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Raucous yet refined and exuding an air of dry-clean-only danger, Franz Ferdinand is prepackaged red meat for the indie nation -- safe, popular, and oh-so-polished. The...
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Miami Carnival comes alive
THUR 10/6
Carnival is traditionally a farewell to the flesh, a last hurrah for intoxicated sin that precedes the sobering contemplation of the...
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In its time there was nothing like the Mutiny Hotel, and today it lives on in hindsight like the afterimage of a hallucination, bright but blurry. The Mississippi Delta is...
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Behind one of his several pen names, Detroit techno dealer Matthew Dear excels as Audion, pushing distant, machine-sounding atmospherics over skeletal beats on Suckfish. Dear...
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Root for the bonsai at Fairchild
SAT 10/8
nyone can plant a seed in the earth and watch it sprout. But it takes an artist to make bonsai. The people who dedicate...
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Alicia Keys must have been doing a lot of performing before the taping of her performance on MTV's Unplugged, because her voice sounds horribly strained and stressed on...
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This art will keep food off the table
SAT 10/8
"I find it incredible that some people will spend $6000 for a Louis Vuitton bag or miss a mortgage payment to buy Hermčs yet a...
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The people's diva, Mariah Carey, will endure anything for a hit, including the deluge of grease from DJ Clue's Southern-fried "Shake It Off" remix. Jeezy gets Popeye's chicken...
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Theater with a global reach
FRI 10/7
Theater without a theater is how the Miami World Theater Festival kicks off this weekend. Groupe F -- the French troupe known for its...
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Late-century alt-rock might not be the new electroclash, but it damn sure sounds more macro. Falling somewhere between Lush's "Leaves Me Cold" and Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the...
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It's safe to say no one was begging for a cover of Taste of Honey's disco classic "Boogie Oogie Oogie," but R&B singer Valentine turns in a smart urban update that bears only...
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New York rapper Santana's infectious inflections course throughout his songs, and now he has a backing tune that can match wits with his vocal catchiness. A whistled hook and...
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Ivy Queen might call it bachaton, but I prefer reggaebachata. Regardless of the name you give it, there's no denying that OG Black and Master Joe know how to hit all the right...
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Gangsta rap demigod 50 Cent recently hypothesized that Kanye West's popularity stems from a backlash to G-Unit's pop-cult blitzkrieg of the past few years. Fiddy figured that...
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Cuban singer Luis Bofil recently walked through a hotel lobby at a Latin music conference and proclaimed he alone was worth the conference's price of admission. Combining his...
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Her destiny, it seems, was sealed the moment she left Mozambique to live in Mouraria, an old working-class Lisbon neighborhood where fado was a second language. Fado, the...
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Introduced to DJing by Mani (bassist for the Stone Roses and Primal Scream), New Order bassist Peter Hook initially resisted the temptation to follow in the footsteps of...
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Daddy Yankee's combustible hit single "Gasolina" has driven him to international stardom. The 28-year-old Puerto Rican reggaeton celeb opens up to New Times about his upcoming...
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When one envisions a night at the opera, images of lavish performing arts centers and high-society hobnobbing usually come to mind. But this Sunday's show at the historic Mt....
