This Sunday-night postpostposthardcore extravaganza is not only a brutal dude’s nightmare but also a grammatical wonder. Excepting the headliner, nearly every band’s name forms a technically complete sentence! Their English teachers may be proud, but all four bands have enough to be proud of already. Each act proudly sits atop…
Robert Plant raised a lot more than sand on that 2007 album with Alison Krauss, one of the very few Americana albums to go platinum since O Brother, Where Art Thou? He also raised five Grammys in February 2009 — Raising Sand was released too late to make the ’08…
Being familiar with the Button South tends to mean that you had to be around during a certain period. The Hallandale Beach venue was founded in the early ’80s by the late “Crazy” Greg Newell and gained a hedonistic rep until its late-’90s closing. A few events have reminisced over…
As part of Propaganda’s revitalized booking efforts, the venue’s now going multimedia and more equal-opportunity in its celebration of local arts. Friday’s Radio Triptych Art Show marries visual works with local sounds and opens it all up to all ages for a change. Come for the art, which comprises works…
Dierks Bentley’s mop of curls is his career barometer. Untamed and devoid of style in 2003, they gamely accompanied his enjoyable but superficial debut. By 2005’s Modern Day Drifter, the weave was tempered with Merle-loving grit and a handful of bona fide country radio hits. 2006? Backlit dramatics. He was…
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan was an unfathomable tragedy, and it’s time to help. For those who don’t necessarily have a venue to channel these philanthropic ambitions, hit Respectable Street’s Benefit Show this Sunday. For only $5 each, attendees can feel the Good Samaritan buzz overtake them…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, a backstage view. It’s been years since I worked backstage at concerts in the music business, and these days I watch concerts from the front…
“The Monster Ball Tour” Starring Lady GagaWith Semi Precious WeaponsBankAtlantic Center, SunriseTuesday, April 12Check out a slide show from the concert here.Better than: Any number of lip-syncing rich girls who call themselves pop stars.Give it to Lady Gaga for her work ethic, her artistry, or her activism, but perhaps it’s…
We had a good chuckle when we opened the email promoting Tri-Rail’s “Senior Idol” competition being held at the Parker Playhouse on May 17. First off, since when did the South Florida Regional Rail Transportation Authority (the folks who run the local commuter rail line that links Miami to West…
Long before County Grind was my meal ticket, I had a run-in with Those Darlins in Texas. They’re three scrappy young lasses (and one fella) who consumed barbecue and whiskey equally ravenously, and it’s damned near impossible to not love them for it. At that time, these tamales from Tennessee…
Not going to make it to Coachella this year? Can’t swing Bonnaroo, Pitchfork and Lollapalooza? No need to despair, the good folks over at Florida Atlantic University’s student-run radio station Owl Radio — broadcasting live each and every day straight from room 207 D in the Student Union — have…
Invisible Music is the latest project of local musician John Ralston, and it’s an eight-piece orchestral band that plays Americana and alt-country with a majestic sound. On new single “Let Me Be,” Ralston and co. sing with a softness elevated by glockenspiel, lap steel, violin, bass, drums, guitars and keys. A bit like…
Wow. We are stunned, speechless and excited as hell, boyeeee! In anticipation for their next album The Hot Sauce Committee Part 2, the Beastie Boys just unleashed a trailer for what appears to be the most enjoyable music video in ages. Or most hilarious short movie based on a music…
After a five-month long hiatus, Lake Worth swampy Americana troupe Black Weather Shaman reunites at Propaganda tonight. It’s not like the group’s bushy and tattooed frontman Cecil Lunsford has been kicking back all that time, though. Dude’s been busy night in and night out keeping things thriving at the indie dive…
Amazingly, this date at Bill’s Filling Station still shows up on Lady Gaga’s website, which keeps a little part of her pre-Fame past alive. Back in 2008, the pop singer was just as hungry for domination as she is today, but she was still working her way up.With her South…
Furthur Mizner Park Amphitheater April 6, 2011 Mizner Amphitheater could not handle the volume of Deadheads down to rock out with Furthur on Wednesday night, so a lively ring of dancing hippie types surrounded the venue, partying in the street. Though they were deprived of the nice view of Bob…
YouTube is awash with all kinds of bizarre videos, but if the site ever hands out an award for Weirdest Musical Performance on an Old Talk Show, a clip from Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks’ 1972 appearance on The Flip Wilson Show deserves the prize. The rakish singer/guitarist and…
Pulling off a cover song is a fragile art. Stick too close to the original and it’s boring, but deviating too far from the template is committing creative blasphemy. It’s to Easy Star All-Stars’ credit that they reggaefy big-name albums like OK Computer, Dark Side of the Moon, and Sgt…
Glammy ’80s U.K. goth-rock group Gene Loves Jezebel’s backstory is even more dramatic than its moody catalog. Contrary to its affectionate handle, there is no love lost between the twin brothers, Michael and Jay Aston, who fronted the influential group during its heyday. Michael, the more morose-leaning of the two,…
German metal trooper Accept has been around for a long-ass time — 2011 makes it an astonishing 35 years — but the music is still unashamedly juvenile and mostly ridiculous. On the band’s 12th LP, last year’s Blood of the Nations, new vocalist Mark Tornillo rattles off one broadly painted…
When rock ‘n’ roll legend Jerry Garcia passed in 1995, he left behind a biblical constellation of musical offspring. Of course, he’s best-known as frontman of the Grateful Dead, a position he held for the band’s entire 30-year existence, starting in 1965. Rightfully, the band ended with his death. Meanwhile,…
Florida just hit paydirt — at least for those among us who are Will Oldham enthusiasts. No longer will watching Old Joy and this hilarious Kanye West video have to suffice. See the man who took the album cover photo for Slint’s Spiderland in the flesh, and in the beard.The…
