It’s been quite a year for Chris Carrabba. In February, his band Dashboard Confessional released its first album in nearly nine years, Crooked Shadows. It’s everything you’d imagine from a reemerged Dashboard. There are hints of romance, reflection, and classic angst, all conveyed in a slightly poppier and more modernized style than he’s employed in past work.
A Flock of Seagulls so thoroughly embodied the music and style of the 1980s that, in some ways, it has come to define the decade. The band’s New Wave sound and hilariously bad music videos (and hairdos) helped it become iconic. Lead singer, songwriter, and lone original member Mike Score…
Miami’s sunshine and swaying palm fronds are intoxicating. South Beach’s seductive ways convince its tricks — uh, visitors — that renting a Lamborghini is a good idea. Upside-down Corona bottles in margaritas lure prey to pimps, hoes, and blow black holes. Even Ellen Allien has considered its advances. She was so drunk…
SunFest, founded in 1982, always feels like an exchange of bodies, a passing of the baton among the elderly, the almost-old, and the young-enough-to-still-get-ID’ed. Last Thursday evening saw a trio of artists that appealed to Generations X, Y, and Z. Billy Idol, one of the first pop punks and early music-video stars,…
For Bay Area rapper Saweetie, trash beats and subpar flows were not an option. She’s too Icy.
Miami’s premier hip-hop festival will roll into a new location at Hard Rock Stadium this week after ditching Bayfront Park. Cardi B will no longer headline this year’s Rolling Loud Festival as she awaits the arrival of Baby Bardi, but Offset will hit the stage with his Migos mates, along with headliners J. Cole, Travis Scott, and Future.
DJ Khaled can’t catch a break lately. First the shady cryptocurrency he endorsed last year was revealed to be a scam. Now he’s catching flak for statements he made in 2014.
“Two more spine injections and then I’m free.” That is not a text a writer typically receives before interviewing a musician, but there’s nothing illicit about the message. The man sending it is Dr. Jay Kuchera. He plays guitar for the blues-jam-rock-bluegrass-melding band the String Assassins, which will rock the Ford Stage at SunFest this Saturday, May 5.
Attention: Dan Campbell is making his return. No, Dolphins fans, not that Dan Campbell — the interim Fins coach in 2015. It’s Dan Campbell the lead singer of the Philly-bred pop-punk outfit the Wonder Years. The band — also featuring guitarists Matt Brasch and Casey Cavaliere, bassist Josh Martin, drummer Mike Kennedy, and guitarist/keyboardist Nick Steinborn — will play Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale May 12.
The world was introduced to the singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer known as Post Malone by his 2015 single “White Iverson.” Listeners streamed the song about a million times in the month after he independently put it up on SoundCloud, which immediately drew the attention of major record labels…
Maybe you don’t know Cake outside of the 1996 single “The Distance” or the 1998 hit “Short Skirt Long Jacket,” but the band’s repertoire is worth exploring in depth.
Sevyn streeter talks songwriting, depression, and being well rounded.
Despite being a hugely popular rapper, Kodak Black doesn’t seem to have very high self-esteem. He’s caught flack in the past for saying he doesn’t like to date women with his own skin tone. Apparently, he’s also not a fan of his own birth name, Dieuson Octave, either. So he…
Even if you prefer Soulwax to Slayer, there should be enough room in your heart for acts that flagrantly and unabashedly rock. Queens of the Stone Age is one such act, and last night the bandmates brought their dancing shoes to Miami. In front of a near-sold-out crowd, Josh Homme…
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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.
Miami is a young city. Its history has included riots, violence, and craziness, as well as repeated waves of immigration. Through it all, its citizens have turned time and again to music. With words, beats, and melodies, Miamians have expressed themselves and shared their stories with the world. Hundreds of…
Sango uses change to his advantage to create a new wave in DJing
It’s a great week for rock ‘n’ roll fans in Miami. Queens of the Stone Age will hit Bayfront Park Tuesday night, and local heavyweights Viniloversus, Heavy Drag, and SunGhosts will play at venues around town this week. But it can’t all be good news. Bhad Bhabie — AKA the “Cash Me Ousside” girl — somehow milked her 15 minutes of talk-show fame into a show at the Hangar. If you’re paying for that one, it’s on you.
When you dub yourself a psychedelic rock band, the look can be just as crucial as the sound. If you’ve ever seen the local space rockers of Jaialai play live, you’ve experienced their dedication to pleasing audience’s eyes as well as the ears with the help of their light artist and honorary fifth member, Mikihumo. Now the Miami-based band is bringing its brand of trippiness to a pair of music videos.
As the world’s premier cultural destination, there’s never been more to do in New York City than there is today. Having completed its transformation into a safer, cleaner, and friendlier metropolitan hub, the Big Apple now holds more cultural sights than seem reasonably possible.
