5. First Fridays Street Party 6 p.m., Saturday, November 8, at America’s Backyard, 100 SW Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Visit Facebook. For those who want their kids to get out of the house and enjoy some human interaction and cultural stimulation, we’ve got an event for you. America’s Backyard will…
To be honest, I have outgrown rock concerts. I have no interest in paying money to be packed into a large room filled with cigarette smokers, beer drinkers, and shit talkers. I am a reclusive man who enjoys listening to the high vibrational frequencies of his own mind. However, there…
Ahh… It is so easy to look south to Miami-Dade and come away as bandits with these “genre” lists. While it is true that there always seems to be a larger pool from which to pick from down there, the current state of affairs in South Florida’s music has made…
Has it really gotten to that point where now DJs, real DJs, suffer the way musicians did when DJs first took over the club scene? Let’s look at the case of Miami Beach, a former Mecca for live music like jazz and soul that thrived and put South Florida on…
Halloween might be over, but with Natalie Cole coming to town, we can’t help but think of those singers who have come back from the grave to croon a bit. Cole had a career resurgence back in 1991 when she released an album of duets with her father, Nat King…
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker, a documentary about a comedian/singer/actor who made her name in vaudeville, radio, and early television, will have its world premiere in South Florida this Saturday. Though she’s a character of a bygone era, Tucker was a huge name in entertainment during the early part of the…
Given the consistent output and accessible sound Ex Norwegian offers, the band has positioned itself as the next South Florida act destined for national success. The group fostered the same all-inclusive likability as its initial influences, like the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Move, even as it morphed into an…
Fort Lauderdale has plenty of festivals where you’ll jam and sweat the day away sucking down beer while wearing your favorite cowgirl hat. But not many of them take place on the actual beach, where the cool ocean breeze’ll dry you right up as you dance like a rabid coyote…
Melissa Etheridge has always been a sort of mysterious character. Even though it seems her whole life is on easy display, there’s still something about her that makes you want to delve deeper, something that draws you to her metaphorical window. Two things the singer is most known for, after…
After spitting out three albums in three years, the English Beat fans have been waiting since 1982 for a new record. Next year, the waiting ceases as the ska rock legends who popularized the hits “Save It for Later” and “Mirror in the Bathroom” will release a new album after…
You might have trouble recognizing the Matisyahu who will be performing Saturday at Mizner Park Amphitheater. The New Yorker born as Matthew Miller shot to fame with his reggae/rap/rock hybrid “King Without a Crown.” The song cracked the Top 40 in 2005 and transformed Matisyahu into an unlikely celebrity as…
When Danny Ashe relocated to Germany in 2010, he left behind a tangible void in South Florida’s music scene. As a DJ and musician, his presence had been felt in the tricounty area for numerous years with his eclectic sets of rock ‘n’ roll infused with Motown, postpunk, and pop…
Just one year shy of turning the dirty 30, South Florida’s long-running Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival returns this Friday. Cinephiles can catch — from November 7 to 23 — screenings of anything from groundbreaking international documentaries to romantic indie films that question life’s existence and even shorts hailing from…
Heart is playing Hard Rock Live on Sunday, days after disembarking from a cruise-ship festival titled, justly, Women Who Rock. Probably no other band has the longtime legitimacy that warrants it most fitting to headline a festival with that name. The Wilson sisters, Nancy and Ann, who front Heart are…
It’s just by chance that frontwoman of the fairly newly formed band the Psymatics, Brittanny Tyler Larevitzear, and drummer Danielle Romanowski both had dads who drum. Though their relationships with their fathers were very different — Larevitzear has never known her dad — the genetic need to beat definitely affected…
We had pretty high expectations walking into the annual Wicked Manors block party this past weekend. Let’s face it, gay Halloween parties are far superior to traditional, nonqueer ones. It’s just a fact. It’s like science. The costumes are more ornate, the parties are over-the-top, and the vibe is just…
Referring to the Band of Heathens as an overnight sensation isn’t exactly accurate, even though, by the band’s own admission, it ascended into the spotlight fairly quickly. What began initially as a series of Wednesday-night jam sessions at a club in its native Austin — an event the group dubbed…
It’s hardly headline news to find a musician expressing enthusiasm for marijuana. After all, weed has been the drug of choice for the hippest players going back decades. Likewise, artists advocating for certain political causes have become an instinctual experience for many songwriters since the ’60s. These days, however, the…
Comedian Corey Holcomb, who currently plays “Boonie” on Adult Swim’s Black Jesus, is definitely not for everybody, at all. If there are certain topics and language that you feel should not be used ever, especially in a joke context, stay clear of Corey Holcomb. Because I’ll tell you, on Thursday…
Halloween really is the most special time of the year for many, but for most metal fans, the holiday takes on a uniquely special glow. There’s an indelible connection between heavy metal’s cartoonish nature and shock values and Halloween that can be difficult to pin down, but exists as a…
Part 1: Fellowship of the Melvins In 2010, ABC News correctly identified legendary rock group, the Melvins as a “cult band.” Meanwhile, the growing “Melvins Army” presently consists of close to a million devotees worldwide. The fact is, the Melvins are not a “rock and roll band” at all. They…
As overplayed as some may think it is, American Idol provides a great outlet for aspiring stars to really get some national attention. It also provides an outlet for wannabes to make complete asses out of themselves, but nonetheless, it’s for the greater good. Take, for instance, rocker David Cook,…
