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…
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 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…
“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…
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…
Russian Tsarlag, AKA Carlos Gonzalez, describes the music he makes as “necessary and pathetic.” Since self-deprecation will likely get you everywhere in life (just ask Conan O’Brien), Russian Tsarlag is clearly on his way somewhere. The Tampa musician started recording original music at the tweeny age of 13. He says,…
It has become a tradition for Georgia jam band Perpetual Groove to come down to the Culture Room each winter for a two-night run. Fans make a vacation out of it, organizing online, booking adjacent rooms, and hitting the beach in between nights of Southern rock and synth-infused jamming from the…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions and observations about the local scene. This week: For the ex-Goods guy, the play’s the thing.Jim Camacho has always struck me as either multi-talented, a multi-tasker, or perhaps a combination of both. And, for the record, I’m not…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
To the pleasure of fans, prog rockers Supertramp’s songs still crowd the airwaves on radio stations around the country. They’re a band whose music has stood the test of time, and then some. Founding member, composer, and co-frontman of the band Roger Hodgson is the brains and voice behind many…
Yesterday, we got so wrapped up in explaining our musical crush on songwriter/artist the-Dream that we completely forgot to include the reason for his upcoming tour and renewed internet buzz. His upcoming spring tour was originally set to include an April 12 date at Revolution (along with a couple of other…
Unless you are (1) Canadian, or more likely, (2) a probably underaged girl who spends a lot of time on Tumblr, you can be forgiven for not immediately recognizing Toronto-based electro-pop artist Lights. But if she and the seeming marketing juggernaut behind her have their way, that should soon change…
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’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,…
Miami, Las Vegas, New York City, London, and Tokyo — these cities are known to be the nightlife meccas of the world. But who’s to say West Palm Beach can’t be added to that list? Nightclub tastemakers Michael Bergos and Michael Stein think it’s possible, thus birthing the Gotham City-inspired…
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…
Tito Puente Jr., son of legendary Latin musician Tito “El Rey” Puente, continues to forge forward down a path his late father laid for many to follow. Comparisons are unfair, as both men are individually recognizable in sound and way different in looks. While the father’s instantly soul-caressing full set of…
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…
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…
