The Occupy Wall Street movement currently taking over public spaces across the nation has an ally in South Florida psychedelic rock act Young Circles. (Photos from the Occupy Fort Lauderdale event this past weekend here.) The group has penned a new track released over the weekend titled “Ninety-Nine Percent” that…
Peter FramptonHard Rock Live, HollywoodSunday, October 9, 2011Better than: Reviving the Silver Connection.While the list of aging musicians currently embarrassing themselves with attempts at recapturing glory days grows, Peter Frampton has developed into the perfect example of how a former rock superstar and sex symbol can weather the years with…
The Arctic Monkeys “Suck It and See Tour,” with Smith WesternsRevolution, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, October 8, 2011Check out a slide show from the concert here.Better than: A Lord of the Rings marathon, for those unwilling to brave Saturday evening’s wind and wetness, preferring the company of fictional characters from the Shire…
Conspirator Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale October 8, 2011 In spite of two straight days of dreary, rainy weather — which surely would have made for a soggy Langerado — spirits were high and bright in the Culture Room late Saturday night as Conspirator threw down a special, supercharged, post-Yom Kippur…
et out of those dirty polyester seats and kiss that stale movie-theater air goodbye, because the interactive Rocky Horror Picture Show will now be performed. Inside. A. Bar. Enter the dancing-and-drinking ($3 “Frank-N-Furter” shots) world — the smoky-aired castle Respectable Street. Really, Rocky Horror Picture Show was meant to be performed…
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, The Goddamn Hustle.Full disclosure: I’ve known the Goddamn Hustle’s frontman, Ashley Reda, since I was 10 years old. We…
Even if he had relegated himself to working strictly behind the scenes, Simon Cowell would still have been a music business superstar. Born 52 years ago today, this tart-tongued Brit built himself a career as a successful A&R executive, producer, and entrepreneur who would virtually redefine the television talent-show format…
Is Eternal Jackpot some broken-down slot machine at the Isle Casino that pays out all the time? Close, but not quite. Discerning literati will remember the line from Ernest Hemingway’s 1937 Depression-era novel To Have and Have Not. Local music devotes will take interest in knowing that it’s also the…
Just as the Disco Biscuits reached the height of recognition of their 16-year career and seemed on the verge of even more, founding keyboardist Aron Magner and bassist Marc Brownstein began focusing on a side project called Conspirator. Off-and-on since 2004, the group explores technologies and techniques to make more…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: South Florida’s foremost roots rock troubadour shares his top five all-time classics… Jim Wurster may be South Florida’s very own god of Americana. After ten albums…
The news about the budgetary crisis that is plaguing the U.S. Postal Service is not only distressing but also all but impossible to imagine. As a music writer, I depend on the CDs that arrive in the mail in order to write about music. Although it may be easier for…
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Leading the Heroes.On Leading the Heroes’ Reverb Nation page, one band member, Dan Potvin, gets credit for both bass…
Previously: Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar Is 15: Daisy Berkowitz SpeaksMarilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar Is 15: A Video HistoryFollowing the release of Antichrist Superstar in 1996, Marilyn Manson began exploring other realms of media and made his silver-screen debut in David Lynch’s Lost Highway. For the next decade, Manson was cast…
Holy Ship! — a multiday electro cruise setting sail from Fort Lauderdale on January 6, 2012 — is practically sold out now. (More lineup details here.) Yet with so many big hitters in town, the announcement of a terra firma preparty at Revolution the night before has been long-awaited. The…
Exciting news, job hunters! Planet Pit is hiring… interns. According to a recent posting on Craigslist, Pitbull’s “Record Label, Management, Marketing and Promotions company” is seeking folks who are “looking to grow with our company.” So maybe you won’t be taking home a pile of cash to start, but every…
With a 30-year career and the critical kudos reaped by crucial albums like Girlfriend, Altered Beast, and 100% Fun, Matthew Sweet has earned his inclusion among power pop’s elite. While his wavering commercial fortunes have reflected his never-ending shift in record-label affiliations, each new album still brings renewed possibility for…
Without even sitting down in a darkened theater, getting the feel of Ryan Gosling’s enigmatic stunt-driving flick Drive is as simple as hearing the moody throngs of “Nightcall.” Nothing like a robotic voice promising to “show you where it’s dark” to send a cold prickle up your spine.The 2010 track…
Did anyone order some positive vibes? Ya, mon! Celebrating 50 years of Wailers music and the timeless power of music to uplift people, the annual Bayside Rocks Festival returns to Miami on November 19. Among those making up a true wail of a lineup is the only surviving member of…
Southern California quartet Thrice has clearly taken the edict of “adapt or die” to heart. Though the band’s been at it under the same name since 1998, the Thrice of 2011 is a wildly different animal. In fact, the Thrice of 2011 would probably not even be recognizable to the…
Propaganda’s early no-heavy-music policy has clearly long ago been rescinded, because Saturday’s show brings the loudest and most extreme to date at the venue. Headlining a rare South Florida show is Virginia Beach act Arsis, a decade-and-running act devoted to true death metal and pretty much nothing else, save for…
Swedish power-poppers the Sounds have been saddled with Blondie comparisons since the beginning, an obvious but accurate tag. Like that legendary New York new wave act, the Sounds are fronted by an unforgettable, high-cheekboned blond beauty with a fierce stage presence and sharp style. But musically, the comparison isn’t too…
Fifteen years ago this week, the shock-punk troupe known as Marilyn Manson reached a new peak as a commercial entity with its second proper studio album, Antichrist Superstar. Although the record was a platinum-selling commercial smash with hit singles “The Beautiful People” and “Tourniquet,” it also reflected the dissolution of…
