Try as the cool-kid establishment in various areas might, some things will always please millions without being inherently cool. Velveeta? Actually kind of delicious besides being processed to hell and not even remotely healthy. Three-camera sitcoms with canned laughter? Yes, even they have their moments. Nickelback? Well… The mere mention…
Nearly a million people have seen Iggy Azalea’s “Pu$$y.” About 4,000 really liked it. But it left a sour taste in about 770 others’ mouths. “No words,” YouTube user Serbsaint says. “I hope she dies from bleeding of the asshole.” And nonfan Slimjim90tj quips, “I bet those beef curtains flap…
Drug addiction and alleged spousal abuse — that’s all behind him. Ever since Whitney Houston was found dead in a Beverly Hills bathtub in February, Bad Bobby Brown has been able to focus on the important stuff, like fighting a DUI charge in California and hitting the road with his…
The WeekndRevolution, Fort LauderdaleMay 1, 2012Better than: Paying for an hour of the watered-down dance-pop that’s mostly passing for current R&B.Last night’s local performance by the Weeknd, his first in the area and a stop on his inaugural tour, served as a lesson in wise music business practices circa 2012…
Portlandia might try and stab in the dark at getting you reminiscing about the ’90s (1890s and 1990s), but nothing gets you hopping into the old time machine like a good old fashioned set of delicious and pleasurably guilty whatever wave of ska. Well, not so much whatever wave. In…
Dearest readers, I have been a contributor to these pages for well over eight years now, and I’ve enjoyed a certain stylistic free range that is typically not allowed aesthetically or socially by journalistic moral standards. That said, in today’s blog post, we’ll be hailing Herbie Hancock’s upcoming SunFest appearance…
Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, and Michael Rutherford formed Genesis whilst attending an English boarding school in 1966. Their only desire was to write pop songs for other rock bands. Wunderkind Jonathan King discovered them and wanted to groom them as the next Bee Gees. Early in the band’s career, Gabriel…
OK, South Florida. We’re going to ask the question you’ve all been thinking about since the lineup for SunFest was announced: Will Tupac make a SunFest appearance? Yes, we know he’s been gone from this Earth for 16 years, but if you remember, his specter was witnessed with Snoop Dogg and Dr…
Last December, the empty venue formerly known as Automatic Slim’s was given its second face-lift along with a new namesake, 15 West. Despite its gutted and rebuilt interior, the crowd and vibe inside remained pretty comparable to that of Automatic Slim’s. So, when I heard about a tattoo artist gallery…
Is there a divide between a band and its brand? Is it right to lay claim to a name and the legacy that goes with it even when there’s only one original member and the group’s roster is rebuilt from the ground up? We asked similar questions recently of the…
Nobody wants to deflate expectations or deprive Beach Boys fans of reason for celebration. And yet, the announcement late last year that the band had decided to reunite seems to warrant a cautionary note. After all, two of the original key players — brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson — are…
Editor’s Note: New Times writer Hans Morgenstern cautiously made his way to Revolution Live for about seven hours of complete fascination with touches of horror. What follows are the ten most shocking things he spotted at the Blood on the Dance Floor show last night. Click here for the full…
Abel Tesfaye, the 22-year-old who goes by the Weeknd, is enjoying the first flush of his Next Big Thing success. His show tomorrow at Revolution, part of his first tour, sold out within a day of its tickets’ release. Based on his buzz alone, he could easily fill a venue…
Legends of Hip-HopNova Southeastern UniversityApril 27Better than: Legends of power pop The legends of hip-hop are trailblazers. They’re talented, they’re charismatic, they’re memorable, and they’re, well, kind of old. The audience at the Legends of Hip-hop tour started out spunky and dancing like they were at tha club, but by hour five,…
Blood on the Dance Floorwith Brokencyde, Deuce, Polkadot Cadaver, William ControlRevolution Live April 29, 2012For the ten most shocking moments of the night, click here. Better than: Actually being Frankenstein Goth rock, what hath ye wrought? For this writer, goth died when Joy Division’s singer Ian Curtis hanged himself in his Manchester home…
The Spirit Cat website-slash-movement is more than just a clickable distraction, bringing music from around Florida, mostly electronic, pop, and garage, to the web world. According to the creator of Spirit Cat, J.T. Bringardner, the sounds they post are varied, “We’re really open to anything that moves us emotionally or physically!” An…
For a concert dedicated to bossa nova, a music born on the beaches of Brazil, the three musicians onstage at the Green Room last night certainly dressed the part. Bobby Lee Rodgers, the guitarist, took to the stage in a T-shirt and flip-flops. His drummer, Pete Lavezzoli, was barefoot. The bass…
Editor’s Note: This is a moment of full disclosure… I have hosted a Pajama Jam Kid ‘N Play House Party themed birthday party, and I dressed as Kid using a sheet of black cardboard taped into a cylinder atop of my head. It really worked. Feel free to take my…
“The Crossroads” is a place where most of us find ourselves fairly regularly. They are characterized by a demand to make a decision to head down one of several divergent paths. Should we break up with so and so? Move to a new town? Abandon our current career direction? Or,…
Anyone with marginally decent access to media outlets in 1994 probably heard Collective Soul’s “Shine.” The video for and the guitar riff from the single — the first track off their debut album, Hints, Allegations, and Thngs Left Unsaid — are both textbook ’90s and a little grunge; the lyrics,…
— Brian ZimmermanPicture this: You’re in an elevator, alone, when suddenly, a gentle island ditty starts piping through the speakers. It starts with a guitar, a wave-like rhythm that reminds you of white sand and lapping waves. Then the melody kicks in. It sounds familiar, strangely familiar, and you probe…
Recently, Fort Lauderdale band Suede Dudes gave County Grind a “Moist Vagina.” Ewwwww!, we can hear your screech of disgut. No fear! It was merely a cover of Nirvana’s B-side to “No Apologies”/”Rape Me” double A-side released in 1993. They took it and made it all their own. We’ve called Suede Dudes drone-y,…
