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John Mayer's New Video "Paper Doll" Stars Prancercise Fitness Guru

2013-06-18 12:56:55

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 yo...

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Lake Okeechobee Solstice Festival Kicks Off Tomorrow; Pagans and Christians Now BFF

2013-06-18 12:39:23

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-de...

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Radar Vs. Wolf's Tom Gorrio on Pride, Travel, and Lomo Saltado

2013-06-18 12:06:12

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 i...

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Five Best Prancercise Remixes

2013-06-18 10:47:12

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 an...

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Freak Kings Bring "Punk Rock Style" Sideshow to Lake Worth

2013-06-18 08:58:28

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 King...

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Ten Best South Florida Music Blogs

2013-06-18 08:44:41

We know it can get tough navigating the choppy, oft-unpredictable waters of our South Florida music scene. Besides this blog, (your ultimate source for the local lowdown and breaking music news,...

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Chris Brown Is Painfully Tacky, But Always Cooler Than Drake, Even When It Comes to Aaliyah

2013-06-17 11:01:03

No one can deny that Chris Brown is a dude seriously committed to tackiness. But as a Breezy apologist of sorts, we gotta say, he's always less tacky than Drake. Yeah, Drake dresses more subtl...

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Queen and Bowie's "Under Pressure" and Five More Isolated Vocal Tracks We'd Love to Hear

2013-06-17 09:31:30

Last week, the internet was abuzz with a found relic, an isolated vocal track from 1981 of Freddy Mercury and David Bowie singing "Under Pressure." There's none of Brian May's guitar, nor any b...

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Donavon Frankenreiter - Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale - June 15

2013-06-17 09:26:04

It had been many a Cinco de Mayo since I'd seen the number of girls wearing fake mustaches as were in the parking lot outside the Culture Club on Saturday night. The reason was simple. Donavon ...

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Top Five Things That Make New Kids on the Block's Donnie Wahlberg a Hipster

2013-06-17 08:40:58

With over twenty five years in the biz, New Kids on the Block are still thrusting their hips at screaming fans -- also twenty five years older -- and "Hangin' Tough" on their latest Package Tou...

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Bushwood Says, "Our Music Is Like a Tidal Wave"

2013-06-17 07:53:30

Maybe the reason South Florida's beachfront dives and downtown haunts are filled with so many reggae-rock bands is the year round sunshine, miles and miles of sandy beaches, our general love of f...

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Kim Deal Quits the Pixies and Other Meaningless Reports

2013-06-14 15:02:00

Music writers all over the world were awakened today by this press release put out by the seminal alternative rock ban, the Pixies. "We are sad to say that Kim Deal has decided to leave the Pixi...

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One Direction Got Teenage Bras Thrown at Them at BB&T Center, Sunrise, June 13

2013-06-14 10:48:49

One Direction BB&T Center, Sunrise June 13, 2013 Better Than: The eardrum reconstructive surgery we will be having next week. Earplugs or not, those tweens have a set of lungs on them. It's a...

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Amanda Bynes, a Rapper? Five Songs She Should Write Based Mostly on Tweets

2013-06-14 09:58:19

Amanda Bynes, former Nickelodeon cutie, "inventor" of LOL, Twitter monster, and childish celebrity disser, can add aspiring rap star to her list of titles as of this week. Already, Chinga Chang ...

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Former Champions Jam into the Future Despite Electronic and Human Challenges

2013-06-14 09:21:21

Employing guitar, bass, drums, keys, vocals, and computers, Former Champions alternate between structured song and extended improvisation. The resulting offering is a dancey, trancey, trip-frie...

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10 Most Peaceful Songs, Inspired by World Meditation Hour

2013-06-14 08:28:14

You need to chill. No doubt about it. Look at those bitten fingernails, bloodshot eyes. You're worried about your dog's teeth, Syrian refugees, the Ogallala Aquifer. There is no end to the thin...

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The Heartbreaker Tour: Heart with Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience

2013-06-14 08:22:17

Led Zeppelin reunion shows have been few and far between since drummer John Bonham's death in 1980. Led Zeppelin tributes, however, have helped carry the group's musical flame well into the 21st C...

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Tribute to Slayer's Jeff Hanneman on Friday: Five Best Tracks Written by the Late Guitarist

2013-06-13 12:57:32

It's been over a month since the tragic passing of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman. The fact that we will never again see what is undoubtedly the nastiest group to come from the Big Four of thrash ...

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The Tallest Man on Earth Called "The Hottest Man on Earth" at Culture Room Show Last Night

2013-06-13 09:30:24

No one at the Culture Room really knew what they were getting themselves into at The Tallest Man on Earth's debut South Florida performance last night. After Strand of Oaks set the stage with th...

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Prancercise Goes Live at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek

2013-06-13 09:00:04

Get ready to prance like a show pony! Internet sensation and sex icon Joanna Rohrback is bringing her trademark workout, Prancercise live to Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. Hot to trot and rea...

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