When you become an adult, there are certain childhood beliefs you need to reassess — like leafy green vegetables taste like total garbage or thrift stores, yards sales, and flea markets are all dank and dusty places that your grandparents drag you to on the weekends during prime cartoon time…
Gregg Allman has lived the type of life that spawns movies. The singer of the Allman Brothers found fame and riches creating classic rock staples like “Ramblin’ Man” and “Whipping Post.” Depending on whose legend you believe, he either coined the term “Southern rock” himself or inspired it with the…
Little Haiti has always been home to South Florida’s underground music culture. So it makes sense, post-Art Basel, that legendary guitarist and composer Bill Orcutt will perform live to close out the last weekend of the year. “Orcutt’s music never sounds the same way twice. It is a constant underlying,…
Fleetwood Mac BB&T Center, Sunrise Friday, December 19, 2014 Better than: Anyone had the right to expect. All those who packed into the BB&T Center at the penultimate show of the much-heralded Fleetwood Mac reunion tour truly felt they were attending a landmark event. After some 48 years of slinging…
With a furry maritime shtick that has arguably one of the better band logos going in South Florida, Octo Gato is a delicious mix of punk and surf rock. While it might be easy to cite any outfit that’s ever heard Link Wray or Dick Dale or even spent way…
Enough with the Florida jokes, America. We get it. We come across as a little trashy on the internet. Yeah, we give our sexual predators $3 million lottery checks and occasionally store crack pipes in our butts. And sure, we have a perpetual hankering for some home-cooked meth and Colombia’s…
Since forming in London in 1967, British-American band Fleetwood Mac has been one of the most successful and recognizable outfits to emerge from the era and evolve since. Could it be the soap-opera-like romances/divorces/affairs that have surrounded the core of its lineups, or is it drummer and founder Mick Fleetwood’s…
When Dan Hosker passed away on August 11, 2012, after a lengthy battle for his life following a freak car accident, South Florida and the world of underground rock ‘n’ roll lost one of its true guitar heroes. It also lost one of the nicest and most generous members of…
When I heard the Black Keys were playing BB&T Center, I was skeptical. I thought, no rock band formed in the 21st century can fill up an entire arena. That’s a venue for boy bands, hip-hop moguls, and rockers with membership to the AARP. But as the Black Keys took…
If wining to dancehall after stuffing yourself with fried conch is your idea of an irie way to spend a weekend, then you’re in luck. ONE Caribbean Music Festival is heading to Central Broward Regional Park this Saturday and Sunday, presenting an array of the foods and musical styles that…
Last night’s Nappy Roots show at Propaganda in Lake Worth presented by Rock the Mic was an evening of real hip-hop revelry. Hands in the air passed around bottles of Absolut and the room and the crowd was treated to a new project by two members of the headlining act,…
As children ready themselves for the tinkling of Santa’s sleigh bells, tweens, their pop-obsessed older siblings, and crop-top-wearing parents are anticipating another kind of holiday sound: the upbeat jazziness of Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” performed live. Jingle Ball is ringing its way into town again and bringing a slew of new…
Flo Rida once boasted “Club Can’t Handle It,” but the Winterfest Boat Parade certainly can. This Friday at 6 p.m., the Hard Rock Casino will host an invite-only ceremony in which Flo Rida will be named grand marshal of the boat parade while also being given a key to the…
By Jessie Schiewe Since the summer, news about the ebola outbreak in West Africa has infiltrated everything from the news to pop culture. The music industry is no exception. Artists have voiced their thoughts and opinions (as well as conspiracy theories) on Twitter and other social media networks and rapper…
Each year, Wanee Music Festival brings the joy of jamming, barefoot dancing, and the sweet smell of patchouli and Dr. Bronner’s to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Founded by Allman Brothers’ drummer Butch Trucks, you won’t catch his classic act on stage this year…
By Zach McCormick For a modest-sized Midwestern city mostly known for cranking out a staggering amount of rubber, Akron has a lot to be proud of. Three of its native sons are sitting more or less on the top of the world in their respective fields, with LeBron James returning…
“It’s kind of like having a child; there’s no secret,” says Al Pitrelli, guitarist and founding member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. “You give birth to something. You’re there from its inception. You fall in love with it the second it opens its eyes. And 20 years later, you realize that…
Photo by Chris Carter/ra-haus.comCheck out the full 64-photo slideshow of James Blake at Basel 2014. James Blake Presented by III Points and YoungArts YoungArts Campus, Miami Friday, December 5, 2014 Better Than: Sunday mass. We’re not really a religious bunch. But last night, James Blake took us to church. The…
In 2008, Brett Wilkin found himself replacing a turntable with a squeegee. Renting a flatbed truck and leasing a small shared warehouse in Fort Lauderdale with some old equipment from his dad, he abandoned his electronic music career after feeling the pull of his father’s old business and decided to…
Crying, a New York City electropop band with an emotional name, calls its sound “sunshine pop,” “porn groove,” and “crime funk,” all which evoke a lot of feelings. The trio includes guitarist Ryan Galloway, singer Elaiza Santos, and drummer Nick Corbo. The band’s peculiar name was not inspired by a…
Today, lovers of rock and roll all across the globe are engulfed in grief at the loss of two legends. Bobby Keys, the man whose brilliant sax solo ignited the classic “Brown Sugar” and so many other iconic anthems, passed away from cirrhosis on Tuesday. Then, as if fate were…
Failing to impress with its premiere in Milan’s legendary La Scala in 1904, Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly went through a tightening and highly scrutinized revision and a mere three months later, the opera — now one of the most beloved in the world — connected with the discerning Italian audience…
