Last Saturday, we went to the Funky Buddha in Boca Raton with intentions of hearing new material from local indie darlings Surfer Blood’s forthcoming EP. We had heard ruminations of West Palm Beach act Bear in Mind, who were the opening act, but had never taken in one of its…
After 45 gregarious years, Jerry Lewis bowing out of the telethon game is like Michael Jordan leaving the NBA or Steve Carrell leaving The Office or David Lee Roth leaving Van Halen. Sure, the show will go on, and someone will replace him, but his face and supersilly — sometimes…
Ska specialists Reel Big Fish have scrapped a pair of dates after singer Aaron Barrett fell ill after Wednesday’s concert in Norfolk, Virginia. The affected shows include this evening’s performance in Charlotte, North Carolina, and tomorrow’s set at the 311 Pow Wow Festival at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music…
Miami’s Ricardo Guerrero, known otherwise by the moniker This Heart Electric, has provided his music for a new video assembled by creative collective Bleeding Palm for the song “Escape From L.A.” We took a gander and were not at all weirded out by it, like at all.For starters, the song…
There’s no telling how wide Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne” joint tour could go now that there’s a flag in the sand this November at BankAtlantic Center.The album isn’t out until next Tuesday, but there’s been plenty of talk about this collaborative album — surprisingly little linking it…
Band of HorsesWith Tyler Ramsey and Woody ChowderRevolution, Fort LauderdaleWednesday, August 3, 2011View a 25-shot slide show from the concert here.Better than: Going backstage, vomiting, and drinking a beer. Although Kings of Leon stood to lose plenty by canceling 29 U.S. tour dates due to singer Caleb Followill’s “exhaustion” –…
You might not expect a guy named after the fact that he makes beats to be that great of a rapper, but Wizard Sleeve’s Mike Beatz hold his own. Need proof? Check his newest video, “You Know,” a cinematic action thriller of a track complete with a vicious percussion attack…
Pop-punk is one of the genres that is hotly debated within itself. Say, people who like the Ramones, the Queers and Teenage Bottlerocket would say that bands like Blink-182, New Found Glory and Lagwagon aren’t really pop-punk — and vice versa. Keep in mind, to metal fans, hip-hop heads and…
It’s not easy to maintain the same energy, verve and passion you started out with when you’ve been doing something for 20 years. Just ask 311. They’ve been at it for more than two decades. What was once five starry-eyed kids in Omaha became a platinum-selling, genre-smashing entity. Now, scores…
Much of the career and extensive catalog of 311 has been devoted to promoting positive values and unity. This means facing sea after churning sea of diehard fans with a smile. The Los Angeles-based band with Omaha roots hasn’t been content to merely establish a fan base and spread its…
With Girl Talk and even acts like Super Mash Bros. now playing to festival crowds of thousands, mashup artists have firmly been accepted as artists in their own right. And among the next big sound-collage artists is Southern California duo the White Panda. In one of those very-’00s stories, group…
Hot Tuna is one of those amazing legendary acts whose list of past members now dwarfs its list of current members by more than fourfold. Of course, that’s not surprising — the act that originally began as a Jefferson Airplane spinoff has now been going on and off for more…
It’s no secret that Lake Worth’s red-hot scene seems to birth a new band of Americana-roots-whatever-loving types almost every week. That’s awesome — the underground music world can never have enough tattooed, bearded manly men — but females have been pretty scant on the circuit’s stages. Until now! Enter the…
I have one tattoo: the five-note melody line to “God Only Knows,” splayed conspicuously across my right shoulder. I’ve worn it long enough that I often have the luxury of forgetting its presence, the proximity of something so beautiful. One afternoon in May, I have a handful of minutes to…
Metallica frontman James Hetfield is a year older today. The grunting godfather of thrash — and then not so thrash — metal is now 48, and we at New Times would like to wish him a happy and a healthy birthday. Regardless of how you feel about Metallica’s post “Black…
It’s exciting enough that Band of Horses have decided to pack a Cruzan Amphitheatre-sized show into Revolution this evening after the Kings of Leon totally bummed everyone out. But Benjamin Bridwell and the guys put out a promise of “a special treat” for the attendees, as well.This additional enticement turns…
Ginger didn’t recognize the party of six when they sat down at a tiki table and pulled the curtains around them. The Lake Worth waitress was slammed last Wednesday around 9:30 p.m., and she was the only server working. Immediately, the “group of kids” started giving Ginger trouble. They ordered…
Lil Wayne brought the I Am Still Music Tour back to South Florida last night, and though he’s reportedly staying sober, there was a different type of purp on everyone’s mind during his performance. Weezy paid homage to Prince with a tee bearing one of the Purple Rain mastermind’s greatest…
Odd Future’s lead rapper, Tyler the Creator, is not a big fan of Bruno Mars, authority figures, and, perhaps most of all, ticket scalpers. Thus, today’s ticket presale for the 2011 Golf Wang Tour, which includes a stop at Fillmore Miami on Halloween, is laden with some extra merch that…
MTV is 30. It would be easy to go off on how it doesn’t play music videos anymore. But that is really old news. Yes, for a while, it used to play all videos, then it was a lot of videos and some original programming, then it was about half…
Surf pop band Best Coast has debuted the music video for “Our Deal”, the latest edition to MTV’s “Supervideo” series. Directed by Drew Barrymore and starring a wide variety of up-and-coming Hollywood names — Chloe Moretz of Kick-Ass, Tyler Posey of Teen Wolf, Donald Glover, Alia Shawkat, and Miranda Cosgrove…
I’ve been fortunate to take a Cayamo Cruise three times over the past few years (here’s my wrap from this past year). Their excursions feature some of the best singer/songwriters and Americana artists on the scene today, even though genres aren’t so strictly defined as to exclude other acts that…
