After a yearlong weekly gig at the Green Room Nightclub, the Reckless Dames have parted ways with their burlesque home-base venue. According to a Green Room rep, “We [Green Room] decided to stop doing the weekly burlesque because we want to stagger our entertainment.” The spokesperson continued by saying, “We…
Few punk rock bands have managed to achieve the longevity that the Bouncing Souls have. It just celebrated its 20th anniversary with 2010’s Ghosts on the Boardwalk — its eighth studio release — solidifying its place in punk history. The band released its latest album, Comet, through Rise Records and on…
Editor’s note: YOLO here doesn’t refer to the restaurant YOLO, rather to the idea of “You Only Live Once” as a trending topic on the interwebs. We approached the Gun Hoes about chatting with us on life, love, and music. Instead, they wanted to write up something about this YOLO thing…
Robert Pollard is a wizard, an inebriated, rule-breaking, melody-wielding wizard. Class Clown Spots a UFO, Guided by Voices’ 17th full-length — also the second of three 2012 releases — is GBV at their drunkenly meditative best. As usual, it feels like Pollard and the classic lineup are fucking with our heads…
Curren$y featuring Fiend, Cornerboy P, Young Roddy, Trademark, and Styles P Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Better than: Eating Breakfast while listening to elevator music.Click here for the full and fabulous slideshow. “Jet life! Jet life! Jet Life!”The crowd was feeling good enough to touch the ceiling as thin…
Coral Springs bred Robb Bank$ came to our attention earlier this year after a friend left a CD mix in our car with one of this hip-hop artist’s songs burned on it. Not long after, fellow South Floridian Spaceghostpurrp started posting Bank$ songs on Facebook, eventually defining him as part of the Raider…
Our colleagues have praised O’Grime, the duo of Nikolais Javan and L. Rey Reyes, as Miami’s “no-bullshit antidote to all that crappy ringtone rap about $30,000 watches” because of their 2011 “Best of” album. While that might all be true, these swag-thieving cultural freaks have all that and plenty of…
My first and most striking impression from Day Four at Bonnaroo involves Sarah Jarosz. She is impossibly young for someone who’s earned such acclaim. Playing fiddle at the helm of her ensemble, she dazzled the crowd in the Other Tent and happily returned their kudos. “This is one of the…
From Bruce Springsteen to Bon Jovi to Patti Smith, Asbury Park, New Jersey, is to rock ‘n’ roll what Salt Lake Valley is to Mormons. It is a promised land. Its history is rich in guitar riffs and circle pits. And few bands are as familiar with both as the…
The Sopranos was unquestionably one of the best — if not the best — television series in the history of the medium. But to think that a show about contemporary New Jersey mobster life would inspire one of operatic pop’s most successful quartets, that’s just nuts! Without it, however, Il…
In regard to metaphors, none sounds as good as The Wall, Pink Floyd’s legendary 1979 prog-rock opera about abandonment and isolation. Clocking in at just over an hour and 20 minutes, The Wall explores the story of its protagonist, Pink, building a metaphorical wall between himself and everyone else. Though…
Last night Maynard James Keenan brought his creative side project, Puscifer to the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center in Miami. (View a slideshow here.) To describe it in complete detail would be doing a disservice to those attending future shows. But, if you do enjoy a spoiler, venture on…
We soon discovered that being part of the media contingent at Bonnaroo has its perks. For starters, we got to enjoy a special unplugged performance by the Punch Brothers in the media tent. Standing in a circle, the bluegrass bunch played a rousing set, with leader Chris Thile yelling “Rotate!”…
Check out the full slideshow from Break N’ Bred here. Getting a hip-hop scene moving is no easy task, especially in a place that lacks a centralized urban center, like the tri-county area. But those at Green Room took it upon themselves to bring the people together in hip-hop harmony…
Every time someone from South Florida tells me that they’ve never heard of Dino Felipe, I am genuinely horrified. Dino’s not only one of the most brilliant and productive musicians from our little corner of the world, he’s got a genuine and frenzied artistic vision. A fucked up genuine vision…
text-autospace:none”>”>Fiend exercisin’ this right, of exorcism bustin’ out the expedition/Bullets choppin’ haters business to about the size of prisms our mission” in 1998’s hit “Make Em Say Ugh.” text-autospace:none”>His verse served as an introduction to a young man who harbored anger and used it as a way to express and…
Serum is rapidly becoming one of our area’s most prolific hip-hop personalities. I’m talking Tupac postmortem prolific. He can’t seem to slow down or isn’t at all interested in taking a breather. That might not bode well for his cardiovascular health, but shit, we’ll be reaping the benefits like gangbuster…
Though Hollywood’s Beach Day has been a band for only a short period of time, it’s already signed to indie Brooklyn label Kanine Records, working on a full-length debut album, and about to tour for the next two months starting with three dates in New York. “It all happened really fast,”…
Chris VictorioBy Christopher Victorio and Ben Westhoff We love you, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas. In fact, here are five reasons why you rule the roost. But my oh my, you dance funky. We’re not saying we’re any better; truth is, we’re utterly captivated by you and your awkward ways…
It’s day two here at Bonnaroo. And I don’t feel like getting out of bed this morning… I’m already exhausted, but we have our first full day of Bonnaroo ahead of us. So we duly arise and head to the press tent for a basic introductory course on the dos…
Don McLean’s “American Pie” is a classic song in music history. Most of us know the words and proudly sing along when it comes on the radio. Clocking in at eight minutes and 36 seconds, it’s surprising that any band would take on covering this single. But they do. And…
Civilian Album Release Party with Kids, the Goddamn’ Hustle, Under Every Green Tree Propaganda, Friday, June 7Better than: Smashing every emo album in your record collection and starting anew. “I’m more excited about this release than any other thing I’ve ever done,” says ginger-haired Fort Lauderdale native Ryan Alexander of…
