Sure, DJ sets at clubs are fun. But DJ sets inside convention centers are more fun. Especially when you’re covered in someone else’s sweat and buckets of nontoxic paint while rolling face with your absolute favorite mix-masters. This Friday, Benny friggin’ Benassi, Diplo, and motherflippin’ R3hab will bring the noise,…
What’s the proper cutoff for a promotional tour? A year? Two years? Two hundred shows? For Austin, Texas, band Bright Light Social Hour, the answer is clearly none of the above. But we’re not complaining. “You answer a lot of questions about the writing process, I think, by performing new…
Harry Truman was president of the 48 United States of America when legendary bluesman B.B. King released his first two singles, “Miss Martha King” and “Got the Blues,” in 1949. Now fast-forward six decades and add a couple of states: Notice anything different? Not really, right? Because at 87 years…
Just when you finally thought the attention-addicted swag brats of Odd Future had finally loosened their vise-like grip on pop-culture consciousness, the young rap crew is yielding pageviews like never before. Their latest stunt? They kicked the living hell out of a 17-year-old fan, onstage, in the middle of performing…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week: The last of South Florida’s home-grown record-store chains comes to the end of its line. South Florida’s roster of physical record stores has been dealt another stunning blow with…
Things that, as a human being, you need to like include: the existence of the ocean and sea turtles. They both may frighten, sure, but the ocean is a necessity, and it’s really relaxing to watch turtles smoothly duck in and out of the water. Even thinking about it makes…
While you were still recovering from a NYE filled with booze and bad choices, Gina Turner kicked off her 2012 by spinning music at sunrise and teaching househeads asanas on the decks of Holy Ship!!. Catchy moniker aside, Turner is one of the bigger female names in popular electronic music. Upcoming, she…
A foremost proponent of the so-called “Nu-Grass” phenomenon — a genre that merges the best of bluegrass with jam band sensibilities — Colorado’s Yonder Mountain String Band has attracted a fervent following that spans both sides of the Great Divide. Extolling the populist philosophy first championed by bands like the…
What’s the proper cutoff for a promotional tour? A year? Two years? Two hundred shows? For Austin, Texas, band Bright Light Social Hour, the answer is clearly none of the above. But we’re not complaining. “You answer a lot of questions about the writing process, I think, by performing new stuff…
Every Christmas, we try to buy our favorite pop stars the perfect gift.And every December 25th, the presents we’ve laid under the tree and the stuffing we’ve shoved in stockings are met with obviously-fake enthusiasm, eye rolls or — more often than you’d expect — wailing cries of bellicose hatred. But this…
As far as holiday shopping goes, punks can be hard to please. But don’t fret, we are experts when it comes to the Christmas lists of this hydraheaded rock ‘n’ roll youth culture and its myriad subdivisions. After the cut, we’ve got gift suggestions for everyone from crusty train-hoppers to…
Oh, the joyous season! A time when we gather with friends and family, snuggle on the couch with full bellies. Chestnuts roast, and we watch A Charlie Brown Christmas or the Wizard of Oz. Andy Williams sums it up best with his 1962 classic: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” Yes,…
While the “doomsday preppers” were tucked away in their bunkers with stockpiles of Spam preparing to put their heads between their knees and kiss their asses goodbye, the Fort Lauderdale party squad known as Black Locust Society welcomed the predicted December 21, 2012, armageddonapocalypse (yes, one word) with open arms…
Club Cinema is located in strip mall heaven. It’s hidden amidst streams of car dealerships and theme restaurants. Miguel was slated to go on at 2, so I showed up at 1, ready to unwind from a drive’s worth of the normally spineless Piers Morgan going tough on guns. After…
So, the world didn’t exactly come to an end on Friday. But something major definitely went down at Culture Room, where Greenhouse Lounge and the Heavy Pets, with special guest Roosevelt Collier, jammed out an epic end-of-the world party. If any sort of an apocalypse was gonna happen, this was where…
Christmas can be a lonely time for Jews. Sure we’ve got Chanukah, but spinning a top and eating root vegetables pancakes doesn’t really make you feel a part of things, especially when everyone else is decorating trees with candy and waiting for a bearded man to cheerfully deliver their greatest…
We featured the Jacob Jeffries Band on the cover of New Times Broward Palm Beach earlier this year. They were all cute, looking like Queen. Remember? Well, our hometown boy and his band are planning a few post-Christmas in-town shows this holiday season. We’re thinking their fun folk-pop sound will be the…
We’ve been writing quite a bit about West Palm Beach’s Cassadee Pope lately. You know, because we already knew she’d be winning season three of NBC’s The Voice. For those who think SoFla’s got no talent, suck on that. Yeah, you’re embarrassed her winning performance of “Cry” choked you up, but come…
You’ve had 25 years to memorize the lyrics to R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” On Dec. 21, you should appropriately flaunt your knowledge of this fine tune around town before the world ends. Instead of locking yourself in a bomb shelter,…
Bad news, bros. Oliver Stone isn’t coming to Broward. The “Satire and Controversey: An Evening With Oliver Stone” event, scheduled for Saturday, January 5, was canceled. We know. We were excited too. Broward Center for the Performing Arts, where the appearance was supposed to take place, made the earlier on their Facebook page. There…
West Palm Beach indie rockers Raggy Monster are taking their distinct sound to your computer screen with the premiere of their first ever music video for “Cannibal.” Back in October, frontman Billy Schmidt revealed to County Grind that a spooky dream about munching on Palm Beach Island joggers served as…
By now it should be fairly evident that this “Mayan Apocalypse” is not going to happen. The same way that Y2K and thousands of years of human bickering have not completely decimated the human race yet. Let’s face it, those murderous Spaniards did the world a favor by crushing their…
