The Crumbs have been a powerhouse in punk rock close to two decades now. While there have been some ups and downs, if you’ve heard them and subscribed to their nasal and visceral take on power pop, you’re a life-long fan.Whatever the future brings, their canon will live through speakers…
Oh, how I miss Casey Abrams. Without him, American Idol is five kids with nice voices doing middling karaoke.It could have been so much more! Back when Jacob Lusk was an androgyne dynamo; back when Haley Reinhart was a stock-still shrapnel-voiced song stylist, these kids had personality! Style! Confidence! They’ve…
The Cinco de Mayo holiday is the ideal time to celebrate the myriad musicians featuring the fifth numeral in their name. Many of these performers, but far from all, actually have five members (and the list features far fewer doo wop groups than you might think). Special shouts to Elmo…
Nan’s Hideaway Lounge 803 SE Eighth Ave., Deerfield Beach. Call 954-426-0590. Nan’s Hideaway took me far too long to find. That’s because it’s located just off Federal Highway in a plaza in which the establishments encircle the parking lot; this hideaway is a modest little building with reddish-orange cursive letters…
It’s Cinco de Mayo! We’re not going to try to dissuade you from drinking yourself cross-eyed tonight, embarrassing yourself and true Mexican culture by proxy. But in the interest of musical, global harmony, the least we can do today is introduce you to some amazing Mexican crossover (or semicrossover) acts…
As any old hippie will tell you, there is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert. Also though, there is nothing like a bunch of Deadheads filling a movie theater for a screening of a Grateful Dead concert film. This past 4/20 high holiday, The Grateful Dead Movie — the strangest…
Kylie Minogue, the Australian pop princess who burst onto the music scene in 1988 with “Locomotion,” is in the middle of a decadent 2011 North American tour dubbed “Les Follies.” According to the Guardian, attendees can expect a heart-shaped stage, several dancers, eight acrobats, and 30 water fountains. The 42-year-old…
Daughter of the late, great Texas blues master Johnny Copeland, Shemekia is a strong, convincing belter in the tradition of Koko Taylor and Etta James. Raised in Harlem, she got her start filling in for Johnny during his difficult later years and has won scads of blues-snob polls along the…
Fillmore Miami welcomes two artists who manage to be widely underappreciated, despite residing squarely in the pop spotlight. Bruno Mars, baby-faced doo-wop reinterpreter, gets the fangirls for his sugary ballad “Just the Way You Are,” but he goes largely unheralded for cowriting B.O.B.’s “Nothin’ on You” and Cee-Lo’s mammoth “Fuck…
The 1920s were a seminal time in American music, and not just because of the fruitful jazz scene (though the decade that delivers “Rhapsody in Blue” is still the one to beat). In the rural Piedmont region of North and South Carolina, African-American jug-and-string-band music formed a short-lived but still…
Original Creedence Clearwater Revival bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford have been the backbone of the Revisited lineup since its formation in 1995. Even without the group’s legendary voice, John Fogerty, the swampy rhythm and blues from the late ’60s and early ’70s lives on. Now it’s veteran…
John Ralston has just shaved off his beard, which makes more room for a toothy smile. Now 33, the married Lake Worth alt-country artist must groom himself to keep his infant daughter from tugging at his neck — much the way a need for cross-country touring used to gnaw at…
A few weeks ago, celebrated promoter and drummer Jimmy Pagano died trying to break up a violent brawl at Fishtales Bar & Grill in Fort Lauderdale. Since then, the local jam scene has ached for its fallen brother. For decades, Pagano used his winning personality, motivating words, and constant smile…
Those paying close attention to the upcoming concert listings at Revolution, Fort Lauderdale’s sizable downtown rock venue, will certainly notice a sizable gap in programming for June. After May 28’s Face to Face show, nothing follows on the calendar until a Dirty South DJ gig on July 1. This is…
This afternoon on Twitter, Mariah Carey revealed the names of “dembabies”: Monroe Cannon and Moroccan Scott Cannon. So why the ridiculous names? According to her website, son Moroccan is named for the Moroccan Room in their apartment where Nick Cannon proposed. Daughter Monroe’s name is a tribute to Marilyn Monroe,…
A few weeks back at Respectable Street’s Japan/Haiti benefit show, there was one band out of the dozen or so performers that really captured our attention, Fevers. Like the crackling whip of an expertly trained dominatrix, these Fort Lauderdale noise-pop purveyors shelled out a set that was as punishing as…
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Young Circles.When Blond Fuzz (formerly Stonefox) became Young Circles, the shift stretched far beyond a change in name. Their aesthetic…
Downtown Fort Lauderdale will overflow with local music fans when the SW 3rd Ave Music Festival gets underway this Friday, May 6. As already mentioned, come early — the revelry begins at 5 p.m.Earlier this week, we unveiled the full lineup and set times for the free New Times/County Grind…
While we might not necessarily make the connection between “rare funk” and Hialeah for whatever reason, many people across the globe have, and one of the most-sought-after platters to emerge from the South Florida music scene is Pearly Queen’s “Quit Jivin'” single from 1974. Closely associated with another outfit from…
For the tenth straight year, a boatload of hippies will be getting high as balls on the high seas aboard Jam Cruise. That is, as long as the bully authorities don’t ambush the scene and gank their stashes like they did last year. This year’s lineup is looking pretty good,…
The Rustic Cellar409 SE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton. Call 561-392-5237, or visit here.Dark mauve curtains hung from the huge windows of the Rustic Cellar, and through them I could make out a few couples, seated on circular yellow chairs, talking intimately. Inside smelled like a clean hotel; the room had…
Well, it only took 24 years. The Cars (sans bassist Benjamin Orr, who died in 2000) re-formed last year and now are on the brink of releasing the first collection of new material since 1987’s Door to Door. Much like Devo’s 20-year gap between Smooth Noodle Maps and last year’s…
