Five Tunes Dark Star Orchestra Could Cover the Dead Covering

​It is safe to say that Dark Star Orchestra is among the best loved tribute acts in the cosmos, right alongside myriad other Grateful Dead tribute bands, and Hollywood, Florida’s Hot Rod (pure Rod Stewart awesomeness). This is so because Deadheads still love the Dead with such heart and devotion that…

Live: Marc Maron at the South Beach Comedy Festival, March 1

Marc MaronThe Colony Theater, Miami BeachThursday, March 1, 2012Better Than: Spending an evening alone on TwitterMarc Maron — despite the fact that he’s based in sunny Los Angeles — projects an image that’s almost the antithesis of South Florida. His comic persona is constructed around being an over-thinker, a self-sabotager,…

Hard Rock Rising Brings Battle to Bands in Hollywood

​Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood was brimming with local music fans last night for the first installment of three Hard Rock Rising battle of the band preliminaries. The winner of each will compete with each other for the chance to perform at London’s Hard Rock Calling music festival in Hyde…

Funcrusher Lives Up to Promise of Busy 2012

“So much planned for 2012, my head is going to explode!” That’s how Greg Einhorn, the affable frontman for summery Lake Worth outfit Funcrusher, opened up the year on his band’s Facebook page. Remembering that earnest and combustive 2012 proclamation, we took a cursory glance at Funcrusher’s page to see how…

Lake Worth’s Bamboo Room Books Outrageous March Lineup

If you’re searching for a place to enjoy vintage inspired cocktails and live music, the hunt is over. Thanks to the Bamboo Room, you’ll have plenty of great reasons to stay in Palm Beach County this month. Since we love the jazzy soulful vibe that is the Bamboo Room, we…

Hukilau Returns This April with Plenty of Polynesian Pop and Zombie Drinks

The 11th annual tiki-fest Hukilau just announced its 2012 lineup. It’s packed with surf sounds, jazzy tunes, and even some sexy burlesque dancing. The traditional Hawaiian festival debuted in Atlanta in 2002, but migrated to the balmy shores of Fort Lauderdale only two years later. It brings together a community…

Hymn for Her on March 2 and 3 at Dada and E-213

Don’t try to figure out where the duo Hymn for Her is from — the answer is the open road. As the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll nomads, the real-life and musical couple, Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing, travel, live, make, and record music in a vintage Airstream trailer, crisscrossing the…

Badfish on March 7 at Revolution Live

Sublime, what with its tragically curtailed output of laid-back, genre-mashing pop hits, remains one of the most mythical bands of the late ’90s. Even though it’s been more than 15 years since the band’s late singer, Bradley Nowell, died of an overdose, the group’s best reggae/punk/hip-hop songs still sound fresh,…

Perpetual Groove on March 2 and 3 at Culture Room

This year marks the 15th of existence for Georgia quartet Perpetual Groove. The group has become a titan of the jam-band scene. While it gathered a following in its early days around the college towns of Savannah and then Athens, Georgia, the group quickly became a favorite of fans of…

Five Underrated Songs by the-Dream; Revolution Show April 12

The-Dream, the songwriter, arranger, and artist born Terius Nash, is the mind behind the melody of some of the biggest radio hits of the past five years or so. Most often along with the equally important Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, the-Dream penned megasmashes like Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body,”…

Helado Negro Drops Concept EP Island Universe Story on Asthmatic Kitty

Helado Negro’s newest release, Island Universe Story, will take you on quite the mental journey that will launch at your ears. You could call the sounds on it experimental easy listening. It’s not at all boring, just easy to listen to. It’s very beautiful and actually experimental. It’s not in-your-face,…

The Radiohead Experience: 2012 Tour Kickoff in South Florida

For the full review, visit Miami New Times. Click here to view the slide show. Radiohead’s first stop on its 2012 tour began with Radiohead-type sounds circulating through and energizing those in the American Airlines Arena. You know the sounds; they’re like the noises Thom Yorke must make in his sleep…

Backstage in South Florida: Fernando Perdomo Seeks to Alter Perceptions

​Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week, Fernando Perdomo sets out to change the world.  It seems Fernando Perdomo is at it again. The ambitious mastermind behind South Florida’s Forward Motion Records and member of rock band…

Protoman Reimagines Company Flow’s “8 Steps to Perfection”

​The art of creating a fine cover song is highly underrated. Though playing someone else’s song might seem simple, making it your own is a challenge. Fort Lauderdale boy Protoman bravely took on the beats of a ’90s original, Company Flow, and made a song that’s 15 years old fresh…