Striking Matches Redefine the Nashville Sound

When Striking Matches take the stage at Revolution Live in support of American Idol winner Phillip Phillips this Saturday, the bandmates’ faces will likely be new to most of the crowd. But if the audience is familiar with the music of the hit TV show Nashville, they might already be fans.

Forgotten Troubadour Rodriguez Makes South Florida Debut

The Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man introduced the world to the forgotten psychedelic-folk singer Rodriguez. One viewing and you wonder how his sound, reminiscent of Bob Dylan’s and Donovan’s, never found an audience. But time and a movie have remedied that error. Rodriguez is now touring the world and will stop at…

Paradise Kitty Adds a Feminine Twist to Guns N’ Roses

If you missed Guns N’ Roses when they played Marlins Park last summer, the rock gods have smiled upon you. You will now have a chance to hear all of their rock staples from Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion in a live setting. There’ll be just one not-so-subtle difference: Instead of seeing Axl Rose at the mike and Slash noodling on the guitar, you will witness Paradise Kitty, the all-female GNR tribute band.

The Goo Goo Dolls’ Robby Takac on the Healing Powers of Music

The Goo Goo Dolls have seen it firsthand and often: In times of tragedy and hardship, music has a way of bringing people together. In October 2001, they played the Concert for New York City alongside luminaries such as Paul McCartney, the Who, and David Bowie to honor the first responders who died during the September 11 attacks…

Go Go Gadjet Brings a Taste of Philadelphia to Super Bowl Weekend Party

When Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino booked three Philadelphia bands to play Super Beach Poolside Party during Super Bowl weekend, the Philadelphia Eagles hadn’t yet made it to the big game. “Eagles fans have been through so much disappointment,” says Jeff Tomrell, multi-instrumentalist for the band Go Go Gadjet…

What Lies Beneath Lana Del Rey’s Tragic Glam Image?

Since her major-label debut, Born to Die, Lana Del Rey has been fascinated with the concept of death. That fixation served her well on her latest record, the ironically named Lust for Life. The opening lines of the title track find Del Rey crooning, “Climb up the ‘H’/Of the Hollywood…

They Might Be Giants Share I Like Fun in Fort Lauderdale

Even as the world’s tilted off its axis and freakish aberrations have occurred with increasing regularity, there are thankfully still a few natural laws that have held firm; just as water is wet and grass is green, They Might Be Giants are still releasing new music and touring. Although it…

Nashville’s Coin Kicks Off Its Biggest Tour Yet in Fort Lauderdale

To quote an iconic episode of Seinfeld, things are real and spectacular for Coin. In 2017, the Nashville-based indie-rock quartet dropped its second album, How Will You Know if You Never Try, to critical acclaim. And now Coin is gaining so much momentum it will soon headline its biggest tour since forming in 2012.

Britney Spears Will Bring Vegas Residency Piece of Me to South Florida This Summer

Were you crushed that you never took a drunken girls’ trip to see Britney Spears’ show in Las Vegas before it ended? Britney knows. After wrapping up her landscape-shifting Piece of Me residency at Planet Hollywood after four years this past New Year’s Eve, Spears has just announced she’ll take the production on tour in the States and Europe this year, including three shows at the Hard Rock Event Center in Hollywood.

David Grutman Brings the LIV Experience to Gulfstream Park With Post Malone and Ludacris

Mention Hallandale Beach, the sleepy Broward city just over the line from Aventura, and it probably conjures images of bagels, lox, and a giant statue of a winged horse defeating a dragon. You don’t expect bottle service and hip-hop. But with the Pegasus World Cup coming to Gulfstream Park Saturday, January 27, David Grutman, the mind behind Miami Beach megaclub LIV, might change your image of Hallandale.

Petty Hearts Frontman TJ Cronin Reflects on Life After Tom Petty

Singer and guitarist TJ Cronin has been stepping into Tom Petty’s shoes for five years as the frontman for the nationally touring tribute band the Petty Hearts. But after the longtime leader of the Heartbreakers broke fans’ hearts with his sudden death in early October, Cronin had to take on an even tougher role: consoler.