To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here.What I would like to talk about this week is what I’ve realized more recently is the coolest thing about music: the fact that it keeps changing and evolving. It’s funny because whatever each generation comes up with, the…
Yes, Winter Music Conference and March madness have ended, but Culture Kings gives you another reason to skip out of work early this Wednesday afternoon with an acoustic in-store performance by Chester French. Think catchy Boston-bred guitar licks with a Beatles/ N.E.R.D. falsetto fitted with Bapes and blazers. The duo,…
The last show at City Limits in Delray Beach will take place on April 10, featuring the Led Zeppelin tribute band Zoso. The club announced officially yesterday that it was closing. At least Palm Beach County still has Respectable St. Cafe, in West Palm Beach, which regularly hosts touring bands,…
To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. What I’d like to talk about today is an event I went to last week at the Bank of America tower downtown in honor of Earth Hour 2009. A friend of mine was working the event, and called…
Mellowness might be anathema to Louisville’s Coliseum, judging by its reckless velocity and nihilistic harangues. “My lungs are filled with fumes…There’s no air in this city/I need something pure,” sings Ryan Patterson on 2004’s “This Mind Locked Inside This Body.” The band’s anti-authority lyrics and relentless backbeat qualify it as…
If WMC boasts a definitive DJ, it would have to be Danny Tenaglia. The man’s been conference staple since 1986 (he missed out on 1985, the first WMC year) and has become legendary for his epic, soulful sets. As one of those pioneering WMC performers Tenaglia’s been privy to the…
Sung to the tune of “Jack and Diane”: “A little ditty about Matt and Kim/Two American kids making music in Brooklyn/Matt plays keys, sings snotty and cute/Kim bashes out drumbeats and sings a bit, too/Oh yeah, life goes on/Long after the hype of their debut is gone/Oh, yeah, life goes…
It seems Alkaline Trio visits South Florida every couple of months. Now that’s not a bad thing at all, especially since they’re one of the best poppy/dark punk bands still making music. But the big news here is Saves the Day is coming with them, and it seems like a…
Matthew Sabatella has carved out a distinctive niche for himself over the past several years or so by recreating the songs of America’s past, complete with instruments of the era — fiddles, banjos, Jew’s harps, and the like. He takes his traveling band to schools, libraries, and just about anywhere…
Working in both New York and, well, Tokyo, the artist known as Alex from Tokyo has shifted from an experimenting house dabbler to a member of the lauded Berlin Innervisions label. Tokyo Black Star, his production group with Tokyo-based producer and engineer Isao Kumano, released their latest studio effort on…
St. Patrick’s Day is today. So before we hit the pub to celebrate, we thought we’d put together a mix for you of some tracks our favorite Irish and Irish-American bands. Enjoy them — preferably with a pint of Guinness. The streaming playlist comes at the end of this post,…
My topic this week is the bicycle phenomenon here in Miami. Personally, I think that people picking up their bike instead of their car keys is awesome. They’re saying they really do care about their environment, plus it’s a great, fun way to exercise. Even though it may be a…
There are certain unforgettable snapshots that frame Arlo Guthrie’s life and career. They’re prefaced by the lingering legacy he inherited from his father, the great Woody Guthrie, one of America’s most indelible folk singers, the patron saint of protest and the man who inspired generations of young men like Bob…
Hmmm. Ludo? Isn’t that the nickname for a certain much-abused narcotic of somewhat ill repute? Or could it be that hit by Boz Scaggs from way back in the day? Or maybe it’s the nickname your college buddy chose because he always shunned his given name. Well … no. This…
Tuesday night at the Hard Rock, L.A. glam-metal heroes Mötley Crüe bring their grown-up and toned-down debauchery, while their searing Sunset Strip sound remains intact. With infinitely underrated guitar god Mick Mars, enigmatic songwriting bassist Nikki Sixx, genre-defining vocalist and aging pretty boy Vince Neil, and the wild pounding thump…
What we’re going to talk about this week is Ecco Lounge, the brand-new restaurant/lounge put together by Aramis Lorie and Brian Basti (of Poplife and PS14, respectively). It’s on the corner of SE Second Avenue and SE First Street, and it’s opening in early March.This project is something they’ve been…
The Subdudes may not be among the New Orleans musical legends the average Joe could immediately name. But examine the band’s track record, which stretches back a couple of decades, and its seamless blend of riveting rock and roll, nimble rhythms, and sinewy roots. It’s clear the Subdudes have earned…
As predictable as death and taxes, the Dave Matthews Band returns to the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach this summer for another two-night stand. The tour will support the band’s still-untitled forthcoming studio album, due out June 2. Local dates are on August 14 and 15, and the opening…
Like a one-man Gravitron, Panic Bomber pulls you in, spins you around, and leaves you dizzy and smiling. He looks like a neon stick figure in motion, and sounds like a male Sade stuck in a rave. These are all good things. I had never heard of him, and then,…
To read past installments of Miami According to Brooklyn, click here. I think I’m gonna talk about the Miami Beach Police and how they just worry about the petty shit and don’t see the big picture. Like yesterday, I’m driving down West Avenue and get pulled over because my taillight’s…
Naming his label Size Records, DJ/producer Steve Angello set himself up for criticism if he couldn’t lay down the magnitude of tracks necessary to command a room like Mansion, where he will help commemorate the club’s fifth birthday on Saturday. Luckily, Angello’s brand of breezy, big room progressive house perfectly…
In a world where divas are bionically enhanced, the bloom of marquees and floodlights can be seen from space, and the energy crisis has been averted by harnessing the kinetic motion of dancefloors, power house is the genre of choice. And those who choose power house choose DJ Boris, who…
