After living and traveling all over the planet, Steven Machat recently moved to Florida, full time, with the intention of staying. His condo sits bayside, overlooking the weird majesty that is Miami Beach. This expanse of clubs and sunbathers is where the former lawyer, record label owner, and music industry…
As I’m writing this, Matchbox Twenty’s 1996 hit “Push” comes on at Starbucks. It’s not surprising to hear these radio hits, both old and new, considering the commercial success the band has had over the years.Despite almost 20 years together, two hiatuses, and different side projects, the band continues to…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Much-missed musicians… “Thinking of the day, when you went away What a life to take, what a bond to break I’ll be missing you.” — Faith Evans We lost another…
When the sound of the nine piece band began to rise like a swell behind Mike Mineo, his face lit up like a surfer committing to a ride. And as the band played through the opening song, “Waiting,” Mineo’s voice cut through, moved with, explored the new form like sharp…
Yacht rock isn’t dead, and apparently neither are the 50- to 70-year-olds who comprised most of the crowd at the Daryl Hall and John Oates concert at the Hard Rock Live, Hollywood on Friday night.That’s not to mention the soulful pop rock stars themselves, aged 66 and 63, respectively, who…
Like any philosophy, political ideology, or school of thought, feminism isn’t really a single, stable concept but more refers to a spectrum of ideas and beliefs about the role gender and sex play in human life and if they even exist in the first place. If we were to further…
The sun is setting on the Atlantic, and you’re sitting on a mound of sand smoking a spliff. The breeze is soft, and the expressions of your favorite and not-so-favorite musicians light up with the sunset. All of that, and you don’t have to camp out in the cold and…
From the Delta to the bayou, the blues touch the hearts, souls, and ears of the love-struck, down-and-out, and the everyday soul-searcher. It connects all people through its emotional expression of the human condition.In honor of the blues, a movement that inspired endless creations of iconic music and art, Kreepy Tiki…
Forever now, it seems like Broward and Palm Beach counties get passed up for shows with new and big electronic acts. Beside a few spots like Revolution, Pangaea/Gryphon, and Club Cinema, watching a house great turn knobs up here is rare. Although Miami might just be a half-hour drive, sometimes trekking…
We know you miss the feel and weight of your banana hammocks and banana costumes, the ones still sweaty from the salt of the seas. After having the most ridiculous time of your life on Holy Ship!!!’s third Hard Cruise voyage, the one that just barely docked two months ago, your…
Way back in 2001, Jacoby Shaddix declared he had finally reached his “Last Resort.”Twelve years later, the youth of today listen to electronic music and rapping to rock is a taboo shunned to the most mayo’d suburbs of Middle America. But Papa Roach has never stopped pushing forward with its…
For many loyal fans of Perpetual Groove, the band’s annual two-night run at the Culture Room has been like a family reunion for the past several years. Saturday night, in typical night-two fashion, the venue was filled with folks who were still basking in the warmth created the previous night,…
Better Than: Waking up fresh on a Friday morning. By the time the curtains parted for Less Than Jake, unleashing their trombone-pumping, wise-cracking, antics, the crowd was two bands deep into party mode. They were primed and ready for these Florida-bred veterans, who can conduct a boozed up crowd of…
Bon Jovi”Because We Can” Tour. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at BB&T Center, 1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise. Tickets start at $29.50 with fees. Call 954-835-8000, or visit thebbtcenter.com.Time is money, right? Well, in a comparable fashion, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll can be boiled down to a lone common entity…
A little bit further than: You’ve gone before. Like the Grateful Dead before them, Dark Star Orchestra is a catalyst for community. Its success in this role was apparent long before the show began at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale last night. Outside the venue, an hour before showtime, the event was…
Many years ago, I found myself perusing the stacks at the now-defunct South Miami CD Solution. While the visual assault was mostly relegated to your run-of-the-mill second-hand Steve Vai releases and the odd Joe Satriani discs, my then younger eyes fell upon something so enormously sacrilegious that I had to…
There is certainly no shortage of musical festivals happening around the country; even our sister city of Miami has the annual electronic extravaganza Ultra. But down here in Fort Lauderdale, we’ve often been left off the festival map. Until now. On April 20, the local creative collective known as Subculture…
By Matt LevinMuse likes to wax philosophically in their lyrics, singing about revolts and power struggles with soaring bravado-laden falsetto choruses that shout arena rock. So maybe that creates false expectations for the band’s live act. And maybe, on stage, the British trio is just not that interesting.See also- Photos…
By Adam KatzmanCurren$y isn’t doing bad these days, selling out 30 dollar shows in Ft. Lauderdale with his #jetlife relatively unaffected by the recession or poor record sales. His output in 2012 would be “banner” for most other artists, but was just another solid bit of prolific efficiency from the stoner…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: A legend living among us. What becomes of a man who had a mega radio hit 47 years ago and has rarely been heard from since? And what if there…
Every year, Ultra Music Festival features curveball additions to the lineup that contrast greatly to the vociferous beatfreaking that dominates the event. Kraftwerk, New Order, the Black Eyed Peas, and Crystal Castles are all examples of the weekend’s deviation from the deep-house/electro/dubstep axis.See also- Ultra Music Festival 2013, Two Weekends…
This was originally slated to open with a paragraph comparing boring seafood and snobby food-shoppers to the sheer awesomeness of one of our favorite local outfits. Needless to say, the steadier thinking of the County Grind sheriffs prevailed, like they sometimes do over their intoxicated bloggers. But I’m happy to…
