Lover of All Things ’90s, Le Youth Comes to Rhythm & Vine

Give Le Youth a time machine, and it’s clear where he’ll go. “There was something cool about the ’90s.  the California-based, Ohio-born electronic musician, DJ, and producer says. “I think everyone knows what I am talking about.” His bio describes his music as a “?’90s sounds refracted through a thoroughly…

Dirty Bourbon River Show Will Muddy Up Arts Garage

Its press release describes its sound as “New Orleans Big Brass Circus Rock,” but saxophonist Matt Thomas says his band Dirty Bourbon River Show is, more simply, a theatrical party. “We want to pay tribute to New Orleans while doing something artistically satisfying,” Thomas tells New Times as he shows some…

Xotic Yeyo Organize Fort Lauderdale New Music Fest

A year ago guitarist Stu Sauce, drummer Cody Orange, and bassist Rod Reiter were strangers. After a few Craig’s List ads and a meeting of the minds at a Starbucks, the Deerfield Beach trio quickly united to form the funk band Xotic Yeyo. Though their influences ranged from jam bands like…

Eden Brings His One-Man Orchestra to Culture Room

Not even old enough to legally drink in America yet, the 20-year-old Irish musician EDEN is already in the second chapter of his musical career. Born as Jonathon Ng in Dublin, Ireland he received classical training in violin at age seven. In the next dozen years he taught himself piano, guitar,…

C.W.S. Hosts Damn Glad to Party With You Festival

“A bunch of us just said, ‘Hey, we have the basic ingredients, let’s pull it together.'” is how Layne Fox, music director at Lake Worth’s CWS Bar + Kitchen, explained how the Damn Glad to Party with You Festival came together for an all day extravaganza October 15. The free all-day, all-night…

Robert Schwartzman Has Had to Rediscover His Love for Rooney

Robert Schwartzman has not always been as enthusiastic about Rooney as he is today. “I’ll tell you this,” he says. “I remember being onstage in Rooney years ago and playing these songs and not feeling inspired… I needed to take time away from this project to realize how much I…

Former Yes Men Offer a Positive New Project

                                                          It’s just after 10 a.m. and Rick Wakeman’s up early, especially by rock star standards. Then again, he’s got a new project…

YG on His Not-So-Subtle Fuck Donald Trump Tour

Donald Trump is perhaps the most divisive candidate to run for president of the United States. And when YG was planning a new tour, he thought it was the perfect opportunity to let Trump know how he felt about him. “I ain’t a political dude, but I got to speak…

The Dandy Warhols Are Proud to Be Hipsters

The Dandy Warhols 2000 release Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia was more than just a flawless rock album. On songs like “Bohemian like You,” “Horse Pills” and “Cool Scene” it also foretold the era of the hipster, a label Dandy Warhols’ singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor is proud to carry. “All my…

Peyote Coyote Live in Lake Worth Tonight

Take one listen to Pompano Beach’s Peyote Coyote’s self-titled five song debut EP and you’ll know the trio picked the perfect name. The five songs of stoner rock released this past April make you feel like someone smuggled a hard core psychedelic into your ear drums.  Guitarist Ryan Huseman, bassist…

Jacuzzi Boys Play Ping-Pong

Miami’s garage rock savants Jacuzzi Boys  spent enough time on dry land to finish their fourth album,”Ping Pong” set for release October 21. It was recorded in Los Angeles last year over the course of four months while the trio of singer/guitarist Gabriel Alcala, drummer Diego Monasteri, and bassist Danny Gonzales  listened to a…

Sunshine Music Festival Announces 2017 Lineup

Sunshine came softly through our window today. The Sunshine Music Festival announced the line-up for the fifth edition of jamtastic music to be held Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Boca Raton’s Mizner Park Amphitheater. The headliner will be Sunshine Music Festival veterans Tedeschi Trucks Band, the Jacksonville blues rock band made up…

Stargazer Lilies Help PureHoney Celebrate at Bumblefest

Guitarist John Ceparano was holding some flowers one day when a stranger approached, glanced at the blooms in his hands, and asked if they were stargazer lilies. “We thought that was such a cool name for a band,” Ceparano remembers. “It informed our sound. We thought, What would a band…

Ten Best Fall Concerts in Broward and Palm Peach

Though the seasons are more subtle in South Florida than in other parts of the country, there are signs that Autumn is here. The kids are back in school, the days are getting shorter, and you can’t escape football being on TV. Most importantly the music scene kicks back up…

Penny & Sparrow Keep It Quiet at Culture Room

An old trick to get a room’s attention is not to yell, but to speak quietly. Penny & Sparrow singer Andy Baxter and guitarist Kyle Jahnke put that maxim to the test every time they hit the stage with their intimate folk Americana music. “I wish it worked all the…