DIE ANTWOORD LIVE Like several of their c o n t e m p o r a r i e s (i.e. Kreayshawn), the Johannesburg-based Die Antwoord released a video (“Enter the Ninja”) that went viral and contained themes that left viewers -- especially American journalists -- wondering if it was sincere, or a joke, or just a heavily-e x a g g e r a t e d appropriation of

another culture.

The reality is more complicated: Yolandi Visser and Ninja of Die Antwoord’s zef aesthetic is linked to the South African movement of the same name, a subculture supposedly analogous to hip-hop elsewhere in the world -- one that’s about being fresh and posh even when you don’t necessarily have the means to. Zef, though, is a post-apartheid entity, so it’s rife with more questions about race than about class; Yolandi and Ninja may or may not be adopting the style of their black or mixed-race counterparts. In interviews, they’ve insisted that race is a particularly moot point for the average South African.

Once the academic dialogue is removed from the Die Antwoord equation, it’s less difficult to decide if you love them or hate them: post-viral video, Yolandi became a sex symbol (while her style is undeniably great, the girl is hot); the songs are horribly vulgar but fun; their live show is, as Ninja described in an interview with New

York, “a mind fuck.” You can decide for yourself when they play at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale at 8pm on October 22.

By Monica Uszerowicz of SaltyEggs.com

SKELETONS ON PARADEDespite South Florida’s large Hispanic population, La Dia de Los Muertos doesn’t get a lot of play down here. The simple explanation is that the Latin American world is not a monolith, and the Day of the Dead is a primarily Mexican celebration, with a few notable exceptions. But the festivities Friday, Nov. 2, should bring the holiday a good deal of notoriety, at least to the denizens of Fort Lauderdale.

If you’re not all skeletoned-out from Halloween, the Day of the Dead will cap off that spooky time with a traditional processional through the heart of town, from the Museum of Art on Las Olas Boulevard, up Andrews Avenue, to the FAT Village Art District beyond Northwest Fifth Street. If you want to view the parade, lineup on the west side of Andrews by the time things kick off at 6:15 pm. But if you’d rather march, meet at the museum by 5:45.

The parade will feature the expected skeletons, including little skeletons, pirate skeletons, giant skeleton puppets, skeleton circus performers, and so on. Also, other traditionally Mexican cultural touchstones will march, including mariachis and Aztec icons.

As with the American bastardization of St. Patrick’s Day, which has turned a religious Irish holiday into an American one filled with booze and drunken sing-alongs, so we have turned a day generally spent privately honoring deceased family members in Mexico, to a skeleton-filled parade. Which is not to say that such things do not exist in Mexico, but they aren’t exactly the point of the Day of the Dead. So, while you’re checking out this year’s parade, don’t forget to tip one to the homies.

Day of the Dead festivities take place Friday, Nov. 2, at FAT Village Art District in Fort Lauderdale. Festivities begin at 6:15pm with a parade from the Museum of Art in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Admission is free.

By Dan Sweeney of SaltyEggs.com

SOLSTICE, BRIE, NO ONE’S HERO, NEW N USED. Then @ 10pm 21+ SHOW: THE HATE ASH BURIED, THE SOLUTION, HOT TUBES @ Swampgrass WillysJOURNEY @ Cruzan AmpNIGHTWISH @ Revolution Live

Sunday, October 1410 YEARS, RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS @ Revolution LiveJESTER @ Propaganda

Monday, October 15THE SWANS, A HAWK AND A HACKSAW @Respectable StreetB-SIDES INDIE NIGHT @ Propaganda

Tuesday, October 16OPEN MIC @ DadaBAND OF HORSES @ The FillmoreINGRID MICHAELSON, SUGAR + THE HI-LOWS @ Culture RoomCONFLICT RHYMES PRESENTS @ Propaganda

Wednesday, October 17BLUES @ DadaMICKEY HART @ Revolution Live DJ SPEECHLESS PANDA @ Propaganda

Thursday, October 18JJ GREY & MOFRO @ Culture Room KILBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish PubROOTS SHAKEDOWN @ Propaganda

Friday, October 19THE TOASTERS, THE HARD RICHARDS, GOOD SHEPARD @ Respectable Street SBTRKT @ Grand Central SWEET CHARIOTS @ O’Shea’s Irish PubLAKE WORTH BLUES, BREWS & BBQ PRE PARTYFEAT. LITTLE FEAT GUITARISTS PAUL BARRERE & FRED TACKETT, THE NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS @ Bamboo RoomHalloween Costume Ball with CUPCAKE BURLESQUE @ Five Points Lounge900 SECONDS, MONTY WARREN, ELEPHANTGUN @ Swampgrass WillysHIALEAH FEST w/ HUMBERT, THE BRAND, RADIOBOXER, LAVOLA, STOP THE PRESSES, ELECTRIC PIQUETE, THE BUM HIPS, PLANELIFTER, MIND YOU, CHANGE IS GREAT, AGRO, THE VILLIFIERS @ CHURCHILL’S PUBDJ NEEDLEZ PRESENTS ROCK THE MIC @ Propaganda

Saturday, October 20ASSEMBLAGE 23 @ Respectable Street MERRY FRANKSTERZ @ DadaTHE FUNKY NUGGETS, SOULNAR, DR. MARTINO @ PropagandaFISH HEAD SOUP @ O’Shea’s Irish PubLAKE WORTH BLUES, BREWS & BBQ AFTER PARTY FEAT. HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND @ Bamboo RoomKreepy Luau- POLYNESIAN SHOW and THE NECROPHILES @ Five Points LoungeHIALEAH FEST: BLACK JACKET, NAG CHAMPAYONS, HAMERHED, JSF, THE DEADLY BLANK, THE HOLSTERED, THE BELLRINGERS, RIOT AGENTS, THE KUT, MEDINA @ CHURCHILL’S PUBANI DIFRANCO @ Culture RoomMIGUEL MIGS @ The Vagabond GWAR @ Revolution Live

Sunday, October 21THE TEMPER TRAP @ Grand CentralLAKE WORTH BLUES, BREWS & BBQ AFTER PARTY FEAT. LOWDOWN 13 @ Bamboo RoomCHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD @ Culture Room

Monday, October 1MIKE MINEO @ DadaB-Sides - FILTHY STILL, JAMES HUNNICUTT @ Propaganda

Tuesday, October 2POETRY SLAM @ DadaPRETTY LIGHTS @ The FillmoreCONFLICT RHYMES PRESENTS (Hip Hop) @ Propaganda

Wednesday, October 3INDUSTRIAL GRADE WEDNESDAY @Respectable StreetBLUES @ Dada THE RESOLVERS @ The Funky Biscuit EOTO @ Revolution Live DJ SPEECHLESS PANDA @ Propaganda

Thursday, October 4KILBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish PubWARM HEARTS PET RESCUE BENEFIT @ DadaBOND & BENTLEY @ Propaganda

Friday, October 5KILBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish PubPUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED @ Grand CentralVICTOR WOOTEN @ Culture RoomANA POPOVIC @ Bamboo Room EMILIE AUTUMN @ Revolution Live THE VIOLET WEST, BLACK FINGER, STEREOTYPES @ Swampgrass Willys6pm - RESCUE KID, BREAK BLOSSOM, BAD WOLF, AMERICAN PHOTO CLUB @ Propaganda10pm - GET THE AMMO, OUT OF SORTS, GUNFIGHT, ARMAGEDDON MAN @ Propaganda

Saturday, October 6STITCH ROCK 6 @ Old School SquareKINGDOMS & CROWNS @ DadaEVERYMEN, ADULT CRASH, LAVOLA, DVNO @ PropagandaGIRLFRIEND MATERIAL @ O’Shea’s Irish PubUNKNOWN HINSON @ Bamboo RoomPsychobilly show with TWISTED IN GRAVES and GO GET GONE @ Five Points LoungeBAND OF SKULLS @ Culture RoomALBERT CASTIGLIA BAND @ Maguire’s Hill 16

Sunday, October 7GOLDEN Celebration @ ActivistArtistATHE MIGHTY QUINN @ Propaganda GOTYE @ Klipsch Amp, Bayfront ParkALLEN STONE, SISTER SPARROW & THE DIRTY BIRDS @ Culture Room

Monday, October 8ANDREW BIRD @ The FillmoreB-SIDES INDIE NIGHT @ Propaganda

Tuesday, October 9OPEN MIC @ DadaBRIKAZA RECORDS & 7TH INFANTRY PRESENT @ Propaganda

Wednesday, October 10BLUES @ DadaSORNE, WAVEFUNCTIONS, & MIL0 @ The Funky BuddhaBEATS ANTIQUE @ Culture RoomDOPAPOD @ Guanabanas DJ SPEECHLESS PANDA @ Propaganda

Thursday, October 11SWEET CHARIOTS @ O’Shea’s Irish PubSPRED THE DUB, RUDE HECKLERS @ PropagandaKREEPY CIRCUS with THE RECKLESS DAMES & LONEWOLF OMB @ Five Points LoungeCAT POWER @ Grand CentralO.A.R. @ Pompano Beach AmpAustralian Pink Floyd @ The Fillmore SEAN PAUL @ Revolution Live

Friday, October 12BOMBTOBERFEST @ Respectable StreetLUNA REX, FUNCRUSHER @ DadaFUTURE PRESIDENTS @ O’Shea’s Irish PubREHAB, WEB THREE, THE MUTHASHIP, SICK FOR BRAINS @ PropagandaRANDY MCCALISTER BAND @ Bamboo RoomDOPAPOD, FUSIK @ Funky Buddha BORGORE @ Revolution Live JP SOARS AND THE RED HOTS @ Five Points LoungeBUNGLED & BOTCHED, SOUTH SIDE DUB @ Swampgrass Willys EX NORWEGIAN @ Tobacco Road

Saturday, October 13CHRIS PICKERING @ Dada1 HIT LEFT, THE LIVVERS, SCAR OF THE TROPICS @ PropagandaKILBILLIES @ O’Shea’s Irish PubACROSS THE UNIVERSE A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES @ Bamboo RoomALL AGES SHOW @ 6pm-10pm with BLUE WATER

Monday, October 22DIE ANTWOORD @ Culture RoomMINUS THE BEAR @ RevolutionB-SIDES INDIE NIGHT @ Propaganda

Tuesday, October 23OPEN MIC @ DadaXAVIER RUDD @ Culture RoomSHPONGLE @ Revolution PASSION PIT @ Hollywood Arts ParkTREE HOUSE @ Propaganda

Wednesday, October 24BLUES @ DadaPIERCE THE VEIL @ Culture RoomBADFISH, A TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME @ Revolution Live SPEECHLESS PANDA @ Propaganda

Thursday, October 25BOYNTON BEACH ART WALK @ Boynton Art District DJ MORRISSEY @ O’Shea’s Irish PubPENNYWISE, STREET DOGS, MXPX, UNWRITTEN LAW @ Culture RoomREGGAE @ Propaganda GEORGE CLINTON @ Revolution Live

Friday, October 26RED SHADOWS: THE MASQUERADE @Respectable StreetWPB ZOMBIE CRAWL @ Clematis StreetTIM BURTON MOVIE NIGHT @ Five Points LoungeLOCAL CONTRABAND, 1 HIT LEFT, S.L.A.P @ Swampgrass WillysALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO AND THE SENSITIVE BOYS @ Culture RoomTWISTA, SOUTH SIDE DUB, ERIC BIDDINES, LMS, NICO BROWN, RE. B, DJ DSMOOTH, DJ NEEDLEZ @ PropagandaLYNYRD SKYNYRD’S SIMPLE MAN CRUISE PRE-PARTY @ Grand CentralJAMES ZABIELA @ The Vagabond IGOR & RED ELVISES @ Bamboo Room AESOP ROCK @ Revolution Live

Saturday, October 27MOONFEST 2012 @ Clematis Street (500 Block)SWEET CHARIOTS @ O’Shea’s Irish PubEDDIE SHAW & THE WOLF GANG @ Bamboo RoomCAPTAIN RON DUO, ME AND MY ANIMAL FRIENDS, THE MIDNIGHT HOUR @ Swampgrass WillysARBOLES LIBRES, TBA @ Propaganda MARIA MULDAUR, SISTA MARY BETH @ The Funky Biscuit THE AP TOUR @ Revolution Live

Sunday, October 28STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO, LIONIZE @ Culture RoomSMOOTH & THE BULLY BOYS @ Propaganda

Monday, October 29B-SIDES INDIE NIGHT @ Propaganda

Tuesday, October 30OPEN MIC @ Dada‘DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: AN EXHIBITION OF LIFE & DEATH’ @ Howley’sBILL “THE SAUCE BOSS” WHARTON @ Boston’s

Wednesday, October 31Hell Of A Party feat. WHOLE WHEAT BREAD, THE HARD RICHARDS, REMAIN CALM, CIGARETTE BUTTS AND BOTTLES CAPS, MINORITY ASSEMBLY@ PropagandaJOHN DIGWEED @ The Vagabond SOL DRIVEN TRAIN @ The Funky Biscuit ELECTRIK CIRCUS @ Revolution Live

Thursday, November 1THE WHO @ Bank Atlantic Center

Friday, November 2JAKE SHIMABUKURO @ Kravis Center NOUVELLE VAGUE @ Grand Central3RD ANNUAL SOFLA DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION @ FAT VillageBLACKBERRY SMOKE @ Culture RoomHUMANE SOCIETY FUNDRAISER @ Dada

Saturday, November 3MAYDAY PARADE @ Revolution Live THE HARD RICHARDS @ Dada

November 2-4FLORIDA FLOW FEST @ Bryant Park

Wednesday, November 7DIRTY BOURBON RIVER SHOW @ DadaTAKING BACK SUNDAY @ Revolution Live

Thursday, November 8WEEZER @ Hard Rock Live

Friday, November 9DR. DOG, COTTON JONES @ Culture RoomNEEDTOBREATHE @ Revolution Live

Saturday, November 10ALL TIME LOW @ Revolution Live WALK OFF THE EARTH @ Culture Room

Monday, November 12DENNEY AND THE JETS, TRISTEN, THE DEWARS, WAKE UP @ Propaganda

Tuesday, November 13PLAINS, DENNEY AND THE JETS, TRISTEN, SOUND SLEEPER @ Churchill’s Pub

Wednesday, November 14WAKA FLOCKA FLAME @ Revolution Live

Thursday, November 15DANCE GAVIN DANCE @ Revolution Live

Friday, November 16DONAVON FRANKENREITER @ Culture RoomFALLING IN REVERSE @ Revolution Live

Saturday, November 17BélO @ Kravis CenterMOTIONLESS IN WHITE, CHELSEA GRIN, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, CROWN THE EMPIREUPON THIS DAWNING @ Culture RoomKELLER WILLIAMS @ Revolution Live

Sunday, November 18DILLON FRANCIS, CLOCKWORK @ Grand Central

Friday, November 23MEN WITHOUT HATS, 80’S REWIND @ Grand Central BOYS NOIZE @ Revolution Live

Tuesday, November 27PENTATONIX @ Revolution Live

Friday, November 30PERPETUAL GROOVE @ Culture RoomEDDIE VEDDER @ Broward Center

Saturday, December 1EDDIE VEDDER @ Broward Center SEVENDUST @ Culture Room BARSTOOL BLACKOUT PARTY @ Revolution Live

Sunday, December 2NAPALM DEATH, MUNICIPAL WASTE @ Grand Central

Friday, December 7PAPADOSIO, GREENWISE LOUNGE @ Culture Room

Sunday, December 9SUM 41 @ Culture Room

Sunday, December 16NEW FOUND GLORY @ Culture Room

Friday, December 21THE STARTING LINE @ Revolution Live

Thursday, January 3HOLY SHIP PRE PARTY @ Revolution Live

Wednesday, January 9MELVIN SEALS, JGB @ Revolution Live

Friday, January 25GALACTIC @ Revolution Live

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BOW WOW WOW MEETS MOONFEST #20 Moonfest, the downtown West Palm Beach time-honored tradition of lowering one’s inhibitions for a night and dressing up like a half-naked zombie or drunken troll, rolls into its milestone 20th year on Saturday, October 27. Event organizers look to bring this ghastly bash back to its ghoulish adult fun-time roots. Moonfest will be strictly 21-and-over this year, and

attendees can expect to pay a nominal entrance fee. The costume contest prize money has been raised to $1000 for first place. As with every edition of the yearly twilight revelry--that packed as many as 70-thousand people in the 200 through 500 blocks of Clematis Street last year,--Moonfest will feature a bevy of musical acts. If the same vein of previous years, we expect the exact number of performers to be 20-- in honor of this, the platinum (20th,) anniversary of MoonFest. Local favorites such as post-punk purveyors Mission Veo, groovesters South Side Dub and crusty folk punk troubadours Everymen are slated to take the stage.

All eyes will be on new wave progenitors Bow Wow Wow however, and its alluring front woman Annabella Lwin. Not to be confused with West Coast hip-hop idol Snoop Doggy’s nephew with a similar moniker (minus the one bow,) Bow Wow Wow rose to prominence in the early ‘80s. the group’s debut album, featuring a 14-year-old Lwin naked on the cover, stirred up some quick controversy for the band. A project that was the brainchild of Sex Pistols’ manger Malcom McLaren, Bow Wow Wow would eventually put out two mega hits in ”Go Wild in the Country” and ”I Want Candy.” The latter would make a profound impact on director Sofia Coppola, who cites that number and Lwin as a huge influence in her cinematic biopic of French teen queen Marie Antoinette. Lwin is reunited with original Bow Wow Wow bassist Leigh Gorman to perform at this year’s MoonFest. It is only one of two dates scheduled for the fashionable and influential group, MoonFest party-goers should considered themselves lucky. By Alex Rendon

SWANS, HOT PANTS, MONEY SHOT Swans, obliterating eardrums since 1982. What a fitting bumper sticker slogan that would be for the aforementioned bombastic noise-rock act from Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Alas, the group’s enigmatic front man, 58-year-old Michael Gira, would never agree. Although much has been made of his group’s audible assault throughout the years, Gira feels that notion has been overblown. “We are loud, but I doubt we are

any louder than My Bloody Valentine or AC/DC was.” Gira quantifies his brand of clamor. “[Swans] is not loud because of an aggressive intent, the electric instruments we use sustain in such a way, and the overtones we emit are more pronounced, that a sort of whirlpool is created for listeners to fall into.” The jarring whirlpools of sound heard on Swans’ 1983 debut, Filth, quickly made Gira and company’s leaders of New York’s no wave scene. Fast forward 29 years and 12 studio albums later and Gira is still knee deep in swirls of sonic fervor. Swans latest effort, The Seer, released in August, is his group’s

most ambitious effort to date. It is a dense, multi-layered, post-rock 2-hour

long opus that showcases Swans’ entire bag of tricks. An instrumentally inclined effort, the album contains lengthy numbers, such as the wrought 32-minute title track, which challenges listener’s attention spans. “We just follow the thread of where the music is going,” said Gira about his newest album. “We went for whatever seemed to be necessary, without any consideration for commerciality or audience appeal.” Luckily for Gira, Swans has a number of avid fans that seek out wherever his musical inclinations land. Swans performed before a packed house at West Palm Beach live music dive, Respectable Street Café, in 2011. “I liked the young ladies in hot pants,” said Gira about his fondest memory of performing in West Palm Beach. Besides being assaulted by the Swans’ abrasive music, concert goers might have noticed the heat, as Gira demands that air conditioning is turned off when he performs. Gira explains that there are a couple of reasons why he does this; “the A.C. causes my vocal chords to seize up, it is a very common demand amongst singer. And, I also like the physical trial aspect. Turning the air off makes the shows like an ordeal, but one that leads to a money shot.”

By Alex Rendon