SONiA is a singer and songwriter who’s been in the business for more than 20 years, making music alone and with her group, Disappear Fear. She tours endlessly and writes music constantly, singing in Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, and English. Her résumé and list of awards is extensive and includes 16 albums. SONiA…
Only four months removed from last year’s bacchanalia of hops and malt, the 15th-annual New Times “Original” Beerfest still drew a considerable crowd to its new venue, the Huizenga Plaza on 32 E. Las Olas Blvd. Much to our chagrin, New Times is not turning this sudsy affair into a…
Once upon a time — like, pre-dating social media time — “screamo” wasn’t a dirty word. For a relatively brief but enthusiastic period in the mid-’90s to maybe the early ’00s, it was a purely underground thing, borne out of hardcore. There was almost no sonic resemblance to the later…
Ace Hood with T-PainRevolution Live March 30 All braids and diamonds, Ace Hood put on a brief but soulful performance at Revolution Live on Friday night. Performing in his hometown clearly meant something special to the hip-hop artist signed to DJ Khaled’s We the Best Music Group. With his “nine five four”…
Glitzed up with sequins, vividly colored costumes, lasers, and psychedelic stage sets, Cirque Dreams: “Pop Goes Rock” packed an endless amount of breathtaking tricks and antics into a 90-minute rock show. Set to the sounds musicians like Sugarhill Gang, Britney Spears, and Madonna, Hard Rock Live was transformed into a…
The legendary Iggy Pop has been known to, well, pop up at events in South Florida, especially down in the 305. However, he has yet to be spotted hanging around downtown Fort Lauderdale. According to some rumors floating around, though, that just might change this weekend. A source who prefers…
The South Florida-based pianist will hit the road April 17, when his first concert will be in West Palm Beach. Before that, he’ll answer questions from fans in an April 11 webcast featuring questions from fans, according to a release.All of this coincides with the release of his latest concert…
Making some serious strides is what local indie-dance punk outfit D.V.N.O. has been doing lately. The West Palm Beach quintet will be performing at the 30th edition of SunFest this year. Led by brothers Marco (vocals, bass) and Jacob (drums, percussion) Baez, D.V.N.O. will take the FPL stage on Sunday,…
Savannah, Georgia, sure isn’t a particularly beachy place, but reggae knows no geographical bounds, especially among the college-age set. And school is indeed where this group formed in 2003, when its members were all students at the Savannah College of Art and Design. In ensuing years, though, visual art has…
In the late ’90s and the early ’00s, Long Island act the Movielife seemed like the official band to like for tattooed tough dudes who just wanted a little melody sometimes. The group drew some threads from melodic hardcore but wove them mostly into melodic, sing-along pop-punk and played notoriously…
With current-day experimental electronic music so often divided along trendy blog lines, it’s refreshing to hear a local act resurrect a term you don’t hear too much on Hype Machine and the like — trip-hop. But the local three-piece Astrea Corporation does, indeed, pick up a strain of boom-bap beats…
Brown Bag Wednesday is the newest addition to the Green Room weekly party lineup. There’s usually a whole lot of drinking Colt 45, booty-dancing to throwback jams, and an occasional impromptu break-dancing competition. In sum, it’s a total anything-goes type of atmosphere. They kicked off the inaugural party with Talib…
Click here for part one of the story. Ace Hood tries to keep his life as normal as possible to maintain sanity. “When I’m in the studio, I’m in the studio,” he says. “When I’m onstage, I’m a performer. When I’m out with the people, I’m that. I’m reserved, chilling, spending…
Spending the weekend at any one giant concert event is a huge commitment. It means you have to dedicate your feet, belly, ears, and soul to one place for three days. In 2012, Ultra Music Festival moved from last year’s location at Bicentennial Park to Bayfront Park. Now, if you…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week, Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson find vanity a common bond. I get lots of missives from publicists and record companies on a weekly — wait, make that a daily…
Click here for part two of the story.You might know Ace Hood as one of DJ Khaled’s protégés, a Broward County original with plenty of rhymes and talent. Signed to the We the Best Music Group, Ace Hood is a new breed of hip-hop artist: a down-to-earth rapper who has…
The three-day electronic musical extravaganza Ultra Fest ended with a few things: a sweetly loud and vibrant fireworks display over Biscayne Bay and a mind- and ear-blowing Bassnectar performance. You didn’t have to be a fan of the man’s work to notice the intensity of the crowd’s adoration, the impressive stage…
Better than: Morning radio After spending what felt like 24 hours at Ultra being sandwiched in between shirtless men and women in their underwear, we took a breath of fresh air and headed over to the Mixmag Annie Mac Presents tent for most of Saturday. In addition to her two shows and…
Better than: Figuring out the “hipster” application on the new 21 Jump Street film. I am no man. Or rather, I am nowhere near enough of a “man” in the classical sense to say that I don’t know more than the next average Joe. I will say this much: While Madonna…
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Ultra Fest is like candy for the senses, one of which is, of course, sight. While the sternum vibrates with each bass hit and the ears are tickled by tweaks, blips, and beeps from the towers of speakers, the eyes are dazzled not only by the trance inducing visuals on the…
Ultra Music FestivalBayfront Park, MiamiSaturday, March 24, 2012 Better than: Friday at Ultra 2012. Saturday was always going to be the big day at Ultra this year — less of the warm-up, not the sparse crowds that strangely afflicted notable sets on Friday, and none of the inevitable “final day of a…
