When we got word that hip-hop king Talib Kweli would be spinning a DJ set at Green Room next week, the sun, which had been hiding, peeked from behind the clouds. Dolphins leapt up from the waves, hibiscus bloomed, and we smiled. One-half of Black Star — which was played…
Mega-huge names like Skrillex might get a lot of the mainstream dubstep shine, but right on their tails is buddy 12th Planet. And without him, there might be no American dubstep scene as we currently know it. As cofounder of the early L.A. dubstep weekly Pure Filth and the label…
Boise Bob isn’t just a guy who sings songs about ‘possum meat and swamp living. He’s a South Florida staple. Bob has been integrated into the local music scene since the late 1970s, playing everywhere from dive bars to art galleries. He’s certainly dazzled you with Americana music and hillbilly humor,…
We hadn’t heard from Sea Things in a minute, so we took matters into our own hands and emailed Michael Floering himself. Turns out he’s been quite busy.We completely missed the release of his EP, Jaws, which, he explains, marks “the end of an era… The era of intentional hyperbole in…
Under the bright stadium lights, plenty of incredible things have happened during Super Bowl halftime shows. Who could forget the King of Pop’s epic 1993 performance or his sis’ nipple slip in 2004? This year’s act is equally grand: the timeless, shameless Madonna. Though she promised “for sure no nipples,” it likely…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: He may have lost his sight, but one local musician refuses to be deterred from achieving his dreams. It may be hard to imagine while you’re going through it, but sometimes,…
As the almost-antebellum-sounding name of this duo suggests, there is something more than a little vintage about the Civil Wars’ sound. Legend has it members Joy Williams and John Paul White met at a Nashville studio session, and they’ve taken that city’s Americana roots to heart. Rather than go for…
Somewhere between country, folk, blues, punk, and even metal exists Texas bad boy Scott H. Biram. A cult figure for years, perhaps Biram may start benefiting from mainstream America’s revived interest in Americana via far less salty acts like Mumford and Sons. Where rock radio’s new rootsy bands are still…
To call Tool the “thinking person’s metal band,” to use that oft-cited quote, is, frankly, insulting to the rest of the sprawling world of metal, a vast genre with cave-like nooks and crannies. Still, there has always been something obviously cerebral about the group, which has managed to enjoy both…
Mickey Raphael has spent more than three decades out on the road (ahem… again and again) with Willie Nelson as the harmonica player in the Family band. He and the whole Nelson crew are coming to Broward Center for the Performing Arts for a stoner hoedown. Raphael is one of…
Timb is one of our area’s more recognizable characters. This flamboyant dresser with a flare for the industrial will be hard to miss this weekend performing with his band Krueller. The group takes its title from his last name. Since their drummer Rivkah resides in Los Angeles and pops up…
The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results.Here’s your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers Poll 2012 for your favorite dance club. The results will appear in our annual Best of Broward-Palm Beach issue June 14. Click here for a master…
Ed Artigas is a man of many musical accomplishments. Like, so many that we can mention only a scant few here. Formerly of Map of the Universe and Bling Bling, his newest endeavor, Planelifter, is just starting to really take off. The name Planelifter has been around since 1999, when…
Chuck Loose is one of our favorite icons of the South Florida punk scene. The guy basically helped create it, through his early promoting and booking efforts, through playing with acts like the Crumbs. Back then and in recent years, he’s also proven a supertalented illustrator and designer to boot,…
In its seven-and-a-half year life, the late Alligator Alley in Oakland Park carved out a distinct swampy niche for itself. It was a rare intimate venue dedicated to a particularly old-Florida vibe, with geographically appropriate bar snacks, local micro-brews, and, most important, a nightly program of original, live blues and…
Back in August, we reported that local poet and promoter Renda Writer was giving up his post as editor of local arts mag WeMerge in order to focus even more of his energy toward getting the attention of Ellen DeGeneres so that she may invite him to read one of…
The sensation those exiting the Countdown Club in London circa 1964 after an early era Pink Floyd show had or the way the Ramones’ fans stumbling out of CBGBs in Manhattan around 1974 felt would be analogous to my experience at last night’s the Bright Light Social Hour show. My mixed…
People who can’t appreciate the music or legacy of Bob Marley are likely very angry, listened to Legend a few too many times a their dorm room, or are overly sober. Marley is so much more than just a singer of reggae music. He brought Jamaican music and Rastafarian philosophy…
With one hand in Harvey and the Buckets and another in Suede Dudes, Nick Petakas knows how to balance dichotomies in sound. This is probably why his solo stuff sounds like poppily crafted little treasures sent straight through a layer of something scummy.A relatively new project, the oldest track on…
It seems there was a certain inevitability that doomed James Ambrose Johnson Jr., AKA Rick James, from the start. Despite his phenomenal success in the late ’70s and early ’80s, including no fewer than four number-one hits on the R&B charts (among them, “Super Freak,” “Mary Jane,” and “You and…
The contemporary world of metal is a funny place. It’s a vast, deep musical genre in which some of the most creative expression is currently happening. At the same time, especially in its more obscure ends, it’s one still strongly tied to traditions, rules, and even specific costumes. Mess with…
You probably learned a few things about the area known as the District in Boynton Beach while reading our recent take on ActivistArtistA’s art walk. One of the warehouse area’s newer neighbors, ActivistArtistA is both a gallery and houses studios for artists. Lea Vendetta, Andrew Ackerman, Alexia Hemingway, and Chan…
