“Loud post-rock. We’re a little all over the place, but it’s moderately contained. We’ve got loud sludgy parts and we’ve got more orchestral pieces that we try to work in,” Michael Martens, drummer of Atlanta band O’Brother says this of their sound, but for the most part, he and the…
Collective Soul Revolution, Fort LauderdaleFriday, May 11Better Than: Listening to Dosage from start to finish at home. Over the last few months the 90s have been brought back to life in Fort Lauderdale. Such bands as Soul Asylum, Candlebox, and Filter have gone back on the road sending us on…
So, you missed the Growlers show in Miami on Friday night, and now you’ve fallen prey to a deep depression? Like, the kind of depression where all you do is wander around the house in your bathrobe and eat cold cereal until nightfall, at which point you openly weep to…
If you’ve ever been to one of the debaucherous Mai-Kai events, you know the DJ trio of James Brown’s Sweat, Sensitive Side, and Mikey R. throw one helluva party. Sure, the copious amounts of pineapple mixed drinks get things going. But, it’s the vinyl spinning around the turntables that really…
Just a few weeks ago, we rolled out our new and improved concert calendar. There are all sorts of searchable and sortable options that make finding live music — both local and touring acts — extremely simple. Now that we’ve got it up and running, we need your help. We…
Carnivores, the Dewars, LilleRespectable StreetWest Palm BeachMay 10, 2012More fun than: The drive back to Fort Lauderdale.As the vibrancy of spring gives way to the languid, infernal days of summer in South Florida, last night’s outdoor performances by Atlanta-based musicians Carnivores, Lille, and the Dewars at the venerable Respectable Street breathed a welcome flood…
The term “washed out” brings to mind a bleary-eyed car ride home from some sojourn to the core of the city where considerable energy was expended or a semiconscious Saturday afternoon spent with warm blankets, blackout curtains, and HBO. Press play on the soundtrack for either of those scenarios and…
In a pre-Marilyn Manson world, Nine Inch Nails was for many their first foray into industrial music and, by extension, gothic music. Though previously the sound was the territory of then-lesser-known acts such Ministry, Skinny Puppy, and Nitzer Ebb whose raw, searing, and at times frenetic brand of industrial music…
Mention the name Flock of Seagulls and you’ll spend the next ten minutes talking about hair with whomever is in earshot. This is because Mike Score, one of the founders of the popular New Wave band, took his hairdressing past into his musical future. His ‘do was reminiscent of Ewok ears…
As the doors of the Culture Room opened for last night’s Overkill show, throngs of men and women donning faded black band shirts and surplus camouflage jackets filed in, all ready to catch the South Florida stop of the Killfest tour. Upon entering the restroom, I was confronted with the…
Anyone who has seen tuba player Bill Muter perform with eccentric local showman Mike Mineo will attest that, although Mineo is, for many, the main draw — possessing a class A, captivating voice — there are undoubtedly times when Muter steals the show. Muter emanates sounds out of his tuba…
With rain pouring outside the Kravis Center on Wednesday night, the crowd in attendance to see the Gipsy Kings was forced to do its waiting in the lobby. The audience did what most people do when they are slightly damp and have time to kill: They talked. They talked in…
Downtown Hollywood’s Native Florida Tap Room serves as an appropriately named venue for this Saturday-night show, which groups together some of the area’s homegrown legends. At the helm is the infamous Blowfly, the soul and rap legend who’s enjoying a bit of a renaissance helped along by the recent documentary…
Melissa Etheridge may no longer be shooting up the rock charts — but really, who is these days? Some time in the early aughts, though, she passed through those kinds of chart-topping requirements, making her officially a “Career Artist.” When her albums Skin and Lucky performed well critically but not…
Since launching its hip-hop party, Brown Bag Wednesdays, the Green Room has become the hump-day spot to drink Colt 45s while listening to throwback jams. The best part is, you never know what might happen. One night, a local rapper might be cooking chicken on stage. Another night, Talib Kweli…
Hip-hop artist Ricardo “Gaps” Tejeda is a Fort Lauderdale native who started rapping in high school, making, according to him, “little horrible tapes and dabbling with Fruity Loop beats.” Guided by his brother’s interest in rap and the lifestyle of growing up in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Tejeda recorded his first first…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: A new way to make memories. I have to admit, I’m not always comfortable with new technology. Anyone who’s seen me scream in frustration when…
Israeli psy-trance duo Infected Mushroom released a new album, Army of Mushrooms, this week — their eighth studio LP on Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records. One of Israel’s best-selling groups, the collaboration project of Erez Aizen and Amit Dudevani became a genuine international cult success with their fusion of trance, psychedelia, and…
Since the 2009 debut of Lungs, Florence Welch — and her powerful backing musicians — has become an unstoppable force in the music world. The booming and ethereal vocals on such tracks as “Dog Days Are Over” and the catchy lyrics of “Kiss With a Fist” had us hooked. Now…
Randy Piro is sort of the orchestrator of Orbweaver, an experimental psych-metal band that’s currently working on music for a new album. The Broward native, formerly of Gigan and Hate Eternal, hand-picked some of the best musicians in the tricounty area to work with him on this, his newest project. This includes…
Is it wrong to love the music of Jennifer Lopez or that of Enrique Iglesias? Maybe. But is their music as obnoxiously addictive as cupcakes were popular in the early aughts? Yes, and just as delicious and somehow just as gross as that strangely popular phase in American culinary history. Both…
PitbullSunFest, West Palm Beach May 6, 2012Better than: Not hearing Pitbull say dale. Mr. 305 brought his notorious Miami flavor and fast-paced rhymes Sunday to the Bank of America stage at SunFest in West Palm Beach. Pitbull, who has been a staple in the South Florida hip-hop scene since 2004,…
