Totally contradicting Western civilization’s standard calendar, New Year’s Eve now lasts a lot longer than just one night. Especially on Miami Beach. Predictably, this totally irresponsible, extralong, end-of-year celebration will begin with Max Vangeli and AN21’s pre-2012 bash at the Fontainebleau’s glossiest nightclub, LIV. But not-so-predictably, your general-admission ticket’s only…
Four-piece Highlonesome originally formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but an obsession with vintage Americana drove the band to real mountain territory: Tennessee. Now based in Murfreesboro, the group, led by frontman and songwriter Noah T., specializes in pure crying-into-beer fare. Think lots of mournful crooning paired with banjo and the occasional…
Dance music sucks. House music rules. Just ask British rave legend and Viva Music label boss Steve Lawler. “Dance music is not the same as house music,” Lawler told New Times in October. “Yes, it makes you dance — we all know that! But what I have seen happen in…
Palm Beach County is of late awash in acts that marry roots music styles with contemporary ones, usually punk. But if you listen closely to the Killbillies, from West Palm Beach, you’ll notice a different kind of twang — a British one! The duo is a marriage of sensibilities from…
Oh sweet, sweet nostalgia. We came, we rocked, and we took a hell of a lot of photos. 2011 was a year chalk full of awesome concerts and you bet your ass New Times was there to cover them. So instead of fiddling through our archives looking for your favorite…
We recently announced County Grind and Fort Lauderdale’s Green Room are teaming up for the first of what we hope to be a regular series of live music events. The first one comes on Saturday, January 14. We are beyond excited that the inaugural event is headlined by Miami’s synth-pop…
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Honey Train. When I first saw Honey Train live, I felt like I was in a time warp. Self-proclaimed purveyors…
County Grind is counting down the best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.Lil’ Daggers’ self-titled debut LP is a varied collection of post-punk, folk and psychedelia that never feel less than completely entwined.When the music is fast and energetic, the emotions are downtrodden. Behind every driving drumbeat…
Bessie Regina Norris, better known to the world as Betty Wright, is a South Florida home girl, one who’s gone from our local environs to international stardom. Born on December 21, 1953, she first started singing at the age of two, joining her siblings in a gospel group called the…
Event producer and DJ Gary Richards is in the throes of a busy time. He was sought out by Trent Reznor to put on a string of events across the world to celebrate his latest film composition project, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and he his the mastermind behind…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions and observations about the local scene. This week: A new book shares photos of an earlier era. There’s nothing like old photos to rekindle dormant memories, and for those familiar with South Florida’s vibrant concert scene back in the…
County Grind is counting down 2011’s best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.Knowing SoFla quartet Young Circles’ back story might make listeners suspect. All the name changes (Stonefox/Blond Fuzz), shifts in personnel, and sonic adjustments could suggest that founding members Jordy Asher and Jeff Rose might just…
Nicki Minaj has always had a knack for the classroom flow — at least according to Better Education Place, who named her Teacher of the Year — but this lesson is best left for her regular sparring partner Lil’ Kim. It comes in the form of “Stupid Hoe,” a new…
Although he built his later success on the foundation of the Alan Parsons Project, Alan Parsons had a rewarding professional career well before he turned his attention to the ambitious ensemble that would later bear his name. In 1967, at the age of 18, he was hired as an assistant…
County Grind is counting down 2011’s best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.Writing and singing about the sun could easily turn corny, but on Beach Season, Boca’s Mike Mineo avoids falling into this by never trying to use the sun as a poetic device, or means to…
For some, paying $300 to see New Order perform at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival 2012 in March isn’t a big deal. Even if it means forgoing some important repair work on a vehicle, or eating cat food for several weeks, or using electrical tape as eyeshadow — experiencing this legendary…
John RalstonWith Voodoo RemnantsHarold’s Coffee ShopSunday, November 18, 2011Better than: Not helping a good cause.It’s just another Sunday afternoon at the 514 Northwood Road address just north of West Palm Beach. There’s an attractive blond singer strumming her acoustic guitar. She wears a bindi on her head and a sparkling…
The cult of Tool is a fan base in which you’re either a black-hearted, tattooed member, or you’re dust. Within the art-metal kin who follow Maynard James Keenan’s musical output, drink his wine, and chuckle at his April Fool’s Day humor, there’s a nod of recognition across the brunch tables,…
The news that the Beach Boys are reuniting for an album, tour and all the general hoopla that’s certain to accompany their 50th anniversary festivities set to start in earnest next year, rings with a certain irony. Not to mention, plenty of marketing manipulation. Anyone who caught Brian Wilson, the…
On Thursday, Mickie Centrone attended the Las Olas Art Walk in Fort Lauderdale. A lot happens on the ritzy one-mile stretch of land referred to as South Florida’s Rodeo Drive : People wine, they dine, they shop at Tommy Bahama and eat at the Cheesecake Factory. It’s Las Olas Bouelvard — the…
As an official South Florida welcome to New Times contributor and Brickell transplant Jesse Serwer — who recently dug up Blowfly/Clarence Reid’s best tracks for us — here’s a heavy nudge to check out his “The 50 Best Miami Rap Songs” list at Complex.com.The usual suspects like Trina, DJ Khaled,…
There’s no mistaking William Frederick — better known as “Billy” — Gibbons as one of two densely bearded front men in that Little Ole’ Band from Texas, ZZ Top, a distinction he shars with bassist Dusty Hill. Never mind that beardless drummer Frank Beard has the appropriate name but lacks…
