two of the original key players — brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson — are…

Legends of Hip-Hop – Nova Southeastern University – April 27

Legends of Hip-HopNova Southeastern UniversityApril 27Better than: Legends of power pop The legends of hip-hop are trailblazers. They’re talented, they’re charismatic, they’re memorable, and they’re, well, kind of old. The audience at the Legends of Hip-hop tour started out spunky and dancing like they were at tha club, but by hour five,…

Blood on the Dance Floor – Revolution Live – April 29

Blood on the Dance Floorwith Brokencyde, Deuce, Polkadot Cadaver, William ControlRevolution Live April 29, 2012For the ten most shocking moments of the night, click here. Better than: Actually being Frankenstein Goth rock, what hath ye wrought? For this writer, goth died when Joy Division’s singer Ian Curtis hanged himself in his Manchester home…

Spirit Cat and Total Bummer: Bringing Florida Music to the Forefront

The Spirit Cat website-slash-movement is more than just a clickable distraction, bringing music from around Florida, mostly electronic, pop, and garage, to the web world. According to the creator of Spirit Cat, J.T. Bringardner, the sounds they post are varied, “We’re really open to anything that moves us emotionally or physically!” An…

Radio-Active Records’ Live Mix from Record Store Day 2012

As you know, we gleefully reveled in the noises, smells, and tastes of Record Store Day at Radio-Active Records. However, a multitude of Gram Parsons records weren’t the only musical things we came home with that day psyched to listen to later. Loaded up on the web a few days…

Bleubird Premieres “Dead Homes” Music Video

Local hip hop artist Bleubird has teamed up with the Berlin musician and artist, Ruben Kindermans aka “Nomad”, for the direction and creation on the “Dead Homes” music video. The visual narrative is beautifully spooky, a perfect fit for the melodic, spoken word track. The rapper spoke to New Times…

A Birthday Kiss to Ace Frehley

When you’re the founder and guitarist of a band like Kiss, and your brand is literally stamped with makeup on your face, what other peaks are left to conquer? That’s the dilemma faced by Paul Daniel – A.K.A. “Ace” Frehley. Frehley, who was born April 27, 1951, adopted the persona…

Kid ‘N Play Bring The House Party to Nova

 Editor’s Note: This is a moment of full disclosure… I have hosted a Pajama Jam Kid ‘N Play House Party themed birthday party, and I dressed as Kid using a sheet of black cardboard taped into a cylinder atop of my head. It really worked. Feel free to take my…

New Times Broward-Palm Beach Seeks Freelance Writers

How long have you dreamed of writing subversive prose for a counterculture alt weekly? Forever, right? Well, your chance has finally arrived. The ultimate local source for all things news and cultural, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, is looking for freelancers to contribute to its music and calendar sections.  Applicants should…

Collective Soul Heads to Fort Lauderdale for the Dosage Tour

Anyone with marginally decent access to media outlets in 1994 probably heard Collective Soul’s “Shine.” The video for and the guitar riff from the single — the first track off their debut album, Hints, Allegations, and Thngs Left Unsaid — are both textbook ’90s and a little grunge; the lyrics,…