Los Canadians The Kids Are Alroot (Starcrunch Records) myspace.com/loscanadians Leave it to a bunch of snotty South Florida punk rockers to devise for themselves polite Canadian identities. Born out of the ashes of Chickenhead and the Tri-Rails, Los Canadians forged a pretty path of destruction in South Florida that revolved…
SunFest Day 1The Avett Brothers and Sublime With Rome Downtown West Palm Beach Wednesday, April 27, 2011View a slide show from SunFest Day 1 here.Better than: Moonshine on a warm spring night.This year’s kickoff night to the 29th running of West Palm Beach waterfront festival SunFest scrapped the New Music…
Taking Back Sunday is looking more like Turning Back Sunday these days. After myriad personnel changes and a growing level of discontent within the decade-old alt-punk group at the end of 2009, it was time for a fresh start. Now, the Long Island, New York, natives, led by singer Adam…
Thursday, April 28 Bank of America Stage 5:45 p.m. Sarah Packiam 7 p.m. Brooke Fraser 8:45 p.m. Jason Mraz Tire Kingdom Stage 6:15 p.m. Mayday 8 p.m. Cee Lo Green Friday, April 29 Bank of America Stage 5:30 p.m. Circa Survive 7:15 p.m. Anberlin 9:30 p.m. Taking Back Sunday Tire…
There was a certain millennial flash point when new wave-y New York City goth-pop quartet Interpol seemed as though it might play a major part in the cleanup of a half-decade’s crappy music. This was near the outset of the 21st Century, when the whole mall-crawling Western world and every…
Hijacking his name from an old Nintendo videogame, local electronic-music producer Panic Bomber (AKA Richard Haig) exploded out of Miami’s underground in 2009 with a pair of EPs, Calling in Threats and Getting on My Mind. Full of furiously blenderized electro, tech-house, trance, punk, and pop, these early outbursts earned…
After spending nearly 30 years honing its adroit metal, Sepultura has long established itself as the Brazilian equivalent of Metallica. Although the departures of both Cavalera brothers means bassist Paulo Jr. is the sole original member left, the band’s thrash has consistently maintained an intelligent bent, politicizing ghoulish metal imagery,…
Considering their geographical origin and their more obvious influences, the comparisons between Atlanta group Carnivores and their scene predecessors Black Lips are inevitable. Like the Black Lips, this quartet plays lo-fi rock that’s more than a little informed by psychedelia and garage. Still, to call them Black Lips Lite would…
Few genres can supply grandiose displays of power as well as metal. Beefy guitars, bellowed vocals, and stoic expressions add up to something that’s as often about the performers imposing dominance on the listener as it is creating another world. For those in the market for exhibitions of masculine control,…
Three years ago, Derek E. Miller was a struggling waiter in New York City. Now he’s working with some of the biggest names in popular music and lending his music to national TV campaigns. In part, he attributes this success to his origins on the South Florida hardcore scene. “Hardcore…
Nothing like a little good-doing to offset the sex-and-drugs image of touring rock ‘n’ roll bands. For almost a full decade now, Hopeless Records has been fighting this good fight by sending out its “Take Action Tour” around the country, alongside a compilation on its own nonprofit label, Sub City,…
In his nearly two decades in the spotlight, scruffy country hunk Tim McGraw has done pretty well for himself. Nearly everything he releases tops the charts, his fan base dwarfs Dolly Parton’s gazongas, he’s been awarded heavily for his musical efforts, he’s one of the world’s “sexiest men,” and he…
SunFest 2011 begins tonight in downtown West Palm Beach, so prepare a stack of breathable clothing (and perhaps an umbrella) for the next five days of live music. For more on tonight’s headliners Sublime With Rome, check out Travis Newbill’s piece, and get caught up on one of Thursday evening’s…
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is on her way to Florida today to watch the space shuttle Endeavour launch this Friday. Her husband will be on board in his first mission since Giffords was shot in the head, allegedly by Jared Lee Loughner, in January. Giffords has made an impressive recovery…
The threats of blazing heat can mean only one thing: SunFest is upon us. And this week, we turn our focus to Taking Back Sunday, the mighty emo-pop punks who recently updated their lineup with a couple of legacy members, guitarist John Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper. Cooper was keen…
Attention, students with writing skills, the beginning stages of tinnitus, and amorphous schedules: An internship has just opened up with your name on it in the County Grind/New Times Broward-Palm Beach den of music appreciation. As we say a fond farewell to newly graduated Jaclyn Rosansky, it’s time to bring…
A lot of people have been saying a lot of things about Lil Daggers. From Berlin to Nylon to right here, we all agree — there’s something special about these scummy Miami kids. They’re not full-on lo-fi garage revival; it’s not total punk rock; the Daggers just are what they…
Presented by James Brown’s Sweat, the dance party at the Mai-Kai is back: That means funk and soul and punk wafting through a tiki bar, and you feeling punchy after dipping into the Rum Barrel. Back for one night only, Sensitive Side, Mikey Ramirez, and the man himself — James…
For anyone who hasn’t been following at home, the formula of this little column is simple. I pick the cover songs. The local bands wisely choose to heed my advice. Everyone is happy? That is my fantasy, anyhow. On last week’s Part Four I got a little heavy-handed but on…
The Smashing Pumpkins just announced plans to re-release all of their classic albums, rarities collections, and an entire album’s worth of new material starting in the fall. This includes their 1991 indie debut Gish. As far as our ears can tell, drummer Jimmy Chamberlain is playing two to three drumsets…
Lake Worth rock singer/songwriter John Ralston recently released Shadows of the Summertime, a rich collection of radiant songs that he hopes will find its way into the ears of skateboarders and surfers everywhere. We announced yesterday that Ralston is one of the featured acts playing the New Times stage at…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: The Flick Coffeehouse and other old haunts I can’t remember quite so well.There’s something to be said for déjà vu… and music haunts that once…
