The Snooze Theatre dudes aren’t wasting time in making their new venue a landmark of northern Palm Beach County. They’ve already booked more shows than you can shake a stick at and are making good on their promises of regular, creative, fun events. The latest in the duo’s schemes resonates…
The music community’s response to losing gifted British soul vocalist Amy Winehouse at the tender (and fateful) age of 27 has only just begun. Many will continue speaking eloquently about her voice — notably actor friend Russell Brand has done so, and so has our colleague Maura Johnston — and…
Today is Alison Krauss’ 40th birthday. If you’re thinking “Who the hell is that?” then you’re obviously unaware that’s she is quite a commodity in the bluegrass-roots community. Until recently, it was her chief claim to fame, but there’s also every indication that she has the potential for a wider…
Early this morning, British singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her apartment at the age of 27. The troubled singer has been struggling with drug addiction for several years, but no details are available yet regarding cause of death. A news release from the Metropolitan Police, which doesn’t specifically…
It’s kind of crazy that Martin Gore turns 50 today — Depeche Mode’s first album, Speak & Spell, is 30. We wish Martin Gore health and happiness. Gore is an incredible guitarist, keyboardist, mixer, lyricist, and, when he sings lead in Depeche Mode, which is rare, what a high-pitched but…
Comedian Dave Chappelle gave a bizarre performance last night during his appearance at Zo’s Summer Groove Comedy Show at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, the yearly charity event put on by ex-Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning (and that we regrettably had a ticket giveaway for). The former Chappelle Show star…
Surf Rock may be more than 50 years old, but it’s far from being a dead genre.On the contrary, it’s a style of music that has continually risen from its grave. It seems that every so often, small pockets of bands appear to twist and tweak it as they see…
Word on the playground is, FTLien rapper and proud father Protoman has announced plans to release a children’s album. Inspired by a lack of songs not including excessive cursing or fictitious plots to murder prostitutes to play for his daughter, Proto recently penned “Get Tucked Up” — a kid hop…
It may be hard to believe, but slow jam king Keith Sweat marks a half-century on earth today. And the man that launched a thousand late-night radio dedications has been helping boyfriends apologize and generally setting the mood for a good chunk of that time. Sweat got his start as…
“It’s been ten years since we played together,” Groovenics’ bassist Pete Carmichael says via telephone of the six-member Palm Beach nü-metal band that rocked, rapped, and shredded in South Florida venues from its inception in 1993 to its true demise in 2001, the same year the band trekked to Austin…
It’s not surprising that of all Don Henley’s massive hits — with the Eagles as well as solo — his most massive chart triumph was his first individual effort, “Dirty Laundry,” in 1982. Henley, who turns 64 today, wrote the song as a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the sad state of…
Girl, you know it’s true. Vanilli (birth name Fab Morvan) one-half of notorious late-’80s lip-synching duo Milli Vanilli, is reportedly constructing a comeback. Most shocking of all, it is not even his first try. Back in ’03, the dreadlocked pop-star wannabe released his solo debut, Love Revolution, to tepid reception…
Equal parts foodie event, art show, and live concert: Wednesday’s Sliders and Spirits event at Poor House combined everything good about the local scene and showed a natural progression for a watering hole that’s undergone a huge face-lift over the past couple of years. Case in point, not one person…
Even if Alonzo Mourning’s draw as an NBA player isn’t what it once was — now that he’s a retired NBA player — the guy has kept things engaging for South Florida via his yearly Zo’s Summer Groove. As you can tell by the logo at the right, we’re now…
Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel was not content to rest on his Pro Bowl laurels this offseason. With the 2011 NFL season still in question, the Fort Lauderdale native has spent some time locally with his friends in Goons United by the New School (G.U.N.S.), a rap group with members…
Here’s an opportunity to share with the world your dancing skills, whether they’re genuine skills or totally embarrassing. Ex-Miami sweetheart Rachel Goodrich is making a music video, and has teamed up with Borscht to get you — and your friends and your years of modern dance or years of a…
Watch the Throne is still a little over a week away from its official release, but the media circus began last night when Jay-Z posted the track “Otis” on his Life + Times website. This collaborative album between Hova and Kanye West is exciting, but just imagine if hip-hop had…
Fans of ’90s alternative, rap-rock, hackey-sack bands, garage rock, smooth Latin rock, and classic rock, rejoice! The inaugural Orlando Calling festival is going down November 12 and 13 at the Citrus Bowl. If you’re wondering if you should save up some money, grab your friends and a cooler of snacks,…
Vein CranesWith Snakehole, the Band in Heaven, Dharma Days, and M-Tank The Snooze Theater, Lake ParkWednesday, July 21Better than: A parallel universe in which the Snooze Theater is actually a Snus depot. In the future, children will gather around a video of a campfire projected on the forehead of their cybernetic grandfather…
Cat Stevens offers definitive proof that hit records and religious devotion often don’t mix. Then again, he didn’t much try to attain both until recently. In 1977, he suddenly renounced both his pop career and his worldly possessions and gave himself a Muslim moniker, Yusuf Islam. The change was supposedly…
When we last checked in on Funcrusher, the newish Lake Worth act had just a handful of songs posted online, each seeming to explore a different angle of the current hottest subgenres on the indie spectrum. There was electronics-infused dance-rock right alongside syncopated, almost ’80s-style punk-funk, with a little bit…
It’s the thick of summer, which means school is out and it’s time for epic, long package tours of rock bands under cutesy names. Voilà, the “Summer Partery” tour, which arrives at Rocketown this Monday at a start time, 5 p.m., that clearly excludes anyone old enough to keep regular…
