There’s nothing like a little clown love to revive a rap career. Especially when the chips are down, there’s nothing the Insane Clown Posse’s army of fans, known as “juggalos,” love more than an underdog — even when casual fans turn away. Long after “Gangsta’s Paradise” and years of flopping…
The 44-year-old U.K. spinner John Digweed now enjoys a spot in the pantheon of demigod DJs who reached superstar status in the ’90s and still reap benefits. Where fellow greats from that era like Paul Oakenfold and Tiësto are more or less synonymous with trance, Digweed is synonymous with progressive…
Danish psychobilly act Nekromantix represents one of the biggest booking coups yet for the greaser-cool Monterey Club. It’s a band long-running and beloved enough to usually command performances at area venues like Culture Room, and this will doubtless be packed full of pompadoured, eyelinered denizens clamoring for coffin rock. At…
The second-annual Bruise Cruise is about to get a whole lot more Fucked Up. And we’re not just talking about a hot tub overflowing with mai tais and Speedos made of jelly beans during a four-day indie-rock adventure from Miami to the Bahamas.The stacked lineup now boasts promise of the…
There must be something Jack White knows about Insane Clown Posse that we don’t. Generally, we stand behind all of his acquisitions, collaborations and kitschy innovations. But, when we got a press release stating that White was going to produce a seven inch single of ICP rapping over Mozart’s lost…
Maroon 5 With Train and Matt NathansonCruzan Ampitheatre, West Palm BeachTuesday, August 30, 2011Check out a slideshow from the concert here.Better Than: Seeing boy bands of the ’90s.Almost exactly one year ago, Maroon 5 performed at Bayfront Park Amphitheater during its 2010 North American tour. The acoustics were off, and…
Guns N Roses are coming to South Florida at the end of October. UPDATE: PRESALE INFO IS AFTER THE JUMP.They were the biggest, baddest band of the late ’80s, and despite Axl Rose’s biker shorts and baseball catcher fetish, the GNR of that era is one of the best live…
Things didn’t look good for Thursday’s Identity Festival date at Miami’s Bayfront Park as soon as the threats of Hurricane Irene started rolling in early last week. The roving Skullcandy-supported electronic music festival featuring a wealth of DJs and electronic music acts, was postponed, but there was still a glimmer…
For those who aren’t ready to let the weekend end just yet, the Snooze Theatre in Lake Park promises an evening of woozy bliss tonight. At the top of the evening’s agenda is Holiday Shores, a Tallahassee outfit quite comfortable brightening the corners of its pop-oriented songs with off-kilter keyboard…
Respectable Street’s 24th-Anniversary Block PartyWith John Ralston, Guy Harvey, In Boxes, Gun Hoes, the Band in Heaven, Krisp, Dick Knuckle, Lavola, Ordinary Boys, & more500 block of Clematis Street, West Palm BeachSaturday, August 27, 2011View a slide show from the night here.Better than: Cleaning up a post-Hurricane Irene mess.A party…
Hear HumsWith the Dewars, Sumsun, Sexcapades, Sugar Ants, and Love HandlesSnooze Theatre, Lake ParkFriday, August 26, 2011Better Than: Boarding up the windows of your house in preparation of a category three hurricane.As is often the case, the two Snooze Theatre proprietors, C.J. Jankow and Jordan Pettingill, kicked off the night…
Breaking: Langerado 2011 has been canceled.The return of Langerado, SoFla’s favorite little/big festival, is on the horizon. Therefore, it’s about time we all start thinking about how we are going to approach this thing. To help you along, County Grind is offering a series of pointers, from experience and thorough…
West Palm Beach had to let little birds Hear Hums leave the nest some time ago. While it was sad to see them go, comfort was found in the fact that the move was for their own good. Having called Gainesville their home for over a year now, we welcome…
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: … WLRN’s Ed Bell chimes in on his all time favorites Ed Bell knows South Florida. More specifically, he knows South Florida’s vibrant music scene…
Bonerama’s name sums up its MO perfectly: The New Orleans act is all brass and sass. The “bone” part of the group’s name isn’t what you might immediately think (although it’s clearly a double-entendre) — it’s a reference to the group’s instrument of choice, the trombone. Founding players Mark Mullins…
Hymn for Her is a proud rock ‘n’ roll gypsy act. The duo of Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing — not their real names — are proudly from nowhere, rolling from show to show with their baby and dog in a 1961 Bambi Airstream trailer. Daily life in this particularly…
Eliot Lipp grew up in Tacoma, Washington, enamored of classic hip-hop, electro, and even Chicago-style postrock à la Tortoise. Eventually, he decamped to Los Angeles and began tinkering with his own music that touched on all those influences, adding a heavy experimental bent that soon reached Scott Herren, better-known these…
For the uninitiated, Ricardo Guerrero’s annual DEATH TO THE SUN (he spells it in ALL CAPS “just to add a little Henry Rollins flavor”) music festival is one of the biggest avant-rock events in South Florida. There’s pop, there’s noise, and there’s a general celebratory feeling that summer is finally…
Mike Mineo is not the sort of guy who’s going to let a little messy weather get in the way of his fun. Adding to the Hurricane Irene party slate for this upcoming weekend is a show at the Funky Buddha on Friday evening. This is also billed as a…
Any time you prepare for the worst, you should also prepare for the best. In this case, the Bubble’s cement-walled confines near downtown Fort Lauderdale will be a welcoming spot on the evening of Friday, August 26, as Hurricane Irene begins its scheduled ascent to the northern part of Florida…
Update 8/29/11: A new date has been announced!Today has been filled with little other than perfectly rational South Floridians shaking their fists in disgust and yelling, “come on, Irene!” The threat of Hurricane Irene has claimed a serious musical casualty: Skullcandy’s Identity Festival stop in Miami scheduled for Thursday, August…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions and observations about the local scene. This week: Fueling some feedback… It goes without saying that one of the hazards of being a writer is having to open yourself up to feedback, either positive or negative, and in…
