brewhouse gallery turns 5 First there was Art Basel. Many Floridians thought it would pass, and we would go back to a normal amount of terrible traffic and that reliable nuisance known as Spring Break. But the art community took notice of our big little art scene, and that showcase went from a street party to an international affair with a section of its own in the New York Times. As Basel fever spread, the Wynwood Arts District emerged in an area near downtown Miami that once was home to carjackings and dive bars. And with Wynwood thriving, Fort Lauderdale caught the art bug next, and FATVillage was hatched off of Sistrunk Boulevard — another neighborhood gentrified by creatives. The question was no longer “Can an arts community stay viable?” It was “Where next?” The West Palm Beach Arts & Entertainment District has likewise occupied itself touting that city’s art-friendliness, and a neighborhood project, HotBox Art, turned a string of boarded-up shotgun shacks on Douglass Avenue into studio space with help from the Knight Foundation. But, really, the big plot twist in the artification of South Florida is a sleepy little town called Lake Park becoming the region’s northern brain trust for the arts. That’s where five years ago AJ Brockman started the Brewhouse Gallery, an amalgamation of art, cocktails and craft brews, and live music. The gallery sold paintings, served drinks and programmed bands, and then expanded into a vacated storefront next door. Not long after that, Brockman took possession of an adjoining performance space that would become The Kelsey Theater. The Kelsey catapulted itself into the big boys’ club by hosting everyone from Every Time I Die and Dead Kennedys to Sister Hazel and, along with screenings of the “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” In year three, Brockman became owner outright of the once-fading strip mall that his presence had helped to perk up, and the transformation of this commercial-cultural space continued with new and likeminded tenants, including a tattoo parlor and a belly dancing school. All the while, Brewhouse, with its relaxed and unpretentious vibe, remained an essential draw, fulfilling a need for artists to be able to exhibit and sell their works year-round. In an interview with PureHoney, Brockman says, “My ultimate goal would be to franchise Brewhouse to revolutionize the way art galleries and bottles work. … The days of the high-end New York style gallery, where you need a hundred grand in the bank just to get inside, those days are over. Now it’s about the community, local talent and supporting the people that are already here” So here we are, approaching five years in an enclave now officially known as the Lake Park Arts District, which Brockman co-founded. The Brewhouse is a mainstay, with an onsite nano-brewery — craft brewing in even smaller-than-micro batches — coming soon. Next door at the Kelsey, comedy, drag, burlesque, headliners and tribute bands, and a custom car show on the plaza outside keep people streaming in. All of the other businesses that have taken up residence are art related or art adjacent — essentially making Lake Park the next spot for art lovers and music aficionados to gather and wax poetic while imbibing the best cocktails and great beers. A self-sustaining arts district has bloomed almost out of nowhere — and the anniversary bashes in May hosted by the anchor tenants, Brewhouse and Kelsey, that made it all possible have become major happenings.
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The 5 Year Anniversary Block Party set for May 11 is a combined art, music and craft beer festival, indoors and outside, linking past and present. “It started with a crazy idea supporting the arts and culture of South Florida and blossomed into an entire community reimagined,” says the festival’s announcement page. “We are five years strong and this is only the beginning.”
The performer lineup for the festival’s three stages is taking shape, but one of the initial sign-ups is Boxelder, a popular hometown act from those, you know, halcyon early aughts in West Palm Beach when the bands were buzzing, but the arts were more scarce and the beer was either light or dark. Maybe those were the good old days for some, but for Brockman, his gallery pub, theater and cultural hub, the future is hops, spirits, music and art. The Lake Park Arts District presents the 5 Year Anniversary Block Party at the Brewhouse Gallery and The Kelsey Theater, 1pm. May 11. Boxelder, Summer Gill, Damien Louviere, Leafy Greens, Nip & Tuck, JL Fulks, LooseTight, Yardij, Rogue Theory, KillBillies, Zoo Peculiar, Jon Prestage, Jakob Takos, Zack Jones, Big Lux, Kronikles, No Name Ska Band, The String Assassins, Guavatron ~ Tim Moffatt
THE ADOLESCENTS The Adolescents are indicative of all that is personified in west coast hardcore punk rock: They’re fast, snotty and couldn’t care less what you think. It’s that founding attitude that keeps records such as the band’s self-titled 1981 debut sounding fresh to this day. It’s nearly impossible to discuss the Adolescents without mentioning bassist Steve Soto, a co-founder THE ADOLESCENTS and the only continuous member from day one until his passing last June at age 54. Soto was also an original part of surf punk band Agent Orange. His death leaves singer Tony Reflex as the next longest-tenured of the Adolescents. A lot of the steam that kickstarted hardcore has dissipated with overexposure brought on by the now defunct (thank God) Warped Tour and the packaging of outlaw sports as X Games over the last two decades-plus. Some people reading this discovered the Adolescents through the soundtrack to various Tony Hawk skateboarding games. Those appearances didn’t help the watering down of the genre. On the other hand, you have to eat. Here’s the conundrum for the OG hardcore bands: Stay relevant by going with the times or stay parked on a dingy couch and playing in basements? While that may be an oversimplification, there are many bands who sat out that revolution, for better or worse, and are just now trying to get back all of the exposure they’ve lost. But hardcore is a young person’s game; clawing back into the zeitgeist 10, 20 years older or more is nigh unimaginable for those who spent years breaking their bodies in drained pools and circle pits. The Adolescents, who stepped away for 12 years from 1989 to 2001, know this. But what else do you do if you’ve already spent the majority of your life as a public nuisance with a decent vocabulary? Law school? Here we are in 2019. Life is Instagram-filtered. “Selfie” is in the Oxford Dictionary. Punk is a posture. The idea that people start bands and get crazy for fun seems remote. But nobody told the Adolescents, who turn 40 next year. Let’s skate. The Adolescents play 8pm April 19 at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach with the Neighborhood Brats, Skate Crime and Sewerside Bombers. ~ Tim Moffatt
THE CHURCH .
If you’ve done like I have up until now and mostly slept on the music of The Church, fear not: They’ve come to save your soul, as they have mine. Typing in the dim light of the kitchen, avoiding glances at a sink full of mocking, unwashed dishes, whiskey in one hand, coffee in the other, taunted by procrastination and myriad deadlines to be met, I am fiercely and jarringly saved.
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This personal awakening began with the album that was first picked up on America’s radar in the late ’80s, “Starfish.” In the best-known song, the luminous “Under the Milky Way,” and nine more tracks, the music projects a dreamlike state into the waking world. The words are spare but powerful, and give the warm intricacies of the instruments extra life while taking time to breathe in the pockets of sound. Frontman Steve Kilbey’s lyrics are nearly as beautiful and haunting on the page as they are floating through speakers. His voice is somber, and a bit daunting, his delivery unequivocally cool.
Front to back, “Starfish” is a masterpiece. As it closes, I regain reality, close my eyes, take a grounding breath, and prepare myself for the possible disappointment of their most recent 2017 album. As a student of classic dadrock, I’m no stranger to the lemons that are born from heroes of times past. I exhale, and press play on “Another Century,” track one of “Man Woman Life Death Infinity.” Within fifteen seconds, I’m immersed. By the closer, “In Your Fog,” I’m brought to tears. In an interview with Australian site Amnplify, Kilbey explained the method behind The Church’s timelessness: “[W]e’re classicists. If you’re a classicist and you always make statues of Greek gods or paint paintings like Da Vinci or Botticelli, or if you’re in rock and roll and you make music that references The Beatles, The Stones, Dylan, Bowie, the very best stuff, that’s what you’re aiming for; to make music that has all of those qualities.” Amen. If you need me, you can find me kneeling and healing at the altar of The Church. The Church’s “Starfish 30th Anniversary Tour” is 7pm April 22 at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale. ~ Freddie Zandt
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Early embracement of emerging technologies can have vastly different results for adopters. What would the news media landscape look like today if legacy outlets had jumped fullforce on to the World Wide Web their first chance? How many people scoffed at the notion of computer money, and then cried themselves rivers of salt when Bitcoin soared (or fell)?
Granted, these might not be the best examples. But the underlying message is that while one particular tech pathway might not work out in earnest, there’s something to be said for those who persevere and find suitable uses for new things. British singer-songwriter, producer and audio engineer Imogen Heap is a good example of positive futurism and adaptive risk-taking. With her techy know-how acquired largely on her own, first by tinkering with an Atari console, and her keenness for hands-on knowledge where music and electronics intersect, Heap has advanced concepts to the benefit of others in her overlapping fields (and to the rest of us) in the little over 20 years that she’s been at it as a recording artist. As many genres as she’s tagged with — alternative, indie, synth pop, electronica, ambient — Heap’s long arc and ambitious output actually share a fundamental theatricality and scope with titans of classical music. She uses online platforms to engage fans and broaden her musical collaborations. She has invested her creative energies into experimental musical tech like the sensor-activated Mi.Mu gloves, and has used blockchain-based technology since 2015 to further new methodologies of music distribution and artist control. Heap also scores films, and wrote the music for the West End theatrical production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” Just as indefatigable in her charity work, Imogen Heap has slowly become larger than life; a tech-driven altruist who happens to make incredibly enjoyable and thought-provoking music, who for all the “technology” she has embraced, remains ineffably human. As a bonus Heap’s tour opener is her on-and-off Frou Frou bandmate Guy Sigsworth. It is time, people, to adopt the proven tech of Imogen Heap; don’t find yourself weeping because you passed on the future. Imogen Heap plays 7pm April 28 at the Fillmore Miami Beach with Guy Sigsworth. ~ Abel Folgar
TUESDAY, APRIL 2 VOLTAIRE: Shing02 & SPIN MASTER A-1 “A Tribute to NUJABES” w Sko Gudiño, Bleubird, Bruh Collective, Eric Biddines DADA: Spoken Word Open Mic KILL YOUR IDOL: Open Jam
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
VOLTAIRE: Pour It Forward : Benefit for LLS DADA: Kayla Frey KILL YOUR IDOL: Laboratory CHURCHILLS PUB: Drop Out of Life
THURSDAY, APRIL 4
VOLTAIRE: The Dewars, Dad’s Day Off, DirtBike, Lindsey Mills FILLMORE MIAMI: ABBA the Concert
DADA: Mixtape KILL YOUR IDOL: The Killer Pussies MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Tairon & his LATINBEAT ARTS GARAGE: Poetry Open Mic CWS: Boris Simeonov THE KELSEY THEATER: Rayland Baxter CHURCHILLS PUB: Unfiltered hosted by Taylor Davis CULTURE ROOM: Polyphia O’MALLEY’S: The Browning, Betraying The Martys,Extortionist
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
VOLTAIRE: Soulfam Get Down V2: Priya D’Amico, American Sigh, JM & The Sweets, Moon Kaboom, Brown Bear & Fitch, Mood Swing DADA: Markis Hernandez Trio KILL YOUR IDOL: Bermuda Beach / No Wave
RESPECTABLE STREET: Synth Daddy
THE GROUND: Of Montreal, Yip Deceiver, Haute Tension FRIDAY NIGHT SOUND WAVES: Sosos, The Copper Tones MATHEWS BREWING CO.: The Flyers BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Wavelengths ROBOT BREWING CO: Spiral Light: Grateful Dead Tribute ARTS GARAGE: Retrospect Art Exhibit Opening, Stanley Jordan CWS: Bryce Allyn Band STACHE: Sun Ghosts CHURCHILLS PUB: Nevermind (Nirvana Trib) w Armada!, Drawing Bored, The Burnouts, After the Fall, Frankie Midnight, That Summer
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
VOLTAIRE: Game of Thrones Crawl, Jason Brown & Shayne Pilpel RESPECTABLE STREET: Cupcake Burlesque Presents Big Hair DADA: No Name Ska Band HULLABALOO: Electric Red KILL YOUR IDOL: Immersed ROBOT BREWING CO: Loyal to a Fault, Makoto, Shadow Creek MATHEWS BREWING CO.: The Dog Hearts THE KELSEY THEATER: Queens Drag Experience ARTS GARAGE: Stanley Jordan BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Brody Busters AFRO ROOTS FEST/NORTH BEACH BANDSHELL: Fatoumata Diawara, Noura Mint Seymali CWS: Marcus Amaya CULTURE ROOM: Less than Jake O’MALLEY’S: Lorna Shore, Enterprise Earth PROPAGANDA: Rebuilder, Blaklist, Sometimes Chad
SUNDAY, APRIL 7
VOLTAIRE: Sons of a Tradesman ARTS GARAGE: Vanessa Collier DADA: Karaoke
KILL YOUR IDOL: Gameshow Sundays MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Altered Roots Duo CULTURE ROOM: Guster CWS: Nyne2Five (A.M.) / Funk Brunch (P.M.)
MONDAY, APRIL 8
VOLTAIRE: Go Funk Yourself by Oleg Nikitin
LAS ROSAS: Bad Sports, Death Lottery, Milk Spot DADA: Open Mic KILL YOUR IDOL: Drag Mondays REVOLUTION LIVE: Veil of Maya, Intervals, Strawberry Girls, Cryptodira CHURCHILLS PUB: Miami Jazz Jam
TUESDAY, APRIL 9
FILLMORE MIAMI: Jackson Browne VOLTAIRE: SQUID: Musicians drink 50% off!
REVOLUTION LIVE: Dance Gavin Dance, Periphery, Don Broco, Hail The Sun, Covet O’MALLEY’S: Aborted, Cryptopsy DADA: Comedy Open Mic KILL YOUR IDOL: Open Jam ARTS GARAGE: All Arts Open Mic CHURCHILLS: A Sunday Fire, Glass Mansion, Johnny Two Chords
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THURSDAY, APRIL 11
VOLTAIRE: KIDS & friends FILLMORE MIAMI: Rock on Film Series: Pink Floyd the Wall DADA: Mixtape KILL YOUR IDOL: Karaoke THE KELSEY THEATER: Angel Salazar Comedy CHURCHILLS PUB: Abiotic, Silenmara, Acaedia, Omnisium ARTS GARAGE: Hip Hop Revolution: Voice of the People
FRIDAY, APRIL 12
VOLTAIRE: SPAM ALLSTARS + DJ LE SPAM RESPECTABLE STREET: Sweet Blood, Wilkof Project, Hell & Holler
MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Franscene REVOLUTION LIVE: Cradle of Filth CWS: Bobby Lee Rodgers DADA: Matchstick Johnny & Koffin Varnish KILL YOUR IDOL: Vicewave THE KELSEY THEATER: Game of Thrones Burlesque BREWHOUSE GALLERY: Live Painting & Body “Paint by Numbers” ROBOT BREWING CO: Carnival Baker, Thoughts, Humble Waters CHURCHILLS PUB: The Slackers, Spred the Dub, The Big Skandal, Control This
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
VOLTAIRE: Deb Silver Jazz, G-Beat w Ilya Tatarov RESPECTABLE STREET: Pearl Jam Tribute MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Spred-the-Dub
REVOLUTION LIVE: The Bouncing Souls with The Bronx, The Casualties & Crazy & The Brains
CWS: Homegrown Sinners ARTS GARAGE: The Jontavious Willis Trio DADA: Steve Pomeranz Band HULLABALOO: Mood Swing ROBOT BREWING CO: Brie LaNoire, Ghost The Young Sage, Cynfully Sweet, Rockstar Yogie, Summer, Kid Krippy KILL YOUR IDOL: Breaks Yo! THE KELSEY THEATER: Game of Thrones Burlesque
SUNDAY, APRIL 14
VOLTAIRE: Ray’s Downtown presents
MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Krazy Train Duo CWS: Bryce Allyn Band (A.M.) / Funk Brunch (P.M.) ARTS GARAGE: Moonlight Thief DADA: Karaoke KILL YOUR IDOL: Gameshow Sundays
DADA: Open Mic CHURCHILLS PUB: Miami Jazz Jam 19 Year Anniversary KILL YOUR IDOL: Drag Mondays
TUESDAY, APRIL 23
MONDAY, APRIL 15
FILLMORE MIAMI: LANY VOLTAIRE: SQUID: Musicians drink 50% off!
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
VOLTAIRE: Mixed Match Monday by Code Tro
TUESDAY, APRIL 16
VOLTAIRE: SQUID: Musicians drink 50% off! DADA: Comedy Open Mic KILL YOUR IDOL: Open Jam
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
VOLTAIRE: Dirty Laundry Comedy
DADA: Chandler Kerrigan CHURCHILLS PUB: Kazehito Seki, Le TRASH CAN KILL YOUR IDOL: Plastic Macca
THURSDAY, APRIL 18
VOLTAIRE: SWEET SWEET 10
MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Summer Gill O’MALLEY’S: DBMK, Patternist ARTS GARAGE: 3rd Thursday: Art Meets Music DADA: Mixtape CHURCHILLS PUB: Rat Bastards Stumble & Fall KILL YOUR IDOL: Karaoke
DADA: Comedy Open Mic KILL YOUR IDOL: Open Jam
RESPECTABLE STREET: Okilly Dokilly VOLTAIRE: RAW DADA: Turtle Grenade, Soul Particles KILL YOUR IDOL: Cabaleta
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
VOLTAIRE: Latin Dance Party FILLMORE MIAMI: Rock on Film Series: Purple Rain MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Rosario Craig Trio CWS: Mitch Herrick CHURCHILLS PUB: All Folk’d Up DADA: Mixtape KILL YOUR IDOL: Karaoke
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
VOLTAIRE: Ghost Party & Friends RESPECTABLE STREET: MASS feat Espermachine
VOLTAIRE: Soul Particles, Lion Country Ferarri, Poparazzi, Derek McLean RESPECTABLE STREET: The Adolescents
MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Shaw Davis & the Black Ties CWS: Nyne2Five THE KELSEY THEATER: Ghost Hunt STACHE: Fusik ARTS GARAGE: Nestor Torres ROBOT BREWING CO: Best of Boca Comedy Show DADA: Del Pelson KILL YOUR IDOL: Shameless Burlesque
FILLMORE MIAMI: Leon Bridges – SOLD OUT!
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
FRIDAY, APRIL 19
MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Spider Cherry
CWS: Future Prezidents ANDY’S LIVE FIRE: The Copper Tones DADA: The State Of ROBOT BREWING CO: Del Pelson, Endangered Breed KILL YOUR IDOL: American Grime BREWHOUSE GALLERY: The String Assassins PROPAGANDA: Daisyhead, Intervention, Boston Marriage THE KELSEY THEATER: Freak Show: Oddities & Curiosities Mkt ARTS GARAGE: Troy Roberts and Nu Jive
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
VOLTAIRE: T.H.E Takeover ft. Differ RESPECTABLE STREET: No Revives
MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Future Presidents and Crazy Fingers REVOLUTION LIVE: Appetite For Destruction (Guns N’ Roses Trib) CWS: Tasty Vibrations ARTS GARAGE: Mojo Ike and Val Experience DADA: Xotic Yeyo HULLABALOO: Markis Hernandez Trio KILL YOUR IDOL: Keep It Deep CULTURE ROOM: The Psychedelic Furs THE KELSEY THEATER: Rocky Horror Picture Show BREWHOUSE GALLERY: The Rush Market ROBOT BREWING CO: Blazed and Confused, Roman the Stoic, S. Luna
SUNDAY, APRIL 21
VOLTAIRE: Happy Easter
CWS: Marcus Amaya (A.M.) / Funk Brunch (P.M.) DADA: Karaoke KILL YOUR IDOL: Gameshow Sundays
MONDAY, APRIL 22
CULTURE ROOM: The Church VOLTAIRE: Jelly for Planet Earth
VOLTAIRE: Go Funk Yourself w/ Oleg Nikitin 26 DEGREE BREWING: The Copper Tones
GRAMPS: Acid Temple Mothers
ARTS GARAGE: Frank Bang and the Cook County Kings
RESPECTABLE STREET: Emo Night Brooklyn
MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Fireside Prophet THE KELSEY THEATER: Fight Club: Homecoming CWS: Spred the Dub ROBOT BREWING CO: The Earthday Birthday Burial, The Wilkof Project, Auditory Armory, Syn Nine DADA: Thoughts & Supergold CHURCHILLS PUB: Blowfly Tribute HULLABALOO: Jakob Takos KILL YOUR IDOL: The Wire
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
VOLTAIRE: Ray’s Downtown presents JM & the Sweets FILLMORE MIAMI: Imogen Heap DADA: Karaoke KILL YOUR IDOL: Gameshow Sundays MATHEWS BREWING CO.: Indigo Dreamers THE KELSEY THEATER: Jersey Boys Tribute O’MALLEY’S: Wicca Phase Springs Eternal ARTS GARAGE: Gay Men’s Chorus Presents Proud Mary 2 CWS: Johan Danno (A.M.) / Funk Brunch (P.M.)
MONDAY, APRIL 29
VOLTAIRE: Vibes by Underkut DADA: Open Mic KILL YOUR IDOL: Drag Mondays
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
FILLMORE MIAMI: Lord Huron VOLTAIRE: SQUID: Musicians drink 50% off!
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THE DEWARS There are similarities between West Palm twins Anthony and Zachary Dewar with the 2015 documentary “The Wolfpack.” If the Angulo brothers found refuge within the realms of cinema after years of isolation and abuse, the Dewars found solace within their talents when facing the perils of Palm’s AOR and cover band scene.
Eschewing “genrefication” and traditional routes to play their music, the long road the brothers have traveled has helped to create a band myth and a tabula rasa on which to enjoy their work. Because their work THE DEWARS is enjoyable and approachable. The eclectic influences blend Aussie feels, Florida’s tropical wave and the luxury of isolation. Sporadic as it may seem, their music is fully realized and mature, lofty yet grounded — a kind of blues informed by every genre and expressed as if every genre contained some blues. “We moved from Florida to Atlanta for about a half a year, then over to Gainesville for a little over a year and then New York City for a year,” the brothers tell PureHoney by email. “Half in Washington Heights and half in Bushwick until recently moving back to St. Augustine in part due to family health issues as well as a general desire to return home from the journey.” After experiencing these trappings, like many Florida bands before them, the Dewars are ready to get back into the relative swing of things, or as relative a swing as can be for them. Their new home might be a little of the old Palm Beach in a way, given the tourist trade, but they are finding it a great place for music with exposure, diversity, enthusiasm and acceptance. They’re excited about upcoming projects and performing in South Florida again. They’re also working on a new album. “A lot of interesting things happened along the way and it was overall, a valuable experience, even if it ultimately led to an appreciation for the people and things in our home state,” the brothers say. Prophetic for a band with a song titled “Sucker for Your Hometown.” But they’re not the suckers; they just know home is the retreat where you create. The Dewars play 8pm April 4 at Voltaire in West Palm Beach with Dad’s Day Off, DirtBike, Lindsey Mills. ~ Abel Folgar
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There’s a bond between South Florida and greater New York-New Jersey. Whether it’s mob-inspired or leisureminded — we live where people vacation, a straight shot south — the connection means crowds of northeasterners and South Floridians inevitably connect. So it’s no surprise the Bouncing Souls are coming to rattle the cages of South Florida punks.
Formed in 1989 in New BrunsBOUNCING SOULS wick, N.J., the Bouncing Souls, with their punk scrappiness and pop sensibilities, are a bit confounding; not as poppy as Blink 182; not as vehement as Black Flag. Instead the Souls built their own sound on a street-punk discernment that stemmed from growing up nogoodnik kids with BMX bikes and heads in the clouds. Their albums are mirrors of the band members’ maturing, with early songs referencing John Hughes films, crushes on the QuickCheck girl, and hanging with locals when their ride breaks down on tour. Year over year, record by record, the Bouncing Souls have charted their collective growth as mates and human beings in a way that other bands don’t seem capable of — with a sincerity that keeps the Souls fresh and fun for every new generation that discovers their angsty anthems. In the ’90s they played The Edge fairly often, most notably with NOFX — tours that were a highlight at a time when most bands couldn’t be bothered to go below Orlando. This return to the same space, different name (Revolution Live), on a tour officially celebrating 30 years, is absolutely stacked with good support that, all told, arguably leans a little more rock than punk.
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JACKSON BROWNE Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jackson Browne is on the road having an intimate, euphonic conversation with his lifelong family of fans. Toting just his silky voice and the warmth of an acoustic guitar, Browne is taking a minimalist approach to sharing his timeless sound.
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It’s apparent that this folkrock icon hasn’t stopped tending to and tuning his most important instrument: JACKSON BROWNE At 70, he can fool any listener into thinking they’re still hearing the twenty-something who captivated millions with his candid, heartfelt crooning. A long time ago Browne, a songwriter, enlisted noteworthy friends including Warren Zevon and members of the Eagles to help out with a demo intended to get him signed as an artist. When no labels bit, Browne’s manager David Geffen started his own, Asylum, with Browne as its flagship signing. Browne went on to become a generational voice on the strength of hits including “Doctor My Eyes,” “Rosie” and his cover of “Stay,” by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs. The latter was the winsome closer on “Running on Empty,” an iconic 1977 album that was recorded on the road and seemingly played on every other late-’70s turntable and car radio in America. Cataloguing Browne’s output would be daunting; suffice it to say he has collaborated with a lot of people. A short list includes Nico, Joni Mitchell, the Byrds, Linda Ronstadt and Glenn Frey of the aforementioned Eagles. His ASCAP entry credits him as author or co-author of more than 200 songs, and he’s a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in addition to his 2004 Rock Hall induction by fellow student of sound Bruce Springsteen. He could sit back and reap the rewards of a lifetime of commitment to his craft, but he’s still making records. Rolling Stone called his most recent full-length, 2014’s “Standing in the Breach,” a “superb, inspiring album” from an activist artist who understands that “imagining the world as it should be is the first step” toward change. Browne has won our respect for his constant evolution and steadfast dedication to music that illuminates and soothes aching souls — his and ours. Jackson Browne performs 8:30pm April 9 at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater. ~ Freddie Zandt
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ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE Let’s invent a creation myth. The people of the world began as a tiny pebble atop the tallest mountain to have ever existed. When the Heavens decided it was time, the skies parted, and a mighty wind pushed the pebble down in a terrible tumble. As it descended, it grew and grew, picking up debris until finally, after a hundred years, it came to a stop at the base of the mountain. The now wizened and seasoned pebble rose as the first humanoid, Kawabata Makoto.
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As improbable as this may sound, it’s not too far-fetched an explanation for the artistic vision of guitarist Makoto and his outfit, the Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Are they a visionary psychedelic collective formed in Japan in the mid-’90s? Yes. Like the creation pebble, have they been shaped over years by the traits of their member legions and the sonic landscapes they’ve traversed? Yes. Acid Mothers Temple is experimental prog-rock with digital acceptance and studio know-how. Think the Residents and Captain Beefheart reduced over the low heat of broken-folk recluse Jandek and choreographed by filmmaker Takashi Miike at his weirdest best for a satisfying, soul-altering musical experience. It’s the kind of experimentation that really explores. For Makoto, who’s been active since the ’70s, AMT is the perfect vessel. Rounded out by Higashi Hiroshi on keys, strings and vocals; Jyonson Tsu on guitar, bouzouki, vocals and electronics, Satoshima Nani on drums; and “Wolf” on bass for this tour, AMT has 120 releases — 120! — listed in Discogs, a monstrous feat even given its 24 years of existence. They are joined on tour by the Québécois all-nations art collective Yamantaka // Sonic Titan. With them in the mix, the mind-melting throb of a live performance will eradicate all sense of reason and time. You’ll wake renewed with the knowledge that a tiny pebble can become much more, and this might be as close as you get to experiencing what the Grateful Dead did for a whole generation in its day. Or maybe not. AMT has evolved from that, as it has evolved from itself. Acid Mothers Temple play 8pm April 27 at Gramps in Miami with Yamantaka // Sonic Titan. ~ Abel Folgar
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The farther away we get from the ’80s, the bigger the era’s musical legacy becomes. It’s like we’re spinning a yarn describing a period a long time ago in a place far away filled with angular haircuts and bizarre sounds that shaped music for generations to come.
Cold Cave, a.k.a. Wesley Eisold, is the perfect example of this aesthetic’s long reach: Take a hardcore kid — a genre also defined in the ’80s — and prime him with gothic synth pop in the Joy Division mold; shake, light the fuse and step away. Cold Cave leans heavily on the sounds of a particular era, but consistently redefines what that means to the zeitgeist. COLD CAVE
While the idea of a goth-hardcore hybrid entity might sound improbable or just weird, this sort of experimentation with genres and sounds is exactly what the ’80s were known along with the sonic vocabularies born then. In that way Cold Cave remains true to its roots. There’s only so much raging one punk can do before they need a different outlet for expression. In this case it’s darkwave and dance. Joining Cold Cave on this tour are ADULT, a duo from Detroit who blend punk and danceable rhythms to make something that can appeal to anyone with ears. And then there’s VOWWS, from L.A. via Australia, who have had quite enough of your ’80s references, thank you very much. The duo is a pastiche of Nine Inch Nails industrial with anything else that tickles their fancy. Yeah, got it, the ’80s are a huge influence, blah blah. But when utilizing very specific sounds, as all three of these outfits do, references are inevitable. Their soul resides not with any single genre — those are to be used and discarded as their music requires — but in their determined experimentation and ability to build off the past to make the future a little more fun, danceable and possibly dark. If that tendency gets consistently tagged as ’80s, so be it. Screw it man, everyone likes to get down to a good tune. Even the punks got to dance sometimes. Cold Cave, ADULT and VOWWS play 8pm March 9 at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach. ~ Tim Moffatt
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