The Beltones Cheap Trinkets (TKO Records) beltones.com Last year in September, we had the opportunity to revisit one of my favorite local platters from the ’90s, the Beltones’ Lock and Load seven-inch on the sorely missed Far Out Records. It was, as it usually is within these pages, a great…
You know that feeling you had as an angst ridden teen of withdrawing into your bedroom, closing the door and finally being able to feel the freedom of playing your own music as loud as you want? Last night in Lake Park the Snooze Theatre hosted an opportunity to peek in on such array of “bedroom time” experimentation with a “Weird Evening” featuring members of the Weird Wives.
Over the past six years, the Devil Wears Prada has risen above one of the more unfortunate (and possibly copyright-infringing) names in heavy music to become one of the most popular and even respected acts on the metalcore scene. Despite early Christian leanings, the Dayton, Ohio, sextet has levitated out…
Some 33 years after the group formed, L.A.-based hard rock act Dokken is still rockin’. In the heady peak days of the Sunset Strip scene, the group stood out thanks to frontman Don Dokken’s inimitable vibrating wail. It soared best over the kinds of songs the group did best: fist-pumping…
As one of America’s great troubadours, Paul Simon has hardly slowed down through his 60s and now 70s. This past April, he released So Beautiful or So What, the 11th entry in his solo discography. (That doesn’t count, of course, his work with Simon & Garfunkel or any number of…
When Rockit to Russia’s Bobby Ramone Reinhardt passed this October, his family wasn’t able to afford a funeral. To help his family and celebrate the fastest bassist since Dee Dee Ramone, his bruddas are throwing a sendoff this Saturday at the Monterey Club. Near the end of his battle with…
A couple of well-placed sources have passed this nugget along: ZZ Top frontman, guitarist, and facial hair evangelist Billy F. Gibbons will be a surprise guest during Atlanta boot-stomping rockers Blackberry Smoke’s performance at Revolution tonight…
The Bruise Cruise 2012 has announced its extensive plans for landlubbers. With two nights of shows leading up to the cruise, it’s gonna be more hectic or more manageable — depending on how you look at it.Earlier this year, Grand Central hosted a lengthy showcase of every Bruise Cruise act…
It won’t be long before Black Friday and Cyber Monday are joined by Overdraft Tuesday and Refinance Wednesday and Bankruptcy Thursday, so it’s grand that our corporate parent today offers up a Daily Deal that we can endorse. eMusic is like the iTunes for vinyl enthusiasts. Although some of its…
Dancegiving Music Festival America’s Backyard, Revolution, Green Room, Fort Lauderdale Saturday, November 26, 2011View a slideshow from the event here. Better than: Eating leftovers. Along SW Second Street on a beautiful fresh and sunny Saturday afternoon, there was a very tangible sense of occasion in Downtown Fort Lauderdale for the…
CBGB, the departed New York petri dish of punk rock, is coming back to life on January 13 at Grand Central. Compared to the smelly hovel CBGB was in its heyday, GC is Radio City Music Hall. Legend has it that the Bowery bar had piss-smelling winos kicking it in…
The South Florida Fair celebrates its 100th anniversary this coming January, and aside from doughnut burgers (a real thing), cheese-covered candy bars (a thing we want to be real), and other fried goodness to clog your arteries, there is live music to clog your ear canals. Seven bands in a…
Israeli dubstep producer/DJ Borgore has garnered somewhat of a cult following with his eccentric and personality driven form of distorted bass since appearing on the scene in 2007. Formerly the drummer in a death metal band, he produces a distinctive grimey and textured sound — defining him from the hordes…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions and observations about the local scene. This week: The world and its realities often intrude, but music remains my mantra. Bob Seger once said “Rock ‘n’ roll never forgets.” I’m reminded of that because I caught Seger at the…
Black Eyed Peas With Cee Lo Green, Jason DeRulo, T-Pain, Sean Kingston, Flo Rida, DJ Smiley, and host Queen Latifah Sun Life Stadium, Miami Wednesday, November 23, 2011For a slide show from the concert, click here. Better than: Listening to the radio. The idea of an all-star lineup to support…
Despite the teenage/very early 20s circles in which they are most popular, the San Diego foursome Pierce the Veil actually boasts a history dating back to the late ’90s. It was then that the brothers Fuentes — lead vocalist/guitarist Vic and drummer Mike — began the first iteration of the…
Confusing as it may be to those who would write the band off as a late ’90s punch line, 311 has survived — even thrived — in the years since breakthrough singles “Down” and company. Sure, there have been moments when the Omaha group enjoyed the kind of Billboard-counted success…
Is there a Southern-rock revival afoot in the mainstream? The success of acts like the Zac Brown Band points to yes. That group’s bridging of the market gaps between the rock and country crowds has paved the way for similarly swampy acts, among them close pals Blackberry Smoke. The Atlanta-based…
Manchester OrchestraWith White Denim, the Dear HunterRevolution, Fort LauderdaleMonday, November 21, 2011Better than: the Trans-Siberian OrchestraManchester Orchestra gives its fans exactly what they want. They just give them too much of it. The band began its Monday-night show at Revolution by launching into “Pride” and “April Fool” — a decidedly…
With a winning mix of sludgy old-school thrash and extreme metal, Massachusetts quartet Unearth stood at the forefront of taste-making hardcore at the earlier part of the decade. Credit the band’s epic machine-gun breakdowns, lead vocalist Trevor Phipps’ guttural growls, and a back-breaking touring schedule for its continued prominence. Slots…
When you get a bulletin titled “Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band motor into South Florida — fresh from their triumphant performance at the first Orlando Calling,” there’s more than enough intrigue to read on. Especially when our own Lee Zimmerman characterized the OC performance thusly: “Seger’s superb show…
Perhaps we’ll never know how much Neil Diamond’s career was lengthened by his appearance in Saving Silverman, but it was one of many factors of late that gave the 70-year-old’s career some legs. The incessant Red Sox nation adopting Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” as an anthem certainly didn’t hurt his popularity…
