One of the funny things that I find about jazz is that whenever I engage in a conversation about it, 90 percent of the time the talk gravitates toward the men of jazz. Granted, there have been some heavy hitters in the world of jazz, but I feel uneasy walking…
Garo Gallo and his band, Dooms de Pop, have been inextricably tied with local subcultural and artistic goings-on for the better part of a decade. In April 2009, Gallo founded the Bubble (the Independent Working Artist Network Concept Facility) with his love and creative partner, Yvonne Colón, in a Fort…
Matt & Kim are not just “swing sets and lollipops.” That phrase uttered by vocalist/keyboardist Matt Johnson speaks to an aura of cutesiness that’s bound itself to the Brooklyn indie-pop duo. In the video for “Cameras” from last November’s Sidewalks, Johnson and real-life girlfriend Kim Schifino have a misunderstanding that…
At this point in her extreme cultural domination, it seems pointless to bother uttering the word country in the same sentence as Taylor Swift. Though the 21-year-old singer/songwriter makes a few nods onstage to the genre that gave her fame, it was clear from the beginning that her sights reach…
Psy-trance may have once occupied the realm of fringe raver hippies who had run away to India. But the increasing mainstream crossover of Israeli quintet Infected Mushroom has done much to legitimize the genre. Much of that is probably because it’s one of the first acts from the scene to…
For a group that was famously manufactured, the Monkees have outlived vast swaths of their supposedly more “serious” musical counterparts of the late ’60s. Perhaps that’s because the foursome was always more musically gifted than its initial TV-show origins might have let on. After all, though the group’s effervescent, lightly…
Cherished local promoter and drummer Jimmy Pagano’s life will receive a long, heartfelt look during a memorial tribute held at America’s Backyard this Sunday. Pagano, who died in mid-April in the aftermath of a violent altercation at Fishtales Bar & Grill in Fort Lauderdale, had built a strong rapport with…
Raekwon With Eve, Miami Friday, May 27, 2011 Memorial Day weekend was officially unde rway as Raekwon the Chef rolled into town for the lone South Florida installment of his “Shaolin vs. Wu Tang Tour.” As one-ninth of the infamous Wu Tang Clan, Raekwon has been honing his craft for…
Ex-Heat center Shaquille O’Neal, one of the finest to ever play in the NBA, has decided to call it a career. The retirement news came from Tout, a new Twitter-like social media tool that seems to have discovered that Shaq’s tweets are quite popular. “I’m about to retire,” he confirms…
New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone attends and details some of the finest — and occasionally subpar — events from a given week. On Sunday, she crashed “Respectable Street’s 5th Ever Cheesy ’80s Prom” in West Palm Beach.At “Respectable Street’s 5th Ever Cheesy ’80s Prom,” I failed as…
Holy crap! So the Langerado Music Festival is really coming back for 2011, and a wildly varied lineup has just dropped.Headliners for the October 8-9 event at Markham Park include Death Cab for Cutie, the Trey Anastasio Band, Ben Harper, Thievery Corporation, and Ween. And are a couple of those…
The Rock of Ages filming is under way in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and so are the retro fashion choices by cast members Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin, who is not bowing out!Tweeted by the film’s director, Adam Shankman, the photo shows Brand as Lonny Barnett, who narrated the musical’s original…
One of the most emotionally charged parts of being a reporter is documenting people on your beat after they’ve died. In life, drummer Jimmy Pagano made the rounds with his Untamed Band and helped organize countless jam nights around South Florida. His death rocked the local community, and many spoke…
Pharell is like the random ghost of Christmas future of Miami’s music scene. Every once in a while, he’ll pop up at a club — presumably between bouts of buying designer toys and street art — then catch a random local act, murmur his seal of approval, and then disappear…
If you haven’t yet heard of Rocketown, you might possibly be over 25 — an Old Person — and therefore the rest of this doesn’t matter. If, however, you are young and cherub-cheeked and missed the memo, it’s the local branch of the famous all-ages (and, let’s just put this…
We’ve all got to go sometime, and the South Florida music community has suffered some dead homies over the years. Usually, what we get are talented people just moving away, leaving the area for greener pastures (L.A. or New York). But sometimes they shuffle off to that great gig in…
This past Saturday, more than 50 of the area’s finest graffiti artists came out of the shadows to exhibit their skills at the New Era South Florida Graffiti Expo at FAT Village. In addition to the painters, there were DJs, roller derby grrls, skateboarders, food trucks, and lots of happy…
Bonnie “Prince” Billy Radio-Active Records, Fort LauderdaleMonday, May 30, 2011We are not exaggerating when we say you could literally hear a pin drop when we arrived at Radio-Active Records shortly after 7 p.m. last night. That was just in time to catch a clean-shaven Will Oldham — AKA Bonnie “Prince” Billy…
Sean Kingston, the Broward County-born 21-year-old singer behind pop hits like “Fire Burning,” is now in stable but critical condition, according to his publicist, Joseph Carozza. Kingston was Jet-Skiing with a female passenger early Sunday evening near Palm Island when he lost control of the craft, slamming it into the…
South Florida roots purveyors Spred the Dub have built up a large local following with their deep-dubbing gooey goodness. Now area “Spredheads” have a regular night on which they can count to hear this local quintet spread the irie vibes: “Reggae Mondays” at Reef Road Restaurant and Rum Bar. We couldn’t think…
How do spell fun? T-h-e T-h-e-r-m-a-l-s! OK, OK, that’s the Thermals, the opening act at Matt & Kim’s Fort Lauderdale show at Culture Room next Sunday, June 5. The Portland trio specializes in no-frills, unadorned fuzzy rock ‘n’ roll. Most of the time, it’s propelled by punk’s fast tempos and…
For a group that was famously manufactured, the Monkees have outlived vast swaths of their supposedly more “serious” musical counterparts of the late ’60s. Perhaps that’s because the foursome was always more musically gifted than its initial TV-show origins might have let on.After all, though the group’s effervescent, lightly British-inflected…
