Following a series of unfortunate events yesterday, for which we are truly sorry, the Recess Music Festival will not take place this evening at Xtreme Indoor Karting in Fort Lauderdale.Based upon the information gleaned from organizers and a Facebook invite, New Times attempted to promote the event featuring people listening…
Musician Jack White and model/singer wife Karen Elson have officially announced the ending of their six-year marriage — with an invite to a divorce party. Albeit not the most typical of celebrations, at least they know how to go out with a bang. In a news release, the couple stated:”We…
In reality, Joel McHale is an actor-comedian who spends much of his life poking fun at the career of Ryan Seacrest — while actually taking on as many projects as the diminutive American Idol host across different media platforms himself. In between razzing Jersey Shore, Kim Kardashian, and more obsure…
Def Leppard lead guitarist Phil Collen is not a guy who spends a lot of time idle. As was already discussed in our print Q&A, he can barely stomach performing a slow ballad.On Wednesday, Def Leppard and Heart begin a joint U.S. tour here in South Florida at Cruzan Amphitheatre…
Seems like a lot of solid local blogs started in South Florida about 12 months ago, including Bleeding Palm, the Heat Lightning, and, uh, us. (Beached Miami in August!) Another online pub dedicated to the overlooked — and often overly impressive — ways of living life in South Florida is…
The compilation has provided punk rock with some fantastic content over the years. In 1981, Alternative Tentacles released Let Them Eat Jellybeans!: 17 Extracts from Americas [sic] Darker Side, assembling Flipper, Bad Brains, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, and Circle Jerks in the same package. Dischord Records’ Flex Your Head came…
The Recess Music Festival has been axed is in danger of being axed by its host venue, Fort Lauderdale’s Xtreme Indoor Karting, only a day before its scheduled launch. Update: Or has it just been postponed? Everything seemed to be in order for the eight-hour “Electronic Music Festival” featuring four…
At first glance, the lineup for the 2011 Rockstar Mayhem Festival appears to provide exactly what is expected. The day-long nü-metal smorgasbord hits Cruzan Amphitheatre August 14 featuring two of the biggest names in bro-bounce, Godsmack and Disturbed, as well as Megadeth. Upon closer inspection, however, Portland act Red Fang…
We’ve already spent a good amount of time discussing the stars descending upon South Florida for the local filming of Rock of Ages at the downtown Fort Lauderdale rock club Revolution. A handful of quality shots of the cast like this one of Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin (courtesy of…
Thanks to the results of last night’s 2011 CMT Awards it looks like the down-home Southern-bumpkin style of music so lovingly referred to as “country” has gone a little insane. It used to be that country music was known for it’s twangy banjo and lyrics that cried about broken marriages,…
ZZ TopHard Rock Live, HollywoodFriday, June 8, 2011Better Than: Insert beard reference here. Certain artists get relegated to the dusty and chilly (maybe you should bring a windbreaker, like your audience did) world of the nostalgia category. However lucky these artists are — considering the disposable nature of music in the last…
The club might not be able to handle Flo Rida, but he can’t handle the roads of South Beach. According to Riptide, the rapper is spending some time in Dade County jail today following an early morning DUI arrest on South Beach, police says.Aside from what will probably be a…
The one-man powerhouse born Jeff Baker but known in musical circles as King Django is one of the most influential Americans in ska, full stop. In the ’80s and ’90s, he — along with a handful of other figures like the Toasters’ Rob “Bucket” Hingley — was responsible for bringing…
English hard-rock act Def Leppard has turned out to be equally durable and prophetic. “It’s better to burn out than to fade away” was all fine and good for a 6-year-old band to proclaim on “Rock of Ages,” but nearly three decades have since passed. At the time, lead guitarist…
Country music fans are all too aware of tonight’s CMT Music Awards. Much like the MTV Music Awards, CMT pits the most popular country singers against each other for an all-out Southern battle royale.Apparently not much has changed since the 2010 CMT Awards because seven of this year’s ten nominees…
It might be that cocktails are easy to come by. Or it might be that South Florida is difficult terrain to safely navigate while sober. But it’s probably just that we fucking love to drink. Because we all love to drink, and because there are so many venues in which…
In the latest New Times Broward-Palm Beach print music section: Def Leppard’s Phil Collen was game to answer questions about strippers, his marriage, his lullaby CD, and a few things actually related to his band’s upcoming tour with Heart. Read our conversation here.Very unfortunate, sad news regarding Elwood’s Dixie BBQ…
It was already apparent that alt rock hero Steven Malkmus was going to get bloggers’ fingers waggling when he decided to team with Beck Hansen for a new solo album, Mirror Traffic. But, the timing of “Senator,” the first MP3 from the collection, is wildly appropriate given the recent Twitter-gressions…
It’s tough not to get a mental picture of Terius Nash — known primarily as R&B genius The-Dream, and Christina Milian’s ex-husband — propping his riding boots up on the ottoman in a luxurious, sandalwood-scented basement somewhere while listening to Prince’s Dirty Mind on repeat. Especially when you listen to…
Check out all of our Kiss Kruise coverage here.From observing the musical cruise trend, it’s becoming quite clear that no species of rocker is afraid of the high seas and sunshine. In the past year we’ve bid “Bon Voyage” to the hippies (Jam Cruise), the hipsters (Bruise Cruise), and the…
Björk managed to stun her legions of adoring fans today when she posted an image on her official Facebook page (pictured on the right) of a clapper board with the name of her newest single “Crystalline,” which will be included on her new full-length album Biophilia, due out later this…
There will be beer! There will be barbecue! There will be Southern-fried rock!New Times has teamed up with Seminole Paradise Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood to present the inaugural Rock N’ Roll Beer-B-Que on July 3.The first band confirmed for the all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-drink event is Virginia roots rockers…
