Album release shows are generally the best kind of shows, because they bring out the finest in the bands. That vibe usually permeates through the crowd, and great energy prevails.

However, when the show celebrates the birth of two records, you'd better believe it's going to be proper party. Hollyweird's favored sonic exports, Beach Day and Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers, will be welcoming their respective fresh sounds to the world with a joint blowout at Hollywood Beach's seaside bandshell.

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Prancercise guru and founder Joanna Rohrback can tell just by looking at your face whether or not you possess the skillset and internal spirit necessary to master the graceful fitness art she's been fine-tuning since 1989. Or at least that what the announcer conducting the Prancercise live demonstration and contest at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek last night told us.

By now, you're probably familiar with the springy walk-dance routine and all its variants, and surely you've ascertained it does in fact require a certain finesse.

See also: Prancercise at Seminole Coconut Creek (Photos)

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Awesome pics by Teajay Smith Piersall

Propaganda's Summer Daze concert series is about to take over the streets of Lake Worth, spilling the happiness of sunny Sundays, packed with excessive live music, actual pools in the street, and general day-party goodness.

The team behind the fest set up a showgoer's paradise with national acts headlining and more than 35 local bands joining sonic forces to perform for the people, spreading summer vibes.

So, in preparation of Summer Daze Day 1 kicking off this Sunday, we chatted with Ali Culotta, lead singer of Miami ska band Stop the Presses, about snagging a spot in this insane lineup, coming back down to Earth after just ending another statewide tour, and how she really feels about all those Gwen Stefani comparisons.

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Photo via Stonewall Summer Pride facebook page

Wilton Manors is super gay. In fact, it's supposedly the second gayest town in the country.

So it should come as no surprise that our fair gayborhood is about to host a fabulous extravaganza, the Stonewall Summer Pride, this weekend.

And as you would expect, in celebration of the event, the gayborhood is going to feature some epic parties. We have a list of the top five after the jump.

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Nothin screams summer in South Florida like gettin naked in the ocean and doin' the wild thing.

Or drinking peach Schnapps mixed with vodka, orange, and cranberry, in a highball glass with ice.

Either way, it's one of the world's favorite provocative statements. Here are the ten best songs about sex on the beach.

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We all thought it was a joke, but by now it's probably safe to say Joanna Rohrback's getting the last laugh. Who needs a web redemption when you have soft pop-rock god John Mayer commissioning you to star in his music videos?

Over the last five months, the world has fallen in love with local gal and Prancercise founder, whose ever-so-tight, ever-so-baggy white pant-leggings, angelic voice, and majestic fitness dance moves have become the subject of countless blog posts, memes, and TV spots.

And apparently, John Mayer is no exception.

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Looks like it's all gonna be peace, love and magick at the Lake Okeechobee Resort and Marina in Pahokee, this week. Local residents' alarm at the prospect of hosting a five-day festival of self-described pagans appears to have vanished like a rainbow in the sun.

According to a June 1 press release from the Lady Liberty League (kind of an ACLU for pagans and Wiccans), meetings between pagan activists and Lake O area Christian pastors cleared the air, the Christians being informed that visitors to the First Annual Lake Okeechobee Summer Solstice Festival practice "Nature Religion," not Satan worship. (That the local Chamber of Commerce came down on the side of the festival probably hasn't hurt either. Pagan money is green as any other.)

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Radars and Wolves; fighting and collaborating

South Florida's indie rock scene owes a large debt to Tom Gorrio. Now living in Nashville and soldiering on with the like-minded, albeit inwardly competitive musicians of Radar Vs. Wolf; Gorrio is better known down here for his work in Call it Radar and Baby Calendar.

Always a restless and travelling soul, we recently had a chance to catch up with him in anticipation and now celebration of their latest album Radarvswolf. In this conclusion Gorrio discusses his pride and one of Peru's finest dishes, lomo saltado.

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All weekend, you've had weights strapped to your and ankles. You've been hopping gracefully down the the pathway behind your West Palm Beach home, Prancercising in the late day shadows of palms and your McMansion.

It's worth the sweat beads dappling your forehead, cause this Rocky-like training will likely land you a butt-ton of prizes today at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Prancercise competition. There's a ridic amount of money to win -- 17k -- and innumerable chances to watch people floating around like ginormous weirdos.

To get you even more Eye-of-the-Tiger pumped for this dance-tastic workout, here are our favorite Prancercise remixes.

And just remember: "It's better to be punching into space, than in your face!"

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Norman Blake via Freak Kings website.

Looking to get freaked out? Propaganda, Lake Worth's resident rock spot, is switching it up this Wednesday and featuring an act that plays with your eyes instead of for your ears. The Freak Kings hail from Brooklyn, New York, but are calling the road home through July as they embark on a summer tour. Not your typical traveling performers, the Freak Kings don't play instruments or do literally anything else you would expect of them.

We chatted with Baron Von Geiger, who along with his partner Illustrated Penguin, has created a self proclaimed "punk rock style" sideshow that puts traditional shows to shame. Baron said, "We like to joke around and ask people, 'When you think of a sideshow, what do you think of?' Usually, it's sword-swallowing, fire-eating, and a bed of nails. And normally, you don't see any of those things at our show."

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