Born March 12, 1922, Jack Kerouac was one of the seminal novelists of the Beat Generation. That group of writers, poets, and vagabonds of the 1950s set the stage for the counter generation and youth revolution of the 1960s. His books — On the Road and The Dharma Bums –…
Swarm 7Saturday 10 March, 2012Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale brings to mind the raucous days before the mid-1980s when alcohol fueled mayhem reigned over A1A as thousands of college kids crammed the bars and beaches, their exploits immortalized in photos showing the road closed to traffic as people crowded the…
The stars of 2004’s Some Kind of Monster documentary are taking another sojourn into theaters. Except this time it’s in 3-D, and instead of being directed by acclaimed documentary filmmakers, it’s in the hands of Nimród Antal, who directed 2010’s Predators. (If you haven’t seen it, it’s about monsters, not sex offenders.)Metallica will start…
Elton John With His BandBankAtlantic CenterFriday, March 9, 2012Better than: Any of your mom’s other favorite live acts.He played “Tiny Dancer.” He said it was for the ladies, but I know that deep down, he was playing it for me.The rest of Elton John’s impressive 29-song set list Friday night might…
Marco Torres”What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area.” — Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don’t have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all…
It takes eight people to create Invisible Music. Wait, isn’t all music invisible? Maybe not. We haven’t the time right now to contemplate this complex matter, but we will say that this Lake Worth band is big and visible. Guitarist and singer John Ralston says of his group, “it’s a different…
You may know Ariyah Okamoto as Ravelstein, the Japanese Jew, former member of Shuttle Lounge, and South Florida music legend. A year ago, the musician found himself in Sendai, the city the closest to the epicenter of one of the most violent and devastating earthquakes that has ever affected Japan…
Friday, March 9*Tonight, Jacuzzi Boys start a weekend of locally celebrating their upcoming European tour. Tonight finds them in Palm Beach County at the Snooze in Lake Park, supported by Love Handles and Honey Train. Cover details are kinda murky but should be under $10. Click here. *Miami-based live hip-hop…
Part of the beauty of a good Florida festival is that it provides opportunities to discover acts that don’t make many appearances way down here on the peninsula. This weekend, bands will be traveling from as far away as Philadelphia and Colorado in order to bring their goodness to Aura…
You might recognize the faces up there as those of Miami beat-master Otto Von Schirach. At last night’s all out music, art, and entertainment fete hosted by our sister paper Miami New Times and Miami International Film Festival Artopia, there wasn’t just one Otto onstage, but three. Three is almost…
Even at the ripe old age of 70, John Cale remains one of the most enigmatic musicians in popular music. He is a man whose musical endeavors once stretched from rock to punk to the realms of classical and experimental progression. Born in Wales on March 9, 1942, Cale was a…
Wilson Phillips understands a woman’s suffering and joys. It’s almost as if they were three women living complex emotional lives, two of which are sisters, all of whom come from musical royalty. Wait. What? How could you not love these three broads? They’re back with a new album out on…
Henry Rollins is the kind of guy who can (and does) say whatever the fuck he wants. And we all know why: A lil’ somethin’ called Black Flag. From when the second Flag disbanded, its final singer didn’t waste a second wallowing in the aftermath.He sprang into action. And ever…
Since 2010, the series of tri-county concerts dubbed “The Rising” have been devoted to pushing forward music made by true hip-hop heads, for true hip-hop heads. For the first few months of its existence, the then-monthly event took over the late Transit Lounge in downtown Miami, before moving to other…
Mostly, when you go out on the town looking for a relaxing or fun evening, you generally would like things a certain way. You want everyone to be interesting but not annoying. At this theoretical place where you’d like to party, people are doing and wearing things that you think…
“My girl tastes like pork chops,” begins one of the new songs by the Two Man Gentleman Band, a duo (obviously) that hails from Brooklyn but draws from older, inner-country musical traditions. Clearly, they don’t do that too seriously — the group’s take on rockabilly, Western swing, and jazz is…
For the full slideshow, click here. Badfish March 7, 2012 Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Last night, Sublime tribute act Badfish brought their lovin’ to Revolution in Fort Lauderdale, and from what I was told, it was a pretty cool scene! You see, I wasn’t there. I was at home on my…
The moment South Florida has been waiting for has arrived. SunFest announced its 2012 lineup, and it’s not too shabby. Though Counting Crows is the first name listed, we’re pretty sure they’re not the headliner. Though Adam Duritz was a big cutie in the ’90s, these guys should probably be somewhere…
The melodic punk rock of Fallen From the Sky has been going strong for about a decade now. Their presence was never fully felt in the 305. Now, we know a thing or two, and we know that if you’re going to start an incursion into new, or even old, territory, you…
With little over a year under its belt as an official band, eclectic Williamsburg-based quartet Ambassadors found its music video for “Tropisms,” the very first single off the group’s self-titled debut EP, featured on MTVu’s Freshman Five. The young band, barley out of college was handpicked as one of five up-and-coming…
It is with a heavy heart and a vastly underrepresented listing of aural horrors that we come to an end with this list. While our peers over at the LA Weekly blog, West Coast Sound had themselves an easy mark crowning the Dave Matthews Band as the king and queen…
It’s been a couple of months since Miami band Astari Nite last played north of its county line, but the wait was on purpose. When the group hits favorite stomping grounds Respectable Street on Saturday, it’ll have a little more new material to air out. After several years as a…
