It is an interesting time for the Alabama Shakes. Riding high on the success of a nearly universally lauded debut full-length album, Boys & Girls, the group has undoubtedly earned a rep as one of the most exciting bands dwelling within the increasingly overrun world of roots and Americana music…
Cheech Marin began our telephone conversation with a loud, sustained yawn. At the moment it took me off guard, but as I kept replaying the interview to type up the transcript the yawn became funnier and funnier each time. That shouldn’t be a surprise. Cheech is a man who knows…
J. Lee Glassman is a South Florida poet, musician and novelist. He’s also a man of two worlds; those disparate entities being Palm Beach and Key West. While he might be better known to our readers as Luna Rex’s rhythm guitarist, Glassman is also the author of a 2008 collection…
Don’t be misled by the fact that the Howlin’ Brothers made their bow on Brendan Benson’s Readymade Records label. Howl has nothing to do with the modern pop motif that Benson is known for, both on his own and as a collaborator with Jack White in the Raconteurs. Howl is…
Who’s ready to arty party? Oh yes, you beautiful and brainy bastards, we’re about to begin another edition of Art Basel Miami Beach week. But as we all know, four whole days spent wandering through exhibition after exhibition of world-class cultural artifacts just ain’t enough. We also need four whole…
“One of the hardest things about winning American Idol is winning American Idol,” says Lee DeWyze, the 27-year-old singer-songwriter from Illinois who was crowned winner of Idol’s season nine back in 2010. “There’s this perception that if you come from American Idol, in some cases, you can’t possibly be a…
Bonnie Raitt with special guest Paul Brady Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino November 30, 2013 Better than: Ever? Bonnie Raitt is as feisty as ever at the age of 64. Here is a woman who was nurtured early on by such immortal legends as…
DJ Crespo is well-rounded. The Miami-via-Chicago DJ not only studied nursing at Florida State University, he’s also passionate about dance music. He’s shared the booth with everyone from Skrillex to Avicii, Afrojack to Steve Aoki and performed at Life in Color and Orlando’s Electric Daisy Carnival. Though he’s got the…
Jillette Johnson is the girl in high school whom all the nerds openly adored and all the jocks secretly loved — all the other girls would have been jealous, if it weren’t that the pretty, bubbly brunet was just so darned sincere. She listens to everything from Radiohead to Josh…
We know what you’re not doing on Black Friday. You’re not going down to Walmart for the blue-light specials, because you want to make clear you don’t support corporations that pay their employees poverty wages and whose overseas suppliers’ worker safety practices are suspect. If you do go, it will…
Funny how Jimmy Eat World’s most famous song is called “The Middle,” given it was released in 2001, landing almost exactly smack dab in the middle of the Mesa, Arizona band’s 20 year career. At first listen, with its impossibly cheery lyrics, “The Middle” seemed like the work of either…
It’s tough to get in the Christmas spirit in South Florida, what with the eighty degree weather, the iguanas outnumbering the reindeer, and the old ladies who cut you off in traffic while saluting you with their middle fingers. But for those who want to feel like Santa Claus is…
During a career that — so far — has spanned well over 40 years, Bonnie Raitt has established herself as an indomitable force in the music community. Known for her brilliant guitar work, bluesy ballads, searing soulful vocals, and, of course, that mass of flaming red hair, it turns out…
Chris Corsano is one of the most sought-after percussionists in the nebulous sphere of intentional aural insanity that constitutes free music and its various iterations as noise, psychedelia, and having-something-to-do-with-jazz. Since the late ’90s, Corsano has performed solo and in infinite combinations of players — both heartily obscure and incredibly…
Johnny Marr Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Better than: Whatever you’ll be doing on that night when Morrissey cancels his show because he has a tummy ache. It is a rare air indeed that has filled the lungs of Mr. Johnny Marr over the course of an…
Courtesy of UniversalSheaface [Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning scribe and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] By Shea Serrano The biggest concern in my life recently is that every show on my DVR is the regular definition version, rather than the high definition version…
The famed large yellow school bus that occupied a portion of the dance floor inside former downtown Miami hotspot, the Pawn Shop Lounge, will be rolling on up to Clematis Street come February. According to Pawn Shop’s operating partner, Paul Brown, the rumors that have been reverberating across South Florida’s…
When Daniel Warren moved to South Florida five years ago, he was a total music freak looking for a way to channel his energy and passion. What better way to use it than to enrich the community and help other local artists? Now his massive entertainment conglomerate, Audioplayground, supports all…
Following in the steps of Avicii’s “Wake Me Up,” Ke$ha and hometown boy Pitbull have gone country. The two performed their newest duet “Timber” at the American Music Awards this past weekend, and now released a video for the thing. And whaddya know? It was filmed in Davie, at Round…
South Florida is brimming with music scenes. We have the indie rock, we have the jam, we even have the string sector cornered, and oh, do we have the reggae. But right about now-ish, there is this another thing brewing, and we can’t figure out what box to put it…
The business of being funny is a rough one. It’s obviously ironic that comedy is such a pain in the ass to break into and succeed at. And for the ladies, it’s even more of a serious challenge. Maybe that’s why Paula Poundstone often wears a suit and tie. She’s…
As the rest of the country copes with increasingly frigid temperatures and the threats of a nor’easter, we’re here in South Florida enjoying the heat. Coupled with a nice breeze, our winter weather allows us to potentially enjoy Thanksgiving meals by poolside (jealous?). South Florida’s lack of seasonal variance is…
