Ed Roland’s dedication to music has been the sole driving force behind Collective Soul’s continued relevance in the music industry. Formed in the early ’90s as an outlet for work that he had created during his years as a sound engineer in his native Georgia, Collective Soul’s first product, Hints…
Fort Lauderdale bar owners this week were shocked to receive notice that the city will consider a measure Tuesday on whether or not to scale back late-night drinking in the city. Some owners of nightlife establishments were given a letter dated September 23 from city manager Lee Feldman explaining that…
Kraftwerk’s 3-D Tour After a three-year South Florida hiatus, Kraftwerk is back. And for its homecoming, the pioneering electronic music collective — which, as pointed out in a recent New Times article, paved the way for Miami bass, the Magic City’s signature sound — is bringing a 3D spectacle (and…
After selling out both days at last year’s event, beloved Fort Lauderdale country music meet-up Tortuga Music Festival has just announced it will expand to a third day in 2016, taking over the sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach Park from Friday, April 15 to Sunday, April 17. Country everyman Blake…
South Florida isn’t exactly a hotbed for indie folk. Whether it’s the heat, the humidity, or the swarming mosquitoes, our musical tastes don’t typically veer toward the introspective. Most acts that make their way down here are of the head-banging or booty-shaking varieties, but last night under a nearly full…
Mick Swigert, frontman and lead singer or Lake Worth’s Spred The Dub, has always had dogs. He inherited his adoration for our four-legged companions from his mother, Jacqueline Batcha. So when their beloved dogs, Etta and Nesta, passed away within weeks of one another earlier this year, Batcha and her…
When you listen to a Brad Paisley song, you’re listening to more than just a song. You’re listening to a story. A rare contemporary country singers who stays true to country roots and the old sound, Paisley uses a combination of his slight southern twang and modern-day trending topics to…
“Dude! What kind of a grown man acts that way in public?!” It was hardly the kind of commentary you’d expect mid-way through Saturday night’s Anthrax set, during their double-bill with U.K. proto-thrash gods Motörhead at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre. But, there was Pete, my suburban metalhead and dreadlocked friend of a…
So what if some old farmers wrote an “almanac” that’s deemed summer officially over, and walking into your local grocery from now until Thanksgiving means being accosted by the overwhelming aroma of a thousand cinnamon broomsticks? If you’re a denialist like me, you’ve likely spent a good chunk of time…
No other band has unified fans of aggressive music the way Motörhead has for the past 40 years. Such is the power of Motörhead’s legend that the band’s name itself has become a word rarely just uttered, but more often screamed as a battle cry that carries with it the…
5. Eclectic Overdrive Presents: “End of the World” Party 5 p.m. Friday, September 25 at Jump the Shark -formerly The Bubble. 810 NE 4th Ave, Fort Lauderdale. $5 cover. Visit Facebook for set times. According to Jump the Shark in Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler Village, it’s the end of the world —…
I, for one, am psyched to check out Disclosure’s new album, Caracal, when it drops this Friday. The U.K. pop-house duo are one of my favorite acts in dance music, and one of few still making full albums in a world of singles. So when their latest track, “Omen,” debuted…
Miami bass, the Magic City’s signature sound, owes a lot to a couple of robots from Düsseldorf. Kraftwerk’s influence on dance music cannot be understated. And more than 30 years later, tracks such as “It’s More Fun to Compute” and “Trans-Europe Express” are still DJ favorites to cut and sample…
Despite being one of the highest-profile members of heavy metal’s elite (thanks in no small part to his perennial hosting appearances on just about every show VH1 that has ever aired), Anthrax co-founder and figurehead Scott Ian wants you to know he is not the “mayor of heavy metal.” The…
There’s a one-armed guitar player strumming away at a dive bar in Pompano Beach. Ordinarily, this would turn heads, but the few patrons in attendance on a Tuesday night seem more interested in their beer. Also, this is Pompano Beach, where something odd basically happens every second of every day…
People love their dogs. In fact, in Florida, we love our dogs so much that abuse of man’s best friend can land someone in jail for anywhere from 60 days to five years. Our pups also have a concrete effect on our health, providing companionship, yes, but also helping to…
If you’re the kind of person who believes in reincarnation, it would be reasonable to assume that when Nick Drake left this mortal plane in 1974, his soul — or at least his soulful voice — landed in Sweden in 1978 to a newborn of Argentine heritage named José González…
Back in 2013, perennial indie rock gods Arcade Fire caused a stir in Miami when they descended upon a couple of mid-sized venues in downtown and Little Haiti as the mysterious masked band The Reflektors. The impromptu shows, which sold out in minutes, came as part of a handful of…
In a recent interview with CBS, Idol said he is “soberish” these days, at the age of 58. He smokes pot and drinks occasionally — a far cry from his crazy touring days in the ’80s, fueled by sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. Over 20 years later, he’s still…
Icona Pop Icona Pop fans may be “the fucking realest,” but that’s just because Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt are a pair of total badasses. “We are feminists and I think every good person on this earth should be,” Jawo told our sister paper, the Miami New Times back in 2013…
Unashamed is the name of rapper Lecrae’s autobiography, out next May, in which he promises to go into vivid detail about the childhood abuse he suffered, his struggles with drugs and alcoholism, and an attempt at suicide. It will also undoubtedly elaborate on how he came out of the other…
A common complaint from young rappers hustling to make it is that record labels tend to suck artists dry of their creativity, their sound, replacing it instead with a cold formula they believe will yield numbers. Palm Beach rapper wifisfuneral, who recently earned some praise from Earl Sweatshirt, has brilliantly…
