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CARRABBA,OUTSIDE TO FIND IT You’re forgiven if Fort Lauderdale’s Bienes Center for the Arts is a cultural venue that hasn’t been on your radar.

A space that has heretofore hosted the likes of children’s theater, classical music, and oldies acts, the intimate theater on the St. Thomas Aquinas High School campus will open its doors to more than 300 screaming fans of Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba for a Jan. 11 solo show that sold out immediately.

“I’d been looking for a place to do a really small local show, and it seemed like a fun idea,” says Carrabba.

Tiny hometown shows have a special place in Carrabba’s heart, particularly after opening stadiums for the likes of Bon Jovi. He sees his last-minute appearance at Propaganda in 2009 as a “warm-up” for the Beines Center show. “That place was on fire. People went bananas. I find that in South Florida specifically, the fans here enjoy a smaller show. It seems to be the general vibe.”

As is customary with Carrabba’s solo shows, he’ll be playing without a set list and is open to requests – guaranteeing that if it’s a song he’s played in the past two years, he’ll give it a shot. You also may hear some new material to be released in the spring in what looks to be a prolific 2013 for Carrabba. He’s written about 20 new songs and isn’t sure if they’ll be Dashboard tunes, Further Seems Forever songs, or “something different.”

He’s also excited about finally booking a hometown Further Seems Forever show – the band’s reunion tour with Carrabba was cut short by Hurricane Sandy – and producing music for other artists. If you’re more athletically inclined, you may catch him at the IMG Miami Marathon on Jan. 27.

“When you work in music, you end up inside a club all day long, or in a studio, which is like a cave, all day long,” he says. “So I like a lot of outdoor stuff. Living down here is so inspirational, but you have to be outside to find it.” ~ John Thomason

ARTHEART DOUBLE DOSE Since 2009, philanthropic artist network ArtHeart has been hustling like raindrops to raise money for charities like Miami orphanages, World Vision, and Tsunami relief. ArtHeart’s brainchild, 36-year-old Katya Neptune, began the charitable organization as a vessel to promote promising- yet-underserved artists while simultaneously raising money for select charities. The inaugural ArtHeart event in 2009 was entitled Artist for Africa and featured an assortment of national and South Floridian burgeoning creative talent. For 2013, Neptune has her eyes set on Rwanda, Africa. Neptune was overwrought with grief over the genocide that occurred in Rwanda years prior. She tells us that she was too busy living it up back in 1994 to notice the atrocities when they actually occurred.

With an overbearing sense of guilt and a heavy heart, Neptune discovered ZOE Ministry--a relief ministry that empowers Rwanda’s children orphaned by HIV/AIDs, war, disease, famine and other catastrophes. Going beyond the standard outreach ministry, ZOE’s Orphan Empowerment Program provides Rwanda’s youth shelter, life skills, health and disease prevention, and education. Neptune has seen the impact ZOE Ministry has had on the children, traveling to Rwanda last year and witnessing the magic herself. “It was amazing watching these kids graduate from the program, moving from dependency to complete self-sufficiency.”

Neptune, a musician and aspiring artists herself (peep her work at www. katyaneptune.com,) aims to raise $18,000 for the ZOE Ministry this year. To reach this lofty goal, ArtHeart has constructed a double-decker dose of charitable goodness on January 26 at 12:30 pm with a skate competition at Fort Lauderdale indoor skate park Ramp 48 (darkside grinds and heel flips commence at 2pm, admission is $5. ) Once the sick ollies are spent, the crowd will flow over to Green Room for nighttime revelry.

Admission is just $5 here as well. A stellar collection of art brut delights await, featuring Rwandan artist Bashimbe Bantuzeko Bezo, and works by pro-skater and artists Steve Caballero, Nathalie Alfonso, Blair Hess, Detourbutterfly, Emilee Rose McGovern (art above) and many more.

Visit artheartreachinreachout.org for more info. ~ Alex Rendon

Monday, December 31

NYE BLOCK PARTY: JACUZZI BOYS, THE RESOLVERS, THE KILLBILLIES, PARALLELS, ASTREA CORP, KILLMAMA, CASEY HOPKINS DUO, WALK OF SHAME, PRIZM, HIJINX, DRBBLZ, DUNCAN BEATZ, NILKY, CASPER VS. FINALITY, BEATH THIEF INC, DRO MATIC, NIGEL DARREN @ 500 BLOCK of Clematis Street NEW YEARS EVE PARTY: SWEET CHARIOTS @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub NEW YEARS EVE BASH @ Churchill’s Pub

1ST ANNUAL NYE J STREET BLOCK PARTY feat.

EVERYMEN, LAVOLA, FLA, CHARLIE PICKET, FUNKY NUGGETS, BUNGLED N BOTCHED, SOULNAR, RUNDOWNTOWN, THE PEOPLE UPSTAIRS, BONNIE RIOT, DHARMATTA, DJ HIGHGRADE, 84 SHEEPDOG, THE LIVVERS, TALLY HO!, THE BOGANS, LOOSE LEAF ARTICLES, RUDE HECKLERS, THE TOILETS, HOWLING WINDS, ABSOLUTE ASYLUM @ Propaganda

MILLIONYOUNG, THE RIOT ACT, BOXWOOD @ The Green Room RHYTHMNATION @ Boston’s WHOLETONES @ Dada A DIRTY BIRD NYE: CLAUDE VONSTROKE, JUSTIN MARTIN, J. PHLIP @ Grand Central STOKESWOOD & THE REVIVALIST NYE PARTY @ The Stage

Tuesday, January 1

NERDCORE FANDOM ART SHOW @ Ink & Pistons Tattoo POETRY SLAM @ Dada

Wednesday, January 2

STATE OF SOLITUDE, SUNS OF THE MORNING STAR, WARRICK, THE KILLING HOURS, & MOIRAE @ Green Room THE MAHLORS, RESINATED, JACOB I AND THE LOST TRIBE OF BUDDHA @ Churchill’s Pub

Thursday, January 3

SYMBOLS @ Respectable Street HOLY SHIP PRE PARTY @ Revolution Live

JENSEN SURF COMPANY, GIRLS ON THE BEACH, BEACH DAY, & THE GUN HOES @ Churchill’s Pub LATHER UP! @ Funky Biscuit KAILIN GARRITY @ Dada

Friday, January 4

ADOLESCENTS, YOUTH BRIGADE, THE VICES, UNIT SIX, RIOT AGENTS @ Respectable Street HARRY MERRY, TAMARA WOESTENBURG @ Churchill’s Pub VU TRIB feat. COP CITY CHILL PILLARS, BLACK SEAL & MORE @ Dada NERDCORE FANDOM: Geeks Rejoice Art Show @ Ink & Pistons

TODD CLOUSER & A LOVE ELECTRIC + THE DROPA STONE @ Funky Biscuit FUTURE PREZIDENTS @ O’Shea’s CONCRETE JUNGLE @ Propaganda THE SHE SAID WHATS, RED EYED NIGHT, ELEPHANTGUN @ Swampgrass Willys CONJUNTO PROGRESO @ PAX

Saturday, January 5

SATIRE & CONTROVERSY: AN EVENING WITH OLIVER STONE @ Broward Center

HARD RICHARDS @ Dada BLUES DRAGON @ The Speakeasy EMILY KOPP (7-10PM) @ Green Room TATTOO ART SHOW @ Green Room SLAPSHOT, GET THE AMMO, HOMESTRETCH, TRUST NO ONE, DIE TRYING @ Churchill’s Pub THE MOTET + MIKE DILLON BAND @ Funky Biscuit FISH HEAD SOUP @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub KING DJANGO @ Propaganda FELICIA ROSE, MIKE SANCHEZ, THE WEIRD @ Swampgrass Willys SPAM ALLSTARS @ PAX

Sunday, January 6

MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD @ Revolution Live SIOUX CITY PETE & THE BEGGARS, SLUT RIVER, MEDDLING KIDS, RICK MOSS, BAKER ACTED @ Churchill’s Pub JAHFE @ Jazid SQUIRT VONNEGUT @ Poorhouse MIGHTY QUINN @ Propaganda

Monday, January 7

RHYTHMNATION @ Boston’s MIAMI JAZZ JAM & THEATRE DE UNDERGROUND OPEN MIC @ Churchill’s Pub MISERY JACKALS @ Propaganda

Tuesday, January 8

VERSION CITY TOUR: KING DJANGO, THE SNAILS, MATT MACLEOD, ASKULTURA, DIE TRYING, TO BE HATED! @ Churchill’s Pub OPEN MIC @ Dada

Wednesday, January 9

MELVIN SEALS, JGB @ Revolution Live THE INDEPENDENTS, ROCKIT TO RUSSIA @ Churchill’s Pub SETH WOODS @ PAX

Thursday, January 10

THE DARKNESS @ Revolution Live ‘84 SHEEPDOG, THIEVES ARE WATCHING @ Churchill’s

Pub DADA CRAFT BAZAAR @ Dada KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub FUNKY NUGGETS, SAVI FERNANDEZ BAND @ Propaganda ELECTRIK KIFF @ PAX

Friday, January 11

DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL @ Bienes Center For The Arts FIRESIDE PROFITS @ The Speakeasy SWEET CHARIOTS @ Longboards KRISP CD RELEASE PARTY @ Churchill’s Pub KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

SWEET CHARIOTS, EVERYMEN, DARLING SWEETS, GODDAMN’ HUSTLE, MYLO RANGER @ Propaganda BLACK HAWK & THE NIGHT DRIVERS, LOCAL CONTRABAND, MONTY WARREN & THE FRIGGIN’ WHATEVERS @ Swampgrass Willys LUIS BOFILL @ PAX

Saturday, January 12

THE CIVIL WARS @ The Fillmore moe. @ Revolution Live SPACE BETWEEN WORDS, THE DEADLY BLANK, & ORANGE FLIGHT @ Green Room D.O.C, SHITSTORM, RADIATION, NUNHEX, HAMMERED GRILL @ Churchill’s Pub SQUIRT VONNEGUT @ Poorhouse THE ROOK @ The Speakeasy SKINNY JIMMY & THE STINGRAYS @ Dada KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub THE KINNECTED, WILLIAM KIMBALL & THE HITSHOW, EVOLUTION OF SOUND @ Propaganda RETROCITIES @ Kill Your Idol ELASTIC BOND @ PAX

Sunday, January 13

CAKE BOSS @ The Fillmore COMEDY SPECIAL @ Dada FEMI KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCE @ Grand Central DYNE SIDE, EMBER WHITE, ANTICS, EURO-ASIA, BY DEFAULT, THE NOTHING LEFT, NOTICE! @ Churchill’s Pub RAS KOKAY, RHYTHMADIX @ Jazid WYLLYS & THE HEAVY HUSTLE @ Funky Biscuit

Monday, January 14

RHYTHMNATION @ Boston’s MIAMI JAZZ JAM & THEATRE DE UNDERGROUND OPEN MIC @ Churchill’s Pub BUMPING UGLIES @ Propaganda

Tuesday, January 15

OPEN MIC @ Dada ROAD TO PAID DUES TOUR feat. MURS @ The Stage

Wednesday, January 16

ELLIE GOULDING @ The Fillmore WITHERBERRY, FLESH & STONE @ Churchill’s Pub THE PRESCRIPTION, HOT WHISKEY @ Green Room CONFLICT RHYMES @ Propaganda DRIVE BY BIG BAND @ PAX

Thursday, January 17

NEW MUSIC SHOWCASE @ Dada SWEET CHARIOTS @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub BACHACO @ PAX Friday, January 18 PLAYERS BALL @ The Speakeasy STEPHEN WALSH & FRIENDS @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub OLD HABITS, COLDSIDE, GUNFIGHT, AVERSION, VIOLENCE! @ Propaganda SARA SCULLY, CHAIN REAXION @ Swampgrass Willys PALO! @ PAX

Saturday, January 19

SUNSHINE BOCA BLUES FEST @ Mizner Amp GALACTIC @ Revolution Live PINK MARTINI @ The Fillmore CYST @ The Speakeasy ASTREA CORPORATION @ Dada FUTURE PREZIDENTS @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub MYKAL MORRISON, THE MUGGLES, TALLY HO! @

Propaganda TWO WAY TIE @ Swampgrass Willys

Sunday, January 20

Downtown Open Market @ Royal Palm Place

FREDDIE MCGREGOR, JAHFE @ Jazid JEFF & MIKE ACOUSTIC @ JB’s

Monday, January 21

EMILIE AUTUMN @ Revolution Live MIAMI JAZZ JAM & THEATRE DE UNDERGROUND OPEN MIC @ Churchill’s Pub RHYTHMNATION @ Boston’s TRIVIA NITE @ Dada

Tuesday, January 22 OPEN MIC @ Dada

Thursday, January 24

JOE BUCK YOURSELF, THE CASEY HOPKINS DUO, THEY MIGHT BE ZOMBIES @ The Speakeasy CHRIS BELL @ Dada KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub BEAR IN MIND, PASSADENA, DANKA, RUNDOWNTOWN @ Propaganda

Friday, January 25

THE HOWLING WINDS, GALLIMIMUS, CAFFIENDS @ The Speakeasy RACHEL ANDES BAND @ Dada FISH HEAD SOUP @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub TWISTA @ Propaganda THE BAD NOTES, SLAP, THE WRONG @ Swampgrass Willys EDWIN BONILLA @ PAX

Saturday, January 26

ARTHEART: FREEDOM @ Green Room & Ramp 48

ANTiSEEN, JOE BUCK YOURSELF, & LOS BASTARDOS MAGNIFICOS @ Churchill’s Pub DREW TUCKER @ Dada THE PEOPLE UPSTAIRS @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub THE SUPERVILLAINS, SOUTH SIDE DUB, THE HARD RICHARDS @ Propaganda SEA RAT, THE SOLUTION, UNDER COVER @ Swampgrass Willys ORDINARY BOYS @ Kill Your Idol SUENALO! @ PAX

Sunday, January 27

MARBIN @ Churchill’s Pub RAS KOKAY, RHYTHMADIX @ Jazid FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, HELSTAR, ORBWEAVER, MADE OF METAL, MURDER SUICIDE, ATOMIK @ Grand Central

Monday, January 28

Tuesday, February 5

THE XX @ The Fillmore

Friday, February 8

FISH HEAD SOUP @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

Saturday, February 9

REEL BIG FISH @ Revolution Live LOOKING GOOD PENNY, MAYALA, RAGGY MONSTER @ The Speakeasy STEPHEN WALSH & FRIENDS @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

Sunday, February 10

RAS KOKAY, RHYTHMADIX @ Jazid

Monday, February 11

HATEBREED @ Revolution Live RHYTHMNATION @ Boston’s

Tuesday, February 12

FLOGGING MOLLY @ Revolution Live

Thursday, February 14

BRIAN REGAN @ Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

February, 15-17

AURA MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL @ Suwannee Music Park

Friday, February 15

SWEET & SOUR, MY BLOODY VALENTINE ART SHOW @ Ink & Pistons Tattoo JAKE MILLER @ Green Room ELECTRO DANCE PARTY @ The Speakeasy KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

Saturday, February 16

GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS @ The Fillmore BRIAN REGAN @ Maxwell C King Center for the Performing Arts KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

Sunday, February 17

BRIAN REGAN @ Coral Springs Center for the Arts DOWNTOWN OPEN MARKET @ Royal Palm Place JAHFE @ Jazid

Monday, February 18

RHYTHMNATION @ Boston’s

Friday, February 22

THE QUEERS, TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET, MASKED INTRUDER, POOL PARTY @ Churchill’s Pub FISH HEAD SOUP @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

MIAMI JAZZ JAM & THEATRE DE UNDERGROUND OPEN MIC @ Churchill’s Pub RHYTHMNATION @ Boston’s

Saturday, February 23

Tuesday, January 29

Sunday, February 24

RAS KOKAY, RHYTHMADIX @ Jazid

Thursday, January 31

Monday, February 25

OPEN MIC @ Dada

G-EAZY @ Green Room KAILIN GARRITY @ Dada BALLYHOO!, KAYAVIBE, SPRED THE DUB, FUTURE PREZIDENTS @ Propaganda

Friday, February 1

MYLO RANGER @ Dada 900 SECONDS @ O’Shea’s Irish Puub

Saturday, February 2

RETRO INDIE MARKET @ Boynton Woman’s Club IN FLAMES @ Revolution Live HARD RICHARDS @ Dada SWEET CHARIOTS @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

Sunday, February 3 JAHFE @ Jazid

Monday, February 4

RHYTHMNATION @ Boston’s

FISH HEAD SOUP @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

PINK @ BB&T Center RHYTHMNATION @ Boston’s

Tuesday, February 26

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA @ Revolution Live EVERY TIME I DIE, THE ACACIA STRAIN, VANNA, HUNDREDTH, NO BRAGGING RIGHTS @ Grand Central

Thursday, February 28

KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

Sunday, March 24

DOWNTOWN OPEN MARKET @ Royal Palm Place

Saturday, March 2

THE MANTRAS @ Funky Buddha CLOSER TO THE OCEAN @ The Speakeasy

Friday, March 8

GIRLFRIEND MATERIAL @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

Thursday, March 14

KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s irish Pub

Friday, March 15

KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s irish Pub

Saturday, March 16

KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s irish Pub

Sunday, March 17

ST PATRICKS DAY PARTY WITH KILLBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub900 SECONDS @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub

MEET (& HIRE) KYLE SMILE This month’s featured art was created

by Kyle Hess, a highly creative artist of “different crafts”, for the NEW YEARS EVE “War of the Worlds Alien Invasion” taking place this year on the 500 Block of Clematis Street. Whether its MUSIC, VIDEO, DESIGN, or PHOTOGRAPHY, Kyle devotes himself completely to his work.

You can find his videos on YouTube under the channel name MRMOVIESOUND (stop motion animation) (music videos) (art galleries) (cartoons) and more. Find his art on Facebook under (Kyle Hess ART) at www.facebook.com/kylehessstuff To order prints, request custom design, artistic collaborations, mentorships or job offers please contact him through Facebook or email (tonedeff6650@gmail.com) PS: He also has “Head 2 Toe”, the closing track, on this months free compilation... take a listen! ~ Bill Kord

JENSEN SERF COMPANY Once upon a time I pressed play on Jensen Serf Company’s, “Johnny Panic,”... I haven’t been able to listen to anything else since. Teenage longing within the Sunshine State is encapsulated in the lyrics, “I miss you, I miss you/Hangin’ out around the pool/Back when our lives were cool.” Their half-croon, half-wail vocals mix with dirty guitar instrumentals which evoke beach visions, the salt, and the “serf.” I’m convinced their rolling, lo-fi garage sound could entrance even the palest hermit into seeking sun.

Their five song joint was released

by Sturdy Girls Records in March of this year and the band is generously offering free digital downloads at www.jensenserfco.bandcamp.com Jensen Serf Company play Thursday, Jan 3rd @ Churchills w/ Girls on the Beach, Beach Day, The Gun Hoes. ~ Bridget Kant

LARS FINBERG IS A GENIUS Lars Finberg is a genius. So says The Stranger, Seattle’s best alt-paper, who honored the prolific postpunk musician with their coveted “Genius Award” in 2011. Finberg is the creative force behind his band, the Intelligence, and through their thirteen years of revolving door membership has written, recorded, and released seven singles, five split singles, two EPs, and seven albums. His songs range from lo-fi two-minute rage blowouts to Devorobot pop to tart/sweet almostlove songs, evolving from muddy bedroom cassette recordings to the clean, crunchy production of 2012’s “Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me” (In The Red). With desert-dry humor and incisive takes on everything from fellow bands (“F*ck Eat Skull”), to doomed birds (“La Brea Tar Pits”) to crumbling romance (“Fidelity”), Finberg’s smarts and clever musical hooks provide a sonic haven for garage/psych/punk fans.

The guy is in demand, too, recently taking a year off from the Intelligence to act as extra kit-basher and guitar shredder on worldwide tours with Thee Oh Sees, and also dates with L.A.-based band Wounded Lion. Finberg is making a rare solo run to SoFla to participate in two special events, giving you definite plans for the first weekend of 2013.

On Friday, January 4, Finberg will perform along with local bands Cop City/Chill Pillars and Black Seal at Dada (52 N. Swinton Ave, Delray Beach, 10PM-2AM, 561-330-3232; free) for “Kismet Vintage Presents: A Night Of Velvet Underground Covers.” The VU-themed party will also feature vintage wear from Kismet’s store with 25% of the proceeds benefitting Arts Garage. Saturday, January 5, will find Finberg, Cop City, and New Coke in the Wynwood Art District’s new retro-cool Gramps Bar (176 NW 24th St., Miami, 9PM3AM, 786-752-6693; $5). Finberg’s doing double-duty as DJ that night, which pretty much guarantees you are in for one helluva cool mix. ~ Marianne Spellman (photo too:)