For 20-somethings and young-at-heart 30-somethings, Fort Lauderdale is brimming with more nightlife options than ever. Sure, the city still has a reputation for wife-swapping and wasted frat guys, but with the emergence of places like the FAT Village Arts District, Radio-Active Records, the Bubble, and Funky Buddha Brewery, indie-loving club…
The holidays aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The annoying obligation to buy the perfect gift and please everyone on your list… God, this is a desperate time of year. However, don’t despair. We here at New Times are pleased to share our thoughts and suggestions about the best…
It was a close one this season on X Factor, with Jeff Gutt, Alex & Sierra and Carlito Olivero as finalists. Well, maybe not so much Olivero as his fan base consisted of 12 year old girls screaming for his “caliente” dance moves. Gutt, however, had a rough-around-the-edges-but-sexy-rocker voice, a…
If you happen to live with or be related to a millennial, then you’re probably familiar with this process. Every year, around the start of December, you’ll get a text or an email, or maybe just an iPad slipped under your door. Somehow your millennial will electronically send you a…
With another lackluster class announced to enter its not-so-hollowed shrine, it is now fully apparent that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should either change its name or have a class-action lawsuit filed against it for false advertising. On Tuesday, it was announced that Nirvana, Kiss, Linda Ronstadt, Hall…
We’re all emerging from Art Basel fatigue, again, wide-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready for more visuals. And just in time, too, since a new gallery warehouse space is popping up this Friday just a few minutes outside of FAT Village. Presented by Pyramid Collective and Intuit Media Group, the opening will…
Earlier this week, Buzzfeed attempted to uncover who some new guy on the music scene named Boots is. He coproduced and wrote a bunch of songs on Queen Bey’s new superduper surprise visual album Beyoncé that dropped out of nowhere the other day. If you’re a longtime South Florida music…
More than just a couple of pretty beards, ZZ Top are the rarest of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted bands. Not only are they still gigging with their original line-up – guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard (who with that name had to be the…
Have you been naughty or nice this year? And no, Miley, no one is asking you. Because it doesn’t take Santa’s omniscience to know you’ve been a very bad girl. This year, we’ve seen your flat booty more times than we’ve seen our mother’s face. So you’re getting a sexy…
It’s December, and we’re still shvitzing in South Florida. Though winter seems to have gotten lost on its way to this peninsula, the holidays have booked their flights, packed their bathing suits, and are coming to stress you the hell out. Everyone needs a break from his or her kinfolk…
In our first look at the top metal releases of 2013, we checked out oddities from rock-infused sludge mongers to groundbreaking shoegazing black metal. We enjoyed a comforting reminder that Motörhead will always be Motörhead, and weighed down our souls with the sonic violence of Nails and Exhumed. If 2013’s…
On Tuesday, October 29, the band Ghost Cat was part of a tragic accident that left its fans, friends, and family completely devastated. On their way back from a gig at the Speakeasy in Lake Worth, a car carrying three band members and their gear was a part of an…
Have you been naughty or nice this year? And no, Miley, no one is asking you. Because it doesn’t take Santa’s omniscience to know you’ve been a very bad girl. This year, we’ve seen your flat booty more times than we’ve seen our mother’s face. So you’re getting a sexy…
All illustrations by me. I’m Shea. [Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] By Shea Serrano This game is very simple: Look at the pictures and guess what Kanye West song each one represents. Boom. That’s it. That’s…
If there were a genus of mammals that should be most grateful for the internet, it’s the felis, which includes the domestic cat. And not just the most flawless of kitties have benefited from the World Wide Web. Nope. Differently abled and homeless felines have found as much, if not…
“It’s lineup day!” For the last 21 hours, Ultra Music Festival has been taunting and teasing international beat freaks with its 2014 Phase One reveal. But now it’s finally here … A 105-act roster packed with big-name DJs (Avicii, Eric Prydz, Diplo, Hardwell, Tiësto) and a killer live contingent (M.I.A.,…
We recently surmised which local bands should have made it big. We probably missed dozens — no, hundreds (including your particular favorite band, of course) — of acts that deserved a rightful spot on the list, but we’re only human. Don’t hate just because we judge; that’s what we’re paid…
Every graduating class of South Florida’s hardcore-punk community has provided at least a band or two that manages to break into the consciousness of the national hardcore scene. Broward-based hardcore group Losin’ It was one such act. It has flown South Florida’s flag on a national scale in recent years,…
[Editor’s Note: In his column Serrano Time, award-winning writer and goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times.] By Shea Serrano Song: Eminem’s “The Monster,” featuring Rihanna History: Eminem did a freestyle battle. He went up against Papa Doc and choked. It was pretty sad. Then some more sad…
At the 2002 Academy Awards, Paul McCartney told the Hobbit director Peter Jackson that the Beatles once wanted to make their own version of The Lord of the Rings. Paul would have portrayed the hobbit Frodo, Ringo would have been his faithful companion Sam, George would have played the wise…
It’s December, and we’re still shvitzing in South Florida. Though Winter seems to have gotten lost on its way to this peninsula, the holidays have booked their flights, packed their bathing suits, and are coming to stress you the hell out. Everyone needs a break from their kinfolk during these…
Over the past 25 or so years, Paul Oakenfold has garnered quite the bit of fame. And by “quite the bit of fame,” we mean he’s been pretty fucking famous. From creating Perfecto Records to his major breakout album Tranceport to more recent collabs with Benny Benassi, Oakenfold is a…
