Although it has long been trendy to have a laugh at pint-sized wailer Ronnie James Dio’s expense, it’s actually not as popular now that he’s dead. Dio and his devil horns passed into the next realm last May. His brand of mythic metal both parodied and revered by Tenacious D…
Christopher O’Riley is not your grandma’s classical pianist, though she would probably enjoy his playing. O’Riley, who is also famous as the host of NPR’s From the Top, has earned critical acclaim for his classical arrangements of Generation X Mozarts like Radiohead and Elliott Smith. Although he’s not the only…
Update 6:30 p.m.: Lil Wayne tweets, “I will not be in Pompano Beach!”This is tricky business. Power 96.5 is running a promo featuring a recording of a guy who could very well be Lil Wayne saying he’s appearing at Pompano Beach venue Club Cinema on Friday, December 17. “Hello world,…
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, trolling for tunes in the days when the record stores reigned. I’m the first to admit it. I’m decidedly old school. I like my music as…
It doesn’t take long for Broken Social Scene’s “Texico Bitches” video to get kind of icky. Not sure if there’s a Canadian tradition that involves hillside grappling matches in black, gooey petroleum ejaculations, but this clip manages to deal a piledriver upon big oil (and pro wrestling). Then again, hearing…
View a slideshow from the concert here.Y100 Jingle Ball With Adam Lambert, B.O.B., Enrique Iglesias, FloRida, Jay Sean, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Taio Cruz, The Script, and Train BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise Saturday, December 11, 2010 Better than: Staying home and watching whatever that sports documentary was on HBO…something to do…
Face it, aside from the denizens of Davie and Florida’s northern most extremes, Americana, folk and bluegrass aren’t exactly in great demand, at least not in our part of the state. While a handful of homegrown heroes — Rod MacDonald, Matthew Sabatella, Jennings & Keller, the 18 Wheelers, and others…
Saturday’s Y100 Jingle Ball at the BankAtlantic Center was a night of amazing hits, and even more amazing pants — or no pants, in the case of Katy Perry. Photographer Sayre Berman got a load of great shots throughout the night, and the full 41-photo slideshow is here. And her…
fun. With Steel Train and the Postelles Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Wednesday, December 8, 2010 fun. (all lowercase, period at the end) is the brainchild of Nate Ruess, whose distinctive vocals you recognize from the Format. His backing band of Andrew Dost and Steel Train’s Jack Antonoff came onstage Wednesday…
Even in dire economic and political times, Americans have an enormous amount to be thankful for. But as South Floridians think over all that is good and hopeful this holiday season, there probably won’t be nearly enough gratitude for Rob Van Winkle — the man you know as Vanilla Ice…
Dieselboy’s influence is hard to overstate. After years of making hard-core rave mixtapes — before drum ‘n’ bass even existed as a genre — as a 20-something in Philadelphia in the late ’90s, he started the pioneering weekly d’n’b night Platinum. From there quickly mushroomed an insane career that has…
Joe Bonamassa possibly followed in the footsteps of his blues guitar forefather, Robert Johnson, and made a deal with the devil during the past two years. In a bending, wailing whirlwind, Bonamassa was named 2009 Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards, Eric Clapton…
Originally, the now-extinct 93 Rock, which had a mean “alternative hard rock” edge, was sponsoring this event. When I tuned in to their broadcast, all I heard was really, really bad Christmas music. So admittedly, I was the last to know that Cox Radio (93’s daddy) pulled the plug on…
Epica is not to be taken lightly. Yes, the Dutch symphonic metal band features string instrumentals and choral scores juxtaposed with mad-crazy guitar licks and death grunts. Yes, angel-voiced frontwoman Simone Simmons is fucking hot. Yes, she’s featured prominently (and occasionally somewhat nekkid) on several of Epica’s album covers. But…
Other than perhaps Phil Collins and the business-card industry, no one else benefited more from Mary Harron’s film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel American Psycho than Huey Lewis & the News. We haven’t been able to hear “Hip to Be Square” without imagining Christian Bale decimating Jared Leto with…
As much a I’d like to sit here and polymerize and pontificate, I’ll say this much: I am incredibly grateful that the Methodaires have finally gotten it together and unleashed upon our ears a shiny platter of their offerings!When the third wave of ska went down in this glorious land,…
The strapping lass that is Grace Potter and her band of able Southern rock fusionists will trek to South Florida in early March. For the uninitiated, Potter is not a subtle performer. Evidence aplenty is tucked into her flashy showing during the VH1 Divas Salute the Troops concert filmed Sunday…
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, The day(s) the music died… For those of us who remember it first-hand, this week’s 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder resonates both endlessly and intimately…
Wiz Khalifa and iMayday!University of Miami, Coral GablesDecember 3, 2010 Wiz Khalifa doesn’t take his marijuana activism lightly. It’s no secret that Wiz smokes weed, but he went above and beyond to make sure everybody who didn’t know now knew the score during his set at the University of Miami…
Fountain Art Fair’s Opening Night ReceptionWith the Band in Heaven and No Ageat Fountain Art Fair, MiamiFriday, December 3, 2010Better than: Getting crushed by a bunch of 20-year-olds trying to mosh. The Review:Fountain Art Fair’s opening party on Friday featured local favorites the Band in Heaven open for No Age…
The MisfitsWith JuiceheadCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleFriday, December 3, 2010For nearly a decade, Misfits shows have been occasions of fans coming together and helping Jerry Only, the only remaining original member, sing through short sets of beloved tunes. And he’s needed all the help he can get. There was a reason…
View a slideshow from the concert here.The Buzz 103.1’s 15th Annual Buzz Bake Sale with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Chevelle, the Dirty Heads, Anberlin, and more at Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach Saturday, December 4, 2010Better than: Anything we could’ve expected. The review:So I’m a bit ashamed to admit this,…
