Kiss Kruise Day 4Carnival DestinySunday, October 16, 2011View all of our Kiss Kruise coverage here.Unlike the previous days of KISS Kruise, this one was confined to the Carnival Destiny. Thus, we got to really rub elbows with the rest of the passengers during a day filled with many activities that…
Today we celebrate the birth of one of the most significant American-born rock ‘n’ roll artists of all time, Tom Petty. The term artist gets attached to musicians in the same way that you’re forced to call a burger from McDonald’s “food.” However, Tom Petty has demonstrated over the course…
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (Original Lineup)Culture Room, Fort LauderdaleWednesday, October 19, 2011 Better Than: Bela Fleck & the Flecktones with Jeff Coffin on saxophone. Hot off their chart-topping new album, Rocket Science, with the original Flecktones lineup of Victor Wooten (bass), Roy “Future Man” Wooten (drumitar, percussion), and Howard Levy (piano,…
Gainesville roots-rock band Sister Hazel has been pegged to provide musical refreshment during the 14th-annual New Times Beerfest on Saturday, November 12. RSVP here. The all-you-can-drink event will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park and should be the go-to spot for all lovers of…
Alt-country singer, songwriter, and all around musical maven Lucinda Williams comes from a long line of wordsmiths. Her grandfather was a Methodist minister and her father, poet Miller Williams, read at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. She still turns to him for songwriting advice. Williams is a prolific and inspired singer with both…
Since Dream Theater began more than two-and-a-half decades ago, the New York group has done more than possibly any other act to push the development of progressive metal. In a genre that requires flawless technical execution, frontman John Petrucci and company stand head and shoulders above a crowded field of…
With a birth date some 30 years ago and no breaks, the Toasters can definitely stake a claim as the longest-running American ska band, full stop. British expat Rob “Bucket” Hingley started the band in New York during the same period as the English two-tone ska revival in the late…
Livid Records’ roots in the South Florida punk and rock scenes run deep. Label head Chuck Livid wrote zines and played in area bands from his early teens. So when he started his label out of Palm Beach County five years ago, he brought a similarly DIY approach to his…
Illustration by Tristan Elwell As hard rock blasted through Carnival Cruise Line’s huge atrium in the Port of Miami boarding terminal the afternoon of October 13, nearly 2,000 Kiss fans embarked on a weekend in their musical and geographical paradise. Women with pink hair wearing pink cardigans to match, men…
Just in time for the onset of fall, the Heavy Pets offer up a set of cool, acoustic music on their third studio album Swim Out Past the Sun, which they’ll be celebrating the release of this Saturday at the Stage in Miami.The album’s release is reminiscent in feel to…
KISS KruiseThe Palladium Lounge, Carnival DestinySaturday, October 15, 2011View all of our coverage here, and check out a Kiss live slideshow here. When a person says “P.S., I Love You” on the Kiss Kruise, it’s more than likely referring to the group’s singer, Paul Stanley. Without devoting several paragraphs to the…
Dolly Parton “Better Day Tour”Hard Rock Live, Hollywood Tuesday, October 18, 2011Better than: Any other horny hillbilly. Dolly Parton will now be remembered as the most charming, talented, and adorable diva that ever came this far south after last night’s show at the Hard Rock. The lovely “Queen of Country” brought…
Photographer Ian Witlen stayed extremely busy over the course of the four-day Kiss Kruise this past weekend. We brought you an initial set of pictures yesterday, and now here’s a bunch featuring some great photos strictly from Kiss’ three performances — one unmasked and two in full makeup…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Local music champ Chrystal Hartigan embraces South Florida… again! It’s fair to say that no one’s championed the South Florida music scene with more enthusiasm than Chrystal Hartigan. For the past…
Known sports fanatic and “leader” of the now stitched-together Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan has recently undertaken a new endeavor unrelated to music. No, it isn’t another clothing line endorsement, but it might be just as good. Corgan has launched a new professional wrestling league labeled “Resistance Pro” (complete with an…
Well, after much talk on this here blog, Surfer Blood’s Tarot Classics is up for public perusal. It’s a slickly produced collection that begins in the straightforward indie rock territory where the band began, and wraps up where the guys could be heading in the future (during their current studio…
[jump] This story, and the continuing coverage that we’ll be putting up throughout the week, would not be possible without the support of Sixthman, who put on the cruise.One thing that didn’t make it into the story worth mentioning was my impromptu interview with Kiss lead singer Paul Stanley. Fortunately, our…
Some thieving thieves made off with an entire drum set Sunday evening in Lake Worth. The kit belongs to Hollywood Lovescene’s Carlos “Chops” Rodriguez, and he’s like it back before it disappears into some pawn purgatory.Rodriguez’s gear was stolen right out of his vehicle parked in his driveway. Consider this…
The weekend was a rainy one, but when the clock struck nine o’clock on Sunday night, the clouds disappeared for the glitzy rainbow exploding from inside the Manor. For the last ten weeks over a dozen women and men have been participating in a free gender impersonation workshop given by…
The madness of the Kiss Kruise’s maiden voyage, which took place October 13-17 aboard the Carnival Destiny, is still ringing in our ears, and the salty air is still in our nostrils. And, thanks to the hard work of photographer Ian Witlen — and the support of Sixthman — there…
Fans of the Rolling Stones have been listening to one of the many bootlegs derived from this show for years, but tonight, the original audiotapes and 16mm footage of the concert have been remastered and will be displayed on the big screen for the first time.The Rolling Stones: Some Girls…
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones are back. The prog-jazz maestros never really left — 2008’s Christmas-themed Jingle All the Way won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album — but they haven’t seemed quite this loose or vibrant in years. The group’s spring album Rocket Science is a seductive hybrid…
