Roger Waters has always seemed irascible. His steely scowl crossing his chiseled features conveys deep distrust, and his contentious pronouncements about Middle East politics and his relationship with ex-bandmate David Gilmour reinforce that intimidating reputation. Pink Floyd’s epic The Wall underscored his unsettling observations on the human condition with themes…
Atoning for his sins against David Byrne won’t be easy, but exiting Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has a chance to be supportive to the music community yet — even if it’s a completely misguided one. In a recent interview with the Hill, one topic discussed was the possibility of pardoning…
Agonizing over the heaping platefuls of tofurkey, cranberry sauce, and mashed sweet potatoes — or whatever the menu might be for Thanksgiving — isn’t worth it. Open up your mouth and feed it, then spend the day after (Friday, November 26) in Fort Lauderdale sweating it all off. Will 16…
Southport Raw Bar1536 Cordova Road, Fort LauderdaleCall 954-525-CLAM, or visit southportrawbar.comThere are portholes on the doors and a map of the Gulf of Mexico on the booth in front of me. Southport Raw Bar celebrates all the grit of the oyster-shucking, hard-drinking boating culture. The place has musty green carpet;…
County Grind and Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records hook up to discuss each week’s finest new releases in Moving Units. This week, creative director Richard Vergez discusses Small Craft on a Milk Sea by artist-producer extraordinaire Brian Eno.”Over the past 37 years, Brian Eno has amassed a résumé as impressive as…
The palest former South Floridian of all time, Marilyn Manson, just announced that he has almost completed the work on his eighth full-length album. This news may initially seem about a decade stale — goth/grunge/industrial/MakeYourParentsGoToTherapyOutOfAnxiety hasn’t been all that popular for a while now. But Mr. Manson himself is trying…
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: visiting the Village and second-guessing Satan…Unexpected encounters are often as entertaining as those that are planned. During a trip with my wife to New York…
Anti-Justice Infidel Sect (Self-released)Anti-Justice’s debut cassette EP possesses an incredible low-fidelity awkwardness that made it an instant classic among a small cadre of the South Florida death-metal literati. For the band’s follow-up effort, AJ would recruit young Andrew Jaramillo on drums, and Richard Rodriguez would replace Robert Cleves on bass…
South Carolina-born Zach Deputy, AKA the human amplifier of soul, croons his way down to South Florida to share his one-man show with curious new ears and enthused followers. Tuesday — that’s tonight — at the Bamboo Stage at Boca’s Funky Buddha Lounge & Brewery, his looped-out, beat-boxing dance party…
Although Vanilla Ice lit up the blogosphere with new song “Born on Halloween,” leading up to his spooky 43rd birthday, only recently did it come to light that there’s a music video accompanying the track. Unfortunately, the famous scenes from films like The Shining, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Psycho…
Check out 45 photos from the festival.At the inaugural Palm Beach Art and Music Festival, New Times found the mood among the crowd of chilly hipsters and bundled-up art connoisseurs in attendance to be extremely positive. The dip in the temperature to the mid-50s on Saturday night impeded a little…
HansonWith Jarrod Gorbel Revolution LiveSaturday, November 6, 2010Better than: Watching a boy band with choreographed dance moves.Surely you remember those three cute boys from the ’90s who used to provide a serious gender fake-out and their earworm “MMMbop.” Yes, they’re still around…
Attention, aspiring models and video vixens: The305.com alerted us that Pretty Ricky will be shooting the video for their sexy smash hit “Topless” on Monday, November 8, at the Moonlite Diner in Hollywood — a place renowned for serving the naughtiest eggs Benedict and corned beef on rye in all…
For a dude from Morehead, Kentucky, who currently resides in Miami, Amtrac (AKA Caleb Cornett) sure knows how to drop some mean dubstep. Amtrac has been making moves in SoFla recently. He’s shared the stage with Steve Aoki and Pretty Lights, and he’ll be at the W Hotel in Miami…
“Breaking News” off Michael is Michael Jackson’s first new posthumous release (unless it was “Opis None”) — and it’s already raising doubts from members of his family. With a fan base more eager than even the Daft Punk/Tron enthusiasts clamoring for new music, there’s going to be a lot of…
Just the thought of the Beach Boys brings back childhood memories of sitting in the sun and mentally mapping out the exact location of “Kokomo” (Is it near the Keys? Aruba? Jamaica?). Their songs remind us of simpler times when fun, fun, fun was all that mattered — and we’re…
Human beings have been drumming for thousands of years. In different scenarios, the act of slappin’ the skins has served as a way to communicate, celebrate, rally troops, and of course, annoy parents and neighbors. This Sunday, at Hollywood’s Art Park, human beings will be drumming for a very specific…
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 Tuesday, she stumbled upon the Day of the Dead Art Walk at FAT Village in Fort Lauderdale.At a Mexican bar on Cinco de Mayo,…
Mark Karan is a somewhat late comer to the Grateful Dead family — he first took the stage with the Other Ones in 1998 — but his trip has been long and strange indeed. Today, he’s become a well loved character among the Deadheads. His Dead resume includes stints in…
Proving that emo kids care as much about people as they do their hair, Never Shout Never and the Maine are using their current tour as a way to collect lots of food for the hungry. Their goal is to collect 200 pounds of non-perishable food items at each show…
Anthony and Zachary Dewar used to live in New Zealand, but nothing could prepare them for the journey they experienced with their band as the opening act for Surfer Blood and the Drums this fall. Well, actually, they seemed pretty prepared. As reported back in August, this stint fell between…
Seems like a new festival pops up about every two weeks in our parts. This recent phenomenon isn’t so awful, though; it never hurts to try to up one’s cultural pursuits. The inaugural Palm Beach Art and Music Festival intends to do just that. The festival’s sponsor, West Palm Beach’s…
