West Palm’s indie-rock lovelies Surfer Blood, who need little introduction in these pages, are back from their European vacation. They’ve packed two fabulous bands in their suitcases that should make showing up early to the Poplife Anniversary party even easier. First, New York’s the Pains of Being Pure at Heart…
While Christian metalcore band Gwen Stacy takes its lyrical work seriously as a means to express its beliefs, the music clearly nods to the more polished version of metal as it conveys elements of hardcore. Posicore? The band named after Peter Parker’s girlfriend hails from Indianapolis and is well-versed on…
Drawing on his most recent chart-topping release, BLACKsummers’night, as well as 1996’s multiplatinum Urban Hang Suite, the Brooklyn-born Maxwell’s silky vocal stylings ponder love and emotional connection in a boldly deep and complex way. His coheadliner, Jill Scott, is more than capable of drawing her own crowd; known for a…
Listening to their incredibly tight, überpolished debut, Manners, one may find it hard to believe that Passion Pit’s been around for such a short time. Less than three years ago, frontman Michael Angelakos launched the project as a solo effort — on his laptop in his Emerson College dorm in…
Anyone with any doubt about the broad appeal of country music need look only to Brooks & Dunn for proof of its popularity. Aside from the fact that they’re the biggest selling duo in the genre’s history, they’re also credited with outselling every other musical duo overall, competition that includes…
Neil Young initiated one of the most barbed exchanges in rock ‘n’ roll history with “Southern Man” and “Alabama,” two scathing indictments of segregation and Southern sins. Pride rankled, Lynyrd Skynyrd jumped to its homeland’s defense and responded with “Sweet Home Alabama,” etching a classic-rock standard and ripping Young a…
Nicholas Payton is New Orleans royalty. The son of bassist Walter Payton and a student of jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis, the trumpet player comes across like a modern-day Satchmo on albums such as Gumbo Nouveau and Dear Louis — his outsized chops and impeccable taste placing him well within the…
Trip Don’t Fall seems like a young quad of snappy dressers with hippie-leaning tastes that mirror their musical ambitions as well. Think soft, jazz-guided rock music that gets its cues from reggae and Caribbean rhythms under washes of distorted psychedelic guitars, plus touches of Peter Tosh in a canvas of…
There is good news, and there’s also news that makes a person take the deepest breath humanly possible: Built to Spill — AKA the only band that makes a 25-minute Neil Young cover considered “indie rock” — is coming to Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale on October 15. No point…
According to a source who attended Tuesday’s Cobra Starship performance featuring 3OH!3 and Travie McCoy at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, the bands were reportedly pressured by the venue to curb their more lascivious lyrics to protect the ears of the young ticket-buyers in attendance. 3OH!3 — you know…
Booking giant AEG teams up with Palm Beach county’s trusted musical arbiter Steve Rullman tonight for a “showcasing” of top local bands at Propaganda in Lake Worth. The objective: selecting an act to play the side stage at the Silversun Pickups’ show with Against Me! on June 16 at the Sunset Cove Amphitheatre…
We were a bit worried when we noticed no reveals of when tickets would go on sale for the Smashing Pumpkins small venue show at Revolution Live anywhere, and mention of the show itself didn’t exist– it wasn’t posted on Ticketmaster or even the Revolution site. We breathed a sigh…
Exciting news from our snuggly Crossfade buddies: the electronic duo Crystal Castles will perform at Grand Central in Miami on September 11. This is the first time that Ethan Kath and Alice Glass will hit the region with new tunes from Crystal Castles II in tow. When Crystal Castles was…
In 1998, a friend told Thrice vocalist/rhythm guitarist Dustin Kensrue that he’d beaten the game Frogger twice. Kensrue replied he’d beaten it “thrice,” and the rest is band-name history. The post-hardcore experimental rockers have been going strong since, with six EPs, seven albums, a live album, and a few side…
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: Rooting on Bob Marley and the Wailers.Back when the music business incorporated major labels, brick-and-mortar record stores, physical formats in lieu of MP3s, and money…
Expert interviewer Christine Borges had a fascinating conversation with Cobra Starship guitarist Ryland Blackington recently for our print edition. The intended purpose was to get everybody excited for the band’s show with 3OH!3 and Gym Class Heroes’ frontman Travie McCoy tonight at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre — but it turned out…
If you couldn’t afford the $100 price tag for floor seats the last time Bruce Springsteen came around back in September, you can catch about 163 minutes of him on the big screen at Cinema Paradiso on Saturday, June 12; Friday, June 18; and Saturday, June 19, when the indie…
James Taylor and Carole King BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise Saturday, June 5, 2010 There’s no song with a title that mentions “Memories” anywhere within the combined repertoire of James Taylor and Carole King, even though they share so more sentimental songs in common. In fact, it’s hard to find even a…
Hannibal Buress is probably the least likely funnyman to appear on your television. For starters, his name isn’t slipping off of tongues like mainstreamers Robin Williams, Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Jerry Seinfeld, and the like… yet. Buress has been dubbed a “comedian’s comedian,” probably due in part to his minimalist…
Perhaps the spookiest thing ever to crawl out of the swamp and onto a local stage, Black Weather Shaman has been excreting its weird, folky voodoo into dim-lit corners of South Florida since last July. In the short time that has passed, the rugged bunch has earned itself a devoted…
Not only was Michael Bolton a key to the comic genius of Mike Judge’s film Office Space (see below), but he’s one of the most popular and successful musical figures in the world. Sure, the height of his pop success in the U.S. was a while ago, but his pipes,…
As mentioned on the band’s Twitter, A Loss For Words will not play at Talent Farm this evening for personal reasons. The band was expected to headline the bill with their punk takes on Motown originals, but all Florida appearances have been canceled.According to the Talent Farm’s site, the remaining…
