The weekend is at long last upon us once again. Perhaps, you had a few cross words with days Monday through Wednesday this week, sullenly gave Thursday a wary, sidelong gaze whilst tiptoeing around it, and now find yourself damn near giddy as a schoolgirl for the arrival of dear…
Major Lazer: Switch and Diplo.Music aside, visuals have played an important role in the Switch and Diplo side project, Major Lazer. From the ’80s Saturday morning cartoon-style of Jamaican zombie comando Major Lazer himself to the odd-ball music videos. The man responsible for most of the music videos is director…
Symmetry means that it sounds equally awesome in each earSymmetry, a new compilation curated by W Hotel’s Global Music Director Michaelangelo L’Acqua, made the rounds at Winter Music Conference, and now there’s an event planned for Fort Lauderdale’s W Hotel at Living Room (401 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd.) May…
Bands like Locos Por Juana, Arboles Libres, Omine Eager, AT Molina, Vincent Raffard, The State Of, Ketchy Shuby, Jan Sebon Jose Elias, Elsten Torres, Xperimento, Bayonics, and Michelle Forman started donating one hour of their time every Tuesday at the Easter Seals of South Florida Memory Gym to perform for…
If catching waves–or listening to chill music you’d probably hear in 60’s surfer movies–is your thing, has Bar got the thing for you tonight. They’re suggesting you “Hula Hula” on down with all your best dudes and chicks for a night filled with hanging ten at the one night…
Trusted scribe Alex Rendon puts out a rock-solid music e-mail newsletter for New Times Broward-Palm Beach every week, which you can sign up for right here. Here’s one stimulating entry from this week’s edition. The sludge flung from speakers this Friday night at West Palm Beach all-ages punk venue Ground…
Talk about a come-up. Ross Ford started his Miami art career in 2006 by selling his paintings on Lincoln Road and in front of Bayside Marketplace. From there, he moved into alternative spaces and live-painting in nightclubs, then representation from a gallery, and finally his own studio in an artist’s…
House meets techno this Friday when both King Britt and Andrea Ferlin take over the Electric Pickle for a night of eclectic transatlantic dance grooves. Philadelphia native King Britt has been a long-time staple of the international EDM community, having gotten his start in the early 90’s on legendary house…
New York City’s hardcore legends Agnostic Front will be touring in support of the 25th anniversary of their classic Victim in Pain album, considered by many to be one of the definitive albums of the genre. The band will be playing the entire record–from start to finish–along with other classic…
Sleigh Bells, which we think you should be listening to out of a sense of South Florida pride, and because Treats is a phenomenal mix of beats, ragged guitars, samples and Alexis Krauss’ versatile voice, is coming to West Palm Beach’s Respectable Street July 8. Do not sleep on buying…
Afrika Bambaataa is hip-hop royaltyAt 53 years old, Afrika Bambaataa has truly earned the title “Grandfather/Godfather Of Hip-Hop”. With a body of work spanning nearly 4 decades, this former Bronx street gang warlord and founder of the Zulu Nation is one of three recognized originators of break-beat djing and among…
We’ve just heard the Second Annual Miami Music Festival will be taking place November 12-14 as a key part of Live Music Month in Miami. More than 500 performances by new and developing artists will be showcased throughout South Florida that weekend, with two daytime sessions on five stages in…
Die-hard fans who didn’t get to see New Kids on the Block during their 2008 reunion tour and missed their 2009 South Florida show for obvious reasons (it was canceled) will rejoice. NKOTB is slated to hit the Fillmore Miami Beach this Thursday. Slap bracelets and vintage ’80s New Kids…
After the split of Blink-182, Tom DeLonge worked tirelessly to prove that his new incarnation would forever change rock music. And although the group filled with former members of Box Car Racer, the Offspring, and 30 Seconds to Mars may not have lived up to those grandiose statements, Angels and…
The Jameses, a three-piece ambient punk-pop band from West Palm Beach, has existed in its current incarnation only since January. The members, all now in their late 20s, have played together in various punk projects on and off since their early teens. Earlier this year, guitarist Jesse Bryan became so…
Kentucky-bred Cage the Elephant’s single “In One Ear” is loaded with clever, self-deprecating lyrics — exemplifying the band’s brazen attitude and sharp wit while calling out the haters. But the words just aren’t true. The success of 2008’s self-titled debut landed the group slots on top rock fests from SXSW…
Country music still has a rugged side, no matter what pop-oriented acts like Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum say. The Country Throwdown Tour, sponsored by an energy drink and featuring a rockabilly skull in its logo, is an amalgam of the genre’s rougher necks: Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, and Jack…
Virginia Woolf once said, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the grave of Aphra Behn… for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Had Woolf been a teen with a ‘zine during the late ’70s or early ’80s, she might have said…
Certain creation myths dictate that evil was born 22 years ago in Buffalo, New York. Since then, the men who make up Cannibal Corpse have chugged along, maintaining relevance within a scene that often imitates and replicates within itself — no easy task. With 11 full-lengths behind them and thousands…
Here’s a video of Southern Bred live from Headz Up Barbershop in Miami Lakes. He’s a founding member of Groundhoggz. If you’ve never heard of Groundhoggz, they are a local rap group that has been putting in work on the streets of Dade for about the past 12 years. They’re…
Imogen Heap is best known through her previous band, Frou Frou. Their most popular song off of their first and only album, Details, was featured in countless TV shows and movies like Garden State, Shrek 2, and The Holiday. Heap’s second solo album, Speak for Yourself, really launched her into…
Photo by JipsySasha Lauzon (right) and Michelle Leshem are Ess & Emm.It’s not a secret that Canadians love South Florida. Every time you are stuck behind some idiot on I-95, it’s almost a guarantee that their license plate says Je me souviens. Still, our neighbor to the (way up) north…
