Josh Simkowitz has written fifty songs in the year and a half since he took up the moniker Chaucer. “I have a song in my head, but they usually come out as a different song than I thought they would,” the ultra-prolific Palm Beach native tells New Times. Inspiration can come…
Whether you love him or hate him — and be assured that there are folks who veer towards each extreme — no one can deny that Ted Nugent makes no apologies. To say he’s passionate about his beliefs — whether it’s in defense of the NRA, his love of hunting,…
Remember those hot summer nights in high school when everyone flocked to someone’s garage to watch the cool-kid musicians gather for a spontaneous jam fest? Well, this is going to be just like that. Except the jam band is headed by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Butch Trucks…
Last time we spoke to Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz, he told us the names in his songs actually refer to real people. Mr. Jones, Mrs. Potter, Amy, who hit the atmosphere — they’re friends and friends of friends who’ve left an impression on the artist. In a recent interview…
“You know how on Facebook you get these sponsored messages? I kept getting an ad for Ted Nugent’s show at Pompano Beach Amphitheater,” Tony Landa, bassist for Humbert, tells us. “One day after seeing it I yelled, ‘Fuck Ted Nugent!’ and then I thought: could that be a show?” Turns…
After a much-needed two-year hiatus from the madness that is Insane Clown Posse’s annual Gathering of the Juggalos festival, we’re happy to report that this year, we’re going back. L.A. Weekly is off to Thornville, Ohio for the Gathering, which runs July 20-23, and will be reporting throughout the week on…
Smoking a fat one with Wiz Khalifa or Snoop Dogg is a stoner’s dream. Though jumping into their joint rotation may still be a fantasy, you might just have a chance to catch a contact high when the two rappers roll into West Palm Beach this Wednesday. This is the…
In every screenwriting 101 class, they’ll tell you drama is easy — it’s comedy that is hard. You can multiply that adage by 69 when you’re talking about songwriting. Over the last 30 years, musicians like Beck and the Beastie Boys have dipped their songs’ toes in comedy, and comedians…
Like other urbanized bastions of creative inspiration, the South Florida landscape alternates between mind-numbingly dull and breathtakingly stunning. For as much as the monotonous stretch of suburban sprawl dominates the conception of South Florida living, people are all too quick to forget about the quiet wonders and opportunities that are…
One of South Florida’s hottest hip-hop and Latin venues isn’t even in Dade County. To the north, sandwiched between the desolate wastelands we call Weston and Miramar, an odd little joint known as Cafe Iguana Pines has been giving people a reason to commute to Pembroke Pines for years. After some pricy…
Casey Hopkins, the 26-year-old frontman of the Casey Hopkins Trio, is coming home this week for a series of shows in his native South Florida. It isn’t, however, something foreign to him. Although he’s spent the last couple of years in Brooklyn attempting to break through the rich scene in…
Visual artist Monica McGivern and musician-about-town Alexandre “Booty” Merbouti are a little like Bennifer and Brangelina. Their band, Miami art rockers Mo’ Booty, got its name when the pair decided to join forces. “Monica lived for a couple months at noise rock legend, Rat Bastard’s recording studio.” Merbouti reminisced. “She…
What is the only piece of art that makes a one-night stand sound like a romantic awakening and paints alcoholism as a spiritual journey? The summer song. A summertime anthem is the only work in the history of music with the power to replicate itself over-and-over again with no questions…
After years of changing the classic rock station whenever one of their songs came on, it wasn’t until four songs into their set at Perfect Vodka Amphitheater last night that I could fully appreciate Steely Dan. We were midway through “Hey Nineteen.” As the 10-member backing band riffed on that…
Seven months into Mutemath’s tour with the duo Twenty One Pilots, New Times caught up with Mutemath drummer Darren King following the Grammy-nominated band’s performance in front of 28,000 fans at Hershey Park Stadium on June 20. Ahead of the New Orleans-based group’s stop this weekend at BB&T Center, King…
Recognized for its surf rock appeal, West Palm Beach-based Surfer Blood boasts international acclaim, but the recent passing of bandmate Thomas Fekete has brought them back home. The former guitarist passed on May 30 after a long battle with Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. In honor of Fekete’s life,…
If the phrase “pop-punk” brings to mind youngsters with tube socks on their arms and bubblegum slack-rock issuing from punchable faces (looking at you, Tom Delonge, wherever you are), it may be time for a terminology update. The new generation of catchy scream-along rock is poignant, unreserved, and, perhaps most…
Everyone knows Marilyn Manson. He’s the Antichrist Superstar, the shock-rock showstopper, the Bible-tearing, breast-wearing weirdo who was once rumored to have had his lower ribs removed so he could S his own D. Some fans dig deeper and learn more about Brian Warner, the onetime journalism student at Broward Community…
It’s a good time to be a music fan alive and residing in South Florida. Regardless of age or preference, the music gods have bestowed upon us a ridiculous cache of ear candy throughout the week. Venerated rock legends Steely Dan and Steve Winwood bring forty years’ worth of hits…
Boca Raton brothers Emil and Dariel Liakhovetski made a splash as finalists on season nine of NBC’s America’s Got Talent (the show is currently in its eleventh season), garnering a massive following for their sizzling cello covers of classic rock anthems. Since ending their AGT stint, the boys have been making…
Taking your daughter or little sister to a Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas concert might be more bearable if you actually knew some of the words to either of the pop sensations’ songs. The two tween idols (and more recently, contentious social media headline makers) have promised a joint tour…
When it was announced last year that the Cure would grace Miami with its grim presence at Bayfront Park Amphitheatre, we were pleasantly surprised. Shortly thereafter, upon learning that Robert Smith and company’s time in our fair city had been extended to a two-night performance, we were positively shocked. The…
