At first glance, it might seem like a most unlikely pairing. The founding member of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, a man who extolled all-American virtues in song and then went totally psychedelic, teamed in concert with Jeff Beck, a beacon of British blues. Leave it to the investigative minds…
The new Miley Cyrus video for “Wrecking Ball” off her yet-to-be-released album Bangerz came out today. And, if you can believe it, it’s more inappropriate, shocking, and unbearably awkward than anything she’s put out yet. For nearly four minutes, the girl who just a couple of weeks ago created an…
With the dead of summer finally behind us, we’ve got a ton to look forward to. There’s sweater weather, the end of hurricane season, and, best of all, the start of a whole new round of fall tours. This week, visits by Joe Satriani, Maroon 5, and Depeche Mode (with…
We’d say Ariana Grande was the next Demi Lovado, but she doesn’t seem the tortured type. We could lump her in with Miley Cyrus, but her papa isn’t a star, and we can’t see her twerking in coochie-cutters. Then again, she’s only 20, so there’s plenty of time for hormones…
The grills were hot, cowboy boots were stomping, empty beer cans multiplied rapidly, and muddied trucks adorned with confederate flags packed the lot. No, it wasn’t the Redneck Yacht Club, it was just folks tailgating before Jason Aldean’s concert, Saturday at Cruzan Amphitheatre. After the last games of cornhole, beer…
Russell Brand is more than another comedic movie star in skinny jeans. Brand is the type of pop culture icon who always has something to say, or rather, never stops talking. Originally appearing stateside by way of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Brand is using his popularity to talk about whatever the…
For the veteran Bay Area band, Rancid, punk might be short for punctual. Their two openers, the Interrupters and Tim Timebomb and Friends finished their sets by 9 p.m. with the headliners powering through a twenty song set in an hour and fifteen minutes, wrapping up the humid Friday evening…
Four late-night bars in Deerfield Beach are learning their lesson the hard way: Get it in writing, or it never happened. Dr. Philgoods, the Porthole Pub, El Reventon, and Tropicante, all located in south-central Deerfield Beach, have gone to federal court after the City Commission decided to pull the plug…
At last! This short week’s come to a close, and as we inch further away from Summer and deeper into the Fall, we’ll take any chance we get to cling to our permanent vacation mindset. This doesn’t mean hangin’ out and kicking it at home. Oh, no! Sure, you might…
Here we are at Part Three of this five-part series concerning the “top 50” regional punk rock bands of the United States and as such, this journey has been as much a joyful ride of discovery for me as I hope it has been for you, dear reader. We’ve already…
Miami’s Jacuzzi Boys are having an album release party for their eponymous sophomore release this Saturday at Churchill’s Pub. But if you want a head-start in being able to sing along to all their new songs, the album is currently streaming for free on Pitchfork. The eleven track offering continues…
Joe Satriani is more than just a guitar hero. He’s also a musician who’s helped forge the way for other guitar heroes by curating the G3 Tour, a traveling celebration of the world’s most impressive and unique guitarists. Satriani’s dedication to basking in the feed-backing glory of the six-stringed Church…
Up here in BroCo and PBC, we have plenty of festivals to keep us occupied. Miami, well, that’s another story. Festivals seem much rarer down there than the standalone blowout concert. That’s why the announcement of the three-day III Points music and arts fest in Wynwood is particularly notable South…
British neofolk pioneer Douglas Pearce has lived his life steeped in controversy. Protested and picketed against, maligned and otherwise defamed, the singer/songwriter better-known as Douglas P. has been through a lot in his years as the driving force of Death in June. To be fair, Pearce has spent the better…
Vanilla Ice’s successful transition from ridiculous rapper to industrious reality television star has been a work of delicate, but impressive, marketing brilliance. Rob Van Winkle has enjoyed three seasons of renovating and flipping Palm Beach County houses on the DIY Network as the star of the Vanilla Ice Project. But,…
Who would have guessed that in 2013, we’d still be writing about the guy who serenaded “I Believe I Can Fly” to Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan in the movie Space Jam? But R. Kelly’s career trajectory changed with his creation of the epic 33-chapter R&B opera “Trapped in The…
Continuing our cheeky forays into the vast world of regional punk rock, this time around we’ll look alphabetically at pioneering outfits hailing from Hawaii through Maryland. While this listing is in no way a “complete” and/or authoritative project on the subject matter, it will help you delve deeper into the…
Ominous, bass-heavy beats rumble the wall speakers inside a two-story house that’s been converted into a music recording studio. SpaceGhostPurrp slowly nods along, pausing to sip from a cup of Gatorade mixed with prescription cough syrup and to puff on a blunt stuffed with California dank. Dressed in a red…
We all remember those unforgivably awful words uttered by John Mayer, the ones that made tasteful folks around the planet cringe: “I wanna run through the halls of my high school; I wanna scream at the top of my lungs!” Oh, and then there were those other horrifying words printed…
You know intimately what a cassette is. You remember the delicate surgery of unraveling the magnetic tape from your brown, boxy, Fisher Price player. You can taste those tears you shed when the procedure didn’t go so well. There were many failed attempts to salvage the mix you recorded off…
The rumors of Green Room closing have been flying around for months now. News of a mysterious new Fort Lauderdale spot Stache have been surfacing for almost as long. But no one knew what was really up until very recently. We spoke with owner of Green Room, and the whole…
Tim Armstrong might have found riches producing and writing for big names such as Pink and Gwen Stefani, but his fame and respect came from his time singing and playing guitar for the Berkeley punk group Rancid. Formed out of the ashes of the hardcore Operation Ivy with fellow alumnus…
