Terrence Howard once said, “It’s hard out here for a pimp.” Ask a pimp, he’ll verify this fact.But, it’s even harder for a Mississippi rapper, carrying the weight of a region on his back. The South has its fingers crossed for Big K.R.I.T. It’s hoping he’s the savior of an…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: A first time visit to the Newport Folk Festival.I never really hit the festival circuit during my younger years. Never went to Woodstock, never been to Lollapalooza. Hell, never even…
Fame doesn’t happen overnight; patience is a key component of success. And few MCs have been as tolerant over the years with the fickle music industry as Yo Gotti. In January, the Memphis-based rapper dropped his major label debut, Live From the Kitchen, on RCA. It was three years past…
Sometimes our favorite bands go to rock and roll heaven too soon, leaving us yearning for just one more show. Other times one member from a band will continue to tour despite the other fellows bowing out of the spotlight. This is what happened in the case of notable punk rock…
The unintentional irony of the advertising industry never ceases to amaze. It’s not a coincidence that college-educated, 18- to 35-year-old female caffeine addicts with a hankering for hipster fashion will likely compose the crowd at a Neon Trees show. It’s a premeditated big-business marketing ploy. In May, Seattle coffee giant…
Diabetes, a literal hole in the heart, and severe brain hemorrhaging would almost certainly kill the common man. But Poison’s Bret Michaels is not your average Joe. “I feel really great,” Michaels recently told the Columbus Dispatch. “I’m about 90 percent back from the hemorrhage and the heart surgery. I…
Chief Keef is not a sentimental dude. When the Chicago rapper was approached by the city’s newspaper, the Tribune, and asked how it felt to perform in front of his largest hometown crowd at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Keef said, “This? This ain’t s—.” Similarly, when Rolling Stone caught up…
Dirty Projectors with Pop EtcCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleAugust 7Better than: Marshmallows that fall in the fire. When New Times interviewed Dirty Projectors’ Amber Coffman and Pop Etc’s Chris Chu prior to their show last night at Culture Room, it was revealed that both have long enjoyed the music of pop diva…
There’s something genuinely unique about Chan Marshall. We all know the singer and songwriter by her playful stage name, Cat Power. But this siren isn’t only a great beauty with a soulful voice; she’s a sort of elusive figure who, at the same time, is very accessible. She has a…
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Good news on the bloopy-bleep, bleepy-bloop front! Boys Noize, the rousing, static-heavy, electro project from Berlin-based DJ, Alexander Ridha, will be bringing his skeletal beats to the U.S. for his first full live tour of America. It’s a 16-city jaunt that will commence right here in Fort Lauderdale on November…
Yes. Oh, fuckin’ yes. So stoked to announce that Waka Flocka Flame will be sliding through Revolution, November 14, for a ratchet-ass Fort Laudydawdy-style concert. The rapper’s Lex Luger- and Troy Taylor-produced album Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family features Drake, B.o.B, Trey Songz, and Meek Mill and was just…
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Photo by Erik Hess BY ERIK THOMPSON The 2012 installment of Lollapalooza has thus far brought the requisite extremes, in terms of performances and potent weather. A two-hour delay cut through the middle of Saturday’s entertainment at Chicago’s Grant Park, and a good many people were wishing they had just…
Photo by Erik Hess BY REED FISCHER Now more than ever, Lollapalooza is a mélange of different fashion decisions to accompany the varied musical offerings crammed together throughout Chicago’s Grant Park. When EDM butts up against metal, alt-country, and whatever the hell you’d call Die Antwoord, there’s really no wrong way…
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About a year ago, New Times sat with bluegrass punks Everymen at Lake Worth coffee shop Mother Earth and shot the breeze. The self-proclaimed “crusty punks” prepared to release their debut album, When Water’s Thicker Than Blood. Decorated with innumerable tattoos, facial piercings, and copious amounts of facial hair, the…
They say don’t judge a book by its cover. But when a 63-year-old man in cutoff camouflage shorts, wraparound sports glasses, a cowboy hat, and a hunting knife walks into a room, it’s hard to stop the mind from wandering to a judgmental place. You’ll likely end up in that…
Stevie Nicks recently said on CBS This Morning while promoting her latest record, In Your Dreams, “It’s the songs that change; it’s not so much me that changes.” But Nicks has changed. And that’s not a bad thing. “We all did drugs because everybody else was doing drugs,” she said,…
The name Biz Markie is synonymous with 1980s rap music. However, the Long Island MC is more than just “the Clown Prince of Hip-Hop”; he’s also a well-respected DJ. “The DJ ten, 20 years ago wasn’t computerized. It’s easier now to be a DJ because the promoters don’t care, really,…
