The new IWAN Concept Production Facility “The Bubble” is hosting an after-party for Red Eye, the annual Fort Lauderdale event by ArtServe that highlights work by local artists, musicians, fashion designers, and performance artists. The Bubble after-party starts at 8 p.m. and will include performances by local bands Dooms De Pop, The Microdots, and Pretty…
It’s Timb Krueller’s birthday. And the six-foot-three, perennial appreciator of the absurd will celebrate Friday with a bunch of South Florida favorites including the Freakin’ Hott and Zombies! Organize!! He will play an acoustic set, though, so leave the fetish boots at home. If you haven’t heard of Timb or…
Why can’t we just let Ian Curtis die already? It’s what he wanted! Still, if you’ve been waiting for the newest incarnation of Joy Division since She Wants Revenge, downtown Miami venue the Vagabond might provide the fix you need this Friday. Besides, with pink slips looming over everyone’s head…
Sam, the rotund frontman and trombonist for Big Sam’s Funky Nation, will his bring his signature New Orleans big funk and big brass to Miami on July 24. Formerly the trombonist for Dirty Dozen Brass Band, another New Orleans jazz staple, “Big Sam” is one of the six very talented jazz-trained musicians that comprise the Funky…
Scottish punk rawkers 4 Past Midnight deliver the kind of old-school punk anthems that used to play in rotation in your brain throughout the late ’80s and early ’90s. The first song on their MySpace playlist, “Fuck Them All,” is a gritty criticism of those destroying the punk scene, while…
As new numbers for jobs lost come out this month, everyone is filled with anxiety, anxiety about pursuing dream jobs vs. realizing responsibilities and weathering the economic storm. But at the same time everyone maintains hope, that ever-overused word that got pounded into our subconscious with Obama’s election. Musicians, however,…
Before straw-haired singer-songwriter Jim Camacho was one of South Florida’s acoustic darlings, he fronted one of the most exciting South Florida bands, the Goods, during one of the most exciting eras of South Florida music, the early ’90s. Delivering melody-driven garage rock, the band almost immediately developed a rabid fan…
Florida? Yeah! A New Start, Boise Bob and His Backyard Band, Fleez, and The BikesThe PoorhouseSaturday, June 27, 2009 Better Than: Anything going on in any other bar in downtown Fort Lauderdale The Review: For at least 10 years, Garo Gallo has worked zealously to keep the fabric of Fort…
Las Vegas post-punk glamazons The Killers almost lost the pop honors they earned with Hot Fuss when they decided to get serious with the Americana travesty Sam’s Town. Coupled with inflated egos (Lead singer Brandon Flowers said Sam’s Town would be “one of the best albums of the past twenty…
The funky rock quintet Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes has been making its way south through Florida this week, and tonight will stop at Alligator Alley to deliver its gut-rockin’, brass-poppin’, blast of funk in the tradition of its hometown, New Orleans. Formed in 2001, all the bandmates met…
Before the straw-haired singer-songwriter Jim Camacho was one of South Florida’s acoustic darlings, he fronted one of the most exciting South Florida bands, the Goods, during one of the most exciting eras of South Florida music, the early 1990s. Delivering melody-driven garage rock, the band developed a rabid fanbase almost…
There is nothing threatening about New York rock band RAPOSO. The bassist is a successful model, pictures of the band show a row of stainless white T-shirts, and their music teems with poppy guitar riffs, synth backdrops, and lyrics like “no more fear, time is on our side.” This band…
Miami’s retro electro-dance duo BFGF will bring the party to Fort Lauderdale’s Brick Rock Bar Wednesday, performing their blend of minimalistic electronic instrumentation and Casiotone-loving Fischerspooner clash. While songs like the cheeky “Electric Supermodel” and “Super-dude-fuckin-A-licious” are more accessible for those craving dance-floor pop tunes, the group’s more experimental, spookier…
Melodic and pop-driven, Jim Camacho’s music has been featured on several films including Tom Dowd & the Language of Music, Pledge This, and Fatboy and captures the catchy, soft folk-rock instincts of Elvis Costello and Jack Johnson, with occasional riffs that conjure up Oasis acoustic sessions. The Miamian songwriter, who…
As the sun was setting on Snoop Dogg’s Sunday show at Bonnaroo and the middle fingers that were raised high in the air cheering him on only a few minutes before were put back in their pockets, a dance-funk fusion of keyboard, wailing guitar, funky bass, and steady House-music-ready bass…
As part of its grand opening Saturday, Tim Finnegans in Delray Beach is inviting musicians to bring their instruments and participate in an Irish Open Mic. If you don’t have an Irish bodhran lying around, don’t fret. You can still pretend your heart pumps green blood by covering Cockles and Mussels (a.k.a…
South Florida jam favorite The Heavy Pets will come back for two shows after their Bonnaroo debut this weekend. The quintet is heading to Georgia for two nights right after the festival, but will play Roxy’s in West Palm on June 23. Then three weeks later, the band will come around again to share a bill…
The flyer for “The Bubble,” the grand opening of the IWAN Concept Production Facility located off Fourth Avenue and 8th Street in downtown Fort Lauderdale, promised a great show. But the event also marked the beginning of something that was seriously missing in Broward: a hub for local talent to…
The 26-year-old Fort Lauderdale singer-songwriter Travis Newbill writes tunes that are one part quirky acoustic, one part angst, and one part philosophy. With a weekly gig at the nautical pub the Jib Room, a bar off of Oakland Park Boulevard just west of Federal Highway, Newbill fuses pop hooks with…
Fiona Apple has an older sister, Maude Maggart. And she’s kind of a big deal on the cabaret circuit. Drawing praise from most major media outlets such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and Entertainment Weekly, Maggart has gained a following for her haunting and exquisite renditions…
Post-Prodigy-era bassheads Jackal & Hyde will bring their hard-core blend of industrial-laden, fetish-inspired electro to West Palm’s Respectable Street next month. The duo, made up of Scott Weiser and Todd Walker, has been around since 1998, but dropped their first album The Badlands in 2001. The album featured original material…
Tonight is the last night the Opera Mash-Up series at Area 7 will be featuring jazz musicians as the event moves on to recruiting bluegrass musicians next week. Renee Turner will record several opera numbers, and then Normal MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4…
