I don’t usually spend my Sunday mornings in front of a mirror doing victory roll curls in my hair, but it was a special occasion. My dance teachers Yuval Hod and Julia Slavikas asked me, my boyfriend Andy Whiting, and some of our friends from our swing dancing troupe, Swing…
When I was 31, I decided to do something different with my time. I waved my middle finger at the nonprofit world and embraced a thankless career in full-time freelance writing. It was a good fit for me since I love working slavishly for very little pay and a lot…
“I’ve never lived outside Louisiana,” A flu ridden Maggie Koerner told New Times, “I was raised in that strong Southern way not to be afraid to say what you want to say. There’s a grittiness to my music from that.” Though she explains that her sound isn’t “Southern” or blues,…
We live in a society where face-to-face interactions have been replaced with swiping right on a pocket-sized LED screen. That is the new way we date. What Now, premiering in West Palm Beach tonight, is a film that explores the complicated world of modern dating through Tinder. In the trailer, three…
Standing in a blue suit under a white hat that would fit an 1890’s carnival barker Elvis Costello told the crowd, “I thought being in Fort Lauderdale I would just sing my songs about love and fidelity. But that would be a short set.” On the final night of his…
Surfer Blood blew up nationally pretty quickly, and seemingly out of nowhere for anybody outside of South Florida, when their 2010 debut, AstroCoast, hit the blogs and indie rock fans got hold of it. The West Palm Beach-borne band is preparing to release their third album, 1000 Palms, and first…
“Some of us have started families and some of them are getting bigger,” explains Hit Play’s bassist Gaston de la Vega. “Life happens as we get older. The balance we’ve found together has brought us to this album.” Hit Play’s been a bit quiet since its debut six song EP…
Some critics accuse Lil Wayne of lyrical atrophy. They blame fame or sizzurp or Nicki Minaj for the loss of his intricate wordplay. But I wonder if Wayne is just one of many artists who’ve matured, evolved, you might say, from the complexities of youth to the more essential expressions…
The wild and unpredictable characters who make up Atlanta four-piece the Black Lips have often claimed the band’s recordings and live shows are an attempt to uncover the roots of punk rock. “Nothing’s more punk than gospel music,” assures bassist Jared Swilley. “The screams they conjure up, you can’t beat…
Tegan and Sara assure the world that “Everything Is Awesome” while Atlanta sister duo Larkin Poe reminds us how important it is to “Play On.” Going by these two pairs, it’s clear that the future is open for some singing siblings. Both girls are set to open up for the…
Do not stop dancing. Maybe you haven’t heard (and maybe you live in a padded, soundproof room with no internet, a busted TV set, and boarded-up windows), but that annual 144-hour dance marathon known as Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week is about to swarm South Beach, downtown, Wynwood,…
Despite coming to prominence more than 40 years ago, the infectious sound of KC and the Sunshine Band still seems to be everywhere these days. Denizens of the dance floor still express delight when the DJ throws on a KC classic like “Shake, Shake, Shake (Shake Your Booty),” “Get Down…
Joywave wasn’t popular in 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013. But when its song “Tongues” hit the Billboard charts in 2014, it was like the flick of a light switch. “We did everything ourselves for the last four years,” said the band’s vocalist, Dan Armbruster. “Literally everything.” The release of “Tongues”…
California psych-rock band Cobalt Cranes is only a few weeks into their nonstop national tour touting last year’s fuzzed out Days In The Sun, but already members have been wowed by some of the places they’ve visited. Still weeks ahead of their South Florida stops on March 27 at Propaganda…
There might be an inherent nostalgia in a concert featuring Tower of Power, Journey, and the Steve Miller Band; the heydays well in the past, the casual fans only familiar with the monster hits. That’s fine, it’ll be tough to sell it otherwise, but what gets lost in all of…
If anyone understands beauty upkeep, it’s you, South Florida. Yes, New Times is getting a little nip and tuck and coming back to you very soon looking a bit more, um, refreshed. While we’re gone, there won’t be any new content on our site until midday Monday, March 16. (It…
New Times readers have long been familiar with Alex Rendon’s byline. He’s written thoughtful, intelligent, and at times beautiful stories for the paper for more than seven years. As his editor and friend, I’m very grateful to have spent that time with him and devastated that it’s over. Alex passed…
“When I went into Berklee (School of Music), I never thought I’d join a rock band,” Will Calhoun drawls over the phone en route to a recording session he’s producing in New York City. For the millions who have headbanged to Calhoun’s vicious kick-start to Living Colour’s late-’80s megahit “Cult…
The network premiere of Comedy Central’s Big Time in Hollywood, FL is technically two weeks away, but the channel debuted the show online this week. They announced the big news via Twitter. See also: Big Time in Hollywood, FL Creators Talk About Teaming With Ben Stiller and “the Perfect Publix”…
5. Hootstock 2015 3 p.m., Friday, March 13, at the Burrow, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton. No cover. Visit Facebook. FAU’s student run record label Hoot Wisdom will commemorate its fourth CompOWLation album on Friday. And Hoot knows its shit! This college once schooled the Alex half of X Factor…
My suspicion probably stems from watching Borat too many times, but I have trouble believing that Eugene Hütz really exists. The lead singer of Gogol Bordello claims to be from the Ukraine with a Gypsy lineage. His band brands itself as gypsy punks merging an accordion and violin with the…
Formed in San Francisco in 1973 by ex-members of Santana (Neal Schon) and Frumious Bandersnatch (Ross Valory), Journey’s own journey brought them from the progressive rock and jazz fusion of that decade to churning out monstrous hits in the ’80s with songs like “Don’t Stop Believin'” and “Open Arms.” Since,…
