Unless free tacos are involved, Tuesday is the most dreaded day of the work week. Think about it for a second: Monday marks the start of a new week. Wednesday is Hump Day. Thursday is Friday eve. And Friday, well, is Friday. But every now and then, the music fairies…
If one were forced to hand-pick a group of iconic musicians to put together onstage and watch them have a go at it, it would be tough to do better than the lineup the Kings of Chaos will bring to Hollywood’s Seminole Hard Rock Live on Friday. For those unfamiliar…
We in South Florida like to think our neck of the woods is the hottest place in the world, but Tampa staked its claim this past weekend, not just with the temperature, but also with the incredible line-up at the Big Guava Music Festival. Saturday was a meeting of rock…
A few weeks ago, security at the Austin Reggae Festival sectioned off a plot of fresh grass in front of the stage. The Slackers were performing for an audience of a few thousand, of which only a few hundred knew the band’s name. “So you start with a bunch of…
Drinking during the day has a different feeling to it, a feeling that is the adult equivalent to skipping class. It’s empowering, really. There are different levels to the day drinking game, of course, because all days in themselves are not created equal. For instance, day drinking on a Saturday…
You may not be in college anymore, but even though you’re damn well past the age of $2 Natural Lights, eating questionable late night hot dogs, and wearing sweats 24/7, one thing is for certain, and it’s the fact that you’re still broke. Hell, don’t be ashamed of it. Embrace…
Some bands like to unplug their instruments every once and a while and call themselves “acoustic.” But when Fort Lauderdale’s own SOSOS calls itself acoustic, it’s an accurate description. You see, the band’s talent is comprised solely of electric-free music, unlike so much of the mainstream today. The band’s impressive…
It’s another Friday night in South Florida, and you want to get wasted and go dancing. Instead of hitting up another tired club, check out the Vintage Tap for Lake Worth’s gypsy trash and folk group Jangle Leg, which is throwing a foot-stompin’, swamp-rockin’ party to celebrate the release of…
Brothers, maritime warriors, merengue-dance-off champions, rock and rollers, audio junkies – many are the hats of the Jellyfish Brothers. And in the band’s relatively short tenure in South Florida’s ever-expanding music scene, the Jellyfish Brothers have risen as elder statesmen and tastemakers with their seemingly tireless efforts to promote art and…
Like so many musicians, Alison Sherberg has a day job. Actually, she has a lot. A bit of a Renaissance Woman, Alison Sherberg is a sales manager for Silk, International Delight, and Horizon Organic Milk by day and a venue booker and musician by night. Sherberg has been at it…
Chester Bennington was the last member of the band to take the stage at the start of Stone Temple Pilots set at SunFest, but very quickly he was the focus of the crowd, as it generally goes with lead singers. Despite the shade that continues to be thrown at STP…
We know SunFest just put the finishing touches on five days of music festival goodness that might have put some in a live music coma, but if you are like us (and if you are reading a music blog, you probably are), the umpteen acts to take the West Palm…
Any fan of the mostly bearded blues band knows that the only ZZ Top member without a beard is named Frank Beard. But some fans and casual listeners may not realize that the group’s lyrics are equally misleading. Many of lead singer Billy Gibbons’ most memorable lines are thinly veiled…
In just a few weeks, mid-May to be inexact, the Lake Worth art hub UNIT 1 will close its doors — at least in its current incarnation. New Times sat down with the owner of this fledgling cultural beacon, Jacques de Beaufort, to discuss what the short, happy life of…
Roger Houdaille apparently doesn’t sleep. At least that’s the assumption one could make based on a prodigious output that includes five albums in a mere six years with his band Ex Norwegian — and before that, various outings with his earlier outfit, the equally inexplicably tagged Father Bloopy. Drawing on…
Hailing from gloomy Seattle, Minus the Bear comes from a place that breeds unforgettable music. And it’s no surprise that bassist Cory Murchy says that ’90s grunge innovators Nirvana influenced him the most out of any Seattle band. “They were definitely the first band that made you realize that you…
If SunFest hit full stride Saturday in West Palm Beach, it crescendoed hard on Sunday with arguably the heaviest hitters on this year’s big-time lineup. Pixies, Fall Out Boy, Boston, AWOLNATION and Matisyahu all attracted some of the biggest crowds of the weekend and garnered more than a few of…
Last saturday night I made my way to Stache in downtown Fort Lauderdale to hear DJ Patrick M, a part owner of Xima Records and Space Miami resident. The sidewalk outside the ’20s-style speakeasy/nightclub hybrid buzzed with the pulse of the bass coming from inside. I could feel it before…
Not many artists can say their music has been heard on the moon, but Elvis Crespo is one of the few estrellas who will forever hold that bragging right. In 2006, el merenguero’s mega hit, “Suavemente” was the only Spanish song selected by the Discovery space crew to be listened…
Few young bands had ever been hyped as relentlessly as the Strokes. Back in 2001, when there was a yearning to wash rock radio’s hair of Limp Bizkit and Korn, the dirty garage rock of the Strokes seemed so refreshing, they were dubbed as heroes, not necessarily stopping crime but…
Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow, and that means “fifth of May” to all you gringos. Celebrating Mexico’s victory over France in the Battle of Puebla, the holiday is a statement of Hispanic victory, strength, and independence. America celebrates this holiday too as a statement of tacos, plastic sombreros, tequila, and…
On Sunday, mobs of people of all sizes, shapes, and levels of sobriety plodded along the West Palm Beach waterfront to get their food, drink, art, and — — most importantly — music at SunFest. Sonically, there was something for nearly everyone. Gray-bearded rockers could sway to the classic sounds…
