Tonight, the formerly bumping and alarmingly kitsch downtown Miami club Pawn Shop is opening its doors again in West Palm Beach. The old place was housed in an actual pawn shop and was very much one of the the finest club spots in South Florida for many years, hosting some…
This Sunday, from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., Sandbar Fort Lauderdale will be hosting an all new party, Soundbox. The promoters promise it will be heavenly madness. Top billing of the no cover festivities belongs to Lost Pieces, which is made up of DJ Donnie Lowe and Michael Gin. Lowe…
Tea Leaf Green has gone from four to five band members since its beginnings in the late ’90s. But as far as changes to the act go, really the other big shift to note is an unfortunate water-balloon-hurling incident that led them to no longer utilize a man in a…
When it comes to his music, musician Julian Cires has some serious gravitas. Some would call it gusto or, even more bluntly, “big balls.” Why, you may ask? Not many artists could trudge along with their vision of a band after enduring three complete lineup changes. And fewer still could…
World Music can begin right here at home. BeauSoleil, sons of Louisiana’s Bayou country and the number one Cajun music band in the world (according to Garrison Keillor of Prairie Home Companion anyway), has proven that precept time and time again over the course of their near three decade career…
Our friends in Minneapolis have come unstuck in time and put forth a veritable punk rock powerhouse gig this weekend. It both respects their own roots and nods to the Pacific Northwest as the cradle of raunch ‘n’ roll. Also, it makes us question why we, as proud South Floridians,…
Twenty years ago, the York, Pennsylvania, four-piece Live, which formed for a middle school talent show, was one of the biggest rock bands in the world. The group sold out stadiums and performed the massive Woodstock anniversary concerts in ’94 and ’99 on the strength of the album Throwing Copper…
Every year around this time, we spend hours staring at the computer, hitting refresh, waiting for the lineup for downtown West Palm Beach’s most massive music festival to hit the web. And finally, this morning, SunFest announced the schedule for the acts that’ll be performing seaside at the 32nd-annual blowout…
Demi Lovato BB&T Center February 25 Better than: Watching Camp Rock? On the surface of things, Demi Lovato’s story is predictable, something we’ve heard before. Former Disney Channel darling ditches the script and becomes a badass bitch or whatever, something à la Miley. But digging back to her beginnings as…
Iron & Wine Culture Room February 25, 2014 Better than: That show at Dorsch Gallery where he kept fucking up his songs (though he still fucked up a few songs last night). After last appearing in South Florida with a huge band that included a horn section and two drummers,…
Tate’s Comics, the original Lauderhill massive headquarters for all things comic-book-related, is currently growing even more enormous. Walls have been struck to expand the location by 3,400 square feet, making it bigger than Giant Man, The Blob, and possibly Godzilla at more than 10,000 square feet. Tate Ottati, the store’s…
It’s hard to imagine a world without Justin Timberlake. No lovably awkward Mickey Mouse Club duets, no bleached-blond curls or coordinating denim outfits, zero hours spent in front of the mirror trying to learn the choreography from the “Bye Bye Bye” video, definitely no “Cry Me a River” (the greatest…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week, a shipload of fun. I’m a big fan of music cruises. For me, they are ideal entertainment. You get a bunch of great bands onboard, all the food you…
One year ago, we parked our car along a side street off Himmarshee in downtown Fort Lauderdale and followed the sound. It led us to Original Fat Cat’s where, on a cool Monday night, deep, slow-wobbling vibrations oozed like molasses over an otherwise motionless city block. By midnight, the dark…
Art Garfunkel Amaturo Theater, Broward Center for the Performing Arts February 21, 2014 Better than: Simon and Garfunkel? Predictably no. Art Garfunkel in his prime? Again, no. Art Garfunkel, three years prior when he was robbed of his voice? Decidedly yes. Three years ago, a mysterious malady robbed Art Garfunkel…
Former Broken Talent bassist Malcom Tent has come a long way since escaping South Florida in 1986 for the cold climes of Danbury, Connecticut. For 20 years, he ran Trash American Style, an amazing record shop which was perhaps the only place on Earth where one could purchase Mexican wrestling…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week, Lee’s weirder encounters… In the world of music journalism, an otherwise run-of-the mill meeting with a rock star can suddenly become awkward. Take these scenarios as examples… Those old…
“Our mission is to resurrect the bass gods and have coochies popping worldwide,” says Da $wap $hop Kid of his new project Death Jam Posse. Three dudes you may recognize as Bleubird, Jabrjaw, and Protoman have taken on entirely new personas: Young Lauderdale, Mr. Belvedere, and Da $wap $hop Kid…
Tonight, friends from all walks of life will gather at Flaunt, the long standing Respectable Street indie dance party in West Palm Beach, to commemorate the life and music of the late Ray Pachter. Montage, the band he lovingly crafted with his brother Ben, will be performing along with Alarmists…
Black Fridays may be gone and Roxanne’s is a thing of the past, but the Fetish Factory hopes to keep dark alternative culture in Fort Lauderdale thriving with its newest night, Circle. Tonight is Circle’s kick-off party and although it’s brought to you by the folks over at the den…
Despite being in his mid-twenties, it seems musician Evan Mui has been a perennial member of Lake Worth’s music scene for ages. With stints in Palm Beach County favorites like Guy Harvey and the Dewars, Mui has more than cut his teeth. His newest project Wake Up has given Mui…
Most of the time it’s hard to believe that the old adage, “Change is good” is true; sometimes it’s hard to deny the proof. In late November, Feelgoods Rock Bar and Grill announced it would be shuttering its doors to make way for a West Palm version of former downtown…
