The Best Cinco de Mayo Parties in South Florida

Did last month’s visit from Vincente Fox, the hilariously outspoken anti-Trump former president of Mexico, inspire you to celebrate our neighbors to the south this Cinco de Mayo? It should have. It’s a holiday where anything goes. Miami has some excellent options for partying with dignity — until you drink too many margaritas and slap on a sombrero.

What the World Needs Now Is Mariah Carey, Music’s Elle Woods

Forty-seven-year-old Mariah Carey is casually splayed out on her kitchen counter wearing only a boob-strangling negligé in a particularly entertaining scene from her new TV show, Mariah’s World. The E! reality series premiered last December and follows her antics during her Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour. In the scene, as in…

NKOTB’s Total Package Tour Is the Ultimate Political Escape

The last presidential election separated the red and blue states, demarcating two very different American lifestyles. There’s the America that wants its big red Solo cups full of something sweet or boozy, its tanks filled with gas, and its guns on its hips. Then there’s the America that dreams of…

Henry Rollins on Trump, Touring, and Speaking His Mind

At Henry Rollins’ last spoken-word show, in Fort Lauderdale in 2012, the former Black Flag frontman spoke his truths onstage, telling stories, such as the one about his adventures as a host on Nat Geo Wild’s Animal Underworld, and sharing his opinions on everything, like how American culture subjugates women…

16 Must-See South Florida Concerts This April

This month’s musical line-up is no April Fool’s Day joke. The fourth month of 2016 is filled with must-see music festivals and heavy-duty headliners. Here’s a chronological list of which nights to mark off on your calendars. Of Montreal April 1 at Culture Room The indie-rock outfit out of Athens,…

Baby’s Still Got Sauce: An Interview With Rapping Bluesman G. Love

G. Love was born Garrett Dutton in Philadelphia. As he grew up, his musical skills and creative mind developed impressively, and eventually he found himself busking on the streets of his hometown. It was there, armed with a guitar and harmonica, that he took his blues background into the realm…

Rapper Robb Bank$ Is a Phenomenon Among Millennial Hip-Hop Fans

Upstairs, in a dressing room backstage at the Orpheum in Ybor City, Robb Bank$ walks in small circles, winding himself up like a spring, mike in hand and awaiting his turn onstage. It’s about 9 p.m. Saturday, November 14, the last date of the 21-year-old rapper’s U.S. tour, an all-ages…

Art Basel Miami Beach 2015 Brings the Party Bigger Than Ever

Miami’s art climate is changing rapidly, fueled not by hydrocarbons but by an ever-expanding global market hungry for the Magic City’s scene. With last year’s messy birth of the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) — which acrimoniously broke away from the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami — Miami now…

Weird Al Yankovic Brings Mandatory to Fort Lauderdale on Saturday

Of all the guys who’ve been singing songs since the ’80s, Weird Al Yankovic is one of the most adaptable and resilient. This makes him remarkably still relevant. The tales surrounding his album Mandatory Fun are the stuff of modern-day myths. After his label told him it couldn’t afford to…

American Dick: Kid Rock Brings His Cheap Date Tour to Coral Sky

He doesn’t give a good goddamn that civil rights activists from his home state (it’s Michigan, btw) asked him to distance himself from the Confederate flag after the tragic, race-motivated shooting in South Carolina fueled an uproar against the relic. Nope. He simply hit up Megyn Kelly at Fox News…

There’s More to Sarah McLachlan Than Sad Puppies

You’re home on a Wednesday at midnight watching the same Seinfeld episode for the fiftieth time (not that there’s anything wrong with that). You get up, take a piss, and come back to a familiar voice singing those haunting words: “In the arms of the angel…” On the screen, there’s a…

Liz Tracy’s Greatest Hits and Farewell to New Times

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…

Music Writer Alex Rendon Dead at 39

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…

Kismet Vintage Turns 7 with Burger Records Revolution Worldwide

“Kismet has always been a hangout for local musicians and artists. We’ve always had local bands play. It seemed like the perfect time to have a big party!” explains co-owner of Delray fashion anchor Kismet Vintage, Aly Gore. She and partner Liam Milano are hosting the store’s seven year anniversary…