“I can’t believe people are paying me to travel across the world, collecting influences, building new sounds with different artists.” Diplo, in the voice-over for his 2011 Blackberry ad, was marveling at his life and busy schedule — which was conveniently organized by his Canadian-designed smartphone. Though Wesley Pentz’s charm…
Dave Matthews Band Love them or hate them, it’s not officially summer till the Dave Matthews Band comes crashin’ into town. As expressed by New Times’ biggest DMB fan and six-year concert vet: “You’ll never see a band move a crowd like they do or tease fans expecting one song,…
It’s commonplace for musicians to juggle multiple projects at once, but few mount two tours at once the way guitar virtuoso Tim Reynolds does. It’s not enough that he spends a good portion of every year touring with the Dave Matthews Band. He’s got to spend his free evenings with…
Just when we were getting accustomed to calling the West Palm Beach music venue by its birth name, Live Nation and Perfect Vodka announced today a new, multi-year partnership. Behold, the age of Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre is upon us. During its history, the nearly 20-year-old amphitheatre has gone through more…
Question: Did Bruce Springsteen or Adam Duritz write the following verse? Sidewalk grate, here comes side-street Kate/Mid-Atlantic beauty makes me stay up late/Stuffed panda in her bedroom when she was three/Ten years later I skinned my knee/Meat thermometer on a back alley grill/Katie, she gave me a timely thrill/Where was…
This time last year, a co-worker greeted me with “This is your weekend, right?” I nodded sheepishly; somewhat embarrassed that by my weekend — the weekend — when I would be seeing the Dave Matthews Band perform. Yet again. On the days leading up to the close of summer, the…
The Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson Bayfront Park Amphitheatre Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Better Than: If you went to a Kiss/Cheap Trick co-headlining tour in 1995. In their peak years The Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson would have never toured together. Though they are both of the same genre, the…
There’s reason to head up to the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton three nights in a row this week. The venue is celebrating its 4th anniversary, kicking off on Thursday with a show featuring Fort Lauderdale natives, The Heavy Pets in all their psychedelic splendor. Expect funk-drenched jams, tight harmonies…
From Gulf Coast gigs to CBGB, from local radio stations to international stages, 3 Doors Down established itself as an iconic post-grunge band of the early 2000s. Powerful, emotive, and engaged tracks helped the group branch out beyond its roots in the Deep South to a global audience. Fifteen years…
Marilyn Manson and The Smashing Pumpkins Marilyn Manson may be a ’90s rock revolutionary, but Brian Hugh Warner’s got nothing but respect for SoFla. Mainly because homeboy got his start in Fort Lawdy as Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids back in 1989. Now, Manson’s returning to his former stomping grounds…
If there’s one thing Welsh metal band Bullet For My Valentine are most looking forward to when they land in America as one of the acts on Slipknot’s summer tour, it’s this: “Barbeque,” confesses guitarist Michael Paget. “That’s one thing you do amazing.” Paget speaks through a thick accent, which…
I was skeptical about attending an Ariana Grande concert. After the “Donutgate” scandal, I wasn’t sure what to expect from her homecoming show. I braced myself as I stepped into the packed BB&T Center in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday night. Skinny preteen boys and girls romped around in short shorts,…
Lee Tiger, a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and a bad ass rocker, will launch the first of a series of concerts entitled “Native Rock Celebration” this Friday night at Hard Rock Cafe at the Hard Rock Resort and Casino in Hollywood. The inaugural concert will…
Stop what you’re doing and watch this video right now. “Dumpster swing” band Que Lastima has launched a hilarious new video titled “Mr. and Mrs. Beelzebub.” Slightly reminiscent of the Offspring’s catchy “Why Don’t You Get a Job?” the video opens up with a boyfriend getting kicked out of the house…
5. Starlight Musicals 7 p.m. Friday, July 17 at Holiday Park. 1150 G Harold Martin Dr, Fort Lauderdale. No cover. Visit Facebook. Starlight Musicals returns for a 37th year with a free evening of music. Friday night, bring your lawn chairs and a cooler (or, coolers, depending on how shitty…
SassyBlack (Catherine Harris-White) is the cool alto singing half of THEESatisfaction, a cosmically -minded R&B/rap duo from Seattle. In a region traditionally coated in rock band nostalgia, on a label traditionally thick with those very rock bands (Sub Pop), Harris-White and her group of creative cohorts, which include labelmates Shabazz…
South Florida has no shortage of cover bands, but there are a handful of acts that stand out. One such group is The Flyers, a Delray Beach-based trio of incredibly talented musicians who gig steadily around Palm Beach County and have the chops to bring in healthy crowds wherever they…
With coheadliners the Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson, the End Times Tour is a traveling history museum of ’90s rock. In fact, no two bands could represent the rock world’s issues of the 20th Century’s final decade quite like they do. As the ’90s began, the main musical debate involved…
Ariana Grande is coming back to her stomping grounds. Saturday night, the pint-sized 22-year-old pop star who exploded onto the music scene last year — and made headlines last week for licking a donut and saying “I HATE Americans” — is bringing her “Honeymoon” tour to the BB&T Center, not…
Sam Smith has had a banner year. The British pop star won a bevy of industry awards, sold millions of albums, garnered more than a billion YouTube views, and is headlining an arena tour. Not bad for a dude with a single album, In the Lonely Hour, under his belt…
Live Aid is 30 years old this week. The concert for Ethiopia, held simultaneously at London’s Wembley and Philadelphia’s John F Kennedy stadium, brought together a who’s who of pop and rock. Titans were made at the two concerts: Freddie Mercury and Queen stole the show, U2 took a giant…
Thursday Sound Series Jam to the sounds of “love, explosions, bikini contests, bar fights, and good times” of the SunGhosts. Rock “Til the City Goes Under” as Miami New Times’ Best Of 2015 Readers’ Choice winners for best band bring their “sun-drenched garage rock” to Stache. With SunGhosts, Kid Lore, and Millionyoung. Presented…
