Miami Beach Gay Pride week wraps up this weekend with star-studded events such as Friday night’s Women Who Love Women at Score. Headlining the event is DJ Citizen Jane, who’s not only one of the most popular LGBT DJs in the business but also a hometown girl.
Native Youth opens up about her sexuality before Pride Weekend.
TLC’s Chilli says Bruno Mars revealed he was thinking of the group when he and Cardi B filmed their video for “Finesse.”
I first spoke to Chris Stacey just over five years ago at a hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach. The longtime country music man was charming and friendly as he engaged reporters in the warmth of a sunny South Florida day.
Following last week’s surprise announcement that Heart Nightclub would shutter its doors, the embattled nightclub has announced the date and occasion of its final party.
Sister Hazel worked extensively with the Heartbreakers’ former drummer, Stan Lynch, and keyboardist Benmont Tench over the years, and bassist Jett Beres says Petty’s passing was tough on the band, particularly because missed opportunities for collaboration weighed on them.
If you’re looking for someone to blame on the psych rock renaissance, you can cast the first stone at Alex Maas. Singing for the band The Black Angels Maas has taken audiences on cosmic sonic journeys since 2004. But while The Black Angels’ home base of Austin, Texas is now…
Calling all Miami country music fans: It’s time for your annual pilgrimage to Broward. Tortuga Music Festival will return to the sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach this weekend, bringing a diverse lineup of bona fide Nashville stars, twangy up-and-comers, and a few out-of-left-field artists who’ll keep things interesting.
In The Bodyguard, Deborah Cox is tasked with not only portraying one of the most beloved characters of modern film, but also marking a separate path from the legendary woman who most famously played her: the late Whitney Houston.
El-P and Killer Mike acknowledge that opening for one of the planet’s biggest pop icons isn’t anything like playing a nightclub for a few hundred people.
Cardi B’s long-awaited debut album drops Friday, and you’re invited to the celebration she’s throwing at E11even. The artist will perform at the world-famous nightclub hours after her inspiration, TLC, performs at the Miami-Dade County Fair. Make it a double feature of badass women in hip-hop and R&B.
DJ Khaled brought out Fat Joe, Bryson Tiller, Kent Jones, Kehlani, J. Balvin, and Luis Fonsi at the American Airlines Arena last night.
LG, guitarist and singer of Thelma and the Sleaze, has three goals every time her rock band hits the stage. “I want people to get turned on as a sexual experience. I want people to be a little frightened wondering if I’m going to hit them. And I want people after the show to go home and want to play their guitar to make rock ‘n’ roll to share with the world.”
It’s amazing to consider that the upward of 15-member Arkestra was able to sustain itself by touring for nearly five decades. Each show was different, largely improvised, and magical in its delivery. Thankfully, they always included South Florida on their tour schedule. The physical body of Sun Ra is gone, but his musical legacy lives on through the tireless work of the 94-year-old bandleader Marshall Allen.
Only a few days after hosting several well-attended Miami Music Week events, Heart Nightclub has announced it will close. In an email sent by the club’s talent buyer, Travis Rogers, Heart chief financial officer Michael Slyder attributed the end of the major downtown venue to its ongoing battles with the city and noise complaints from neighbors.
Seminal American hardcore band the Cro-Mags brings a second age of quarrel to South Florida with John Joseph at the helm.
For years, Genesis Diaz’s friends and family have told her she’s talented enough to get on The Voice — and then it happened.
It’s tough to transition into the real world after a week of rockin’ sisterhood bonding at Miami Girls Rock Camp (MGRC). You’re left with only memories as you say goodbye to bandmates and inspirational volunteers who have guided you at every step.
Jason Yarger is the singer, guitarist, and primary driver behind Hunny’s emo-tinged sound.
Big Freedia might just be the most resilient, hardest-grinding artist alive. Over the past decade, the New Orleans-born-and-based bounce artist has withstood trumped-up criminal charges, family tragedy, and mixed audience reception to become a beloved international party host and MC. She’s been sampled by the queen of pop herself, Beyoncé,…
The weather was beautiful, the music was awesome, and the bullshit level was rather high at this past weekend’s Ultra. Following a great New Times tradition, we rate what worked and what didn’t. Winner: The Resistance Arcadia Spider Stage. This stage has been bringing the heat – literally and…
Why does Ale Campos pronounce her band’s name, Smvt, as smut? “When I first started the band, it was me playing aggressive music by myself,” she says. “It was really heavy. Smut was the most intense, gross word I could think of to describe those feelings,” Campos explained. Campos is Miami born…
