Montgomery Drive Life on a Seesaw (Self-released) montgomerydrive.com Montgomery Drive is Marshall Rones and living on a seesaw is presented as seven heartfelt acoustic ditties that in earnest open windows into the frail psyche of this singer/songwriter. I do not know Mr. Rones but I suspect that he’s grown up…
Today, in the media blitz following reports that U.S. forces shot bin Laden dead while raiding a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, (also the same day Adolf Hitler’s death was announced in 1945) there’s a soundtrack developing to accompany the elation currently felt by many Americans. One unifying “song” in the…
It goes without saying that Nardwuar the Human Serviette is the best celebrity interviewer of all time. Drake knows this, so he decided to go long for a fellow Canadian and got this prime chat set up with Lil Wayne. As Passion of the Weiss points out, Weezy “may be…
Dreams came true for boy-band fanatics at the 2010 American Music Awards when members of New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys joined forces onstage introducing themselves at NKOTBSB. Following their debut performance, the guys announced they’d be working on a collaborative album as well as heading out on…
Los Canadians The Kids Are Alroot (Starcrunch Records) myspace.com/loscanadians Leave it to a bunch of snotty South Florida punk rockers to devise for themselves polite Canadian identities. Born out of the ashes of Chickenhead and the Tri-Rails, Los Canadians forged a pretty path of destruction in South Florida that revolved…
Taking Back Sunday is looking more like Turning Back Sunday these days. After myriad personnel changes and a growing level of discontent within the decade-old alt-punk group at the end of 2009, it was time for a fresh start. Now, the Long Island, New York, natives, led by singer Adam…
Thursday, April 28 Bank of America Stage 5:45 p.m. Sarah Packiam 7 p.m. Brooke Fraser 8:45 p.m. Jason Mraz Tire Kingdom Stage 6:15 p.m. Mayday 8 p.m. Cee Lo Green Friday, April 29 Bank of America Stage 5:30 p.m. Circa Survive 7:15 p.m. Anberlin 9:30 p.m. Taking Back Sunday Tire…
There was a certain millennial flash point when new wave-y New York City goth-pop quartet Interpol seemed as though it might play a major part in the cleanup of a half-decade’s crappy music. This was near the outset of the 21st Century, when the whole mall-crawling Western world and every…
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is on her way to Florida today to watch the space shuttle Endeavour launch this Friday. Her husband will be on board in his first mission since Giffords was shot in the head, allegedly by Jared Lee Loughner, in January. Giffords has made an impressive recovery…
The threats of blazing heat can mean only one thing: SunFest is upon us. And this week, we turn our focus to Taking Back Sunday, the mighty emo-pop punks who recently updated their lineup with a couple of legacy members, guitarist John Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper. Cooper was keen…
Attention, students with writing skills, the beginning stages of tinnitus, and amorphous schedules: An internship has just opened up with your name on it in the County Grind/New Times Broward-Palm Beach den of music appreciation. As we say a fond farewell to newly graduated Jaclyn Rosansky, it’s time to bring…
The X-Ray Spex former frontwoman was one of the first female punk icons, and her unconventional style was highly influential. …
It is now high time to get caught up on the major and minor works of South Florida beat conductors Astrea Corporation. The duo of Mike and Carly Astrea (their earthling names are Michael Bachman and Carly Garrett) opened up their vault of demos and outtakes last week to unveil…
On Friday morning, people on the Beastie Boys’ email list received a cryptic email, the subject line read “MSN MSG” and the body of the email only contained “This Sat, 10:35 am EST — Just listen, listen, listen to the beat box” with a link to their website. Did it…
Just a week ago, Fort Lauderdale art and music space the Collide Factory shuttered its doors in FAT Village for good. Not a happy moment for local artists, and especially Collide Brand Partners’ Travis Webster.A bit of the Collide Factory’s downfall is detailed in Stefan Kamph’s cover story encircling FAT…
On a certain level, it’s no shock that people who enjoy chasing the fascinating personalities within the hip-hop community would prop up 2 Live Crew’s Luke Campbell in his chase for the Miami mayor seat. The guy knows how to generate a sound bite, and he’s not afraid to talk…
Miami’s the Waterford Landing has just given music lovers an amazingly thoughtful gift. The band’s new double album, In the Heart of Zombie City, is up for free download now. Eventually, it will be a double 12-inch gatefold, and this album is too rich, too glorious, and too enthralling to…
Enough time has passed since the late-millennial days of hardcore/pop-punk/indie/”emo” (cringe) that, in 2011, there’s a healthy market for nostalgia shows aimed at people in their late 20s and early 30s. It’s easy to have mixed feelings about this. Every generation thinks the music of its teens/early 20s is better…
When Sublime leader Bradley Nowell tragically passed in 1996, a new generation of reggae music was just germinating. Now, 15 years later, the seeds have matured into a field of sun-drenched, sticky-icky, party-happy bands based mostly in Southern California and Hawaii. “Bradley was like the Elvis of reggae,” says Ron…
Early Sunday morning, the South Florida live music scene suffered a major loss after the tragic and untimely death of promoter/drummer Jimmy Pagano. Around 3:30 a.m., a fight broke out at Fishtales Bar & Grill in Fort Lauderdale when a customer got into an argument over his bill. Pagano stepped…
To Be Hated Dance of Doom IV (Sour Grapes Records) myspace.com/tobehated To Be Hated is a band of hardworking punk rockers, and to a certain degree, I’ve been exalting them like some newfound cancer-curing elixir or something to combat my rapidly balding pate. I slipped this CD into the player…
This week’s cover story is about the Flagler Arts & Technology Village in Fort Lauderdale is a must-read for anyone who sees the promise (and fears the challenges) of building a creative future in South Florida. Stefan Kamph effectively captures the dissonance between a collective of local artists trying to…
