Sure, DJ sets at clubs are fun. But DJ sets inside convention centers are more fun. Especially when you’re covered in someone else’s sweat and buckets of nontoxic paint while rolling face with your absolute favorite mix-masters. This Friday, Benny friggin’ Benassi, Diplo, and motherflippin’ R3hab will bring the noise,…
What’s the proper cutoff for a promotional tour? A year? Two years? Two hundred shows? For Austin, Texas, band Bright Light Social Hour, the answer is clearly none of the above. But we’re not complaining. “You answer a lot of questions about the writing process, I think, by performing new stuff…
The Carrie Underwood poster that hangs above our bed isn’t there only because New Times is a sucker for pop country tunes about digging your keys into a cheating lover’s “pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive” and then slashing said pickup’s tires after going all Gary Sheffield on the headlights. The…
Everybody is gearing up for the end. And naturally, we’re treating this issue of New Times as our last. Because when December 21, 2012, is circled in blood-red ink on a Mayan’s calendar, it’s pretty much guaranteed that’s all she wrote. And by she, we mean Mother Earth, which will…
Once Miami succumbs to the polar icecaps and the city is under water, only the 305’s ass-clapping booty-bass legacy will float on. Well, maybe DJ Laz too. He’s got a boat. And if homie is lucky, Jesse Perez (AKA Mr. Nice Guy Records label boss) will also be on that…
Funkagenda with Danny Lowe at Gryphon Nightclub on December 15
Vince Neil With Great White at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on December 15
KC & the Sunshine Band at Hard Rock Live on December 15
Photo by Victor Gonzalez Rakim The Stage Miami Friday, December 7 Better Than: Getting Paid in Increments. It had been a long time since Rakim rolled through our hood prior to last night’s performance at The Stage…
Canadian pop-punk, passive-aggressive Twitter feuds are a riot, eh? It’s been three years since Avril Lavigne ripped ex-husband Deryck Whibley’s heart out of his chest and filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences” after three years of marriage. Lavigne’s now engaged to Chad Kroeger, becoming heir apparent to Nickelback’s mountain of…
“With this new album, I just wanted to make something that was purely comedic — something that could make people laugh like crazy even in the midst of all this global economic slowdown,” PSY, the “Gangnam Style” Korean YouTube phenomenon, told CNN earlier this year. Learning how to “Gangnam Style”…
“With this new album, I just wanted to make something that was purely comedic — something that could make people laugh like crazy even in the midst of all this global economic slowdown,” PSY, the “Gangnam Style” Korean YouTube phenomenon, told CNN earlier this year.Learning how to “Gangnam Style” really…
Dexterity. Without it, guitar solos would sound like crap. And as for one-man bands, forget it. A solo artist tackling every element of a song without dexterity is as reliable as an iPad sans 3G capabilities on a road trip. And few people understand the importance of musical dexterity better…
In I-can’t-believe-he’s-that-old news, Everclear’s Art Alexakis celebrated his 50th birthday this year. Fifty. That sort of blew our mind at New Times and made us feel, well, inspired. This year alone, Everclear released its eighth studio record, Invisible Stars, in June, and spent the better part of summer touring alongside…
Rules and regulations, ugh. Sure, they’re necessary for some things. But to restrict live music is, for a lack of better words, fucked up. And that’s exactly what a new Delray Beach ordinance might do for local business owners, house-party hosts, and folks who listen to music on “11” in…
“Gangnam Style” singer and current world record holder for the most-watched video on Youtube, PSY, opened up about his dream dance collaboration earlier today at a press event in Bangkok, Thailand. “Tom Cruise!” the viral South Korean sensation replied when asked which celebrity he’d like to see do the “Gangnam…
Dexterity. Without it, guitar solos would sound like crap. And as for one-man bands, forget it. A solo artist tackling every element of a song without dexterity is as reliable as an iPad sans 3G capabilities on a road trip. Few people understand the importance of musical dexterity better than South Carolinian…
In I-can’t-believe-he’s-that-old news, Everclear’s Art Alexakis celebrated his 50th birthday this year. Fifty. That sort of blew our mind at New Times and made us feel, well, inspired. This year alone, Everclear released its eighth studio record, Invisible Stars, in June, and spent the better part of summer touring alongside Sugar…
Heavy metal isn’t meant to float, but when organizers of “the ultimate rock music cruise vacation” tapped some of your older brother’s favorite hard-rock bands for the ShipRocked festival-at-sea, that theory of buoyancy sank right to the bottom of Scienceville. Not only will it float but it’s going to kick…
Trumpeter, composer, and all-around musical savant Willie Colón is among the most respected and revered salseros in history. His legendary career spans nearly five decades, and he’s collaborated with some of the most influential artists of all time, including Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, and Héctor LaVoe. In fact, Colón helped…
Each year ’round the holidays, County Grind likes to “Pon de River,” pound de Red Stripe, and puff a few Phillys in an effort to take reconnect with our Caribbean roots. And by Caribbean roots we mean the sweet Jamaican lady who lived across the street from us in Pembroke…
Ignorance is bliss, so they say. Face to Face seems to adhere to this timeless adage, considering it used it to title one of its albums. The veteran pop-punk outfit, fronted by Trever Keith (also of Viva Death and the Legion of Doom), used it as the backbone of the…
