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…
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…
Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, and Michael Rutherford formed Genesis whilst attending an English boarding school in 1966. Their only desire was to write pop songs for other rock bands. Wunderkind Jonathan King discovered them and wanted to groom them as the next Bee Gees. Early in the band’s career, Gabriel…
OK, South Florida. We’re going to ask the question you’ve all been thinking about since the lineup for SunFest was announced: Will Tupac make a SunFest appearance? Yes, we know he’s been gone from this Earth for 16 years, but if you remember, his specter was witnessed with Snoop Dogg and Dr…
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…
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…
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…
Editor’s Note: New Times writer Hans Morgenstern cautiously made his way to Revolution Live for about seven hours of complete fascination with touches of horror. What follows are the ten most shocking things he spotted at the Blood on the Dance Floor show last night. Click here for the full…
Abel Tesfaye, the 22-year-old who goes by the Weeknd, is enjoying the first flush of his Next Big Thing success. His show tomorrow at Revolution, part of his first tour, sold out within a day of its tickets’ release. Based on his buzz alone, he could easily fill a venue…
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 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…
The third-annual “Trouble With Girls” art show took over the Bubble in FAT Village last night, hosting more than 40 terribly terrific female artists and photographers and dozens of vendors. We got a chance to chat with the Bubble’s own Yvonne Colon, who was busy putting the final touches on…
Suffice it to say, Willie Nelson may well be the most prodigious musician working today, no small accomplishment for a guy turning turning 79. Born April 30, 1933, Willie continues to issue multiple albums in the space of a single year, generally for multiple labels (his accountant must go crazy!),…
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…
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…
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…
For a concert dedicated to bossa nova, a music born on the beaches of Brazil, the three musicians onstage at the Green Room last night certainly dressed the part. Bobby Lee Rodgers, the guitarist, took to the stage in a T-shirt and flip-flops. His drummer, Pete Lavezzoli, was barefoot. The bass…
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…
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…
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…
“The Crossroads” is a place where most of us find ourselves fairly regularly. They are characterized by a demand to make a decision to head down one of several divergent paths. Should we break up with so and so? Move to a new town? Abandon our current career direction? Or,…
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,…
