There are few people in the world of music who can take credit for creating so much unadulterated pleasure as pop satirist “Weird Al” Yankovic. Speaking as someone who has to sit and come up with puns ever day in order to write headlines, songs like “Pretty Fly for a…
It seems Miami garage band grungers Lil Daggers have been pretty busy lately. In 2009, they toured the Southeast and the Midwest, ending up at SXSW and appearing in a few festivals. Earlier this year they released a 7″ split single with Satan’s Youth Ministers, and now they’re scheduling the…
The jolly man of the accordion is with us no longer. Sometimes known as Zydeco Roy, Roy Carrier is the last of the original Zydeco players that came up in the 50’s and 60’s who put Louisiana’s sexy blend of Cajun and LaLa music on the American roots map.A contemporary…
Aha! Those crazy punk rock kids are at it again! The combined forces of Churchill’s Pub and The Firefly join again to serve up another dumpster-dived weekend of sheer musical terror and delight known as 305 Fest. It’s a complete and total celebration of all things punk and D.I.Y. about…
In what can only be explained as a case of the people speaking and the venue listening, it seems that at least, for the month of May, jazz is back in its full smoky glory to South Beach’s Jazid. It kind of makes sense, doesn’t it? KCC Production’s Kimberly Chmura’s…
Bringing new relevance to the term “high seas,” the ninth installment of Jam Cruise, the floating music festival, will kick off January 4, 2011 from Fort Lauderdale.Among the many acts promoting a positive groove for the five-day drift aboard the MSC Poesa to Roatan, Honduras and Costa Maya, Mexico, are…
Watch out, Cubo’s comin’! You may have heard of the Pitbull affiliate in years past, but apparently he’s making a run for it now with a couple of new videos on the web and talk of a forthcoming album. The video above for his song “I made it” shows a…
What a wonderful morning to listen to the blistering thrash punk of Weird Wives. As confirmed by the Turbo Fruits, this West Palm Beach quartet has some familiar faces and an unmistakable afro in the mix. Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete, bassist Brian Black, drummer/percussionist Marcos Marchesani, and a really fierce…
Four and five star VIP ticket packages equipped with meet-and-greets, photo ops, a pre-show party and “an exclusive NKOTB gift” have officially sold out for next Thursday’s New Kids on the Block show at the Fillmore.I’ve been a New Kids on the Block fan since I was about six. I…
At this point, it might feel like the Black Keys, the raucous blues-rock duo of Pat Carney and Dan Auerbach, just rolled through Miami. True, but April 18’s stop at the Fillmore will feel like ancient history once South Florida is baking hot this summer.So, on September 17, when the…
New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone has the enviable job of knowing about every event that happens within the boundaries of the two counties, and then some. When she attends some of the finest events from a given week, we’ll post the details of her travels here. On…
I first witnessed Teepee’s Eric Lopez-Zareno in all his synthy greatness at Cinema Sounds 6. For most of the performance I couldn’t even see him (blame it on my sitting at the upper level, or his sitting down throughout his performance), and wondered how his music could make something so…
There’s old, and then there’s old school. The differentiating factor lies in the degree of coolness to oldness, or the CTO ratio, if you will. Gustavo Cerati is neither. The cat is straight up out of school. Now, we could wax jargon all day to hash out how that works…
Boca Raton native Chris Carrabba and his band, Dashboard Confessional, gave back to the community with two passionate concerts on Friday at Lynn University. Proceeds from the shows will benefit a memorial scholarship fund honoring students and faculty who were tragically killed in the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.The evening…
Jovi Rockwell is one of the most talented people you’ll meet. Hailing from Jamaica, her island roots are deep and intact to her sound and her presence. She has been in between Miami and Jamaica for a number of years now, but does call Miami her “home…” Well, at least…
Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” MarleySunFestWest Palm Beach WaterfrontSunday, May 2, 2010View a slideshow of SunFest 2010’s final day here.A hip-hop act’s sets rarely last more than 45 minutes, and perhaps that’s why Nas launched into his blistering tag-team set with reggae superstar Damian Marley with the title track from…
New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone has the enviable job of knowing about every event that happens within the boundaries of the two counties, and then some. When she attends some of the finest events from a given week, we’ll post the details of her travels here. On…
Deep house has been dominating electronic dance music after its recent resurgence in the prolific German scene, from which most of the world takes its stylistic cues in the new millennium. Artists like Henrik Schwarz, however, have been fostering this style for close to a decade, earning a sudden new…
Daniel ToshFort Lauderdale ImprovBetter than: Granny takes a squirtBefore I begin, I want you all to know that I had absolutely no date to bring to see Daniel Tosh. Not that my friends didn’t want to go see the host of Comedy Central’s surprisingly good clip show, Tosh.0. It’s just…
Let us begin this posting about two upcoming summer tickets by saying to anyone planning to attend both of these shows: we want to hear from you right away.The 2010 American Idol Live! tour ostensibly features the 10 up-and-coming pop performers that a feverish segment of the U.S. knows way…
So there we have it. Whatever happened to Flaming Lips guitarist/multi-instrumentalist that caused the band to pull out of their Thursday performance at SunFest, it did not leave Drozd without access to his Twitter account (or use of his fingers?). Come back to South Florida soon, Lips…
StonefoxWith Alexander, Green Mantles and Astari NiteThe Poor House, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, May 1, 2010View a slideshow from the concert here.What follows is an actual online chat, more or less, between New Times Broward-Palm Beach Music Editor Reed Fischer, and regular contributor and Mood Vane Editrix Courtney Hambright regarding Saturday evening’s…
