Intoxicated musings, ethereal sounds, and visceral performances made the Doors famous. The band helped drive and inspire much of music’s spiritualism in the 1960s and beyond. Even today, nearly 50 years after the band formed, guitarist Robby Krieger maintains this sentiment. Krieger, touring behind his recent solo album, Singularity, began…
Started in 1987 out of the ashes of a Ministry tour, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (or if you’re into the whole brevity thing TKK) have been blasting catchy industrial dance music for nearly 30 years. Songs like “Sex on Wheelz” captured the early ‘90s rave culture and were featured in…
Of all the guys who’ve been singing songs since the ’80s, Weird Al Yankovic is one of the most adaptable and resilient. This makes him remarkably still relevant. The tales surrounding his album Mandatory Fun are the stuff of modern-day myths. After his label told him it couldn’t afford to…
Alice In Chains You can argue that death hangs over Alice In Chains more than most bands — the crew lost two original members to addiction, bassist Mike Starr in 2011 and singer Layne Staley in 2002 — but the Seattle quartet is, as pointed out in a recent New…
The road to the presidency is long, bumpy and, often, musical. The national initiative known as “Bands for Bernie” – supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders’ candidacy for the Democratic party nomination for president – is coming to Propaganda in Lake Worth. “We wanted to kick it off mellow with Pink Slip,…
Jeff Rose has been an integral part of the South Florida music scene for many years, having spent time behind the drum kit for Léger, Stonefox, Young Circles, Goolsby, Lavola, and Civilian. However, with his latest project, Great Aunts, perhaps for the first time ever, Rose is ready to claim…
Revolution Live becomes the church of Tarrus Riley tonight, as the Rastafarian reggae singer brings his wonderfully eclectic mix of roots, soul and rocksteady to Fort Lauderdale. The son of Jamaican legend, Jimmy Riley, Tarrus has evolved from his Bronx and Florida beginnings as a dancehall deejay to a bona…
Death hangs over Alice in Chains more than most bands. Their music has always had a ghostly pall, but the Seattle quartet lost two original members to addiction — original bassist Mike Starr in 2011 and singer Layne Staley in 2002. And though the band’s post-Staley albums have cemented the…
5. Margate Under The Moon: A Night In Paradise! 5:00 p.m. Saturday, August 8 at NW Corner of 441 and Margate Blvd in Margate. No cover. Visit Facebook. Get your Caribbean flavor on with this month’s theme from Margate Under the Moon. A Night In Paradise will feature Caribbean and Latin cuisine, live music from Chloe Dolandis, artists and…
If you drove around Miami in the 1990s, you probably remember the name DJ Ballistic Billy. At 7 and 9 on the dot every night on Power 96, he would play his mixes, mashing up rock with hip-hop and house. Though he found himself broadcasting on a major radio station…
Sure, David Bowie and Neil Young have kept their fans fascinated by their various shifts in style and persona, challenging listeners to anticipate where their muse would carry them next, but no one’s been more unpredictable than the former Declan Patrick MacManus. Better-known as Elvis Costello, the artist has managed…
Steely Dan is a dildo. That isn’t a jab at one of our favorite sardonic 1970s rock groups. It’s the truth. The band Steely Dan is named after a strap-on. Its namesake wasn’t just any dildo — “Steely Dan III from Yokohama” appeared in William S. Burroughs’ sexually vivid novel…
After ending his dance-punk collective LCD Soundsystem in 2011, DFA Records founder James Murphy has probably enjoyed some much-needed relaxation for a change. He released a movie. Open a wine bar. Done some production work. Life is really good for James Murphy right now. So like any good retiree, Murphy…
David Coverdale is more than just the founder of Whitesnake, otherwise known as the 80’s band with the number one hit “Here I Go Again.” And yes, you know it from Old School (“You’re my boy, Blue.”). Coverdale was born in England and at the mere age of 22, his…
Face to Face Not even a four-year hiatus from 2004 to 2008 could put a stop to Southern California punk outfit Face to Face from producing headbang-worthy tuneage. As 24-year veterans of SoCal punk, frontman Trever Keith and his crew will be taking over Culture Room for a night of power…
The majority of country music concerts open up with a bang, and Toby Keith’s show at perfect Vodka Amphitheater last night was no exception. The crowd, full of camo and flannel, screamed as the lights went off. After a brief Ford-sponsored skit about a party at Keith’s house, the country…
The violin is a beautiful instrument. It evokes wistful emotions and colors from some of history’s best classical pieces. Ever imagine then, what it could do for a Johnny Cash number? Or Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”? South Florida quartet Rogue Theory Band has and does, incorporating the violin into clever and…
Adam Foster is a South Florida-based DJ and producer, founder of twilightnotes.com, and entertainment director for the Restaurant People. He was named best DJ of 2014 by New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Visit him on Facebook and Soundcloud. Saturday’s The Mad Decent Block Party at Revolution Live had its share of good, bad,…
Tom Petty’s cutting comment about country music today is somewhat correct. Calling it “bad rock with a fiddle,” it’s not too far from the truth. Thanks to artists such as Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan (as good looking as he is), bro-country is everywhere. You know it when you hear…
Is it possible to create a musical group whose entire concept is based on the shaking of a girl’s ass? After a major release on Mad Decent Records, an extremely popular mixtape series, and a string of official remixes for artists like Jason Derulo, Wiz Knalifa, Diplo, Juvenille, and Diplo,…
5. Rock the Dock 12 p.m. Saturday, August 1 at Shooters Waterfront. 3033 NE 32 Ave, Fort Lauderdale. No cover. Visit Facebook. Shooter’s Rock the Dock will include both drink and food specials to keep you nice and toasty and live bands to keep you moving after those drinks. The…
If you’re headed to the Mad Decent Block Party on Saturday, Australian-born Thomas Jack’s will be one of the only sets that won’t be entirely made up of screaming, thumping, hard electronic music. Thomas Jack is best known as one of the faces of the rising “Tropical House” style: slow…
