West Palm Beach

Matisyahu Doesn't "Really Love Shaving," But He's a Big Fan of Florida

The narrow crevasses between letters on our keyboard are vile, makeshift graveyards of curly black hairs peppered with hints of gray and, occasionally, red too. But these facial follicles tell a story, each a remnant of a stressful day at work anxiously spent twirling the hairs on our chinny chin ... More >>

Respectable Street's 25th Anniversary Block Party August 25

Who Wants Free Tickets for Dave Matthews Band's 2012 Tour in West Palm Beach?

See also "Dave Matthews Band Announces Summer Tour, Crash Into Cruzan Amphitheater." Dooby-dop-do-do-dee! Yeah, it's DMB. And you gotta be free. So you don't need shoes to jam out with the Dave Matthews Band at West Palm Beach's Cruzan Amphitheathre this weekend. Just bring your bare feet. But, u ... More >>

Dump Dub City

Invasive Crazy Caribbean Termites Threaten South Florida

Between Burmese pythons and giant African land snails, South Florida already has enough invasive species to worry about, but now officials have detected a new alien threat popping up in our region: the Nasutitermes corniger termite. These mites are meaner and more threatening then the domestic termi ... More >>

Everymen at Propaganda July 8

Sharp Dressed Men

Jared McKay of Coral Morphologic Talks Discosoma Records and Random Fandom

Get Guy Harvey and other awesome stuff at Discosoma's official website.​You might have visited Coral Morphologic/Morphologic Studios (AKA Jared McKay and Colin Foord) during the third leg of the Weird Miami tours. Or maybe you checked out the duo's recent zoanthid photo show at the Biscayne Nature ... More >>

Alex Sink to Pick Boring Rod Smith as Running Mate

​According to two state papers, Florida gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink is set to announce Rod Smith as her running mate this Thursday at an event in West Palm Beach. Yawn. A former state senator, Smith lost the 2006 Democratic primary for governor to similarly boring Jim Davis. The move seems t ... More >>

Brad Paisley Soaks Cruzan Amphitheatre on August 14, Buy Tickets Friday

​Country fans can barely drink a glass of water these days without some image of Brad Paisley coming to mind. Last month he dove into a swimming pool while singing his hit single "Water" during the Academy of Country Music Awards, and more recently, he became a poster boy for the ongoing flood rel ... More >>

Iron Maiden Tour Party at Rock 'n' Roll Ribs, Vince Neil at Feelgoods

Run to the Ribs!​Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is hitting the road with his band at the end of the month, and so the restaurant he co-owns, Rock 'n' Roll Ribs, is throwing a Memorial Day Weekend bash on May 30. Broward-Palm Beach Food editor John Linn has more details here and a really enticin ... More >>

UPDATE: Stonefox Leaks New MP3, Help Them Book Fall East Coast Tour

Photo by Ian WitlenLocal motion: Stonefox ​Recently reunited South Florida blooz-rawk trio Stonefox has posted a missive to its Facebook friends requesting assistance booking gigs up and down the East Coast in September. The shows would ideally occur September 17-19 in New York, and October 13-17 ... More >>

Lilith Fair: Which Local Female Artist Should Fill Out the Lineup?

Photo by Yvette LabovRachel Goodrich should probably play at Lilith Fair​Lilith Fair's August 10 tour stop at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach features Gossip, Corinne Bailey Rae, Norah Jones, Court Yard Hounds, Sia, Sarah McLachlan, Martina McBride, the Rescues, Ceci Bastida, Katzenjammer, ... More >>

Heads Up: Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato Coming to West Palm Beach October 9

Law enforcement advisory: Jonas Brothers coming to South Florida​The Jonas Brothers aren't currently sparking unrest in New Zealand like Justin Bieber, but you never know what sort of turmoil might follow these young heartthrobs when they hit hit the road at the end of July. Added teen tumult come ... More >>

Belt Buckle Death Sentence Leads Hardcore Bill at Brogues Saturday

​Friday's closing bell is only hours away, and there's a whole weekend's worth of angst yet to spend. On Saturday evening, one option worth risking a black eye for is a run of seven local hardcore acts at Brogues on the Avenue Irish Pub in Lake Worth (621 Lake Avenue).Dubbed the Trailercore Show, ... More >>

BET's Spring Bling Hits West Palm Beach in Mid-April

​Time to hit the gym because BET's Spring Bling 2010 is right around the corner. On April 10, West Palm Beach's Rivera Beach will host the spring's hottest revelers. A couple names that might be on the bill include: Soulja Boy, Chris Brown, Trey Songz and Trina.If you're a dead-ringer for Diddy, D ... More >>

SXSW: Hey Monday's Cassadee Pope Outlines Festival Survival Kit

​Now Spinner has tracked down two South Florida acts playing SXSW with this interview with West Palm Beach's Hey Monday. Where's the love for Every You?Anyhow, the current Alternative Press cover darlings' lead singer Cassadee Pope says she'll carry "sunglasses, lip balm, gum, a bottle of water, m ... More >>

Learn Christmas Songs on Guitar at George's Music in West Palm Beach

Christmas music ain't for everybody. Some people even think it sucks. But, a lot of people like it, even Bob Dylan, who just cut a whole album of Christmas songs.One thing's for sure, there are plenty of places in South Florida where a guitar-playing, holiday-music strumming, Santa-hat wearing dru ... More >>

Thursday's Evergreen Terrace Show Originally Set for the Dugout in Miami is Now at Ground Control in West Palm

via purevolume.com/evergreenterrace​Thursday's show was meant to be a huge booking coup for Miami all-ages venue the Dugout; warehouse drama has now shifted the show to Ground Control, a similarly bare-bones venue in West Palm Beach. Evergreen Terrace is arguably Jacksonville's most famous musical ... More >>

Archive Diver: Concert Calendar for August 1988, AC/DC, Beatlemania, Steven Wright, The Vandals, James Taylor

image via New Times archives​ Back in August 1988 South Florida had a pretty good line-up of shows at venues from the Hollywood Sportatorium to the James L. Knight Center to the Kendall Town and Country Mall to the Fontainebleau back up to the Button South.The Dope Jam brought together Eric B and ... More >>

Yellowman Plays Respectables Saturday, June 27

Sexist lyrics and heavy beats go together like pork and beans when it comes to dancehall. There is something so good about it though. If you can cast aside the bigotry, the misogyny, the rampant and sometimes violent homophobia, and the bizarre posturing, the beats are savage, the delivery is on poi ... More >>

More Good News For Coldplay Fans: Head to the WPB Show, Get a Free Live CD

Are you already headed to the Coldplay show in West Palm Beach? Do you need another reason to make it out as the alt-rockers kick off their tour at Cruzan on May 15? Coldplay has announced that everyone who shows up to one of their shows in 2009 will receive a free copy of LeftRightLeftRightLeft, an ... More >>

Danny Daze Spinning This Week for Regis & Kelly

Talk about your WTF moments: Miami DJ Danny Daze (Rokbar/Dirty Hairy) will be providing the tunes for Live with Regis & Kelly this week as they air live from the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. Their temporary relocation starts tomorrow and goes through Thursday.Unfortunately (or fortunately, for ... More >>

Good Daze, America

Watch DJ Danny Daze rock the 1's and 2's for Regis

Toby Keith and Trace Adkins Coming to Cruzan June 2

Country powerhouses Toby Keith and Trace Adkins are joining forces to spread that new country love all over West Palm Beach.  On June 27, Cruzan Amphitheatre will host a gaggle of grown men and women wearing costumes dressed in their finest cattle rustling gear yearning for a sense of patriotis ... More >>

Cheap Eats on the Island?

Yes, it seems even Palm Beach can't escape the iron clutch of impending economic doom. Fortunes strip-mined by Bernie Madoff, trendy uber-boutiques slinking off Worth Avenue like mangy dogs, billionaires reduced to poverty-stricken multimillionaires. And now an affordable restaurant is heading for t ... More >>

Coldplay announces May 15th date with Cruzan Amphitheater

Hold on to your heartstrings boys and girls: Radiohead Travis Coldplay is coming to Cruzan Amphitheater on May 15, bringing its signature brand of rock and roll to lucky South Floridians. Chris Martin and company just expanded their tour, and chose West Palm Beach to kick off their U.S. leg of the V ... More >>

Slideshow: Designer Drugs at Respectable Street

Ari Justin RothenbergDesigner Drugs spins at Respectable Street Thursday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.Last night, it was unusually cold for South Florida but things got hot over at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach where Designer Drugs spun at the venue's Flaunt party. Our camera ... More >>

Here's a Festival For Hard Rock Fans Up North: The Buzz's Locofest

South Florida's Nonpoint plays the Buzz's LocofestIf you loooove the kinds of bands that are played during "active rock" radio formats, you will loooove Locofest, a weekend shebang sponsored by the Buzz 103.1 on March 14. Held at the Palm Beach International Raceway, the bill sponsors a number of ha ... More >>

Slayer, Marilyn Manson to Headline This Year's Mayhem Festival, in West Palm Beach Aug. 12

Slayer in 2007Last year marked the inauguration of the Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour, a summer package from the creators of Warped Tour that featured heavier acts. There were some pretty surprising bands on the bill: besides Miami's Black Tide, performers included Mastodon, Underoath, and Of c ... More >>

Fall of the House of Forte

We've confirmed with executive chef Mark Liberman this morning that Stephen di Asprinio  has in fact left the restaurant he gave his name to, Forte di Asprinio, in West Palm Beach, "to pursue other opportunities." Liberman wouldn't, or couldn't tell us much more, except that Asprinio left somet ... More >>

LA Riots at The Vagabond September 12, Respectable Street September 13

The Weekend in Live Music, July 25 - 27

Last Night: The Police Can't Get Arrested

Interview: Taking Back Sunday

Feds Crack Down on Kiddie Porn in SoFla

Kids Beating Kids

BEST FAMILY OUTING

Larry and Penny Thompson Park

Just Like Heaven

The Cure kicked off its Curiosa tour with a mixed bag of delights

Shining Moments

This Week's Day by Day Picks

Emperors of Ice Cream

South Florida offers a veritable world tour of frozen goodness

Best Chain Restaurant

Mark's Restaurants

Best Bread

Biga Bakery and La Biga Bakery & Café

Best Kids' Thrill

Lion Country Safari

Kulchur

Dueling at the millennium

Careful with That Ax, Lilith

Lollapaloser

GET THE KIDS INSIDE! BOLT THE DOOR!

Toxic sewage spawns swamp monsters; officials say no cause for alarm

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