PUREHONEY 29

Turbo Fruits In an episode of the web series “Records in My Life,” Jonas Stein, the frontman from Nashville’s Turbo Fruits, discusses a few of his favorite selections he pulled from the racks at Zulu Records, in Canada. His picks are as old as they are eclectic – CCR, Alice Cooper, Curtis Mayfield, the Flying Burrito Brothers. None of the familiar hipster favorites turn up, which may be why Pitchfork has never really warmed up to this band. Nor, apparently, Turbo Fruits did chic artists turn up while Turbo Fruits was readying its third and latest LP, Butter, from 2012: They told Rolling Stone that it was recorded while being influenced by Lil’ Wayne, Enya and 1970s soul, which, in combination, apparently sounds like boozy, shredding, slam-dancingly frivolous garage rock. Who would have thought?

Nothing about Turbo Fruits says “21st century.” The band’s primitive, three-chord fury, gnarly vocals and inexpensive production values date back to the Nuggets compilation. Its first album, “Volcano,” was released in 2007, a few years after the so-called garage-rock revival of the Strokes and the Hives, and it leaves these hi-fi poseurs in its dust – another trend it wants no part of. Indie-rock cred, in general, is not important to these guys; take the great moment in its latest music video, for “Sweet Thang,” in which a bored girl considers playing Sonic Youth’s Goo LP but tosses it aside in favor of Butter, with its hilarious album cover of a knife slicing through a slab of butter embedded with the band’s name.

References to pot and other drugs turn up a lot, both in interviews and in the band’s music, and gummy worms tend to be a recurring theme in their videos, which, I guess, goes along with the weed. But it’s hard to know how serious they are about the stoner lifestyle, because irony seems to be the group’s stock in trade. Their music revives the so-bad-it’s-good album cover and the long, curly hair of many a ‘90s grunge band, and in 2011, they even launched a music cruise, long the domain of MOR has-beens, and populated their Bruise Cruise with pure-bred garage rockers and fringe-y esoterica. It’s hard to say what they’ll do next, though it’ll probably have nothing to do with the latest music your record shop is seeking to promote.

Turbo Fruits will play Propaganda, at 6 South J Street in Lake Worth, at 8pm Jan. 26, along with New Coke and Lazer Puzzy. Admission is $5. Visit propagandalw. com. ~John Thomason

Art After Dark One of the Norton Museum of Arts most popular programs is its weekly Art After Dark series — “Where Culture and Entertainment Meet.”

Every Thursday from 5 to 9pm. The popularity has rapidly driven the event into being one of the premier art events in Palm Beach County, providing a bridge between generations by presenting diverse arts to its many visitors — from music and dance, to film — as well as DIY art projects, tours, conversations with curators, lectures, wine tastings, and tantalizing dishes from the Museum café, Fratelli Lyon. The series was launched in 2009 as a monthly event and has rapidly become so popular that it has blossomed into a rare and exotic flower reminiscent of the Cedar Tavern in New York City, where folks such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Franz Kline and beat writers like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac spent much of their off time. The museum has become a destination that fosters creativity in the community, and presents programs that relate to the Museum Collection and special exhibitions as well as to holidays and historical and cultural landmark dates. Up and coming bands are even featured alongside the art. Communications coordinator Hilary Greene predicts that it’s going to be around well into the foreseeable future.

The facts are the Norton is a major art destination and holds the largest collection in the South-Eastern United States. It’s a sparkling jewel suspended over a languid pool. They say that in order to understand today, we must first understand yesterday – and what better way to get in touch with your artistic roots than to explore the art of the past while also keeping your fingers on the pulse of the art of today. Art provides a window into the clockworks of the world and the universe around us.

Art is ephemeral and defies simple definition as evidenced in some of the Modern contemporary art of the last 50 years, Art that can be seen as wildly challenging.

As Willem de Kooning once said “the atmosphere was so beautiful that I got a little dizzy and when I came to, I was bright enough to take the hint immediately.”

Hint: Get yourself down to Art After Dark and don’t miss this profound ongoing event. Half price admission Thursdays 5-9pm at the Norton Museum of Art: 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401 www.norton.org

~ Gabriel Laszlo

Art Synergy Back in May, Palm Beach County art luminaries Rolando Barrero (founder of the Boynton Beach Arts District and director of ActivistArtistA Gallery,) and local aspiring artist Craig McInnis met with other 561 creative minds in a brainstorming session they called “Think Tank,” with the hopes of unifying the county’s diversified arts community.

The end result was Art Synergy, an amalgamating, cross-sectional, swath of genre-inclusive events designed as satellite fairs anchored to the larger ArtPalmBeach art fair held in January. With Art Basel’s tangential art fairs in mind, Art Synergy will run from January 23-28, include over 60 galleries, studios, non-profit institutions and museums, and highlight six different art districts--each with its own arts walk.

South Dixie Antique Row Art Walk: January 24-27, 6-9pm Boynton Beach Art District Art al Fresco: January 24, 6pm-1am Continuum West Palm Beach: January 22-26, Times vary.

Lula’s Art Pop: January 26,12-7pm Historic Northwood Village ArtX: January 25, 6-11pm Worth Avenue Art Walk: January 23-26 Purehoney spoke with the 41-year-old co-organizer of Art Synergy, Craig McInnis, to gleam more info about the innovate, inaugural art fair.

PureHoney: How would you describe your art for those who are not familiar?

Craig McInnis: Hmmm, that’s always a difficult one, something like pop surrealism mixed with a cartoon edge. As a fine and commercial artist, my style has become very flexible. I “adjust” as needed to suit my client’s needs, while making sure I keep my “edge.”

PH: Was Art Synergy the main result of that Think Tank meeting?

CM: Think Tank has had a number of meetings and there are other initiatives in the pipeline, but Art Synergy was the first that we wanted to attack.

PH: What kind of relationship will Art Synergy have with ArtPalmBeach?

CM: ArtPalmBeach was gracious enough to welcome us with open arms. Lee Ann Lester (founder of ArtPalmBeach along with her husband) is our partner and at the same time a great mentor. They have included Art Synergy in all their press and web presence.

They are also providing booth space on the floor of the show to promote our events.

PH: Can you give us a brief overview of all the events during Art Synergy?

CM: There are so many different things to enjoy amongst the six participating districts in our LOOP. Perhaps too many to even briefly mention. There will be visual art, 3D art, glass blowing, live art, music, dance, poetry, and fashion. Some districts are conventional “gallery” settings, some art walks, others more art fair, but all are definitely local and original! It is best to visit www.artsynergypbc.com (or facebook.com/artsynergypbc.com) to learn more about each district’s events. ~Alex Rendon

December 26-29 7th Ann. 305 Fest: Webcam Teens, Holly Hunt, Shroud Eater, Testokra, Baker Acted, Nunhex & More @ Churchill’s Pub Thursday, December 26 Symbols @ Respectable Street

El Dub @ Funky Buddha Reggae Night feat. DJ HiGrade @ Propaganda The Dead Legs, Sleep Patterns, Burn Them at the Stakes, Everyone’s Fault, Gouge Away, No Peace, Morganna Factor @ Limitless Studios Open Mic & Jam w. TOST @ South Shores Tavern

Friday, December 27

JP Soars & The Red Hots @ Bamboo Room The Janglin Duo @ Dada Eons & Shangri-La @ The Vagabond Groove Orient @ Funky Buddha Rob Stunnar @ The Speakeasy Lounge UZ, Figure @ Grand Central Blues Dragon @ South Shores Tavern Koizumi, Blue Water Solstice @ Swampgrass Willys

Saturday, December 28

The Long Run: Tribute To The Eagles @ Bamboo Room Bushwood @ Funky Buddha Rat’s Mouth @ Kill Your Idol Outlaw Tendencies, The Bad Notes, The Sawgrass Kin @ Swampgrass Willys Pretty Girls @ Dada L.D.P. Punk Show @ The Speakeasy Lounge Bonefish Johnny & His Funky Roots Revue @ South Shores Tavern

Sunday, December 29

Jahfe & Lance-O & the Kulcha Shok Krew, Iyatollah & Hypa Snypa @ Jazid Acoustic Showcase / Open Mic @ Propaganda Cannon Cohen @ South Shores Tavern Alex Metric, Destructo @ Grand Central Ordinary Boys @ The Vagabond

Monday, December 30

Spred the Dub @ Bradleys Rythmation & Lance-O @ Bostons Karaoke Hosted by Chris Martin @ Propaganda Sean Hanley @ South Shores Tavern

Tuesday, December 31 RSC New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball: Beach Day, Pretty Girls, Band in Heaven, Wake Up, Burlesque Show, Secret Society Visuals @ Respectable Street NYE Gala: Across the Universe @ South Shores Tavern

New Year’s Eve J Street Block Party: Everymen, Spred the Dub, Mylo Ranger, The Hard Richards, Rude Hecklers, People Upstairs, Lavola, Raggy Monster, The Janglin Duo, Bonnie Riot, Thundercookie, Livingstrange, Birthday Candles, Toilets and many more! @ Propaganda The Wholetones @ Dada

Wednesday, January 1

Industrial Grade Wednesday @ Respectable Street

Thursday, January 2

Birthday Candles @ Respectable Street Thundercookie @ Funky Buddha Lounge

Friday, January 3

Robby Hunter Band @ The Vagabond Southern Misconduct @ Dada SensaMotion @ Funky Buddha Lounge Jumbo Shrimp, Sarah Metzger, Trainreck @ Swampgrass Willys

Mr. Clit & the Pink Cigarettes, Dolly Rocker Ragdoll, The Jellyfish Brothers @ Gramps

Saturday, January 4

Darling Sweets, Gravel Kings, Killbillies, The Muggles @ Propaganda Shark Valley Sisters, Surfer Pig @ Inkwell Pub Sol Tribe @ Funky Buddha Lounge Astrea Corp @ KYI Gallimimus @ Dada The Helmsmen, Trapped In Tomorrow @ Swampgrass Willys

Wednesday, January 8

Anonymous Bass Art Show @ Respectable Street HomeGrown Open Mic @ Propaganda

Thursday, January 9

Eagle Chief & DJ Contra @ Blackbird Ordinary Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang @ Revolution Live Reggae Night feat. Treehouse @ Propaganda

Friday, January 10

The Lovers Key @ The Vagabond Hymn for Her @ Dada Adonis @ Propaganda

King Switch, Humbert, Dooms de Pop, The Holstered, The Bell Ringers @ The Bubble Ricky B @ Funky Buddha Lounge Blackberry Smoke, Delta Saints @ Revolution Live Passion, Smells Like Grunge, Robert Johnson Project @ Swampgrass Willys

Saturday, January 11 Revenge of the Nerdcore II Group Art Show @ Ink & Pistons Mylo Ranger @ Dada Flashback Party @ Kill Your Idol On Watership Down Reunion Show @ Propaganda DivaSaurus, Fricktion, Sick For Brains @ Swampgrass Willys

Sunday, January 12

Acoustic Showcase / Open Mic @ Propaganda

Tuesday, January 14

Sapphic Tuesday Hosted by Milly @ Propaganda

Wednesday, January 15 Ska Goes Solo: Chris DeMakes (Less Than Jake), Ryan Eldred (Catch 22), Jay Tea (Arrogant Sons of Bitches), The Hard Richards, Askultura, The Real Monsters @ Propaganda The Heavy Pets (acoustic) @ Dada

Thursday, January 16

Rundowntown @ Funky Buddha Lounge ASG @ Propaganda

Friday, January 17

Trae Pierce T-Stone @ The Funky Buddha Lounge The Solution @ Swampgrass Willys Plastic Pinks & Las Tias @ The Vagabond Lobo Marino @ Dada

Saturday, January 18

Dharmata, Falseta, Adage @ Respectable Street

Everymen, Los Bastardos Magnificos, The Goddamn Hustle, Birthday Candles @ Propaganda Coastars First Anniversary Party @ Coastars Coffee Bar Grass Monkey @ Funky Buddha Lounge The Holstered @ KYI Sovereign Vine, The Bad Notes @ Swampgrass Willys

Sunday, January 19

Supa Cat @Revolution Live Acoustic Showcase / Open Mic @ Propaganda

Monday, January 20 Pool Party, Flamingo Nosebleed, Nervous Attachment @ Propaganda Tuesday, January 21 Savoy @ Revolution Live

January 22-27 Art Synergy @ Palm Beach County (Six Venues) South Dixie Antique Row Art Walk: Jan 24-27, 6-9pm Boynton Bch Art District Art al Fresco: Jan 24, 6-1am Continuum West Palm Beach: Jan 22-26, Times vary.

Lula’s Art Pop: Jan 26,12-7pm Historic Northwood Village ArtX: Jan 25, 6-11pm Worth Avenue Art Walk: Jan 23-26 Wednesday, January 22 Cheap Time, Shark Valley Sisters & AstroKats @ Churchill’s Conflict Rhymes @ Propaganda

Thursday, January 23

Black Lillies @ Funky Buddha Lounge Reggae Night feat. Artikal Sound-system @ Propaganda

Friday, January 24 Norsekorea 3 Year Anniversary Party Day 1: Turbo Fruits, Me Chinese, the band in Heaven, Mojave Wilde, ButterQueen, Fast Preacher @ Backbooth Astari Nite Album Release @ The Vagabond Astrea Corp @ Dada Gaelic Storm @ Culture Room Mustard Plug @ Churchill’s Pub Spred The Dub, Bumpin Uglies @ Propaganda Big Something, LU! @ Funky Buddha Lounge In This Moment @Revolution Live Psychedelic Mist, The Sawgrass Kin, Perry Strait @ Swampgrass Willys

Saturday, January 25 Norsekorea 3 Year Anniversary Party Day 2: Sweet Bronco, The Sh-Booms, Saskatchewan, Del Venicci, The Golden Pelicans, The New Lows, Wet Nurse, Foul Shots, Yogurt Smoothness @ Will’s Pub & Lil Indies Falling in Reverse, Escape the Fate, Chelsea Grin @ Revolution Live Brutal Boat Bash @ Grand Central

Turbo Fruits, The Gun Hoes, The Cost, Whorish Boorish @ Churchill’s Pub

Old Habits, XBishopX, Incited, No Peace, Simple Principals @ Propaganda Fall As Villains, Two Way Tie @ Swampgrass Willys

Sunday, January 26 Turbo Fruits, New Coke, Lazer Puzzy @ Propaganda Art Hive Indie Bride @ Palm Beach Gardens Marriott

Amon Amarth, Enslaved, Skeletonwitch @ Revolution Live Mandy Moon @ Dada Smokestack Rock @ KYI

Monday, January 27

Karaoke Hosted by Chris Martin @ Propaganda

Tuesday, January 28

Sapphic Tuesday Hosted by Milly @ Propaganda

Wednesday, January 29

HomeRoom Open Mic/Poetry @ Propaganda

Thursday, January 30 Empire Theory & DJ Contra @ Blackbird Ordinary

Reggae Night feat. Morning Fatty, Franscene, Long Shotse @ Propaganda Arctic Monkeys @ The Fillmore Miami Beach

Friday, January 31

Paleface @ Dada

Yonder Mountain String Band, The Travelin’ McCourys @ Revolution Live Mandy Moon @ Funky Buddha Lounge DJ Needlez Rock The Mic @ Propaganda Nonpoint @ Revolution Live Desperate Measures, Morning Fatty, The Bastard Suns Acoustic Review @ Swampgrass Willys

Friday, February 1

Necromantix @ Respectable Street Yonder Mountain String Band @ Revolution Live The Janglin Duo @ Kill Your Idol

Tuesday, February 4

Turquoise Jeep, Yip Deceiver @ Grand Central Bring Me The Horizon @ Revolution Live

Wednesday, February 5

Queens of the Stone Age @ The Fillmore Miami Beach

Friday, February 7

Walk Off the Earth, Parachute @ Revolution Live Skinny Puppy, Army Of The Universe @ Grand Central The Janglin Duo, Mylo Rangler @ Funky Buddha Lounge

Saturday, February 8

Cupcake Burlesque: A Song of Vice & Desire: Game of Thrones @ Respectable Street Big Head Todd & The Monsters feat. Ronnie Baker Brooks & Hazel Miller @ Revolution Live Panic! At the Disco @ The Fillmore Miami Beach Valentines Fetish Ball @ Grand Central The Janglin Duo @ Dada

Thursday, February 13

Eons @ Respectable Street Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys,Slip & the Spinouts @ The Poorhouse

Friday, February 14

Lewis Black @ The Fillmore Miami Beach

Tuesday, February 18 Toro y Moi, Caveman @ Grand Central Wednesday, February 19 Flogging Molly @ Revolution Live

Thursday, February 20

The Janglin Duo, Lone Wolf OMB, Lou Shields @ Mickeys

Friday, February 21

Shpongle, Desert Dwellers @ Revolution Live

Saturday, February 22

Led Zeppelin 2 @ Revolution Live Roots Festival: The Janglin Duo @ Tobacco Road

Tuesday, February 25

Dark Star Orchestra @ Revolution Live The Black Angels, Roky Erickson @ Grand Central

Tuesday, March 4

Emblem3 @ Revolution Live

Saturday, March 8 The Sugar High Club Group Art Show @ Ink & Pistons Saturday, March 15 Children of Bodom, Tyr @ Revolution Live

Tuesday, April 29 Mogwai @ Grand Central Friday, May 2

Agarrate Catalina @ Grand Central

Friday, May 9

Combichrist @ Respectable Street

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Art Hive Indie Bride is the perfect one stop shop to meet and experience the works of unique vendors, artists and crafters that can help make your wedding dreams a reality! On Sunday, January 26, from noon to 5pm, join us at the Palm Beach Gardens Marriott to see your ideas come to life with creative elements that can help add just a touch of personalization or help design a completely non-traditional affair. Unlike traditional wedding trade shows and expos, Art Hive Indie Bride will also have artists and crafters selling their creations for purchase at the show!

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Art Hive Indie Bride proudly supports equality in love for all, eco-friendly services and products, small businesses, artists, crafters, musicians, designers and the like. * UNIQUE VENDORS: Check out our carefully curated mix of 40 unique vendors that will be offering wedding related services and or selling their wares for your shopping pleasure. New vendors added weekly. Don’t forget all the complimentary food tastings! Yummmm... * PERFORMANCES: A DJ pumping beats, dance demos, fashion shows and more! * GIFT BAGS: 100 SWAG bags filled with awesome goodies for the first 100 couples!

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Art Hive Indie Bride is presented by Art Hive Magazine, the arts and entertainment magazine of thePalm Beaches. Pre-registered guests will be entered to win awesome giveaways. To Pre-Register and for more info, go to www.arthiveindiebride.com ~Jessie Prugh

Humbert’s Last Goodbye The music of Humbert has been defined by angelic vocal harmonious reminiscent of the Beach Boys and a playful, driving organ, guitar and drums sound akin to Weezer at their perkiest and the Flaming Lips at its most somber. Whenever a band loses a key member, one has to wonder what the move will do to the group’s sound. But if the members of this quirky stalwart South Florida band are concerned about saying farewell to Rimsky Pons, their guitarist of nearly 20 years, they aren’t showing it.

Humbert “Rimsky is taking his life by the balls and reclaiming it,” says guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Fernando Coipel. “It’s a great thing, man.”

“I am not happy about Rim leaving,” admits bassist Tony Landa, “but I am optimistic about what the three of us will do,” he adds, referencing drummer Izo Besares. The quartet has been a part of the Hialeah music scene for nearly two decades. Now, this January and maybe into February, guitarist Rimsky Pons will play his final gigs with the band he co-founded.

Despite the big change, these now mature musicians, whose ages all hover around the early 40s, express only love for their soon-to-be former guitarist above any regrets. “We’ve had some awful defeats and some amazing victories as a band,” notes Pons trying to reflect on memories with Humbert, “and they’re all sorta melded in my mind with versions of Humbert that include Izo and Cesar [Lavin, Besares’ replacement for some time]. I really will miss making music with people who understand performance and art. It’s not every day you get to be part of something like that.”

The shock of this departure comes after Humbert’s recent release of long-overdue new material, a rather sweet, melancholy three-song EP entitled “Se Reparan Todos.” The music includes some of the prettiest, restrained work of Humbert’s career. It’s fitting that the lyrics resonate with nostalgia and regret.

As for Pons’ next move, who also leaves Low Visibility without his guitar stylings, he says, “I just want to pursue other non-musical avenues with my life. I’ve given a lot of good years to the pursuit of music and owe it to myself to try something new. For the immediate future, I basically plan to go back to school keep working at a beautiful relationship I’ve got going on with a pretty special lady and trying to commute a lot more to the left coast and spend more time with my family.”

Humbert play The Bubble with King Switch, Dooms de Pop, The Holstered, & The Bell Ringers on January Visit www.humbert.net for up-dates. ~Hans Morgenstern | The Independent Ethos

Norsekorea Presents Orlando based booking outfit Norsekorea Presents will be celebrating their 3 year anniversary the weekend of January 24 and 25 with shows at Backbooth, WIll’s Pub, Lil Indies, and The Social.

Founded three years ago by Bradley Ryan and Kyle Raker, the name Norsekorea has become established in the Orlando scene as a trusted name in punk, hardcore, metal, and indie rock booking. Now run solo by Raker, Norsekorea is celebrating the end of their 3rd year by inviting some of their favorite Orlando bands, as well as some of their favorites from Kyle Raker | Norse Korea around the state, to join them for a weekend full of shows at the best local music venues Orlando has to offer.

The anniversary weekend kicks off Friday January 24 at Backbooth, with Nashville rock band Turbo Fruits, Me Chinese (formerly Telethon), the band in Heaven (the first band the now defunct Norsekorea Tapes label released), Mojave Wilde, ButterQueen (Orlando music scene mainstay Phil Longo’s newest project), and Fast Preacher.

Saturday January 25 brings the music to three venues: Will’s Pub, The Social, and Lil Indies. Will’s Pub and Lil Indies, located adjacent to one another on North Mills Avenue in Orlando’s noted Mills50 District, will feature a back and forth rotation of bands including The Sh-Booms, Saskatchewan, The New Lows, Del Venicci (former members of the band Carnivores, which- appropriately- was the first band Norsekorea booked a show for on January 26, 2010), Sweet Bronco, The Golden Pelicans, Wet Nurse, Yogurt Smoothness, and more.

On the same night, Norsekorea is hosting an after party for those attending the Foundation Presents’ Against Me show at The Beacham.

The lineup at The Social will feature Teen Agers, The Sinking State (former members of How Dare You and as Friends Rust), Festivals (new punk band from members of XOXO and The Passenger) and South Florida punk rock vets The Shakers. Attendees at Against Me will get free entry into The Social.

More info at norsekorea.blogspot.com ~Kyle Raker norsekoreapr@gmail.com