Hooligans in Wondaland Tour”Bruno Mars and Janelle MonáeWith Plan BFillmore Miami, Miami BeachWednesday, May 11, 2011Better than: Watching the Heat, had they lost.It’s not surprising that Bruno Mars, a true voice for today’s America, had a great reception in South Florida. He’s from the same state of opportunity as President…
The electronic DJ/producer/remixer threesome Depressed Buttons is relatively quiet about its musical pedigree. But dance-happy hipsters north of 25 will likely perk up at mention of the rising trio’s old act: the Faint. Yup, all of the guys are also members of the Omaha dance-rock band, including Todd Fink, the…
Even if it seems like just yesterday that Bob Dylan was a folk-singin’ little whippersnapper hanging around Greenwich Village, it was practically 50 years ago. For folks who have seen or heard Dylan in recent years, it should come as no surprise that he will be celebrating his 70th birthday…
Parallel to rock’s digitization is its ever-snowballing preoccupation with its own history. Take the Bringing It Back for the Kids Fest, a hardcore punk festival engendered by the reunion-show obsession of the internet age as well as a simultaneous yearning for simpler times. “Nostalgia really is playing a role in…
For a heady period from about 2006 to 2008, My Chemical Romance seemed ready to truly run the mainstream-crossover rock world. Its third album, The Black Parade, proved a commercial megasuccess despite its unlikely form — a concept album — about a regretful cancer patient mourning from a hospital bed…
Those paying close attention to the upcoming concert listings at Revolution, Fort Lauderdale’s sizable downtown rock venue, will 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 not…
Los Angeles duo Uh Huh Her appears to display its musical predilections openly. The all-female group’s name is cribbed, after all, from the P.J. Harvey album of the same name. Strangely, though, you won’t really find any musical traces of the English guitar queen’s moody sound in theirs. Rather, the…
When the era of millennial electro-rock seemed to be definitively on the wane, the scene’s smartest stars stylistically retooled. Among them were three-fifths of the Faint — lead singer Todd Fink, keyboardist Jacob Thiele, and drummer Clark Baechle. Though the group has yet to break up for good, it’s been…
Just because Asher Roth hasn’t been lazily rapping about college lately doesn’t mean his influence on an entire wing of suburban rap has dissipated. It’s quite the opposite, in fact. In Roth’s wake, an entire subgenre of so-called “frat rap” is on the rise, and no amount of hip-hop purist…
Proof that seduction in reverse is still seduction is Nashville-based Those Darlins’ “Be Your Bro” video. Backed by the second track off their sophomore album, Screws Get Loose, three bona fide babes and a lean male drummer devolve from lingerie-clad sex symbols into casual attire. “At the end of the…
Last night, the Top Four began the show by singing songs that “inspire” them, and thus we witnessed the first genuinely disturbing moment in the tenth season of American Idol. It came courtesy of the barritonal teen pinup Scotty McCreery, who sang Alan Jackson’s “Do You Remember (When the World…
Three decades after Bob Marley’s death, the man remains a positive and peaceful presence all around the world through his music, his words, and in countless images. As we mark the anniversary of his death today, we also are glad to report the birth of a wonderful project from one…
From time to time, we have the uncontrollable urge to point out some fine opportunities for sensible living created within the hallowed New Times halls. In this particular case, today’s “Deal of the Day” presents local music-craving souls with the ability to obtain $20 worth of music merchandise at CD…
Even without the Black Lips, the 2012 edition of the Bruise Cruise is already shaping up to be a boat loaded with wild abandon. We recently unveiled an initial lineup featuring cruise newcomers the Soft Pack, the Dirtbombs, and comic Neil Hamburger, along with vets Thee Oh Sees, Quintron &…
One of the driving forces behind Respectable Street’s Thursday-night indie mainstay, “Flaunt,” DJ J.J. Contramus, has branched out on his own with a new project titled Symbols. Chock-full of brooding synthesizers and distant, unintelligible lyrics, this is “witch-house” finally embedding itself in South Florida. In layman’s terms and (as the…
Alec Baldwin reportedly has a “newly discovered medical condition” that could seriously hamper his ability to participate in the upcoming film adaptation of Broadway musical Rock of Ages. This is a sad development for the Fort Lauderdale acting community taking part in casting calls to get into the movie, which…
If Those Darlins isn’t your favorite female-fronted act already, then let’s talk. Jessi, Kelley, and Nikki Darlin are three badass country chicks who want so bad to be your bro that they’ve written two albums about it and have toured incessantly to get that point across all over the place…
Maruta Forward Into Regression (Willowtip) willowtip.com This ain’t a hot-tub time machine so much as it is a demonic hell ride. This is Maruta. Regression as a good thing can take many forms. It could be a stop at Presidente Supermercado to obtain some premium churrasco at $2.67 a pound…
Those who haven’t lent their ears to mainstream rock radio since the heyday of 94.9 Zeta (mid-late ’90s) may think that the Seattle postgrunge act Candlebox’s days in the spotlight are “far behind” them. Actually, though, the band reunited a few years back, released its fourth studio album, 2008’s Into…
Charlie Sheen announced (via Twitter, of course) that his debut musical track with Snoop Dogg and Filter’s Rob Patterson, “Winning,” is available on iTunes. It’s now been almost six months since his initial breakdown, the “Torpedo of Truth” tour has ended, his goddesses have left, and so this song is…
The best journalists actually apply their years of reporting, research, and interviews to the ultimate beat: life. And one man who embodies that charge is our departing columnist, Bob Norman.I’ve been fortunate enough to discuss topics fit for the Daily Pulp with Bob, but he’s equally eager to shift the…
The latest offerings from Fernando Perdomo’s Miami-based Forward Motion Records label are impressive, both in terms of substance and variety. They include bows from newcomers Tyler Bernhardt, Jesse Young, Jennifer Kaiser, and Sylvia Emmerson and new discs from three artists worth singling out in particular — Jim Camacho, the Chris…
