Photo by Ian WitlenThurston Moore reading a poem “with Kurt in mind.”No one wrote “Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit” on the wall. Still, the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts reeked, ever-so-slightly and not-so-literally, of sweaty punk armpits, greasy faded flannel, and the sweet stink of…
The Clematis by Night stage was moved and expanded last night to make room for The Voice’s Cassadee Pope’s return to her West Palm Beach home. The city’s weekly setup is normally by the fountains on Clematis, but for Pope, it was pushed all the way back to the waterfront…
When True Love’s Adam Facenda opened a second tattoo shop so close to his original store, it was a big gamble. “I took a real chance in opening this place,” Facenda admits. “I signed the lease, and then a couple of days later there was the announcement that the stock…
Future legend Cassadee Pope is about to have one hell of a homecoming. The former lead singer of pop-punk outfit Hey Monday has been hard at work the past few months as a contestant on NBC’s slap in American Idol’s face, The Voice. On Tuesday, Pope made it past yet…
Photo by Ciara OsorioLykke Li. MOCA L.A. Beach Party With Lykke Li, Miike Snow, and Peter Björn and John Raleigh Hotel, Miami Beach Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Better Than: A trip to Ikea. There is something to be said about MOCA Los Angeles’ annual Basel bash. Once again, it seemed…
“Livetronica” is the worst name for a musical subgenre since “emo” or “rock ‘n’ roll.” This ridiculous term is meant to denote psychedelic jam-band hippie rock that has been augmented with the technorganic delights of the future. That is, synthesizers, computers, and combinations thereof. Lucky for flagship livetronickers Papadosio, their…
As time marches on, fans of the (now) classic rock ‘n’ roll animal have fewer and fewer groups to enjoy in their original, or even mostly original, configurations. The years can be pretty unkind to bands: Members quit, members die, and “the magic” can so easily disappear. Aerosmith has almost…
Canadian pop-punk, passive-aggressive Twitter feuds are a riot, eh? It’s been three years since Avril Lavigne ripped ex-husband Deryck Whibley’s heart out of his chest and filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences” after three years of marriage. Lavigne’s now engaged to Chad Kroeger, becoming heir apparent to Nickelback’s mountain of…
When revered hardcore bands reboot (as most inevitably do), it is generally an event reserved for festivals, an obvious money grab. At best, it’s an attempt to scrape some nostalgia out of the back of the van for old time’s sake. However, for seminal Minneapolis-based hardcore band Harvest, a recent…
Last week, Lee Castro wrote up a list of his picks for the top 10 best Palm Beach County rappers. More than a few people weren’t happy with the results or the rankings. But many of them just didn’t click to the last page of the post. See also- Top 10 Palm…
You know what we like more than Willie Nelson? Nothing, that’s what. Absolutely nothing. Any old, white, country-singing pothead who writes a book and calls it Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die deserves, at the very least, the honor of our highest affection. The Red Headed not-so Stranger…
Tommy Benedetti’s main band is the reggae act John Brown’s Body. “It’s fair to say that JBB is one of the first roots reggae band to get out and do a lot of work on the road,” he admits of the group that started out pre-Facebook. But when Benedetti is at home in Boston,…
“It’s my tenth time playing in your neck of the woods. I’ve got a lot of memories, but I wanna make some new ones.” said Eddie Vedder to the sold out crowd inside Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center for the Performing Arts. And that is just what the 47-year old musician…
The official PR description for Flow Tribe is as follows: “Straight out of New Orleans and into your earholes, Flow Tribe comes at you with the delicacy of a sledgehammer.” Now, we didn’t know too much about the group before we heard about their concert tonight at the Funky Buddha…
For his Friday night show at Broward Center for the performing arts, Eddie Vedder pulled out all the stops (check back on Monday morning for the full review) including a guest appearance by singer Chan Marshall, a.k.a Cat Power. See also:- Cat Power Released From Hospital, According to Twitter and…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Feeling like a VIP! I have to admit that I’m easily spoiled. That’s especially true as far as concerts are concerned. I don’t need to be in the first few rows,…
It’s no secret the Black Locust Society crew knows how to throw a party. It did win the Best Nightlife Award for its Swarm event series. So it’s also no surprise that in celebration of the world ending on 12-21-12, it’s throwing the one party you definitely won’t want to…
Broward County is blowing up dubstep recently. Following last week’s awesome Rusko, Gemini, and Nasastrom blow out at Club Cinema, Canadian producer and DJ Excision is going to keeping the bass heavy and beating at Club Cinema. Otherwise known as Jeff Abel, Excision is launching his 50-date North American Execution tour…
In I-can’t-believe-he’s-that-old news, Everclear’s Art Alexakis celebrated his 50th birthday this year. Fifty. That sort of blew our mind at New Times and made us feel, well, inspired. This year alone, Everclear released its eighth studio record, Invisible Stars, in June, and spent the better part of summer touring alongside…
Dexterity. Without it, guitar solos would sound like crap. And as for one-man bands, forget it. A solo artist tackling every element of a song without dexterity is as reliable as an iPad sans 3G capabilities on a road trip. And few people understand the importance of musical dexterity better…
Both the immortal words of Ol’ Dirty Bastard, “I’ll beat your ass,” and L.L. Cool J’s signature saying, “Momma said ‘Knock you out’ ” are fitting themes for the upcoming Beatdown 2012. WBA fighters and hip-hop heavyweights take center stage at the BB&T Center, presumably to cheer up Panther fans…
Dexterity. Without it, guitar solos would sound like crap. And as for one-man bands, forget it. A solo artist tackling every element of a song without dexterity is as reliable as an iPad sans 3G capabilities on a road trip. Few people understand the importance of musical dexterity better than South Carolinian…
