Almost a year ago to the day, we asked Oderus Urungus, the otherworldly frontman for sci-fi splatter’n’roll rock outfit, GWAR, if his signature ensemble had any sort of political agenda. He responded to our inquiry with clarity and focus. “We believe,” Urungus explained, our entire fucking system is one of…
He didn’t start the fire, but he’ll make you feel a burn, a burning desire, even. The great Billy Joel, that is, for those born after 1995. He’s coming to light BB&T Center aflame on January 7, and you’ll be there, with your mama, your papa, and your cousin too…
It’s a sad thought, but bands fall apart. No matter how much you loved them, no matter how many shows you went too, everyone from your favorite local jam band to the Jonas Brothers might not make it to tomorrow. But lucky us, for each band in South Florida that…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: A local shade of blues. There’s an old axiom that suggests all good things come to those that wait. Or something like that. But when the wait is 30 years,…
Christopher Moll’s musical ambitions have always extended far beyond South Florida. His previous band, the Postmarks, made a mark on the national — and international — scene, releasing a trio of excellent albums with a precious, semi-prog pop sound. Now, Moll is back with a new entry, a group formed…
The first film at the 2013 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF), Free Ride, debuted to a packed audience. The crowd included the likes of producer Stephen Moyer (AKA Bill Compton of True Blood — yes, the Vampire Bill), director Shana Betz — who wrote and directed the film based…
Since 1988, Trent Reznor has produced a bludgeoning body of work under the Nine Inch Nails flag, rife with imaginative sonic concepts, sullen lyrical content, and stark aesthetics that are uniquely his own. An artist in the truest sense of the word, perhaps Reznor’s greatest accomplishment is his ability to…
My Grandmother would call it chutzpah to do what the Lumineers did Sunday night at Sunset Cove Amphitheatre. For a one-hit wonder to play their one hit four songs into their set takes what my high school gym coach called balls the size of Jupiter and Saturn. The Denver-based band…
The hard rockin’ duo shtick has been done ad nauseam since the White Stripes stormed the airwaves in the early 2000s. Though life has gotten better for jilted bassists and keyboardists in recent times, who says there isn’t always room for a new twist on an old trick? Enter Deap…
Standup comedy is a tough sport. It can take years to train and hone your craft, and the chances of getting drafted to the big leagues are still slim. So a guy who’s earned a place at Chelsea Lately’s roundtable and a minor role on an already-canceled NBC comedies has…
As we at New Times often gush: “Austin Mahone is a teenaged dreamboat.” But even teen idols get sick. And sadly for millions of Mahomies, the 17-year-old Cash Money-signed cutie has come down with a bug that’s forced him to cancel both his Miami and Orlando concerts his entire 2013…
It looks like we must have been especially good this year in South Florida. Why? Because we had the delightful opportunity to revel in the indie-pop radiance of Matt & Kim twice this year. The first time was at Ultra, straight with side-boob and an avalanche of colored balloons, and…
When you’ve made ten albums over the course of 20 years and your songs have been featured on countless network television shows, you can feel pretty assured that you’ve hit on a successful formula. Yet if you’re singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson, you might feel there’s some reason to tweak your trajectory,…
Have you been feeling as deprived of the bootylicious babes of Hurly-Burly Burlesque as we have lately? Have you and your girlfriends solemnly resorted to the washboard abs and kneepads of LaBare to get your fix of flesh? Well, grab a Kleenex and wipe away those tears, ladies and sexuality-confident…
Admittedly, Canada’s Barenaked Ladies weren’t always in the best position to be taken seriously. First of all, there’s that name, one of several tossed about when founding members and school chums Ed Robertson and Steven Page first conceieved the idea of forming a band. And then there’s those early songs…
Remember all the varied cowboy hats and sandy boots of this past April’s Tortuga Music Festival? How the bikinis clung to sweaty bods and cozies hugged those LandShark brews so tightly! Even the mere memory of those two springtime days sends you into waves of beachy concert ecstasy. The fest…
People, unite! Miley Cyrus is coming to Broward County, tongue wagging, with Robin Thicke in tow! And who do we have to thank for the future presence of this most controversial duo? Y100. That’s right, the Clear Channel radio station went (jingle) balls to wall this year, headlining its annual…
Frightened Rabbit With Augustines Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale October 12, 2013 Better than: The vast majority of indie rock. Indie rock is such a vague musical umbrella. But perhaps that is because “indie rock” has grown so very vague? It feels as if everyone wants to be Death Cab for…
Moonfest promises three different stages throughout Clematis Street in West Palm Beach on which 25 bands will mark their territory; now that’s a block party you can enjoy without fear. Headliners Reverend Horton Heat are getting lots of buzz, but it’s the local lineup that has us all fired up…
John McEuen is a true traveling troubadour. He’s a musician whose spent the better part of the past 47 years making music on his own and as a member of the seminal Americana outfit the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, demonstrating his prowess on guitar, banjo, mandolin, and fiddle. Residing on…
Did you feel that? No it wasn’t another almost-hurricane. It was a shift. While you were busy Snapchatting indie rock shows, something happened in South Florida. A wave of actually good folk-bluegrass-finger-picking bands have emerged and taken up stake as another local music subculture. Who woulda thunk, there are even…
New folk, roots, Americana – whatever name you wish to affix to the genre, it’s certainly an unprecedented time for emotional people with acoustic guitars. Every generation has had their share of heartfelt folkies, sure, but the current crop of young people strumming and humming is displaying a serious passion…
