Secondhand Serenade brings to mind wearing a recycled engagement ring or dating someone who has past lovers’ names tattooed on them. It can be an awkward and potentially dangerous thing. In the case of this California group’s soft, acoustic repackaging of alternative emo rock, it comes completely naturally. Singer/guitarist John…
Don’t be fooled by Dead Confederate’s Civil War moniker and Georgia roots — this atmospheric rawk quintet is the furthest thing from a Lynyrd Skynyrd rehash. Although the five-piece explores stoner rock in the psychedelic “Wrecking Ball,” this dynamic quintet prefers to dish out thunderous guitar riffs and gut-wrenching growls…
Any attempt at actually narrowing down the sound of the Providence, Rhode Island,-based quartet Deer Tick ultimately comes up short. The fact the foursome often falls back on an alt-country approach may enter the equation, but equally important are elements of punk, grunge, and, on occasion, sheer, unapologetic sentiment. Deer…
Now in the Vans Warped Tour’s 16th year, what started as a source for skaters to enjoy good punk and third-wave ska music has grown into a yearly music mecca. The aforementioned styles now are side-by-side with blistering metal, pop-punk, post-hardcore, and straight-ahead rock for a coed crowd. The tour…
We’ve saved the best for last in our Countdown to Warped Tour. During what we’d like to call “Warped Week,” you can expect to get to know chick drummers and some of your favorite Warped Tour veterans. But today, it’s all about our favorite Gossip Girl. Taylor Momsen is…
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Lake Worth’s Love Handles.Love Handles might be one of the most confounding bands in Florida, and someday we might…
In my last column, I covered some of the evolution of the Broward indie parties that developed near the time of my run as a disco infiltrator/performance artist in the club scene, as well as trying to recall various dancing maneuvers. Here, I catch them at the peak.The pinnacle of…
Smashing Pumpkinswith Kill Hannahat Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale Tuesday, July 20, 2010 View a slideshow from last night here.Better than: What I expectedThe Review Although D’arcy, James, and Jimmy left the band many moons ago, it’s hard to hide loyalty for the Smashing Pumpkins original lineup. That said, this show, featuring…
Among bands that your cool dad might know about even before you is Edward Sharpe & the Magnificent Magnetic Zeros (oh, whatever), so maybe bring him to Culture Room on October 19. Even if NPR suggests that the ten-piece troupe from Los Angeles “defies documentation, let alone description,” here’s a…
Unter Null has been Portland, Oregon, resident Erica Dunham’s industrial-music baby since 1998. With elements of punk rock, IDM, metal, and electronica, she’s managed to stay relevant with theatrics that set her apart from her peers. It also helps that the band that backs her live manages to reproduce her…
In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Many, many music reviewers might have you believing that the M.I.A. album is the worst thing to be committed to tape since…
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Tuesday marks what could be the best thing for Lindsay Lohan’s recording career. For better or for worse, hip-hop culture is overly linked to the idea of “authenticity” (especially in the case of 50 Cent). As Lohan begins a 90-day prison sentence today — which likely will amount to about…
For those of you just catching up, we’ve broken down my lengthy interview with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan into themed sections: The early years, talk of their new album, and now, he touches upon his South Florida connections, the lasting quality of the Pumpkins, and how he feels about…
The word weird is right there in his name, but over the past 30 years, Al Yankovic has proven himself to be a pretty regular, decent, hard-working guy. He’s a long-haired vegan, he plays polka on the accordion, and his favorite jokes often include food or nerdy staples like Star…
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, it wasn’t my party, but I can still sigh if I want to! Birthdays are always momentous occasions, but being the celebrity junkie that I…
The righteous talents of South Florida rappers Protoman and Bleubird come together on this urgent new jam, “Guns Don’t Kill People (Florida Does).” And yes, their spitfire verses on the track will leave some welts in your flesh.According to Protoman’s MySpace, “This funk inspired breakbeat produced by Dantanna also features…
No offense to our sister paper, but hey Orange County, Calif.: Sucks to your assmar! When rock music legends want to get married to costume designers 10 years their junior that they met on tour, they naturally gravitate to (where else but) glitzy South Florida.That’s what happened Friday, when Def…
Don’t be squeamish. The slideshow from Friday’s killer set by the Pretty Faces at Propaganda features some folks who’re pretty darn picturesque and worth a lot of pageviews, ahem, eyeballs. Bassist Hannah Thorslund even rocked what I believe is an award-winning T-shirt, and Jeph and Tom were equally slick. Shots…
If the Glimpses of the South Florida Scene piece we ran last week and the MP3 of the day prior to that didn’t draw enough attention to the trippy brilliance of Totem Pole, let one of the finest South Florida music blogs, Hear Hums’ blog, be a reminder. Totem Pole…
If what you usually do while deciding what to have for dinner is cook up something else in the mean time, the process behind Blond Fuzz’s “Go Back to California” clip will make tons of sense. Photographer Ian Witlen, who doesn’t seem to need sleep, was meeting with the Boca…
An afternoon of solid blues pickin’ awaits attendees who head to Rosey Baby on Sunday. This Lauderhill Cajun restaurant that specializes in crawfish and other New Orleans-inspired dining boasts a special appearance by local guitar luminary Albert Castiglia sitting in with another area blues act, Shelley” href=”http://bpb-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/related/to/David+Shelley”>David Shelley & Bluestone…
