MP3 of the Day: Sumsun’s “Leaving You”

Stow another South Floridian entry in the blogger-darling chillwave file with Sumsun. Back in March, this hypnotic, retro-leaning dance act signed to Los Angeles-based label Leaving Records — a subsidiary of Alpha Pup, which houses Daedelus, Busdriver, Solillaquists of Sound and Nosaj Thing. West Palm Beach native Judson Rogers is…

50 Cent Brings Flow to Fillmore Miami

50 Cent has avoided confrontation exactly never in his 12-year career. His debut full-length, meanwhile, is universally hailed as a hip-hop classic. So he’s been a polarizing force for a long time. You could say that 50 took an artistic stumble with Curtis, perhaps due to an increasing involvement in…

Skafest 2010 Gets South Florida Skankin’

Ska is one of the only music scenes in which the community is overwhelmingly positive and everyone is friendly,” declares Matt Turner, organizer of SkaFest 2010 and lead singer of Paranoia Dance Party!, one of the festival headliners. That mentality is echoed in the architecture of the festival, which has…

Silversun Pickups Make Triumphant Return to South Florida

Since releasing a rhapsodic, fuzz-laden debut, Carnavas, in 2006, the Los Angeles-based Silversun Pickups have assiduously chiseled a name for themselves in modern rock’s pantheon. Carnavas’ hissing kickback set against lead singer Brian Aubert’s bittersweet melodies was immediately embraced in the hip L.A. neighborhood, Silver Lake, that the band calls…

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases for June 1-7

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.To the right is the cover art for the debut Sleigh Bells album — a work of post-post-postmodern, blown-out pop mastery that…

Kill Miss Pretty Announces Tour, Show at Monterey Club June 25

Hot off Kill Miss Pretty’s performance on CBS 12’s morning program — where the band’s set was cut short after producers were allegedly shocked by the group’s music and wardrobe choice — Boynton Beach’s sexiest foursome has announced a tour. They’ll kick off with a date at the Monterey Club on June…

Ex-Boca Rapper Souleye Surpasses Ryan Reynolds and Weds Alanis Morissette

After we heard that  Mario “Souleye” Treadway, a former Whole Foods employee whose rhymes are like a shot of wheat grass, had reportedly knocked up one of Canada’s best-known musicians, Alanis Morissette, this announcement shouldn’t go down like a jagged little pill. According to People, Treadway and Morissette got married…

Glimpses of the South Florida Scene: Goolsby

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, Boca Raton’s Goolsby.Goolsby’s music creates the best sort of soundtrack for youthful escapades like making out and riding your…

Protagonist Gear Stolen in Tulsa, Band Accepting Donations

The next time you’re browsing for guitars on eBay, look for a 1981 Gibson SG with a Paper and Plastick skull sticker on the back, or a Sparrow Les Paul, also donning a Paper and Plastick skull sticker. They may belong to Boca punk band Protagonist, who have become the latest South Florida group in…

MP3 of the Day: Evan Rowe / Catalonia

Evan Rowe is an opinionated and articulate young man with some good insights into the nuances of the music business as business. That’s what it is. Though an argument can be made as to the artistry behind music; in the end, when it becomes available, it falls into some type…

MP3 of the Day: The Dewars – “Pedophile Pete”

The Dewars are a magical set of twins who make hazy songs that are so dreamy and good and sometimes tucked in between Leonard Cohen covers when played live. Anthony Dewar was awesome enough to email me “Pedophile Pete,” off their EP Songs from the Neverglades. It’s told from the…

David Byrne Tells Rolling Stone Why He’s Suing Charlie Crist

After explaining his position once via his website, David Byrne is taking his legal battle with Florida Governor Charlie Crist to the pages of Rolling Stone. To review, the former head of the Talking Heads was incensed when “Road to Nowhere” was used in a political ad by Crist. We…

Q&A: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson Speaks Before Mizner Park Show

After more than four decades, numerous personnel changes, and a musical trajectory integrating blues, rock, prog, folk, classical, and practically every other genre either straddling or circumventing pop’s progress over the past 40 years, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson has remained the band’s leader and musical mainstay. His iconic image as…

Cobra Starship Lands at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre

Cobra Starship is a bit of an anomaly — the veritable mullet hairstyle of popular music. The fluorescently dressed, power-pop and punk-infused electro band sticks to a strict regimen when it comes to its work but still manages to be all about joking around. It rose to fame with its…

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases for May 25-31

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.As each Moving Units column is lovingly compiled, we’d like to think that we’re administering critical care to the terminal patient that…

Stonefox Announces Name Change, Releases Velvet Underground Cover

Well that was quick. Although we didn’t realize it at the time, New Times Broward-Palm Beach officially ran the last major piece on Stonefox because the band is no more. During Saturday’s performance at Propaganda in Lake Worth, Stonefox lead singer Jordan Asher Cruz announced that he, guitarist Dave Barnard,…

Local Motion: End of Power and Geoff Useless

We here who grind away in the County Grind like to respect and promote our local efforts. In today’s Local Motion, we look at a pair of releases by Boca Raton’s Livid Records, a fine compendium of local and out-of-state acts that is rapidly becoming one of the “friendliest” independent…