No matter how bad Americans are at geography, there’s one shape in the Union everyone can pick out when handed a blank map. That’s Florida. The uniqueness of the Sunshine State extends beyond the configuration of its borders. There are just certain Floridian qualities that capture the world’s imagination –…
When I heard the Black Keys were playing BB&T Center, I was skeptical. I thought, no rock band formed in the 21st century can fill up an entire arena. That’s a venue for boy bands, hip-hop moguls, and rockers with membership to the AARP. But as the Black Keys took…
2014 has been a year of the tragic and the absurd, with the former just about edging it. Israel-Hamas, ISIS, the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, Robin Williams, Ebola, Malaysia Airlines tragedies (twice!); the list of events that will characterize this year range from the God-awful to the…
It’s hard to get in the Christmas mood when it’s 80 degrees outside and everything still looks the same as it did in July. Thankfully, there are some ways South Floridians can get in the holiday spirit this December, and it doesn’t involve drinking peppermint mochas from Starbucks or playing…
With the impending release of a new album and a successful Kickstarter created to fund it (which received well over its goal amount of $5K back in March), Palm Beach County band Raggy Monster has much to celebrate and is planning to so in style. Just nine months ago, founding…
Orlando punk band the Golden Pelicans requires that the crowds at its shows pay close attention to their noggins. This past September, onstage at a rock gathering of the wildest sort — Gonerfest 11 in Memphis — frontman Erik Grincewicz shook two bottles of champagne, sprayed down the audience, and…
If wining to dancehall after stuffing yourself with fried conch is your idea of an irie way to spend a weekend, then you’re in luck. ONE Caribbean Music Festival is heading to Central Broward Regional Park this Saturday and Sunday, presenting an array of the foods and musical styles that…
One of the things that makes South Florida’s music community an actual community in function and not just in concept is that it is incestuous in the best way. Bands down here swap and share members constantly and, whether or not you’re into our musically polyamorous reality, it really does…
Photo by: Monica McGivernScott Stapp is going so crazy, it’s almost not even funny anymore. The Creed frontman, now a resident of Boca Raton, has been at the center of a very public downward spiral for the past couple of months. His wife, Jaclyn Stapp, had to file for divorce…
Last night’s Nappy Roots show at Propaganda in Lake Worth presented by Rock the Mic was an evening of real hip-hop revelry. Hands in the air passed around bottles of Absolut and the room and the crowd was treated to a new project by two members of the headlining act,…
5. Morally Suspect, Mentally Unhinged 7 p.m. Saturday, December 13, at UNIT 1, 1202 Lucerne Ave., Lake Worth. No cover. Visit Facebook. UNIT1 presents an art show this weekend that urges participants and artists to get in touch with their dark sides. The Facebook event page says artists will “unabashedly…
As children ready themselves for the tinkling of Santa’s sleigh bells, tweens, their pop-obsessed older siblings, and crop-top-wearing parents are anticipating another kind of holiday sound: the upbeat jazziness of Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” performed live. Jingle Ball is ringing its way into town again and bringing a slew of new…
Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, and Phish are arguably three of the most beloved musical acts in history. And if this were a few years ago, they’d have not a lot in common. However, Eric Gould’s Pink Talking Fish has completely changed that. Pink Talking Fish is a tribute act to…
Flo Rida once boasted “Club Can’t Handle It,” but the Winterfest Boat Parade certainly can. This Friday at 6 p.m., the Hard Rock Casino will host an invite-only ceremony in which Flo Rida will be named grand marshal of the boat parade while also being given a key to the…
By Jessie Schiewe Since the summer, news about the ebola outbreak in West Africa has infiltrated everything from the news to pop culture. The music industry is no exception. Artists have voiced their thoughts and opinions (as well as conspiracy theories) on Twitter and other social media networks and rapper…
Scott Stapp needs you to hold him, now. He’s six feet from the edge of total mental collapse. For the past two months, the former or maybe still frontman for Creed has made headlines for his shockingly erratic behavior. From seemingly insane and violent text messages to his wife to…
Each year, Wanee Music Festival brings the joy of jamming, barefoot dancing, and the sweet smell of patchouli and Dr. Bronner’s to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Founded by Allman Brothers’ drummer Butch Trucks, you won’t catch his classic act on stage this year…
Boca’s only student run label, Florida Atlantic University’s Hoot/Wisdom Recordings, has successfully launched a crowdsourced funding project on Power2Give to raise money for upcoming album releases, upgraded recording equipment, and promotion of the label’s music beyond South Florida. This is the first time they’ve used the web to raise cash…
As he approaches the start of his sixth decade making music, Mick Fleetwood’s status as a superstar is beyond dispute. As one of two standard-bearers of the rock band Fleetwood Mac he cofounded some 48 years ago, he can lay claim to two of the biggest selling albums of all…
You can find a band that centers its music around the guitar on every block, but to find one that’s primary instrument is the 36-string Celtic harp, you’ll have to travel to a distant land. Never Land to be precise. Never Land is a Palm Beach Gardens five-piece that just…
By Zach McCormick For a modest-sized Midwestern city mostly known for cranking out a staggering amount of rubber, Akron has a lot to be proud of. Three of its native sons are sitting more or less on the top of the world in their respective fields, with LeBron James returning…
Though it seemed like everything was happening in Miami this past Art Week — from protests shutting down the Julia Tuttle Causeway to dozens of art fairs and plenty of poppin’ parties — there was no need to count out Broward County’s cultural offerings. Two marvelous art-focused brunches were the…
