Oski Gonzalez Says “Broward Has Some Badass Bands”

Oski Gonzalez, event organizer and DJ for Oski Shows, has organized numerous events for the SoFla local music scene, but the next one coming up, well, it should be the tits. And yes, that’s a good thing. For one, this music fest is in the 954’s Oakland, so no worries…

Johnny Marr Is the Quintessential 1980s Guitarist

The excess that characterized the 1980s has since been, decried, extolled, and examined ad nauseam. The musical landscape that developed during that decade was one of the most compelling in history, not necessarily based on the content that flowed through the mainstream (which was unique in its own right), but…

Top 20 Signs You’ve Spent Way Too Much Time in Lake Worth

The monstrous 300,000-gallon water tank off I-95, just north of Sixth Avenue, lets you know you’ve arrived: Lake Worth. Where Palm Beach County’s creatives nestle. This artistic little hub is home to 561’s misfits, drunks, unemployed artists, migrant workers, and the blue-collar sorts. Chances are, if you are of that…

Rick Ross Returns Home for James L. Knight Center Show

Nobody embodies Miami in the eyes of popular culture the past few years like rapper Rick Ross. When Jay Z came to town, he made sure to have Ross on stage with him. When they show the celebrities sitting court-side at the Miami Heat games, Ross is always on the…

Third Eye Blind Reflects on Discography

In 1997, Third Eye Blind was arguably the biggest band in the world. Led by Stephan Jenkins, the band’s popularity exploded in the wake of its first single, “Semi-Charmed Life,” and the steady stream of hits that followed. Despite being marketed under the umbrella of “alternative,” the band’s paradigm could…

Os Mutantes’ Sérgio Dias Baptista on the NSA and Fool Metal Jack

In 1966, brothers Sérgio Dias Baptista and Arnaldo Baptista formed Os Mutantes, a Brazilian rock band that played the role of confident court jester within the folk-rock tropicália movement. While the group’s forerunners and mentors, such as Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, preferred sentimentality and left-leaning ideals, the Mutants zeroed…

Thank You, Mark Wahlberg, for Introducing Me to Lou Reed

The famous quote that appeared in all the Lou Reed obituaries when he passed away last month involved the purchasing of Velvet Underground albums: “everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band.” With the even more recent news of Morrissey releasing a live cover of “Satellite of…

One Direction’s “Story of My Life”: Why This Song Sucks

Courtesy of Columbia/SycoZayn and the crew[Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] Song: One Direction’s “Story of My Life” History: A long time ago, there were barber shop quartets and then after that the New Kids on the…

Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers Talks Fracking and Miley Cyrus

Before the honey-sweet vocal harmonies of indie folk darlings Tegan and Sara, there were the Indigo Girls. Their brand of heartfelt folk rock had commercial appeal from the beginning, leading to a quarter-century-long career for the singer/songwriters, who continue to write and tour today. But as two openly gay best…

Southeast Beast Tour to Storm the Talent Farm

Florida is an unstable place: The populace is largely transient, the weather is unpredictable, and the very soil we walk on is shifting and eroding in a state of perpetuity. However, we do have a few steadfast constants we can rely on amid the ebb and flow of humans and…

Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins Tells Us What Our Job Is

In 1997, Third Eye Blind was arguably the biggest band in the world. Led by Stephan Jenkins, their popularity exploded in the wake of its first single, “Semi-Charmed Life,” and the steady stream of hits that followed. Despite being marketed under the umbrella of “alternative,” the band’s paradigm could not…

The Five Greatest Rock and Roll Swindles

Circulating on the social medias for about a year now has been this wild story of a Taiwanese man who sued his wife for producing ugly offspring. Sure, the headline had us aghast too, but upon further review, it turns out the wife duped the man. According to the story,…

Cyndi Lauper Acted Like a Big Bully During our Interview and Onstage

“Do you know anything about me?” Cyndi Lauper aggressively questioned me last week over the telephone. I was, needless to say, taken aback, confused, sort of desperate to see where the conversation had gone wrong even though we’d only been on the phone two minutes. Before the call, I was,…

Astari Nite Releases “Pyramids” Video at Vagabond This Friday (PHOTOS)

Miami darkwave foursome Astari Nite is back in the spotlight with their upcoming screening of the video for “Pyramids.” The sexy shoot features ballerina Julie Callea Sease doing an interpretive dance to their synthy sound and Mychael Ghost’s dreamy vocals. Ghost describes her as “kind of like the girl in…

Five Life Lessons Learned from Third Eye Blind Lyrics

Third Eye Blind’s self-titled debut, released in 1997 on Warner Music subsidiary, Elektra, was a smash hit by all the regular standards: the record has gone platinum six times, has multiple number one singles, and is the quintessential document of the mid-to-late ’90s phenomenon curiously dubbed, “alternative rock.” Despite the…

Sammy Hagar – Hard Rock Live Hollywood – November 7

Better than: A Van Halen reunion with Diamond Dave failing to sing his own parts and Eddie’s son playing bass. No one is having a better time than Sammy Hagar. Period. The singer-songwriter, guitarist, alcohol tycoon, good-guy-to-know has managed to turn his career of late into an excuse for a…