The rockabilly revival circuit may be full of beautifully painted ladies, but only a few feisty females have picked up the torch lit by early guitar-wielding, glass-ceiling crashers like Wanda Jackson. Among those leading the charge is the flame-maned Kim Lenz, who began recording and touring with her backing band,…
The Todd Wolfe Band is neither a run-of-the-mill bar band nor a true progressive power trio, but on first encounter, it seems intent on being both. A good portion of the band’s recorded catalog is culled from live performances, but it places as much emphasis on precision as it does…
Miami quartet Astari Nite seems to have found a second home in West Palm Beach, where the band’s take on dark Anglophilia seems to go down particularly well during regular gigs at Respectable Street. Led by the lanky, louche Mychael Ghost, after a few years on the circuit, the group…
In a recent interview, Kill Miss Pretty lead singer Alicia Olink made a telling observation about the growth of her industrialish electro rock group. “I think we’re actually maturing in reverse,” she said. “The more time goes on, the more ridiculous we tend to be.” Indeed, the West Palm Beach…
As far as old blues men go, Johnny Winter is as accomplished and legit as any. As an albino, he’s perhaps the most strikingly white blues musician of all time. Winter’s long and wild history is rich with big moments, myths, and heartbreak. He hit the stage with B.B. King…
Long before Ozzy Osbourne was reality TV’s foul-mouthed Prince of Bleeping Darkness, he was the Godfather of Heavy Metal. He earned that title fronting Black Sabbath, with ’70s hits “Iron Man” and “Paranoid,” and by later reinventing himself as a solo artist supported by full-throttle guitarists like Randy Rhoads and…
Over the course of the past year, brothers Jordan and Chris Bellus and Pat Rothblatt have worked hard to bring life into the sharp-pointed corner building located in Fort Lauderdale’s Progresso Village neighborhood. On Friday night, South Florida locals gathered at the opening of the trio’s creation, Laser Wolf. The…
If it wasn’t enough that Ozzy Osbourne is one of the most entertaining nuts in heavy metal, he’s got a pretty entertaining new lead guitarist in Gus G. As the Ozzman’s Sunday show at BankAtlantic Center steadily approaches, Kory Grow spoke with Gus to discuss his new role as the…
Not sure which happened first, but Justin Bieber’s Rolling Stone cover story features some frank discussions of his sex life, and the pictures accompanying it were taken by the controversial photographer Terry Richardson.Richardson is known for disrobing himself to get his subjects comfortable with their own oft-nude bodies in shoots…
Those who caught Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae’s collaborative performance during Sunday’s Grammy Awards might have thought to themselves it would be fun to see the two best pompadours in pop together again. Now with the Hooligans in Wondaland Tour, this space-aged retro fantasy comes true awfully soon!Beginning May 4…
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 haunted hoarder. This column requires that I clean out the cobwebs of my memory, as well as the dust that’s gathered on the albums, photos…
Back in 2006, Tom Petty was the best headliner in Bonnaroo history and this year’s headliners have no chance of topping him. Here’s why: By the time Saturday night rolls around at Bonnaroo, the people have endured three days of challenging conditions like heat, rain, mud, general filth, famine, and…
Already dubbed “Fort Lauderdale’s Coolest New Bar in Fort Lauderdale,” Laser Wolf had a happy opening over the weekend at its triangle-shaped location between the Progresso Village and Flagler Heights districts.This evening, the trio of Chris and Jordan Bellus and Pat Rothblatt — all friends of New Times, in the…
Sunday night’s 53rd annual Grammy Awards was a bloated, three-plus hour show that suddenly became all about those Texans-turned-Canadians who let loose some X-Games rejects during their live performance at the end. Yesterday, there were more think pieces about the Arcade Fire’s Album of the Year upset (including this one…
The town of Riverdale has Josie & the Pussycats, Palo Alto has the Donnas, and now Fort Lauderdale is lucky to be the home of the New, an all-girl band whose music is grabbing attention with catchy lyrics and punk attitude. In a world where “grrrl bands” are almost completely…
The Frank the Unicorn Show With Luna RexWorld of Beer, Coconut Creek. Sunday, February 13, 2010Every pun was intended at the “Get ‘Horn’y With Frank the Unicorn for Valentine’s Day” event held at Coconut Creek suds haven World of Beer on Sunday night, the first out-of-studio live show for the…
The hunky Hanson brothers have obviously doing something right in the romance arena. Each is married to a lovely brunette and have acquired at least one child apiece. It looks like MTV asked them to give their best romance advice for Valentine’s Day and boy did they pull through.Aside from…
Today might be the Hallmark-inspired Valentine’s Day, but Saturday at the Bubble belonged to Janette Valentine and more than 20 other women (and some men who pretended to be) who transformed the venue into a veritable showcase of talent and entertainment. Trouble With Girls, in its second year, is the Bubble’s only woman-centric…
Nudity, bold sexuality, and lascivious humor are staples for local goth rockers Kill Miss Pretty. Blonde temptress frontwoman Alicia Olink has absolutely no reservations about shedding her clothes for the amusement (and arousal) of her audience, but her Valentine’s Day surprise is still going to wreak havoc with some virginal…
Broken Social SceneRevolution, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, February 12, 2011 Check out a slideshow from the concert here.Canadian indie rockers Broken Social Scene attracted a dynamic and lively crowd to the tightly packed Revolution in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday night. The band, which could also be known as a rotating musical collective,…
For one weekend a year, Delray Beach parties in honor of the ultimate contributor to sauces and halitosis; the vampire-repelling, medicinal, delicious cousin of the onion and shallot: garlic. The idea is for Garlic Fest to be a fun outing for the entire family, with lots of food and activities…
Lavola With Filthy Animals and the Howling WindsPropaganda, Lake WorthFriday, February 11, 2010Better Than: Sitting at home couch-surfing on a Friday night, only to find out from friends of the sonic fury you had missed out on come Monday. It was prosperous evening for the three gents of West Palm Beach…
