Viernes is an experimental electronic duo from the Orlando area keyed into the atmospheric lining of the machines used to create the music. The opening of “Swimmer’s Ear” featured on recent release Sinister Devices plays like a winter’s carnival ride for the ears before growing into an undulating and magical…
Happy Together 25th Anniversary With the Turtles, Micky Dolenz, Mark Lindsay, the Grassroots, and the Buckinghams Hard Rock Live, Hollywood Thursday, July 29, 2010Those involved in the “Happy Together” assemblage coast along on memories alone. For the headlining Turtles, it actually represents phase two in a continuing courtship of Baby…
What I’m really digging about social networking sites is how readily information comes for me to capitalize on, and as a sweet byproduct that will not hinder my paycheck, you, my loyal readers, get to find out about choice gigs like this! Tonight, young Kilmo will host in his warehouse…
Get-well wishes go out to English pop act La Roux. Singer Elly Jackson already canceled a pair of Lilith Fair dates earlier this week, and it looks like laryngitis is the culprit. Earlier today, she posted this message on her Facebook: “Elly has been struggling with bronchitis for the last…
At first glance, it’s easy to mistake the Happy Together tour for that other annual oldies trek known as Hippie Fest. It boasts one of the same headliners in the Turtles, whose onstage antics under the aegis of their original frontmen Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (AKA Flo and Eddie)…
Love him or hate him, now would be a good time to congratulate B.o.B. Since being drafted directly out of high school to Atlantic Records (via Jim Jonsin’s Rebel Rock imprint) in 2006, he’s been in rap limbo — struggling to achieve commercial success while still maintaining some semblance of…
Dead Confederate With John Ralston & Invisible Music, the Dewars, and Lavola Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Respectable Street Better than: Hiring a Nirvana cover band to play your private party. The review: Thanks to Invisible Music violinist Susan Sherouse and percussionist Tiffany Jezek — who are both pregnant — Respectable…
At first glance, it’s easy to mistake the Happy Together tour for that other annual oldies trek known as Hippie Fest. It boasts one of the same headliners in the Turtles, whose onstage antics under the aegis of their original frontmen Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (AKA Flo and Eddie)…
Viernes is an experimental electronic duo from the Orlando area keyed into the atmospheric lining of the machines used to create the music. The opening of “Swimmer’s Ear” featured on recent release Sinister Devices plays like a winter’s carnival ride for the ears before growing into an undulating and magical…
It’s hard to think of another local band that packs the punch that hardcore punk outfit Flees does. From the opening bass line in “You Can’t Break Me” to frontwoman Elyse Perez’s grrrly growl to the thrashy chords that dominate Flees’ debut album, Drink Me, Saturday’s CD-release show should pulsate…
In 2005, when Ke$ha was just a glimmer in the eye of the reality-TV wave, her random appearance on The Simple Life was a harbinger: Like Paris Hilton back then, Ke$ha rose earlier this year, seemingly out of nowhere, to startling ubiquity. By combining hard-house-appropriated dance pop with singsong-couplet rapping,…
Despite their geographical disparity, Carlos Santana and Steve Winwood hold quite a bit in common. When Santana gained fame in San Francisco during the Summer of Love and Winwood built his reputation in the beat clubs of Birmingham, England, both men pursued a similar muse in the blues. Santana’s searing…
The 2010 “American Idol Live!” tour ostensibly features the ten up-and-coming pop performers that a feverish segment of the U.S. knows way too much about and the rest of us wouldn’t be able to pick out of a lineup. Leading the way is Illinois native Lee DeWyze, who won the…
Don’t be fooled by Dead Confederate’s Civil War moniker and Georgia roots — this atmospheric rawk quintet is the furthest thing from a Lynyrd Skynyrd rehash. Although the five-piece explores stoner rock in the psychedelic “Wrecking Ball,” this dynamic quintet prefers to dish out thunderous guitar riffs and gut-wrenching growls…
ASG stands for “amplification of self-gratification,” and the thought of that conjures up all kinds of exciting and potentially destructive thoughts — which is suitable for these guys, who are Iron Maiden status-heavy but a little easier on the ears. Think Split-era Groundhogs. In a word, they are (the overused-but-necessary)…
Secondhand Serenade brings to mind wearing a recycled engagement ring or dating someone who has past lovers’ names tattooed on them. It can be an awkward and potentially dangerous thing. In the case of this California group’s soft, acoustic repackaging of alternative emo rock, it comes completely naturally.Singer/guitarist John Vesely’s…
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: Sharing quality time with Stan Lee, Marvel Comics’ mastermind, and Tom Dowd, one of music’s most prolific producers. When I have crossed paths with that…
Nas & Damian Marley put on a masterful performance at this year’s SunFest oh, 84 days ago, if anyone’s counting. Prior to that, the duo was down in Miami for the Ultra Music Festival exactly 121 days ago. Now, this is precisely 27 days of advance warning for the Distant…
Vans Warped TourWith Pennywise, Sum41, Reel Big Fish, Alkaline Trio, Andrew W.K., We the Kings, VersaEmerge, Mayday Parade, Hey Monday, and many more.Cruzan Amphitheatre, Pompano BeachSaturday, July 24, 2010View part one of our slideshow here.Better than: Going to Warped Tour as a 15-year-old.The review: Though there’s definitely something to be…
Weird Al YankovicMizner Park Amphitheater, Boca RatonSaturday, July 24, 2010If the thick South Florida heat was getting to Weird Al Yankovic Saturday night, he sure wasn’t showing it — even while donning a suit that turned him into a Hell’s Angels version of Humpty Dumpty for his performance of “Fat.”…
Country fans: In addition to a trio of massive Cruzan dates already announced in this space (Brad Paisley on August 14, Toby Keith on September 4, and Rascal Flatts on September 24), we have a quartet of bookings coming up that will likely have you hogtied.The biggest of the big…
While the arts in Broward and Palm Beach have been showing some life outside of the major institutions for a while, this weekend happens to be pretty exceptional — and not only because of the annual fest ArtServe and the affiliated event Red Eye. Here is a roundup, though not an…
