It’s hard to believe, but it’s already been a decade since She Wants Revenge released its self-titled debut album. The Southern California duo, with their 21st century Joy Division post-punk sound, were a constant presence on indie radio in 2006. They toured with their dance rock forefathers Depeche Mode and…
Two of indie pop’s brightest young bands, The Griswolds out of Sydney, Australia, and Boston’s Magic Man, teamed up for a double headliner of a show at the Culture Room last night and although they’re friends and touring mates, if it had been a battle of the bands, there was…
Editor’s note: Read part one of this story here: I Sat Next to the Most Heartbroken Man at Bruce Springsteen’s Concert. I think about Warren more than anyone I’ve ever interviewed, and that’s a list that includes a wide spectrum of people ranging from DJ Khaled to a 60-year-old porn star…
Christina Michelle sat at her dining room table eating cheeseless pizza at around 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday night, waiting for practice with her hardcore band, Gouge Away, to start. The next day, she and her bandmates hopped on a plane headed to Seattle where they’ll be performing this weekend at…
Fort Lauderdale is home to one of the largest and most established fetish outfitters in the world — Fetish Factory — and this Memorial Day weekend, the company is celebrating 21 years of kink. The Fetish Factory (FF) will host eight official parties across different venues starting Thursday and finishing…
Eleven years ago, girls wore studded belts and tastefully ripped jeans, and guys wore trucker hats and Livestrong bracelets. Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance ruled the rock radio airwaves, and 2005 wouldn’t have been complete without “scene kids” wearing black hoodies and tight jeans. Despite the fashion changes…
In March, the music critics at the New York Times ran a piece titled “Why We’re Not Making Plans for Coachella and Bonnaroo.” In it, the authors raise several valid concerns and criticisms regarding the current state of American music festivals. Chief among the points discussed is the uncomfortably similar…
This weekend, the age of the radio-sponsored music festival will be reborn in Fort Lauderdale. Once the norm, this sort of fest has gone nearly extinct in our area since the deaths of events like ZetaFest. But South Florida’s latest rock channel, 104.3 the Shark, is ushering in a new…
On the way to pick up his teenage daughter from school, DJ Craze reminisces about when he was her age. At 16, he says, “I had my first DJ battle. I soaked up that early hip-hop influence of battling and being the best. I wanted to be the best DJ…
Tropical indie-pop outfit the Griswolds takes its name from the fictional family in the Chevy Chase-starring National Lampoon’s Vacation series. Just like its onscreen comedic counterparts, the band takes having fun very seriously. The Griswolds formed four years ago after singer/guitarist Christopher Whitehall and lead guitarist Daniel Duque-Perez met at…
Memorial Day 2016 is upon us, and beyond honoring the American soldiers who died serving our country, it’s a great opportunity to take a well-deserved break from our busy lives and relish in our hard-earned freedom. Take a load off, kick a few back, and reflect on just how awesome…
This week, South Florida is home to a number of solid shows. !!! (Chk Chk Chk) will be at Gramps in Wynwood on Wednesday and Urban Beach Week kicks off the day after. For those willing to leave Miami and head a little north, The Griswolds and Magic Man are…
Launched in August of 2015, The Shark broadcasts throughout Miami, Broward, and parts of Palm Beach County. 104.3 The Shark’s program director John O’Connell spoke to us about the vision the new station has for the future of radio — sponsored live music in South Florida — and it’s a…
On Tuesday, we published a piece titled “Five Things Missing from Fort Lauderdale’s Nightlife Scene,” in which I outlined a few ideas I had for improving our city’s already pretty great music and nightlife offerings. Across social media, the response was great! Comments and emails streamed in, showing off the…
Summer isn’t quite here, but torrential afternoon storms already are. The past couple of weeks have been a prime illustration of that. On the bright side, summer also brings us good vibes in the form of super rad concerts and festivals. Out of the gloom of the rain, STRFKR gave…
South Florida doesn’t have the greatest reputation for preserving what modest musical history we have cultivated in these swampy nether regions. Time and again, landmark venues are bulldozed to make way for the next half-baked development project. Seminal nightclubs shutter their doors, and mythologized memories of more glorious days all…
Bruce Hornsby has won a handful of Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist in 1987 and Best Bluegrass Album in 1990, worked with everyone from Bob Dylan and Elton John to Stevie Nicks and Eric Clapton, and played over 100 shows with Grateful Dead until Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995…
It’s only Wednesday, but you’re already counting down the hours until the weekend. You’ve set all the necessary appointments: hair, nails, wax. Yes, you’ll be looking fresh as hell with all your girls come Friday night happy hour, but we all know what you’ve got lined up for later. Although…
Though the electro-pop trio Pompeya hail from Russia, they’re about to make Florida their home for much of the month of May, with half a dozen shows scheduled up and down the Sunshine State. According to Pompeya’s singer and guitarist Daniil Brod, though, there’s not a huge difference musically between Miami…
As III Points prepares to dive headfirst into its fourth year, it’s hard not to be impressed with the local festival’s progress. In its short existence, III Points has become the most exciting musical event in Florida, merging local and national talent with technology and art to create three days…
Fort Lauderdale isn’t like the rest of South Florida. It’s not Miami, whose robust art scene and dynamic, multicultural music communities are rivaled only by its flashy vanity and cocaine cliches. It’s not Palm Beach, where quaint, young, suburban families sprawl out from a core of Old Florida wealth all…
As he drives through the Southwest during our phone call, Dick Dale is not pleased with my first question. “Have you done any research at all on me?” he says. Of course I know all about the king of surf guitar, whose fast scales captured the Zeitgeist of the beach…
