With little over a year under its belt as an official band, eclectic Williamsburg-based quartet Ambassadors found its music video for “Tropisms,” the very first single off the group’s self-titled debut EP, featured on MTVu’s Freshman Five. The young band, barley out of college was handpicked as one of five up-and-coming…
We know gas prices are through the roof these days, but when you see a lineup as stacked with Florida talent as the inaugural Spring Jam 2012 Music and Arts Festival is, forking up the extra coinage for the drive up to Jupiter is a fundamental obligation for the local…
“So much planned for 2012, my head is going to explode!” That’s how Greg Einhorn, the affable frontman for summery Lake Worth outfit Funcrusher, opened up the year on his band’s Facebook page. Remembering that earnest and combustive 2012 proclamation, we took a cursory glance at Funcrusher’s page to see how…
Last time we caught up with the ginger and elegantly quivering singer Ryan Alexander, the Fort Lauderdale native and his newly formed four-piece, Civilian, had landed a spot onstage at the inaugural Orlando Calling Festival. With Alexander behind the mic, guitarist Alex Bennett, drummer Nash Nardone, and bassist Nick Nardone,…
Last week, while sitting at a local watering hole talking shop about the area’s music scene (it’s what we mostly do around here), the subject of blazing, distortion-fueled Fort Lauderdale rockers Fevers came up. “What the hell ever happened to those dudes?” Back in May of last year, they enamored…
Warning. The post you are about to read may contain material than can be found objectionable by individuals of a prudish nature. For fans of the awesomely objectionable, click here for the Bruise Cruise slideshow.I just walked off of the Bruise Cruise, and am now kissing the concrete, thanking the…
Under normal circumstances, when a guy pukes on your arm while you are washing your hands in the men’s bathroom sink, it’s a pitifully horrible experience. But this reporter just so happens to be on the Carnival Imagination, reveling in the three day rock ‘n’ roll madness that is the…
Despite fading from the headlines, the people-powered protest movement known as Occupy Wall Street that sprang up in New York City’s Financial District this past September and spread like gangbusters from coast to coast, is still alive and well right here in Palm Beach County. Occupy Palm Beach County (OPBC)…
In little over a year’s time, Boca Raton beer spot and hookah bar the Funky Buddha Lounge and Brewery has made a name for itself by pumping out stellar, small-batch, in-house releases. Last year’s Maple Bacon Porter and “No Crusts” Peanut Butter and Jelly Ale raised eyebrows not only within…
For local industrial-meets-hardcore troupe Underlined, last Friday’s Department of Justice shutdown of file-sharing website MegaUpload caused it more headaches than merely interrupting a torrent of Oscar-nominated flick Moneyball. The hard-working West Palm Beach neo-metal outfit lost more than 50 unreleased demos, countless artwork files, “and years and years of press…
Influential music blog Brooklyn Vegan loves its Florida citrus lately. Just yesterday, it featured fuzz-tastic shoegaze group Band in Heaven’s new hallucinogenic, flashback-inducing video for its song “Sludgy Dreams.” Today, the national hipster-insider website featured another Palm Beach County-based band Guy Harvey. The four-piece is entering into a two-week romp of…
County Grinders, in case you haven’t heard the good word yet, New Times is putting together its 15th-Annual New Times “Original” Beerfest. Perhaps the best news of all, it’s only about two months away — the sudsy celebration is set for March 31. You are probably a little confused right…
Singer/songwriter Nick Eberhardt is one of those talented local musicians who make us scratch our head and wonder, why isn’t anyone handing this guy a big-time, multimillion-dollar recording contract? Seriously, he has the sparkling, intimate chops of a Pete Yorn, the dapper looks of a Jeff Buckley, and the guitar…
Back in late December, our main music feature spotlighted the colossal producing exploits of Pompano-based hip-hop beat-smith Numonics. In that piece, we found the studio dynamo preparing to unveil five projects with five different emcees in 2012. Brother was certainly in demand. Numonics sent us a taste of his studio…
The last time New Times caught up with charismatically offbeat Fort Lauderdale singer songwriter Travis Newbill, the charming musician was embarking on a career-defining project, which saw the young 29-year-old releasing 11 records in 11 straight days. The prolific project, spanning the length of his entire eclectic career, culminated in…
Has materialism and excess overtaken what the holiday spirit is really about? Perhaps we will feel better after enjoying a few extra-spiked eggnogs with friends and family around the Christmas tree — or Hanukkah bush or whichever kind of spiritual shrubbery you chose — but for now we’d like to…
Jonathan “Numonics” Rosenfeld, possibly Broward County’s hardest-working hip-hop producer, knows how to make an entrance. Hip-hop blasts from the speakers of the 27-year-old, red-haired studio savant’s red Ford Explorer when he arrives to meet New Times at Deerfield Beach’s Cove Shopping Plaza. This random meeting place, replete with Brazilian restaurants…
County Grind is counting down 2011’s best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.Knowing SoFla quartet Young Circles’ back story might make listeners suspect. All the name changes (Stonefox/Blond Fuzz), shifts in personnel, and sonic adjustments could suggest that founding members Jordy Asher and Jeff Rose might just…
Danny Brunjes’ forthcoming attitude about his relationship with God sets him worlds apart from many of his indie musician brethren. But the 24-year-old Under Every Green Tree frontman from West Palm Beach doesn’t come off as a Bible-thumping born-again, not in the least. His relationship with God, as he explains…
With a winning mix of sludgy old-school thrash and extreme metal, Massachusetts quartet Unearth stood at the forefront of taste-making hardcore at the earlier part of the decade. Credit the band’s epic machine-gun breakdowns, lead vocalist Trevor Phipps’ guttural growls, and a back-breaking touring schedule for its continued prominence. Slots…
This weekend, many of the live music fans among us will be making the trek up to Central Florida in search of the smorgasbord of sounds that will be the inaugural Orlando Calling Festival. Put the Pixies and Dr. Dog atop this writer’s personal list. Especially with the gaping void…
Been a long time since you rock ‘n’ rolled? It has been 40 years since Led Zeppelin released its colossal fourth album in November 1971, birthing such epic classic rock paragons like “Stairway to Heaven,” “Rock and Roll” and “Misty Mountain Hop.” Now, 31 years have also passed since Led…
