With “Departure,” Artist Cey Adams’ Influence Comes Full Circle While artist and graphic designer Cey Adams was waiting at his Fort Lauderdale hotel to install his retrospective, “CEY ADAMS, DEPARTURE: 40 Years of Art and Design,” at new Dania Beach museum Mad Arts, he watched the award-winning 2023 movie Barbie. On a call with Purehoney, he marveled about the trajectory of his career — from making graffiti art on the streets of New York as a teenager to collaborating with major corporations, like Mattel, which makes the beloved Barbie doll. Cey collaborated with Mattel Creations on the H ..read more

Nation of Language by Shervin Laine Singer Ian Richard Devaney of Nation of Language didn’t know it at the time, but in the origin story that makes the rounds today, his path was set by a childhood car ride with his father listening to “Electricity” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. From this 1980 track — nostalgic and prescient from the day it arrived, bopping like a chiptune and warning of environmental folly — Devaney would go on to conceptualize a new project. A raw, relatable moment from his youth, deconstructed and imbued with his own ideas about music, became Nation of Language in ..read more

Bodega by Pooneh Ghana Brooklyn’s arty punk commentators BODEGA have snaked through their short existence, hitting the requisite punk rock notes of personal challenges, sociopolitical woes, and the ever-changing landscape that surrounds them. A scatter chart shows a favorable likeness to long-running art punkers Wire, but where the latter evolved into an angular concept for punk experimentation, the former has turned introspective and rather lethal when dealing with matters of the heart. Put that on the creative partnership of guitarist and vocalist Ben Hozie and singer Nikki Belfiglio who h ..read more

Flipturn by Amanda Laferriere In all things, there is a sweet spot — the point in a journey where the prologue rewards the future with a look at the progress made and the promise that it will only continue to get better. That’s where Flipturn are at this moment in time; let’s call it in media res. The Florida band formed in Fernandina Beach, just outside of Jacksonville, in 2015. Dillon Basse on vocals, Tristan Duncan on guitar, and Madeline Jarman on bass coalesced as a crew in Jarman’s garage after high-school hours to flesh out the shimmery anthems ..read more

Artist couple Jeff Schmuki and Wendy DesChene want to talk to you about the birds and the bees. But don’t worry — it’s a family-friendly conversation, courtesy of Beyond Blossoms: The Power of Pollinators, a free public exhibition happening this spring in Lake Worth at the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, with artist-educators Schmuki and DesChene curating. You’ve heard ’em before, the Facts of Life, but maybe not like this. Schmuki and DesChene have enlisted more than 40 local artists to help illuminate the intricate biological weave created by hundreds of thousands of pollinating spec ..read more

Scott Yoder by Dave Harvey Against the changing tides of tastes and major label-driven drivel, Postcards from Paradise returns for a serious dose of incredible indie music. The music “festival” — a quirky wife of sorts to West Palm Beach’s Bumblefest (both presented by PureHoney) — comes back strong with one of last year’s headliners leading the charge. Scaled down to one night from 2023’s two-day event, Postcards presents Scott Yoder with a full band in tow, a contrast from last year’s intimate solo performance. “I tried a new thing in 2023 by touring solo with backing tracks, a self-contro ..read more

Circle Jerks by Atiba Jefferson Fortieth anniversaries, reissued landmark albums, a triumvirate of scene-defining bands on the bill … it’s not your parent’s dinosaurs of rock n’ roll coming through! Oh no, grandpa, it’s your dinosaurs of punk falling into the trappings of what you once rebelled against. So drink your Metamucil and gear up for your children to make fun of you as punk rock pioneers the Circle Jerks, Descendents and the Adolescents come to town! All jokes aside, these three bands formed in California’s late ’70s punk scenes and went on to define sounds and styles for hundreds o ..read more

Hailing from a bustling military town with a lot of breezy oceanfront, Virginia Beach, Virginia’s Turnover are icons of creative fusion. Spanning punk, emo, dream rock, shoegaze and a bit of funk and soul, these indie wizards have captivated audiences for over a decade — and prompted some discourse among fans as to which genre tags describe the band best. Wherever one stands on the nomenclature, Turnover’s lineup is a symphony of musical prowess. Austin Getz on vocals and guitar, Casey Getz on drums, Danny Dempsey on bass, and Nick Rayfield are the current iteration of a band that came togethe ..read more

The local podcast that begat a festival is rapidly approaching its 150th episode, and the festival is back for a third year. It’s been quite a ride for the creators of 561 Music, a weekly sounding board for talent based in and around the Palm Beach County area code, and its annual live-music spinoff, the 561 Music Fest. Podcast and festival hosts/creators Ben Childs and Hector Diaz, who are also bandmates in the Killbillies, have built a place for music. And they’ve done it in a crowded medium. Practically everyone has or will have a podcast, and there’s almost no subject that podcasters have ..read more

Board game? Cult movie? The stage production of “Clue” ticks both of those boxes on the checklist for pop-culture cachet. Blending our appetite for unfolding murder mysteries with enigmatic characters and myriad weapons of choice has made “Clue” a phenomenon. And now, like the game and movie, “Clue” comes to the Lake Worth Playhouse in its full interactive glory. Whether introduced via a raucous game night around the classic Hasbro board or a screening of Jonathan Lynn’s 1985 cult classic, the appeal of “Clue” relies on wackiness and player-driven hijinks. But does it translate to stage? The i ..read more