Yellowmanwith Spred the DubRespectable Street Cafe, West Palm BeachSaturday, June 27, 2009Better Than: Discovering sticky hydroponically grown sensimilla in your backyard.The Review:Deep rub-a-dubbing reggae in legendary West Palm Beach rock haunt Respectable Street? Why not? After all, “King” Yellowman’s explicitly sexual dancehall verses pushed the envelope back in the early…
Stonefox frontman Jordan signs into a vintage Teisco mike.Yes, I just blogged about excellent Boca-based trio (sometimes quartet) Stonefox. Well, these guys are playing some of the best rock and roll to come out of Palm Beach County (!) in a long time. Also, I’m working up a feature about…
Bored? Money burning a hole in your pocket? Or do you just have a burning urge to see a fading pop icon try to bring the magic back to her act without resorting to public displays of indecency? If you answered yes to any of the previous questions, then there…
When you think downtown Hollywood, you almost certainly think Dub. Okay, maybe not, but Arts Park has a serious music festival on the books now. On September 5, Dubfest is coming to town featuring Bunny Wailer’s only U.S. appearance (the last surviving member of the original Wailers), Lee “Scratch” Perry,…
The Broward-birthed four-piece Nonpoint came up in the late 1990s, a particularly fertile time in South Florida for experimental heavy rock. At clubs like Cheers, Fubar, and other one-named venues long defunct, they’d share the bill with other arty-but-loud local leading lights like Endo, Darwin’s Waiting Room, and the Groovenics…
Juan Luis Guerra Hard Rock Live, HollywoodFriday, June 26, 2009 Better Than: Any other tropical music night in South Florida. The Review: Last Friday, South Floridians of all ages were treated to a hard-hitting concert by one of the greatest and most beloved artists in the Latin firmament, the incomparable…
Everyone grieves in different ways. Some like crying endlessly, while others just like to be left alone. But for everyone who wants to pay respect to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, while having a bit of fun — which we’d like to think is how Michael would have wanted…
Here’s a brand new video from ArtOfficial live from Tobacco Road performing the song “Architect.” Art Official are playing tonight in Atlantic Beach with Saltwater Grass from Jacksonville, but if you don’t make it to that show they have a string of dates booked from now through September. Find out more at…
Murphy’s version of “Instant Karma” is on iTunes now.Peter MurphyWith the Mission VeoRespectable Street Cafe, West Palm BeachWednesday, June 26, 2009Better Than: Being too lazy to make the journey to West Palm.The Review:Peter Murphy’s performance at Respectable Street Cafe was, of course, a treat for his hardcore fans. South Florida…
via myspace.com/stonefoxmusicReady for some proselytizing? Stonefox is one of the current saviors of South Florida rock. That’s a lot to heap on a trio of guys in their early twenties, but this Boca- and Lauderdale-based band has clearly digested the gospel of rollicking, psychedelic, bluesy, rock and fucking roll. Lots…
via myspace.com/thekillersLas Vegas post-punk glamazons The Killers almost lost the pop honors they earned with Hot Fuss when they decided to get serious with the Americana travesty Sam’s Town. Coupled with inflated egos (Lead singer Brandon Flowers said Sam’s Town would be “one of the best albums of the past…
The punk rock invasion of South Florida keeps on coming with Guttermouth, Does it Matter, and The Ruins announcing a show at Respectable Street on August 16. Respectable just announced that the Queers are coming in September, and are also hosting Fear, Agent Orange, D.I., and Total Chaos in August…
Somehow this mega-show slipped under the concert announcement radar, perhaps because it seems like he played here a month ago, but John Legend is back with India.Arie on July 9 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood. The multi- Grammy award winner (6 to be exact) and collaborator on countless huge…
It’s highly unlikely that the Florida Citrus Commission even knows about, let alone condones, the upcoming five-city Citrus Circuit Tour. But it would definitely be in their best interest if they did. The four acts traveling together as the Citrus Circuit Tour are not only good, but they’re good for…
The funky rock quintet Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes has been making its way south through Florida this week, and tonight will stop at Alligator Alley to deliver its gut-rockin’, brass-poppin’, blast of funk in the tradition of its hometown, New Orleans. Formed in 2001, all the bandmates met…
Has the Culture Room gone a little soft for your tastes this week? Plain White T’s, Boys Like Girls, and Drop Dead, Gorgeous are all on this week’s bill, but not to worry, true metal fans. Saturday is a new day, and Culture Room is opening the doors for a…
Rob Thomas, formerly of Tabitha’s Secret and currently of Matchbox 20, is touring solo in support of the soon to be released “SwanCradlesong”. He’s had about 30 huge radio hits, and like it or not he’s probably one of the preeminent faces of contemporary singer/songwriters. Other than that, it’s hard…
A number of rootsy rock bands from throughout Florida have banded together to carpool through the state, dubbing their rolling musical caravan the Citrus Circuit tour. It lands tonight in Miami at Tobacco Road, and Saturday at Propaganda; click here to read more about it.New Times recently spoke with Lauris…
It’s nearly impossible to write a concise description of Juan Luis Guerra that sums up his accomplishments and accurately conveys just what he has meant to not only the tropical genre. Especially within about 200 words — it’s a little like trying to dig a ditch with a spoon or…
The lights go down. You smell a pungent but familiar scent swirling in the air. No, not hippie sweat, though there’s plenty of that too. It’s not weed — the free-love crowd prefers to call it “pot, man.” Then, from somewhere nearby, you hear the inevitable cry. Play some Skynyrd,…
Rare is it that a band will use a ramshackle ballad of Southern-rock longing as a platform for shoutouts to fellow musicians, but Lucero pulled the trick off admirably in “Tears Don’t Matter Much.” And one contemporary plugged in their song comes to South Florida this weekend. Cory Branan, a…
Sometimes, it’s the little things that really make a band’s sound. Vocal harmonies, a little extra time in post-production, or a perfectly timed cracking of the voice can all make a song much better. In the case of Drop Dead, Gorgeous, it’s not really any of the aforementioned things that…
