British neofolk pioneer Douglas Pearce has lived his life steeped in controversy. Protested and picketed against, maligned and otherwise defamed, the singer/songwriter better-known as Douglas P. has been through a lot in his years as the driving force of Death in June. To be fair, Pearce has spent the better…
Tim Armstrong might have found riches producing and writing for big names such as Pink and Gwen Stefani, but his fame and respect came from his time singing and playing guitar for the Berkeley punk group Rancid. Formed out of the ashes of the hardcore Operation Ivy with fellow alumnus…
Florida is the death-metal capital of the world, and South Florida loves its death metal more than just about anywhere in the entire universe. Being so, we have a wealth of gore-mongers churning out fresh metal filth all the time. The Glorious Death, a band of Colombian ex-patriots that shreds…
Russell Mofsky isn’t asking much out of you. Just $15,000. Even if you’re not a local music freak, you might know Mofsky’s act, Gold Dust Lounge. For folks into the art scene, it’s the trio that has performed outside the Harold Golen Gallery in Miami on countless occasions. Fans of…
Summer Jam offered a pleasant surprise this past Saturday. In in a world of “maybe,” they came through with a yes. The West Palm Beach festival successfully brought local acts of varying genres out into the open air. What made the lineup so intriguing, and even somewhat unfamiliar to the…
Cherie Currie has truly earned her place in the annals of rock history. The legend of the Runaways should require no further introduction at this point, however, Currie’s own legend is one still being penned. Last night, Currie came out swinging with a reminder that the spirit of rock ‘n’…
In some ways, Dumpstaphunk revives the notion of what entails a supergroup: a few exiles from various big name bands in a new amalgam, and suddenly you’re garnering headlines. On the other hand, Dumpstaphunk is the product of a very distinctive bloodline, one which flows from the first family of…
You know intimately what a cassette is. You remember the delicate surgery of unraveling the magnetic tape from your brown, boxy Fisher Price player. You can taste those tears you shed when the procedure didn’t go so well. Those many failed attempts to salvage the mix you recorded off of…
Although some of us are too old to go “Back 2 School,” we ain’t ashamed to catch a concert in honor of the final days of summer. But with that kind of grammar, maybe a return to elementary school isn’t such a bad idea… Whether you’re too old or just…
Wikipedia defines a “troll” as “a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people… with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.” Some trolls are less evil than others, though. Some trolls just want to lie…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Our modern obsession with musicians. Hero worship involves us entirely, uncritically, and excessively adoring another human being. There are sports heroes, political heroes, teacher heroes (for the nerds), but no…
Cyndi Lauper helped the English-speaking world realize that girls do just wanna have fun. Well, that’s not all they want. They also want equal pay, longer maternity leaves, and not to be referred to as “girls” when they’re grown-ass women. We’re not here to lump the ladies into one big…
Scott Weiland Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale August 24, 2013 Better than: Linkin Park. There was a sense of urgency at Revolution Live Saturday night. Many came to see Scott Weiland perform because they thought it might be the last time they would have the chance to see him live. The…
Diana Ross has been inspiring gay men to strap wide curly wigs on their skulls and belt out “Upside Down” for generations. If there’s one diva that had shaped the look and sound of drag, it’s gotta be her. RuPaul, the queen of drag herself, called Ross out as his…
When most people tell the tale of the Doors, Jim Morrison’s enigmatic personality, poetic flare, and early death generally take center stage. However, without Robby Krieger’s blues-gone-psych guitar work, it is far less likely that the Lizard King would figure so prominently in the annals of rock history. After all,…
Historically, jam bands and drugs have been as closely associated as water-filtered, color-changing, pyrex “tobacco” pipes and marijuana. And the marriage has at times been blissful, no doubt. But drug abuse has also contributed to many beautiful lives turning ugly and ending too soon. For many in the jam band…
The West Palm dream-pop weavers of the Band in Heaven might have just finished up their first album, filled with perfectly fuzzy shoegaze tunes lamenting the loss of innocence, but for a relatively young group of musicians, it looks like they’ve managed to skip the whole awkward adolescent phase and…
Palm Beach County music fans have had it lucky. We’re currently fortunate enough to stroll down Clematis on any day that ends in ‘y’ and catch live acts. But it’s the magic of yesteryear that still elicits warm fuzzies for anyone who had a hand in it. Back in the…
For the former lead singer of the Runaways, Cherie Currie, life has been an intense ride. While a portion of the Runaways’ story has finally been told thanks to a 2010 biopic starring Dakota Fanning as Cherie and Kristen Stewart in the role of guitarist and foil Joan Jett, the…
It’s official. Downtown West Palm has more than one music festival to be giddy about. Now back for its second year, Summer Jam is slated to turn the Meyer Amphitheater into a little reggae paradise at the end of the month. The lineup is stacked with reunions of mega-local acts…
There’s a distinct sensation when you’re at a party that’s outgrown itself. The crowd’s there, the music, the drinks, the same cigarette smoke and sidewalk jerk-chicken vendor, the same bouncer and bartenders, and the same guys playing pool in the back. But there’s a certain air of restlessness, a subtle…
Cold Cave is Wesley Eisold, the brooding, multifarious former vocalist behind influential hardcore groups Give Up the Ghost (previously American Nightmare) and Some Girls. Since 2007, he’s been churning out a stream of self-produced experimental darkwave synth, occasionally collaborating with friends like Sean Martin of Hatebreed and the late Justin…
