A quick scan of Funcrusher’s self-penned bio shows that this new Lake Worth quartet has a serious taste for the obscure. There’s the fact that each band member has given himself a nonsensical nickname, for instance, or the fact that each lists his role not by instrument but by element…
The second installment of Sumsun’s monthly Lush∆Haus residency at Propaganda had the added allure of a birthday celebration. Turning 22 is not considered as exciting a milestone as some other ages that come before it — like the one when you can finally buy porn, and then the one where…
Linkin Park surprised its fans with the release of its fifth studio album, A Thousand Suns, last year. Its introductory single, “The Catalyst,” was just a hint of the band’s radical shift in direction. Chester Bennington’s (New Times’ interview with him is here) trademark nasal croon and existential lyrics stayed…
The incongruous-sounding Motel 6 Rock Yourself to Sleep tour slides into town for the second time in six months on Tuesday. Instead of pop-punk groups, this tour brings with it a litany of Christian metalcore acts. For those unfamiliar with the genre, it is hard to conceive that these acts,…
Update: This show has been canceled. Now in his mid-40s, British-born rapper Slick Rick has spent nearly half of his life battling MCs, prison cells, monocular vision, and deportation. Like a fortuneteller, the rapper titled his 1988 masterpiece The Great Adventures of Slick Rick two years before his real troubles…
Making Faces is a band concerned with “feeling good, having fun, and rocking your socks off” — at least according to social networking sites. Although the wording is blasé, the description seems accurate. The West Palm Beach four-piece delivers clean, lively, reggae-tinted alt-rock sprinkled with covers of Sublime, Jimi Hendrix,…
Chillwave’s dead, but there are still a few great artists who have come out of the musical movement, including Ariel Pink, Panda Bear, and Toro y Moi. Not to be outdone, Georgia’s Washed Out (AKA Ernest Greene) manages to immerse listeners in complex soundscapes without resorting to cliché or heavy-handed…
A band with a big following in New Orleans is sure to bring something solid to any town it visits on tour, and Galactic is no exception. For nearly two decades, the NOLA-bred funk outfit, which incorporates hip-hop, rock, and electronic flavors into its signature sound, has been blowing roofs…
There’s always a chance that Tyvek’s Nothing Fits was a painstakingly assembled second record. In any case, the Motor City band spits its lo-fi garage/punk rock out so urgently that it sounds like one member really needs that bathroom break, and it rarely gives a damn about coming off anywhere…
The enigmatic, dreamy rockers Joan of Arc used to be a punk band that fellow Chicagoan Ben Weasel of gutter pop-punk outfit Screeching Weasel called “the cruddiest and most pretentious band in Chicago.” Ten years later, the foursome, centering on Tim Kinsella, shows off a penchant for hipster-defined irony. The…
Some say “Again?!” and others “Finally!” but this much is known: Interpol will bring back the dark suits and darker tunes to South Florida in April. Still in support of the group’s self-titled effort and fourth album overall, the visit is part of a tidy North American tour in April…
One of the most creatively conceived local nights of live music, the Sumsun-curated Lush Haus, is back tonight at the ultimate Lake Worth den of sight and sound, Propaganda. The first one back in December set the tone with a live set by the atmospheric splendor that is Hear Hums,…
After the usual amount of speculation that Daft Punk would/would not be the headliners at Coachella 2011, running April 15-17 in Indio, California, we finally have a lineup that should please legions of Pitchfork readers. Katy Perry and Surfer Blood (above) were not impressed, however.View the very authentic and real…
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 musical misstep leads to danger… and deceit! My recent column recounting my musical memories of the University of Miami sparked a flood of comments and…
At the height of the late ’90s so-called Third Wave ska craze, bands like the Aquabats could seem to represent the silliest of the crop. On one hand, more serious, soul- and reggae-inflected “traditional” ska acts like the Slackers and Hepcat were trying to emphasize their Jamaican musical roots. Then,…
After putting out respectable-yet- amateurishly raw debut EP See Lons Fini this past November, boisterous Lake Worth punk trio Kill Now?! had, seemingly, a lot of momentum going into the new year. But alas, the hardcore-meets-classic rock three-piece has decided to call it quits. According to its Facebook page each…
Grab your hat and your boots and mosey on over to the Cruzan Amphitheatre because the Country Megaticket is back for 2011. The 2011 Tire Kingdom Country Megaticket concert series features an all-star (and all-male) country music lineup. So no Taylor, Miranda or Lady Antebellum this time around, everyone.Get our…
CakeSunset Cove Amphitheater, Boca RatonFriday, January 14, 2010View a slideshow from the concert here. Better Than: A Skittles sugar rush ’90s eccentric pop group Cake at Boca Raton’s Sunset Cove Amphitheater did not disappoint its suburbanite masses on Friday, with ample saccharine hooks for all to hear and sing along…
of Montreal Friday, January 14, 2011 Revolution, Fort Lauderdale View a slideshow of backstage and concert photos here.Less than one year ago of Montreal last adorned a South Florida stage, and it’s the second time for frontman Kevin Barnes — apparently they’re a band that does not forget about lowly…
Awesome New Republic With Sumsun, The Band in Heaven and Beings. Little Munich, Lake WorthSaturday January 15, 2010Better Than: A Coral Reefer Band.It was a Discosoma takeover at Little Munich Saturday night. Four acts performed at the Lake Worth German bar turned late night hipster hotbed, and each had ties…
John RalstonWith Grey & OrangeDada, Delray BeachFriday, January 14, 2011Better Than: Spending Friday night in a clubThe Review:As a couple seated at the bar fell hard onto the floor mid-song, Lake Worth Americana artist John Ralston politely asked them if they were okay and kept playing. Later the couple was kissing,…
We’re pretty sure if you take a “walk around the lake” to ease your mind of all of your troubles, you probably won’t be doing it with a seven-piece folk orchestra by your side. But that’s okay. That’s what Lost in the Trees is for. Pithy vocals, simple acoustic plucks,…
