For some families, summer vacation means homemade ice pops and trips to the zoo. For the Centeno family, it means taking the band out on tour. New Jersey’s Rock N’ Roll Hi-Fives is a four-piece alternative/glam rock band made up of husband Joe on guitar, wife Gloree on bass, and…
Last week, Charles Cross predicted in these digital pages that when the Eagles brought their show to Miami’s American Airlines Arena on Friday, July 10, they would play the exact same set they did on November 22, 2013, the last time the band was in Miami. “Because that’s what they…
You might not know its members by name or remember their MTV videos, but Foreigner recorded a slew of recognizable, era-defining hits. Songs like “Urgent,” “Cold As Ice,” and “I Want to Know What Love Is” remain rock radio staples and have made the band a significant concert attraction nearly…
“Everyone looks up to America. When they see these things happening — people shooting in churches, schools, movie theaters — the rest of the world is confused,” says David Hinds, lead singer and guitarist of the British reggae band Steel Pulse. “How can you be police of the world when…
“Ridiculous.” That’s the ever-present adjective when Bleubird describes FTLiens, the DIY rapper’s Broward-centric LP project, produced by fellow Ft. Lauder-loiter Numonics, is available now on iTunes. It’s fitting diction when one considers the inspiration. South Florida as a whole is known for it’s quirky-but-murky personality, but at least West Palm…
Neon Trees returned to Fort Lauderdale’s Revolution Live for their third time in four years, Thursday night. This time, the Provo, Utah four-piece was in town for their Intimate Nights Tour and the show truly lived up to its title. Having seen Neon Trees every time they’ve performed at Revolution,…
HITS 97.3 is back with its (in)famous HITS Sessions, the intimate and occasionally bizarre concert series has brought acts like David Guetta, Carly Rae Jepsen and Pitbull into one room with DJ Laz and a handful of fans. This time HITS Sessions welcomes American Idol sweetheart Adam Lambert to Stache…
He doesn’t give a good goddamn that civil rights activists from his home state (it’s Michigan, btw) asked him to distance himself from the Confederate flag after the tragic, race-motivated shooting in South Carolina fueled an uproar against the relic. Nope. He simply hit up Megyn Kelly at Fox News…
Ten years ago at Walter C. Young Middle School, across the street from C.B. Smith Park, 13-year-old Lennon Livesay took the stage with two friends to perform as a nameless band for the school’s talent show. They covered Green Day’s “Brain Stew.” “Obviously, it was terrible,” Livesay says of the…
Sure, the Barenaked Ladies are headlining, and it’ll be awesome to sing along to “chickity china, the Chinese chicken” — but has any rock band ever captured adolescent angst quite like the Violent Femmes? Songs like “Blister in the Sun” and “Add It Up” have helped at least two generations…
Since the release of their breakthrough LP, Habits, in 2010, Utah’s Neon Trees have refused to slow down. The band members continue to write and release songs — too impatient to wait and put out a proper album — and though they tried to take the year off from touring,…
Neon Trees “I think when you are honest and open in general, people can’t find fault in it if it is the real deal,” Neon Tree’s lead singer, Tyler Glenn told New Times in an interview last year. “There is really nothing left to judge.” That, and many more life-isms,…
For the Vans Warped tour, it’s all about staying fresh. Now in it’s the 21st year, the venerable music festival and staple of American youth culture continues to find new ways to do just that in every sense of the word. First of all, let’s get right to the issue…
“You can check out any time you like,” the song goes, “but you can never leave.” Those lyrics from “Hotel California,” the Eagles’ most famous song, also serve as a perfect description of their latest tour, which comes back to American Airlines Arena Friday night. If the show feels like…
Attendees in flag-bro tanks, denim cutoffs, sundresses and boots stumbled into Coral Sky Amphitheatre, bleary eyed and slurring from heavy tailgating, Friday afternoon. Security guards reminded fans to take off their boots — a common hiding place for booze — as they made their way through the gates. Not that…
Rarely has a band been…
Admittedly, Canada’s Barenaked Ladies aren’t in the best position to be taken seriously. For starters, there’s their handle, chosen when school chums and founding members Ed Robertson and Steven Page initially exchanged ideas for band names. And then there’s the signature songs on which they built their decidedly wacky reputation…
Warped Tour is a rite of passage — and not just for teenagers who attend but also for the scores of acts that play the summer festival each year. Though there’s a lack of the kind of old-school punk acts that came of age with Warped — NOFX, Pennywise, Bad…
There is going to be a lot of celebrating this weekend, so you might as well start your Fourth of July festivities early with some incredible live music. Kat Riggins and her Blues Revival band will be performing at Blue Jean Blues this Thursday to get your Independence Day weekend…
Dierks Bentley. There’s nothing more American than drinking booze out of red Solo cups and getting “Drunk On A Plane” to some good ‘ol country songs. So for this week’s pre-Fourth of July shenanigans, we’re gonna pour some “Coke and whiskey,” jam to the Sounds of Summer with Dierks Bentley,…
Warped Tour is always a sight: the crowd, primarily a teen base, comes dressed in their best band tee, scuffed converses and spiked/dyed hair, all complemented with a look of preadolescent angst. Warped Tour 2015 comes with an interesting twist: it lands on Fourth of July. So, we decided to…
Taylor Hicks’ energy and variety on American Idol made him a fan favorite. His appearance earned comparisons to Leno, Donahue, and Clooney. With that winning combo, Hicks ran away with the win in 2006 in the show’s fifth season. Although the show that made him famous is about to fade…
