R.I.P. Joseph Roy Carrier, Zydeco Legend

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…

305 Fest Promises Three Days of D.I.Y. Punk Rock Fun

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…

Jazz Returns to Jazid!

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…

Cubo Kills A Record Exec In New Video

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…

Weird Wives is 3/5 of Surfer Blood, But Exponentially Noisier

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…

Drinking and Being Driven by the Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop

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…

Gustavo Cerati Hits American Airlines Arena Friday

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…

Video: Chris Carrabba Performs at Lynn University on Friday

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…

Concert Review: Nas and Damian Marley at SunFest in West Palm Beach, May 2

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…

Q&A with Henrik Schwarz, Playing Electric Pickle on Friday

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…

Comedy Review: Daniel Tosh at Fort Lauderdale Improv

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…

Concert Review: Stonefox Reunites at Poor House Saturday, May 1

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…