Van life can be good for the first four hours. But soon after — let’s say a week to ten days — you’re worn down, achy, inhaling dirty laundry and wiping Nutter Butter crumbs off your personal belongings that double as your mattress! Will this be the case for Hunx…
Astrea CorporationThe Green Room, Fort LauderdaleThursday, September 8, 2011Better than: Climbing the corporate ladder.Science fiction guru Isaac Asimov once said: “If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.” Lake Worth electronic music duo Astrea Corporation would probably spend…
As the now-canceled Langerado Music Festival has split up into bookings around South Florida, there is still a two-day festival combining a wealth of national talent coming to Florida later this year — albeit mid-Florida — courtesy of the Orlando Calling Music Festival on November 12 and 13.The initial lineup…
Strap on your white high-tops and start dyeing your goatee. Anthrax is coming to South Florida and coheadlining with equally awesome thrash peers Testament for what they’re referring to as a “Thrashfest Extravaganza”! The hairiest band NYC ever produced is prepping to release a new album, Worship Music. which features…
Born 41 years ago today, Neko Case represents alt-country’s dark side… and its seductive side as well. For the past 14 years or so, she’s carved out a successful solo career spiked with an insurgent attitude and uncompromising character. Along the way, she’s also plied her talents with various roots-rock…
A month ago, County Grind told you of a plan laid out by the pop-punks from Plantation, New City Lions. In order to fund its new EP, the guys decided to go the Kickstarter route and solicit donations for half of the money needed from fans. The bigger the gift,…
The aftermath of the canceled Langerado Music Festival is a sad time indeed for music fans, journalists, promoters, and upstart energy-drink producers who were hoping to expand market share. But let’s not forget about the several dozen musicians who now are scrambling to fill a performance gap for the second…
Janet Jackson, the baby of the First Family of Soul, is bringing her nasty groove to the Fillmore Miami on December 5. Expect to hear all of her number-one hits, but do not expect any holograms or pyrotechnics, OK? Like the official news release states, “Don’t look for special effects…
Rochester, New York, five-piece Polar Bear Club is among a crop of late-’00s bands looking to change the path of “posthardcore” away from its “brootal dood” leanings. Instead of opting for more run-of-the-mill metal injections, the band updates a ’90s model of what is essentially punk-fueled, introspective indie rock with…
By the mid-’00s, Berlin digital hardcore outfit Atari Teenage Riot’s hard work toward mainstream success had all but eroded. The 2001 death of MC Carl Crack effectively stopped the band’s creative growth in its tracks, and all that remained was its too-punk-for-techno, too-techno-for-punk influence. Even mastermind Alec Empire had put…
Brad Paisley’s boyish looks and laid-back, rock ‘n’ roll stage garb have helped make him one of the reigning darlings of the country world. In fact, he holds the record for the biggest number of consecutive singles to reach the number-one spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart — an…
Months of hype, killer mixtapes, and marquee collaborations have placed 26-year-old J. Cole at the head of the new hip-hop class. As a teenager, the North Carolina artist filled pages of notebooks with possible rhymes like so many other aspiring rappers — but when he couldn’t find suitable beats for…
Swans founder and lone constant Michael Gira objects to the suggestion that the recent activity from his legendary, long-dormant band constitutes a reunion. With the release of the irrepressibly dark and loud outfit’s first full-length in 13 years and comprehensive international tour dates — featuring slots at big-name festivals like…
Good news is starting to crop up from the ashes of the now-canceled 2011 Langerado Music Festival. The Arctic Monkeys are still planning to perform in South Florida! And they’re bringing Smith Westerns along too.Given that the British alt-rockers had a gig in Orlando on October 7 and one in…
In July, Blondie announced a North American fall tour in support of the upcoming release of its ninth studio album, Panic of Girls. Founding members Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, and Clem Burke have teamed up with newer additions Leigh Foxx, Tommy Kessler, and Matt Katz-Bohen and kicked off the tour…
There are few stories of talent, luck, and looks combining in as serendipitous a way as they have for the Pretenders’ lead singer, Chrissie Hynde, and today we celebrate the raven-haired high priestess of fem-rock’s 60th birthday.The native of Akron, Ohio, attended Kent State University, where she was witness to…
Regardless of your personal level of inkedness, it would be an impossibility to ignore the widespread tattoo culture of South Florida. Skin is a commodity to show off and scope out, and for many, this means adding a little (or a lot!) of permanent personal flair. On a recent song,…
“I really overestimated myself, or underestimated the Black Eyed Peas,” Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy says at the beginning of his performance of “I Gotta Feeling,” “My Humps,” and “Rock That Body” by the pop act Tuesday evening. “I honestly have no idea which, but it’s really not my skill set.”…
Buddy Holly is among a handful of artists responsible for nearly everything we call rock ‘n’ roll. The man was barely a man by today’s legal standards when he built the original power trio, the Crickets, and at 19, he first topped the charts with “That’ll Be the Day.” He…
Back in 2008, longtime friends Vitek Benton, Eric Carter, and Corey Lindholm decided to do what they’d wanted to do for a while — start a band. So they got some instruments, figured out how to play them, and did so. Three years later, Fort Lauderdale’s self-described “postpunk” outfit Retrocities…
The Poorhouse might be the preferred watering hole of downtown Fort Lauderdale’s black sheep, but it’s probably the last place in the 954 you’d expect to catch Black Sheep, the Native Tongue-affiliated hip-hop duo. But behold, the Golden Era twosome consisting of Dres and Mr. Long will be hitting the…
As we drag our feet back to the office on Tuesday morning bidding farewell to pool parties and umbrella drinks, girl supergroup Wild Flag lifts our spirits with its new video for “Romance.” Directed by funnyman Tom Scharpling, the video is very Point Break meets The Office, but replace the…
