Everyone is so busy with their highfalutin proclamations of bad bitchery that they seem to have forgotten about the original bad bitch of hip-hop, Lil’ Kim. While the planet is seemingly caught in an infinite feedback loop of kvetching and swooning in equal measure about Nicki Minaj’s outrageous behavior and…
By Olivia Feldman Bring your black T’s, tight jeans, and a few extra packs of American Spirit cigarettes: Respectable Street is celebrating 27 years of debauchery, dancing, and drunkenness with another blowout block party. And you’re cordially invited. The Respectable Street staff knows how much its patrons love the combination…
Charli XCX Featuring Femme and Elliphant Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Saturday, September 26, 2014 She’s the girl whose songs you can’t get out of your head. She’s the girl that’s taken over your car radio. She’s the girl who we all wish we had the balls to be at 22…
Tailgaters packed the lawn at Cruzan Amphitheatre Saturday night with grills, Fireball whiskey, and cornhole. Pretty country chicks donning daisy dukes and cowboy boots stood around guzzling beer. Confederate flags were waving and country music was blasting from trucks as attendees drank the day away, waiting for the concert to…
By Daniel J. Stout Dust off those old Jncos and Adidas shell-toes! Word around the water cooler is: nu-metal’s making a comeback. The signs are there: Limp Bizkit releasing a new album on Ca$h Money, an upcoming fifth Slipknot LP, media coverage of a band called Issues (presumably after the…
People often move to South Florida on a whim, for the sunshine, the beach bods, the 24-hour sloppy, sandy makeout seshes. They also usually leave just as quickly, barely leaving a wake as they zoom out of town on their selfish jet skis. Dana Krangel is not one of those…
It’s the final night of the 2014 Americana Music Festival and Conference, and the final event of a spectacular five day run. Lucinda Williams is about to begin a last minute invitation-only performance at the newly opened City Winery in Nashville. But first, Americana Music Association Executive Director Jed Hilly…
South Florida’s a very transient place, especially within the local music scene. Most of the time you’ll find us reporting on talented acts leaving our parts, seeking greener pastures in places like New York City, L.A.. and, as of late, the songwriter capital of the world, Nashville. It’s not everyday…
The Sunshine Music and Blues Festival is heading back to Boca Raton and St. Petersburg and bringing with it some seriously exciting acts. We’re being real here. There’s the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and the Both — which includes Aimee Mann and Ted Leo. Don’t know about you, but we’re psyched…
Teenagers came in big numbers wearing their faded T-shirts, sneakers, and jeans to Revolution Live to celebrate the sounds of Hawthorne Heights and Jacksonville natives, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Appropriately, the two bands are on their Hope Revolution Tour. And though we hoped the night, which started at 7, would…
Before summer began, there was a good chance you’d never heard of Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea, or Rita Ora. Now, at the start of fall, you can’t get enough of these guys. And let’s not forget about Charli XCX. She, like her chart-topping colleagues, has been around for years but…
Gene Simmons recently talked about his idea of rock ‘n’ roll being dead in Esquire magazine. He may have a point about the music industry failing to properly showcase rock bands by getting them on the radio and bringing them the mainstream success they deserve, but real rock is definitely…
To all you retro gamers out there, there’s some good news in the horizon; After a year long hiatus, Retro Arcade Night returns this Saturday, September 20, at Arcade Game Sales. It’s the first Arcade Night held at the new location on 279 E. Oakland Park Boulevard with double the…
In 2004, Rick Smith was 19 years old. He was a drummer with a penchant for chaotic hardcore, playing in South Florida outfits like Tyranny of Shaw and Concrete Evidence — but none tested his mettle quite like Torche. “Torche changed the way I thought of the term ‘heavy’,” says…
Reggae music is alive and well in South Florida with acts like Fireside Prophets and Making Faces. But for the most part, the bands are fronted by dudes. That’s is all good, but we were definitely interested when we heard about a touring group heading to town that’s going against…
Cruzan Amphitheatre was packed this past Saturday, but it a was a far cry from the last time I was at the venue for Warped Tour. Instead of punks sporting converse and piercings in every orifice, it was cowboy boot-palooza up in there, with daisy duke-clad gals waiting with bated…
By Olivia Feldman Seeing a band play its hometown — especially at a venue the members used to frequent — gives a cool glimpse into its past. Especially, when the bouncer at said venue tells you he remembers throwing the members out multiple times eight or ten years ago. Now…
As eager as I was to see Washed Out, I was almost more curious to see how an audience would react to the music live. The brainchild of Ernest Greene, this Athens, Georgia act creates an intimate, synth heavy ambience that seems more fitting heard through a pair of earbuds…
It’s been a minute since fuzzed-out, home-bred blog sensation Surfer Blood played a local show. You haven’t forgotten about our cherished West Palm Beach college rock purveyors, have you? Despite releasing an album on a major label, performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and touring the world a few times over,…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: A band consisting of (mostly) University of Miami students sets out to make its mark. At the tender age of 21, members of Loose Buttons have already built quite a career…
Sheryl Crow won over the hearts of millions back in the ’90s when she came out with hits like “All I Wanna Do,” “Strong Enough,” and “If It Makes You Happy.” These honest songs about womanhood made her a fast role model and idol for teenaged girls across America who…
This past Saturday was an unusually muggy night at West Palm’s Cruzan Amphitheatre, even for Florida. The air had the consistency of peanut butter. Maxi dresses and shirts clung to audience members at the Kings of Leon show, all wet from sweat and humidity. And God bless the brave souls…
