It’s Monday night, and people from all over South Florida are trickling into the Harold Solomon Tennis Institute for the weekly swing dance in Fort Lauderdale. Some are dressed in jeans and Converse sneakers, while others are in their Sunday best. It doesn’t really matter, as long as they are…
South Florida has a vast and complicated network of folks who work hard every day to make music and nightlife happen for all of us. They work tirelessly, creatively, and selflessly — well, for the most part, at least. There is huge reward in giving to others. Each year, a…
Ryan OrangeBy Amy Nicholson Sony assumed North Korea would hate the movie. The question was: What would it do? Pyongyang had just tested its atom bomb and threatened “preemptive nuclear attack.” And the Supreme Leader with his finger on the trigger was barely over 30, with less than two years…
Little Haiti has always been home to South Florida’s underground music culture. So it makes sense, post-Art Basel, that legendary guitarist and composer Bill Orcutt will perform live to close out the last weekend of the year. “Orcutt’s music never sounds the same way twice. It is a constant underlying,…
At some point near the end of Nappy Roots’ most recent show in Lake Worth, after Fish Scales passed around his big bottle of vodka and Skinny Deville tried to light a joint on stage only to be strongly discouraged by security, I got the simply brilliant idea to interview…
In the latest blow to a music world already shaken by the sudden deaths of some indelible icons, the passing of Joe Cocker today caps a difficult year of unexpected losses. Cocker, age 70, died today of cancer at his home. Cocker provided rock with one of its most passionate…
West Palm Beach pedal-heavy fuzz-rockers the Band in Heaven is back at it again. The group released a new 7″ last Tuesday on Chicago imprint HoZac Records. It expands on the four-piece’s psychedelic, black-leather swagger. This nifty two-song release is also seeing the light of day via cassette tape on…
Video by James Argyropoulos This Saturday was the third time Fort Lauderdale celebrated the annual Christmas-themed pub crawl, SantaCon. We were already dedicated to participating before it was brought to our attention that there’ve been some mixed feelings about the nationwide event. Some people, particularly certain bar owners, feel as…
Fleetwood Mac BB&T Center, Sunrise Friday, December 19, 2014 Better than: Anyone had the right to expect. All those who packed into the BB&T Center at the penultimate show of the much-heralded Fleetwood Mac reunion tour truly felt they were attending a landmark event. After some 48 years of slinging…
The new year promises a fresh start, but it’s also the beginning of soon-to-be-broken resolutions, drunken midnight smooches, weeks of finding glitter on your sheets and in your ears, and all-around regretful debauchery. But whether you look at the champagne flute half full or half empty, you have a sparkling…
Roosevelt Collier is a South Floridian through and through. The pedal steel guitarist, playing in the sacred steel tradition, gradually became a force of nature in the local jam community and his talents are now desired by some of the most famous musicians worldwide. He first played gigs with his…
5. Sith-Mas: Star Wars Christmas Cosplay Party 10 p.m., Friday, December 19, at District 15, 15 W. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. No cover. 21 and up. Visit Facebook. May the force be with you this Friday at District 15’s Sith-Mas event. The second annual Star Wars-themed Christmas party will…
It’s that time of year again folks, when all us music critics get on our little soapboxes and decide what music was relevant or “worth it” in the past year. We are tastemakers, after all (at least in our minds), so crafting these year end lists is why we make…
By Lauren Wise Searching for the perfect gift for that music lover in your life isn’t so difficult. However, trying to find the perfect gift for a metalhead is a bit more daunting. It’s not that we’re picky — we just don’t particularly value the commercialized side of our beloved…
With a furry maritime shtick that has arguably one of the better band logos going in South Florida, Octo Gato is a delicious mix of punk and surf rock. While it might be easy to cite any outfit that’s ever heard Link Wray or Dick Dale or even spent way…
Enough with the Florida jokes, America. We get it. We come across as a little trashy on the internet. Yeah, we give our sexual predators $3 million lottery checks and occasionally store crack pipes in our butts. And sure, we have a perpetual hankering for some home-cooked meth and Colombia’s…
It’s a holiday tradition as etched into our memories as a well festooned Christmas tree or a Hanukkah bush, as intrinsic to our celebrations as a spinning dreidel or the stockings hung on the mantle, presumably with care. We’re referring of course to the annual barrage of holiday albums featuring…
In the first two weeks of December, Michael Franti was recording in Miami — the same time as protests were breaking out around the country over the lack of indictments for police killing unarmed black men. In response, he was inspired to write the song “Same as I Ever Was…
Since forming in London in 1967, British-American band Fleetwood Mac has been one of the most successful and recognizable outfits to emerge from the era and evolve since. Could it be the soap-opera-like romances/divorces/affairs that have surrounded the core of its lineups, or is it drummer and founder Mick Fleetwood’s…
By Calum Marsh As the year in moviegoing draws to a close — and as critics busy themselves drawing up lists and handing out awards — it seems time at last to look ahead. Here are the 10 films to get excited about over the year to come. 1. Jauja…
It’s springtime in Hollywood. The sky is cloudless and blue. Tourists bake in the sun and the Hollywood sign winks from the hills. A low-flying plane poops smoke trails overhead. On the rooftop of a 1920s apartment building, two girls are smoking a joint and listening to music from a…
When Dan Hosker passed away on August 11, 2012, after a lengthy battle for his life following a freak car accident, South Florida and the world of underground rock ‘n’ roll lost one of its true guitar heroes. It also lost one of the nicest and most generous members of…
