It is a truly arduous task finding a fresh statement in heavy music. Genres have splintered into sub-genres which have given way to a deluge of predictable, formulaic, and, if I may be honest, mediocre fare that sneaks by on the often-blind enthusiasm of the metal community. If it’s heavy,…
Don’t miss Hot Creations label boss Jamie Jones at Ultra 2014. No matter what you tell yourself, there is absolutely no way to catch every act that you want to see at Ultra Music Festival. Never mind the overlapping set times, just trying to traverse Bayfront Park is a daunting…
Amos Lee oozes passion. The singer-songwriter’s enthusiasm for life really comes through in his new album Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song. While Mountains might not have reached the lofty status of landing on the top of Billboard’s charts as his previous release, Mission Bell, the new record takes bigger…
Genre-themed concert cruises are the new black. In 2014, there’s a floating music festival curated for fans of everything from progressive rock (Cruise to the Edge) to whatever the hell you want to classify the artists that sail on the Mad Decent Boat Party as. Hell — there’s even a…
A month ago, Tyler the Creator and his Odd Future buddies were banned from the entire country of New Zealand because the local government there believed they posed a threat to the public order. Saturday, Tyler was arrested at a SXSW performance in Austin, Texas, for inciting a riot. As…
Feeling bored and lonely on a Thursday night? Need some live music in your life? Miami-based Jolt Radio’s got you covered at Fort Lauderdale’s 1920s style drinking den, Stache, with their growing weekly party. What used to be the slightly grungy Green Room is now a swanky and old-timey speakeasy…
5. Rave Thursdays at Arabica Cafe 10 p.m., Thursday, March 20, at Arabica Cafe, 9054 W. State Rd. 84, Davie. Visit Facebook. No Cover. You may not be able to afford partying at Ultra, but you can check out Arabica Cafe for some serious electronic beats. DJ Ron and Goon…
“You’re really looking for trouble this time,” we told Unit 1’s proprietor/evil genius Jacques de Beaufort when we heard about this weekend’s show. “Yes, we are,” he agreed enthusiastically. “That’s what we do.” “You could end up with someone calling the cops,” we said. He laughed. “That would be the…
Thirty years plus and the Butler brothers are still going strong with their new-wave concoction, the Psychedelic Furs. Led by singer Richard, with his sibling Tim on bass, the group emerged from Britain’s late ’70s postpunk scene to become one of the genre’s founding troubadours. Thanks in large part to…
No matter what you tell yourself, there is absolutely no way to catch every act that you want to see at Ultra Music Festival. Never mind the overlapping set times; just trying to traverse Bayfront Park is a daunting task once it’s crammed with 100,000 ravers. Our advice: Find a…
OFWGKTA fans are well familiar with frontman Tyler the Creator, smooth crooner Frank Ocean, word murderer Earl Sweatshirt, etc., but there’s one Odd Future character who’s always defied explanation. Who the fuck is this kid Taco, and what does he even do? Taco admits he didn’t do much of anything…
Lately, Lori Garrote, formerly of the New, has been grinding away on some solo stuff up at the Shack North recording studio and rehearsal space. She’s wrapping up her latest EP with friends George Evans on bass and Eddy de la Cruz on drums. The lovely Garrote, a longtime and…
When Todd Rundgren dubbed an early album A Wizard, a True Star it might have seemed somewhat presumptuous at the time, given that his recording career was practically in its infancy. Four decades later, that title has come to sum up one of the most remarkably prolific careers in rock’s…
South Florida’s nightlife scene can be fickle. What once was your favorite EDM/alterna-electro joint flipped to a merengue and bachata club overnight. Sure, the beats are still good, but you haven’t the slightest idea how to move your hips so fluidly. And you miss your favorite DJs. Where did they…
This past September, in the same month that marked the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s final studio album, In Utero, Kurt Cobain’s mom announced that she was putting the Aberdeen, Wash., home where Kurt spent much of his adolescence on the market for a whopping $500,000. It was just one of…
Don’t refer to Marc Cohn as a one-hit wonder. Although his song “Walking in Memphis” may have immortalized him for radio listeners everywhere and won him a Grammy in the process, it also established him as an artist of a certain standing, the kind that can be counted on to…
Internationally known street artist Tristan Eaton landed in West Palm Beach last Monday and hit the ground running. L.A.-based Eaton is, among other things, a spray-painting ninja and toy designer for Kid Robot and Fisher Price. He’s creating a ginormous, 7,000-square-foot mural on the eastern-facing side of the redone six-story…
Hustling like raindrops is what Fort Lauderdale rapper Jacques Bruna — better-known by his stage name, Bleubird — does 24/7, 365 days a year. The comically inclined hip-hop troubadour has been a star on the local scene for more than a minute — more than ten years, to be exact…
How does a 10-piece ska band celebrate St. Patrick’s day? The old fashioned way: by cramming into a school bus and tripping on a road to Chicago. Askultura knows that to build a following, you have to tour and the bigger the tour, the more room you have to grow…
If you really dig fun and love to booze, then March 17 is likely your favorite time to party. Saint Patrick’s Day is a fantastic time to revel in pure drunkenness dressed like a deranged leprechaun. Sure, it’s about being “Irish,” but let’s be honest, you’re probably not Irish. You…
When Aziz Ansari walked onto the stage at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood wearing a red velvet suit that can only be described as just really fucking cool, the crowd was already his. And it’s not just because he’s that guy from that thing. The 31-year-old has been…
As the internet buzzed out-of-control over the Wayne Knight hoax of 2014, rock ‘n’ roll quietly lost a true original and proper sonic dissident with the unexpected passing of Scott Asheton, a founding member and the percussive thunder of the Stooges. Asheton’s death is being attributed to an undisclosed illness…
