Yesterday, rumors and speculation flooded the internet regarding the future of AC/DC — also known as one of the greatest, (mostly) unmolested treasures in rock ‘n’ roll. It was reported by a well-respected Australian music journalist that the band is preparing to call it quits due to complications surrounding founding…
I was only 7 when the Smiths split, was still in diapers (or nappies, as we call them in England) when the Two-Tone Ska revival was in full flow, and was but a twinkle in my father’s eye when punk first came around. By the early 1990s, the British charts…
The anticipation surrounding Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s show at the BB&T is brewing like a swollen sky before a thunderstorm. The Boss plays the venue for the first time in more than four years on Tuesday, April 29, as the tour supporting latest release High Hopes bounds…
“Hey Jack Kerouac” was all Natalie Merchant had to say, and you had to listen to the song. The Beat Generation’s impassioned chronicler, patron saint of the open road and the search for cosmic kicks, his name compels to this day, ringing the allure of bohemia. It’s that energy the…
How fast is too fast? Rapper Tech N9ne’s supersonic lyrical delivery tests the boundaries of human comprehension. The Kansas City-based MC was bestowed his name thanks to his ability to spit out words with the speed of a TEC-9 semiautomatic weapon. Tech N9ne later gave his handle a double-entendre by…
It’s been about a year now since you’ve been plugging away with your garage rock band, sweating in a non-air-conditioned warehouse space, and losing sleep over late-night practices. Mostly it’s resulted only in your showing up late for your retail gig at Urban Outfitters. All this time, and you and…
Blackjack Billy has experienced a heavy shot of success in a short amount of time. These hard-working Southern boys are now living the country star dream, touring he country with tons of dates, and watching their song “Booze Cruise” rise to the top of the iTunes pile. Blackjack Billy just…
Kat Lane is Miami to her core. Her songs — like “Miami in the Summer” — have the irreverence and stickiness of a South Beach summer night. Lane got her start as a dancer when she was about 4 years old. That, and her parents’ passion for music, is how…
Since the 1970s, rock bands have feverishly plundered the reggae springing out of the islands of the Caribbean and the West Indian neighborhoods of London and New York. Clapton, Blondie, and Led Zeppelin all either covered or lovingly entwined their own sound with the bass-heavy grooves of everything from dub…
Colin Young-Wolff By Katie Bain So many Coachellagoers spend months before the festival working on their tans, their outfits, their figures, and their breezy poses. There’s a real glut of fabulousness, we have to say, both among those in attendance at the Polo Grounds and the parties surrounding the festival…
The Tortuga Music Festival, held on Fort Lauderdale Beach, was created to raise money for the conservation of marine environments. But besides helping out turtles and fish and the great big blue ocean, it also offers fans of country music the chance to day-drink copious amounts of booze and jam…
Music cruises provide a great experience on the high seas, but they can also offer some significant life lessons as well. Take for example, the Moody Blues Cruise, which jump-started April with a fantastic onboard lineup that included not only the cruise’s namesake but also special guest Roger Daltrey, Carl…
Our little corner of the world often gets high praise for all of the attractive people who congregate here. It’s hot, we wear less, and thus we gym often. At Tortuga Music Festival, things were no different from your average beach day. We spent it ogling above-average sunbathers. To the…
Chris Victorio By Adam Lovinus As a dusty wind whipped behind her in hazy stage light, Solange and her ultra slick backing band brought serious chops and swagger to the polo fields as nighttime fell over Coachella. And then Beyonce showed up on stage dancing to “Losing You.” It was…
Timothy Norris By Mary Carreon There are certainly plenty of single people wandering around the Coachella grounds; the volume of Craiglist “casual encounters” can attest to that. But there are also ten tons of couples, the vast majority of whom are completely adorable. Here are the cutest we saw…
We last spoke with White Denim’s drummer, Joshua Block, when their album D dropped. He told New Times the odd album title came about because it’s their fourth album and because “D” is the band’s favorite letter in the alphabet. This was a strange enough assessment that we felt compelled…
For those who fail to dig past the distracting cursory bells and whistles of g-strings and pasties, burlesque must seem quite crass. While the neo-burlesque movement retained the essentials of sexually charged strip tease, Dita Von Teese’s Strip Strip Hooray review showed it’s an art form that goes far beyond…
It’s 2 p.m. on a beautifully sunny Saturday, but you and your bros are inside killing pedestrians in Grand Theft Auto and passing around a bag of pretzels. What’s there to do? “Hey, we could go to the gay pride parade,” Billy suggests. What the heck?! A gay pride parade?…
Ferny Copiel has been recording musicians at his warehouse studio the Shack North for 26 years. The space is packed with the most interesting things mankind has ever produced. Graffiti ripped from the walls of the now defunct Washington Square, “Hialeah Kicks Ass” T-shirts for sale, an Uncle Luke 4…
5. Steady Freddy at Cafe 27 in Weston 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at Cafe 27, 4690 U.S. Highway 27, Weston. Visit Facebook. No cover. The guys of Steady Freddy want you to make every day a “Steady Freddy day.” And you can oblige their request tonight in Weston. They’re…
Something wonderful happened last night as the clock struck midnight somewhere on the East Coast of the United States. Our Best of Broward-Palm Beach 2014 Readers’ Poll went live on the internet. This is your one chance this year to tell us here at New Times what the hell you’re…
With the advent of the internet and the ushering in of the digital era, the concept of the local record store may seem outdated. But you know what’s missing from those torrent files and streaming sites? A human touch, a hub for the musical community to convene with others who…
