Jeff StrattonKevin Rudolf at Fourth on Flagler on Saturday night.Kevin RudolfSaturday, July 4, 2009Fourth on Flagler, West Palm BeachOpportunity struck for Kevin Rudolf at this Fourth of July showcase, a chance to deploy an abbreviated set of songs from In The City, his solo debut. Best known for production work with the likes of Lil Wayne and Nelly Furtado, Rudolf has his own brand of pop-rock that veers toward the crunchy/dumb end of the spectrum, tightly-wound blue-collar mini-anthems p
The handsome Canadian transplant Tristan Clopet is something of a musical anomaly on the local scene. With his band, the Juice, he skips both the indie flavors of the week and the super-commercial aspirations of others around town. Instead, his music recalls those heady days of the early '90s, when the bands of the so-called burgeoning "alternative" scene dipped deep into the wells of different genres without worrying. More concretely, on the band's more uptempo moments, the guys sound a he
