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…
There are only two Beatles left on this planet, and Tuesday night one of them was in Fort Lauderdale. If you’ve ever seen Paul McCartney live, you know what an unforgettable experience that is. Even at seventy-two years of age, Sir Paul still belts out three hour performances, playing all…
When an artist is indelibly identified primarily with an incredibly successful rock band and well-known for writing and singing dozens of its signature songs, any attempt to launch a solo career is bound to be a challenge. And when the individual in question is Justin Hayward, one of the longtime…
On Saturday, October 18, the quirky Lake Worth masses converged upon downtown venue Propaganda to drink, be merry, and behold the release of Everymen’s latest effort, Generations. It was one heck of a party, complete with puppets, confetti, silly string, and pool toys. The evening began rather innocuously at 9…
With its first album and single “Reverse” under the band’s belt, SomeKindaWonderful has just kicked off a pretty sizable 34-date tour. The song is a love story written backwards which definitely hit home with many romantic music lovers who drove it to extreme popularity. Alongside New Politics and Bad Suns,…
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…
Believe it or not, there is a limit to how much a rapper can (or should) mention “flippin’ bricks,” “gettin’ it for the low,” or still “meeting papi at the dock.” But if they stop talking about this lifestyle, will fans get bored and move on? What are they to…
Last week when I interviewed Earth, Wind & Fire bassist extraordinaire Verdine White, I referred to the band’s amazing performance on PBS’ Soul! show in 1973 as “what it must’ve been like to see” them in a club. Verdine didn’t exactly deny that, so I looked for a modern-day funky…
Tim Reynolds might be best-known as the one who offered Dave Matthews his first words of musical encouragement. Matthews, born in South Africa, and Reynolds, born in Germany, would have their confluence in Virginia. The two are separated by a decade in age, with Tim the elder, and though it…
Every Christmas week brings with it new screaming babies, old people hobbling home for turkey, and some of the finest tunes about snow ever written. But since it doesn’t get colder than 40 degrees all winter around here, we can’t truly appreciate the focus of those seasonal songs in the…
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…
I was never a New Found Glory fan. When I first got involved with punk rock back in the early ’90s, there was a reason. A reason that was spelled out in different forms, sure, but they were still easily identifiable by all parties involved. Maybe I was lucky. No…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Respectable Street is known for its atmosphere. There’s the dance floor that’s been scuffed at least a million times over, the glowing bar and wide couches that face each other, the intimate backyard where a slew of awkward covers have been sung during Saturday night karaoke. However, the venue looked…
When you look up Peter Frampton’s name, four words come up: “teen idol” and “guitar god.” Today only a very strange teenager would have a poster of the now balding, 64-year-old Frampton on their wall. That is, unless the kid was a student of the guitar. Then it would make…
Do you like bass? Are you so dedicated to the lower register that you’d haul your own 150,000-wat rig around the country, then shove the ear-bleeding sounds of Adventure Club, Destroid, Flux Pavilion, and more through the speakers and totally wreck lives? That takes a lot of effort, and most…
#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…
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and you know, dear readers, that saving tatas is a cause we can really get behind. In all seriousness, breast cancer is one of the most curable forms of cancer. About one in eight American women will develop it in their lifetimes, and nearly 100…
