Last Memorial Day, we took a chance on a relatively unknown DJ duo called Goshfather and Jinco to come play at Vibe during one of the biggest weekends of the year. Playing on the West Coast (especially L.A., where these guys are from) is quite different from playing in South…
On any given weekend you can walk into Fort Lauderdale’s Jump the Shark and expect to find a loud and bright smorgasbord of art and music. And this weekend is no different. The Shark Valley Sisters are bringing its raw, attitudinal rock to a wonderfully eclectic line-up at Jewel’s Squeaky Wheels Get…
Memorial Day weekend is rapidly approaching. So in case you didn’t see our Memorial Day party list we put out this week (or can’t afford it) we thought we’d give you some more — and cheaper — weekend options. Starting on Thursday, we have live art, crazy genres of music, and…
The long state of Florida holds nothing but inspiration for the five members of the Americana band Mylo Ranger. From their southeast home in Delray Beach to the shores of Pensacola to forgotten spots in between, the band has found fuel for their country-tinged rock sprinkled throughout this beautifully weird…
Let’s just say it: There aren’t a whole lot of black people in country music. In fact, if you do a Google image search right now for “black country music stars,” Darius Rucker pops up on the front row four times. Charley Pride shows up once. Country singer Clint Black…
Margeaux Jordan has danced as a member of the University of Florida Dazzlers, shaken her stuff onstage behind Pitbull, been signed under L.A. Reid as part of the female pop group Velvet Angels, and, yes, even she still has trouble getting a guy to take her on a proper date. …
Video by Adam Hendel It was a headline that made a nation collectively tilt its head like a confused puppy: Mama June to Appear at Florida Strip Club. What? When? How? And, most of all, why do we care? These questions remain difficult to answer, but the universe doesn’t slow…
Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us, and with that comes a number of beer-soaked beach and poolside parties to launch us into the summer months. From Fort Lauderdale Beach’s 6th Annual Great American Beach Party on Saturday, May 23, to the Salvation Memorial Day Pool Party at the W…
Already counting down the days till the start of Memorial Day Weekend … and it’s only Tuesday? Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner, but still so far away. But fear not, weekend warriors. We’re hooking you up with back-to-back live shows (and some kick ass parties) from some pretty…
“Wide Eyes”, the sunny new single released today by West Palm indie rockers, Rivers, is a sign of maturity explained singer/songwriter/guitarist Danny Brunjes. “The first EP we were throwing as many darts as we could and waited to see what hit. Our songwriting evolution has taken a stronger form.” The…
What’s love? We sing about it, write about it, and fight about it. But we hardly understand it. Ernest Hemingway admitted he could write well only when he was in love. Schopenhauer relates us to hedgehogs who can never get intimate without pricking a lover with our proverbial quills. Outkast’s…
Hip-hop and health don’t go together. Who’s ever dropped the mic after a sick rhyme about pilates? It’s better to spit about blacked-out lungs and kidney stones than nutrition and exercise. Kale and grass-fed beef — the kind you eat — are utterly absent from rap lyrics. The only cardio…
Florida is a bizarre, sunburned place, there’s no question about that. Thankfully however, not everything strange in our state ends up as a joke on The Daily Show. Sometimes we actually manage to produce oddities that are quite delightful. Makers Square, a membership-based makerspace and social club in Fort Lauderdale,…
The legendary bluesman B.B. King died last night in Las Vegas. He was 89. We believe the best way to honor a man’s death is to celebrate his life. So let’s play a note for the King. Born Riley B. King, B.B. brought blues music to the masses. When he…
“We owe it to the fans who have kept us going all these years,” says Strung Out’s Jake Kiley. “They’ve kept us fired up to keep going.” This has been the ethos for the Simi Valley band, now in its twenty-sixth year in existence. The band’s latest album, Transmission.Alpha.Delta, its eighth,…
Whether you need the cash to support your Netflix and ice cream addiction or you’re saving up to buy that monkey you’ve always wanted, your bank account could certainly use a little breathing room. Don’t wistfully stand outside the clubs and watch your friends have fun without you. That’s not…
You may have heard of Devon Allman’s father. He is, after all, one half of a little band called the Allman Brothers. But though Devon Allman’s paternal side of the family is undisputed rock royalty with his father Gregg and uncle Duane being, you know, the Allman Brothers, it was…
The bartender and the photographer are similar people. They are both present and not — there physically, yet separated from their subjects by a barrier or sorts. They observe the vulnerable and can be witnesses to intimate moments. One probably sees more vomit in their line of work, but, then…
It was a muggy Tuesday night at Fort Lauderdale’s hidden gem, Culture Room. The air was so thick that you could slice it with a knife, yet the majority of attendees still insisted on wearing pants. Seattle’s Minus the Bear was making its South Florida stop with openers Into It…
Want to feel old? It has been twenty-one years since the release of Live’s Throwing Copper. To commemorate the record that sold eight millions copies, the singer and lyricist of that album, Ed Kowalczyk, is touring an unplugged rendition of the Throwing Copper. “It’s two guys on stage, me singing…
Mama June is the matriarch of one of America’s most bizarre, beloved, and tragic reality TV families. And this Saturday, she will be appearing at the Crazy Horse Gentleman’s Club in Pompano Beach. And that, unfortunately, is a factual statement, and not a random assortment of very sad words we…
Marilyn Manson is Broward’s surrogate son. So when he’s in the news, we brag about him. We resisted reporting the supposedly unprovoked punch to the face he received at a Denny’s in Alberta last month, but now he’s released a new music video and we’re prey to his temptation. “The…
