Dexterity. Without it, guitar solos would sound like crap. And as for one-man bands, forget it. A solo artist tackling every element of a song without dexterity is as reliable as an iPad sans 3G capabilities on a road trip. Few people understand the importance of musical dexterity better than South Carolinian…
In I-can’t-believe-he’s-that-old news, Everclear’s Art Alexakis celebrated his 50th birthday this year. Fifty. That sort of blew our mind at New Times and made us feel, well, inspired. This year alone, Everclear released its eighth studio record, Invisible Stars, in June, and spent the better part of summer touring alongside Sugar…
Rusko With Gemini, Nadastrom, Khaos, and moreClub Cinema, Pompano Beach Saturday, November 24, 2012 Better Than: Being stuck at home with your parents, stuffing your face with your fourth round of Thanksgiving left overs, you little piggy. See also- Gemini Calls Dubstep “More Accessible Than Other Types of EDM”- Rusko Admits: “Playing…
You ever think to yourself: Damn, I wish I could find an exhaust pipe for my vintage Vespa. And like at the same time I’m buying it, listen to music, sell these old brake levers I have lying around, and hang out with other people who ride motorcycles? Maybe at…
British dubstep producer and DJ Rusko is a funny guy. Candid and warm, he’s comfortable chatting about anything and everything from weight gain, his little chick-magnet dog, The Lion King, and medical marijuana. Rusko’s also a guy who recently started taking a no-bullshit, totally independent approach to getting music to…
Trumpeter, composer, and all-around musical savant Willie Colón is among the most respected and revered salseros in history. His legendary career spans nearly five decades, and he’s collaborated with some of the most influential artists of all time, including Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, and Héctor LaVoe. In fact, Colón helped…
Heavy metal isn’t meant to float, but when organizers of “the ultimate rock music cruise vacation” tapped some of your older brother’s favorite hard-rock bands for the ShipRocked festival-at-sea, that theory of buoyancy sank right to the bottom of Scienceville. Not only will it float but it’s going to kick…
We just heard that international EDM DJ Boys Noize’s first ever live show in the U.S. set for Friday, November 23, at Revolution Live, has been canceled. According to a release, no new date has been set, and you can get a refund at your point of purchase. See also-…
Both the immortal words of Ol’ Dirty Bastard, “I’ll beat your ass,” and LL Cool J’s signature saying, “momma said ‘knock you out'” are fitting themes for the upcoming Beatdown 2012.See also- Waka Flocka Flame Gets Pawed by “Ferocious” Fans in Fort Lauderdale- Top 10 Wackiest Waka Flocka Flame Rhymes…
You probably know Eddie Vedder for things like singing and playing guitar in Pearl Jam, stagediving, feuding with Kurt Cobain, feuding with Ticketmaster, and campaigning for Democrats.What you might not know about the ’90s rock icon is that he is a bonafide ukelele enthusiast. And in a little over a…
“We’re going to have to turn away a bunch of these people,” said John McHale, the guy who booked the Title Fight show at the Talent Farm. Two lines poured out behind the open door — one for people with tickets and one for people still trying to buy tickets…
In case you’re one of those still out of the loop and thus haven’t heard, an awesome tiki bar has risen from the Monterey Club’s proverbial ashes. Known as 5 Points Lounge, the venue provides an ideal setting for local shows, much like the Monterey did in its early days…
Former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson recently released his first book, Letters to Kurt, in which he reflects upon a terribly dark, but sadly real topic: Suicide. This includes the death of his friend Kurt Cobain. Though he tried to write a memoir in the traditional manner, it just wasn’t working. Instead,…
Triple F Life Tour with Waka Flocka Flame, Wooh Da Kid, and Haitian Fresh Revolution Live, Ft. Lauderdale November 14 Better Than: Gucci Mane in a sloppy tracksuit at a poorly attended porn convention.Last night’s edition of Waka Flocka Flame’s “Triple F Life” tour was 3/4 everything that sucks about…
That’s right! Scott Weiland, the former Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer, is not dead, even though you (or I) might have thought so. You know who else isn’t dead? Morgan Freeman. Yup, totally alive. Not only is he not dead, he’s on tour performing his greatest all time hits…
As far as clichés go, none is more applicable to South Florida than the melting pot. And nowhere is that more visible than inside a smoky bar on Clematis Street on a show night. When Respectable Street hosts four tricounty area bands on Saturday, not only will the 561 be…
Keller Williams has been a fixture of the post-Dead hippie-jam-band circuit since the early ’90s. The scene can arguably be traced back to the o.g. wave of 1960s psychedelia. The jam-band circuit, as it exists today, fermented in the twin wake of North America’s obsession with festivals, as sparked by…
Ignorance is bliss, so they say. Face to Face seems to adhere to this timeless adage, considering it used it to title one of its albums. The veteran pop-punk outfit, fronted by Trever Keith (also of Viva Death and the Legion of Doom), used it as the backbone of the…
Dolly Parton. If there’s one divine diva drag queens would be justified in pulling wigs off to impersonate, it’d be her. But Reba McEntire? That’s more of a head scratcher. But for Nicolette over at Lips, the only dinner and a drag venue in Fort Lauderdale, these are her two…
Many artists who achieve big breakthroughs and take the masses by storm are also the ones who reinvent the norm and create a persona that’s entirely out of the ordinary, and likely entirely untrue to their own roots. But there’s a lot to be said for tradition. And it seems…
Progressive house DJs Swedish House Mafia are announcing their untimely retirement at very young age, but not before first headlining Ultra Music Festival in 2013.The three Swedes announced their appropriately titled “One Last Tour” this August, and this year in Downtown Miami, they’ll play their last two dates ever! As you…
“Denney and The Jets are special band in that they so effortlessly weave between genres — rock ‘n’ roll, country, soul, and blues — without it being so much as an afterthought in your mind,” Limited Fanfare Records’ Brian Kurtz says of the Nashville act whose eponymous EP he recently…
