“When I die, it’s not going to be in some old rocking chair, going back and forth. It’s going to be onstage in one big explosion of body parts,” Dick Dale, the legendary guitarist, admitted to New Times with the conviction of a psychic. The man who created the surf-rock…
The princess of Barbados, the queen of Instagram controversy, Chris Brown’s ex? Whatever you want to call her, Rihanna is a bastion of fabulousness in a sea of the mundane. And one of the people who make the “Unapologetic” superstar shine like a diamond is her hairstylist, Miami-native, Yusef Williams…
Though Ex Norwegian’s last release was called House Music, the Miami Beach band definitely doesn’t make the kind of house music that induces you to pop a molly and sweat. Though you might jump around a bit to their indie pop, their sound is better suited for the live stage…
It’s officially spring, and the Downtown Hollywood Mural Project is in bloom, adding two new murals and a whole lot of color and life to an already vibrant collection of building facades commissioned by the Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency. This Saturday, coinciding with Downtown Hollywood’s Third Saturday ArtWalk, the mural by…
New music label, Blood Oath Slumber Party, is mainly all about kicking ass and taking names, but in, they say, a very non-aggressive, unselfish manner. They take South Florida bands to places they’ve only heard of in high school geography, like New England. Label founders Chris Dougnac and Virginia de las…
This Saturday, take a break from 4/20 toking, and head out to revel in another of life’s simplest pleasures: music. In lieu of Record Store Day 2013, a handful of dedicated local record shops are prepared to show you just how passionate they really are about their trade. What follows…
Rihanna’s Diamonds Tour, With A$AP Rocky, at BB&T Center April 20
Suede Dudes at Block x Blog April 20
Courtesy of Jorge Meza PhotographyThe Sahara Tent at Coachella Amidst the crazy sea of hipsters, hippies, old folks, pre-teens and babies(!), the first weekend of Coachella was also packed with EDM revelers ready to get their fist-pumping music fix over the course of the three-day bacchanal. In fact, it seems…
By now, you’ve all read or heard about the launch of the Block x Blog music festival, likely a seminal moment in the history of South Florida music. With 30 local acts and DFA’s Holy Ghost! in from New York, this event is blowing the ears off of your 4/20…
Feeding in the dark corners of the room, Afrobeta want to make you make love. Two home-grown beat slaves set on dance floor domination, if Afrobeta bothers to make a sound, it’s going to be the kind of hyphy-groove your body can’t deny. Tucked away in a shed behind their…
Miami’s Holly Hunt is one of the gnarliest sludge bands of all time. However, the local duo’s name derives from an extravagantly high-priced furniture store in Miami’s Design District. Wouldn’t you rather brand your rock group with the name of a more provocative woman? How about, Vivica A. Fox? “Dude,…
Praise for our local boys made good, Surfer Blood. These guys just keeps rolling in. On the cusp of their Warner Brother’s debut, Pythons, the West Palm Beach four-piece graced Rolling Stone’s website yesterday, with exclusive first look at the group’s newest music video for their single “Demon Dance.” Stating…
At the end of the opening verse of Jimkata’s recent single, “Night Shade,” lead singer Evan Fridell delivers a telling line: “There never was a Golden Age ’cause it’s what you make of it anyway.” On their latest release, 2012’s Die Digital, the Ithaca-based electro-rock jam outfit sounds like a wealthy…
FastForward is a weekly column highlighting the highs, lows, and in-betweens of South Florida nightlife. It’s a weeknight stop at your neighborhood dive; it’s a blurry, bass-filled Friday night in the club; it’s that one moment in a conversation you hoped you’d remember the next morning. It’s everything that’s led…
Should any instance occur in which your musical taste assists in getting you laid, chances are very slim that an MP3 collection would be the responsible format. MP3s make a vacant effort to fill moments of silence with careless noise. The day has come where Pandora picks the soundtracks to…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Looking back at Tortuga Music Festival. Congratulations are in order. The organizers and producers of the inaugural Tortuga Music Festival provided a fine introduction to what might, in the years…
Hardcore punk is an art form as distinctly American as jazz and competitive eating. The legendary scenes of New York, Boston, and California lay claim to the vast majority of bands liable to be referred to as “important” — those whose T-shirts have been deemed worthy for wear by random…
In real life, the Suede Dudes are some cool cucumbers. But on stage, they bring the sludgiest, surfiest, fuzziest psych, and a weird, dark energy, strong enough to lure any sweet-faced pigeon-toed teen or delightfully stoned sonic junkie. They’re backing up Radio-Active Records on Record Store Day, playing their after-party…
What in the hell does a cowgirl wear to the beach? What about a salty dog out to impress the sandy bitches (don’t pretend you’re offended, you know what we mean). These were the main folk populating Tortuga Music Festival this weekend. They chugged beer and sunbathed to a crisp…
The air was balmier than most days. It was officially summer in South Florida, when just being outside makes you sweat profusely. The last day of the Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale Beach was gonna be a scorcher! Sure, thousands of Instagramming friends were showing off their awesome duck-face poses…
No one knew quite what to expect from the crowd at the first ever Tortuga Music Festival. Because of acts like Jake Owen and Eric Church there was no doubt the fans would be countrified. And since it was on the sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach, certainly some would be…
