Jeezy – Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale – October 21

A lot of rappers would have you believe they come from the streets and make music for hustlers, and a lot of rappers would embellish the story. A lot of rappers are quick to jump on songs with pop stars, looking for crossover success as a means to greater ends…

Anastasia Max Is a Child Sister-Brother Duo on the Rise

Out of all the bands that performed at Radio-Active’s ode to the magnetic tape Cassette It Together a few weeks back, there was one that really piqued our interest. It was a child-aged group called Brenner Pass. Surprising? Not really. This brother and sister duo, singer Anastasia Brenner and her…

Mötley Crüe: The Most Scandalous Band in Rock History

The most remarkable thing about Mötley Crüe’s farewell tour is that it’s taking place in 2014 and all four members — singer Vince Neil, guitarist Mick Mars, bassist Nikki Sixx, and drummer Tommy Lee — are participating. None of them is in jail, in drug-induced comas, or dead — or…

The Black Dahlia Murder Explains Death Metal

The Black Dahlia Murder is a death metal band that will grace Revolution Live tonight with its dark presence. The band is named after one of the most infamous unsolved cases in California history and one of the most gruesome mysteries of all time. The Black Dahlia case took place…

Jeezy Heads to Revolution Live, Tuesday, October 21

It’s been close to a decade since your favorite trapper’s favorite trapper, Young Jeezy, made his solo major label debut with 2005’s Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Many consider the album a classic because it helped bring Atlanta trap to the mainstream. His witty dope-boy rhymes like, “The game…

Florida Flow Fest: Movement Arts Festival Celebrates Body, Mind, and Spirit

It’s an offbeat event perfectly suited to the offbeat city of Lake Worth, a three-day festival of colorfully-clad dancers, acrobats, jugglers, martial artists, and mistresses and masters of movement arts of the most exotic kind, gathered in the city’s waterfront park to spin and bounce and twirl through the day…

The Violet West Brings the Psychedelic to Artoberfest in Lake Worth

If you’re like us, chances are you’re still in deep recovery mode from Saturday night’s Respectable Street’s 27th anniversary shebang. You’ve had a few days to pull yourself up by your party bootstraps and get ready for another rocking block party. The Fourth Annual Artoberfest this Saturday will have 16…

Jacob Jeffries on Still Playing Piano, Front and Center Stage

Most 26-year-olds who grew up playing piano haven’t tickled the ivories in more than a decade. The ones who still perform have likely joined bands and given up the keys for guitars and drums, and those most “progressive” instrumentalists have gone the way of Chromeo. There are not too many…

Philip Michael Thomas: Three Names, One Special Miami Vice Memory

#72929692 / gettyimages.com Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week, looking back on the 30th anniversary of Miami Vice. With the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Miami Vice, who among us doesn’t feel a tug of…