Fans of Arrested Development rejoice! The show that was cancelled at the peak of its hilarity in 2006 is not dead. Yesterday at the New Yorker Festival, the show’s creator Mitchell Hurwitz announced all the Bluths are coming back. Plans include a nine-episode mini-series to catch us up with all…
Dirty Dem Office Music: The Mixtape Release PartyWith Party Monsters and the Astrea CorporationRadio-Active Records, Fort LauderdaleFriday, September 30, 2011For a slideshow from the concert, click here.Better than: Actually watching Dora the Explorer.One of the most important aspects of an excellent hip-hop show is dynamism. If you’re gonna have the…
J. Cole Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale Saturday, October 1, 2011 Better than: The average rapper trying to perform like Jay-Z. Who dat?! Who dat?! J. Cole’s got that flame! The Fayetteville, North Carolina native quietly stepped on stage, soft cast on his left foot a reminder that this was a…
Big K.R.I.T. With L.E.P. Bogus Boys and Stalley Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Friday, September 30, 2011 Better than: Your friendly, neighborhood trap boy’s latest mixtape The foot was on the gas, and the artist who wants to be known as a “king remembered in time” didn’t let up on the pedal…
The music industry is a fickle one, especially when it comes to pop music. So for a group like Black Eyed Peas — who have been together for over a decade — to go from an underground L.A. hip hop group to world renown musical heavy hitters is quite an…
Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls With Andrew Jackson Jihad and Into It Over It Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Thursday, September 29, 2011 Better than: Frank Turner without the Sleeping Souls The Culture Room is busy but far from full for highly touted English folk-punk artist Frank Turner’s first proper…
Lil Wayne, the hottest of the Hot Boys, dressed up as fire worshiper/guitar rock god Jimi Hendrix for the latest issue of Vibe. Everyone’s known for a while the Tunechi is a multitasking, multimillionaire superstar. In between guesting on everybody’s hit single, he’s done rock ‘n’ roll, he’s unleashed a…
Last we heard from Coral Springs MC Dan Duarte (known as Dirty Dem in battle-rap circles), the skilled rhymer had just released an uproarious video for “Office Music” — his crafty rework of the theme song to NBC’s hit office comedy The Office. Now, the local rapper is set to…
Forward Motion AnniversaryWith Dreaming in Stereo, Jorge Moreno, Jim Camacho, Revolution, Fort Lauderdale September 29, 2011 Though the number of attending bodies did little to challenge the capacity of Revolution, the club was far from vacant, as those who were in attendance radiated plenty of room-filling enthusiasm — for the…
Judging from the amount of blunt smoke present and that they appear to have broken into a Home Depot to film this video, I would guess that the Benchwarmers Clique want nothing to do with an indestructible cop who never eats or sleeps. Nor do the feel good sounds of…
The tight-knit DJ community lost a cherished figure when DJ Mehdi tragically passed earlier this month. The reverberations are felt here in South Florida especially among the Winter Music Conference and Ultra devotees, who experienced him numerous satisfying times. In addition to the obvious touch points of the Ed Banger…
A few County Grind staples in Sumsun and Millionyoung — and 17 other electronic music artists with Florida ties — are features on a new compilation, titled Bedroom Beats. The free download comes as the first in a series of Florida Indoors compilations put out by the music and culture…
In the ’90s, the explosive riot grrrl movement rolled in, banging on doors of the music industry and inspiring woman all across the globe. As this past summer marked the 20th anniversary of events that brought the feminist crusade to life, many of the original riot grrrls — now in…
English folk-punk troubadour Frank Turner sure is pleased to be back in America. “It feels great to be back in the USA again,” he wrote recently. “I have an awful lot of love for this country. OK I’ll admit it, I missed Denny’s.” Regardless of Turner’s motives, read Mark Pratt’s…
Musical institutions in South Florida are hard to come by. Beastly summers, disparate geography, and a rapidly shifting population mean that anything that can stick around for more than a couple of years is a gem. Take South Florida Jazz, which gets public and private funding to keep a wealth…
One thing’s for certain: Fernando Perdomo is never at a loss for words, especially when it comes to his ambitious plans to restore South Florida’s luster as an international influence as far as its homegrown music scene is concerned. “I want to bring back the days when bands like the…
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced candidates for induction for the class of 2012, and we at New Times have taken a look at what we think are the two frontrunners of the lot. While the list does include highly talented and influential acts like Eric B…
“Stone cold sober? I don’t believe in that.” That quote by Jerry Lee Lewis, born 76 years ago today, might make an appropriate epitaph for a man who’s not only one of rock ‘n’ roll’s original innovators and iconic figures but also one of its most outrageous madmen and irrepressible…
While many boutique local record labels focus on the fringes of various music scenes, few have tried an arguably gutsier move: releasing wider-reaching, even radio-friendly rock fare without the support of the big record-industry machine. Miami-based Forward Motion Records, led by Dreaming in Stereo frontman and skilled session guitarist Fernando…
Big K.R.I.T., a Mississippi rapper born Justin Scott, is one of the latest in a crop of hailed would-be saviors of rap with the power to satisfy both casual fans, internet rap nerds, and picky critics. The twist with K.R.I.T., though, unlike other 20-somethings in the same position, is that…
Louisiana native Marc Broussard is just 29 years old but boasts one of those voices that’s mature beyond its years. As a purveyor of so-called “bayou soul,” he specializes in an almost-radio-friendly blend of soul, blues, and rock that’s funky enough to even do proper justice to covers of songs…
“I regard everything I’ve achieved in my career as the old-fashioned way of going out, standing in front of people, and playing, and apparently that is old-fashioned. To me, it seems like the best way of doing things and the most honest way of doing things.” That’s a typical sentiment…
