There’s a particular image we tend to conjure up when considering the typical indie record store. It’s so exact, in fact, we don’t feel the need to describe it in detail. But there’s also the antithesis of this, an indie record store that strives to be and anything but typical…
When the clowns told New Times that the monthly Best Night Ever Clown Night at Poorhouse in Fort Lauderdale was a non-event, we thought they were full of it. It turns out that, shock, said clowns weren’t joking. What kind of event is going to happen on a Sunday night…
Nothing’s worse than waking up in the morning thinking it’s Friday when in fact it’s only Tuesday. Yeah, it’s a rude awakening, but then it hits you — in less than 48 hours, you’ll be hitting the streets and partying hard with like-minded music junkies and all your favorite artists. …
Chances are, your favorite song wasn’t recorded in Fort Lauderdale. The city if known for a lot of things, but recording music isn’t one of them. This might change though thanks to Fort Lauderdale’s C&I Studios. The FAT Village idea agency is looking to expand the South Florida’s music scene…
For audiophiles everywhere, Record Store Day has become a national holiday. The event was created in 2007 by independent record store owners. It was a way to raise awareness and boost business for local record stores everywhere. Today, there are indie record stores participating in Record Store Day on every…
The temperature isn’t the only thing that’s sizzling at Coachella. With their tanned bodies, gym rat physiques, and seriously on-point bohemian/ethereal/fairy-style choices, Coachella-goers know to look their best while they’re in the desert. Both the festival itself and the parties that go with it have some of the most desirable…
The sun just set on Tortuga Music Festival about 18 hours ago, and already, a limited number of advance tickets are on sale for the 2016 edition of what is becoming a signature event on Fort Lauderdale Beach. They’ll cost you $165. Dates have not yet been determined, but they…
The next time you want to see a solid show without a mosh-pit pile up, hipster drama, or ear-piercing vocals — check out J Boog. The crowd that showed up for the Hawaiian-based reggae artist’s Fort Lauderdale show at the Culture Room April 10 was the perfect combination of cool, calm,…
When a concert happens in South Florida, it’s inevitable that you’ll see good looking people. Throw a concert on the beach in South Florida, and you get skimpy bikinis, cool bathing suit shorts and a couple butts here and there. Tortuga this weekend was no exception. Accompanying the typical SoFl…
Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival returned triumphantly for a third year this past Saturday and Sunday. The country music fest hosted on the shores of Fort Lauderdale Beach held opportunities to let loose in the Florida sunshine with headliners Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band, The Doobie Brothers, Jake Owen,…
There’s a lot to spend your money on this weekend. Tortuga Music Festival alone can drive a person into bankruptcy. But this is a list for our more frugal readers. Those looking for some awesome music events on a budget, look no further. Here are the best things to do…
We’re now both six months past and six months away from Halloween. But if you happen to be in downtown Fort Lauderdale this weekend and see a bunch clowns roaming around, it’s not hallucination. They’re really there. At least, we think they will be. The Best Day Ever Clown Club…
Chase Bryant is barely at the age to legally drink, yet the 22-year-old country singer has already achieved things most musicians can only dream about. He’s already toured with the insanely popular Brantley Gilbert, and this summer Bryant will tour with the legendary Tim McGraw. And Bryant is taking notes. “I’m already learning…
Hollywood’s not the “underground” by any stretch of the imagination. But while Polish-born Jay Rottermund was on a month-long vacation traveling around Europe, he decided to open a bar here in Hollywood, Florida, that reminded him of the small, interesting, hole-in-the-wall bars that some squares refer to as “the underground.”…
The inaugural Shock Pop Comic Con came to the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center on February 14, 2015. And in a way, it was everything you’d expect from a Valentine’s Day date. Expectations were high, it cost a pretty penny, and – in the end – just about everyone involved got…
The longtime South Florida rocker and former member of The New, Lori Garrote, has a busy week ahead of her. Today she will be at Radio-Active Records in Fort Lauderdale, and on Friday the grunge-pop songstress will be at Gramps in Miami. All this traveling is to commemorate her Subject…
If you love music, you probably also love the music apps on your smartphone. There are certainly plenty of them out there, everything from Spotify and Beats Music that allow you to live stream all your favorite bands, to Rdio and Pandora that let you create custom radio stations, and…
Once indie-music fans got their paws on Surfer Blood’s debut, Astro Coast, the band quickly blew up nationally and seemingly out of nowhere for anybody outside of the Sunshine State. But South Floridians saw it coming. The West Palm Beach-born band had been impressing audiences locally before its debut single,…
“I really don’t think about the age thing unless someone brings it up or I happen to look into a mirror,” says Robert Price, founder of Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa (KLS). He recently turned 50 years old. A good chunk of those 50 years has been spent as leader of one…
Pablo Lucero knows where music and movement meet. To him, the people on the floor of a yoga studio and the ones on a dance floor of a club aren’t all that different. Both are there to move, to release tension, and to do it together as a group. These…
If a karaoke bar had a baby with Dave and Busters, and then that baby grew up to have another baby with an even larger Dave and Busters, you’d probably have something close to Shout, the new 6,500 square foot karaoke complex in downtown West Palm Beach. The karaoke compound…
Sure, South Florida may have its fair share of corrupt cops, shady characters, and dad bars, but you gotta admit one thing: no other region beats our live music scene. Here, it doesn’t matter what genre you’re into. Whether it’s Lori Garrote’s “grunge/pop,” Jimmy Buffett’s classic beach jams, or Tortuga Music…
