With major arena tours from Ariana Grande, the Chainsmokers, Chris Brown, and Panic! at the Disco hitting South Florida this week, it will be a music-filled month. In club land, electroclash icon Miss Kittin goes B2B with Oxia at Heart, while Duke Dumont, who was surprisingly absent last month during…
Miami’s Bayfront Park Management Trust has called a special meeting for next Tuesday, April 11, at 9 a.m. to decide the fate of the Rolling Loud Festival, which is among the South’s highest-profile hip-hop events this spring.
When singer Rino Cerbone and drummer Andrew Koussevitzky named their rock band Stellar Revival in 2008, they had no idea how apt that name would be almost a decade later. “We were in different bands in Miami,” Cerbone says of their formation. “I was in Copacetic, and Andrew was in…
It is a bizarre experience for anyone visiting the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood these days. The mammoth entertainment and gaming property is undergoing an equally massive facelift that, at the moment, has left much of the property a desolate landscape. Gone…
Some music producers are in the game for the fame. DJ Khaled, Mike Will Made It, Zaytoven, Metro Boomin, and DJ Mustard add a tag — a producer’s signature drop — to the first two to six seconds of their songs, leaving their mark on the track and announcing their…
On the surface, the city of Miami is the polar opposite of Wasilla, Alaska, hometown of the alternative-rock band Portugal. The Man. The two cities are across a continent from each other, and Wasilla sees as many snowy days as Miami sees sunny ones. Alaska has vast forests and grand…
Cotton-candy skies and technicolor dreams drip through the speakers and melt like gold into your ears, courtesy of Miami composer/producer Bed Scene.Nick Aponte, better known as Bed Scene, is no stranger to the tropics. The Miami native is gearing up for his debut show tonight, April 6, at Bardot. It’s presented by Showskii Records as part of the Artist Series.
Movie and television audiences tend to appreciate subtle, understated work from actors. But music is a different story. Singers who simply let the song carry their voice, without theatrical flair, don’t always get the love and admiration they deserve. If they did, Dionne Warwick would have a fancy nickname like…
“It’s soul music. It touches the soul and the soles of the feet that gets everyone moving to the orchestra in my head.” Zach Deputy’s description of his sound is both inspiring and pun-tastic. The Savannah, Georgia-based Deputy, who will play the Wynwood Yard this Saturday, is a 21st-century version…
Kid Koala is best known as a DJ who plays his turntable like an instrument, both as a solo artist and with acts such as the Gorillaz and Deltron 3030. But he is also a comic-book creator. With Nufonia Must Fall, the man born Eric San has combined his twin…
Since the early ’90s, South Florida has been a hotbed for DJs and electronic music. Hip-hop and rock are, arguably, tied for second place in the region’s musical popularity contest. But the politically bluer part of the Sunshine State is also home to an overwhelming number of country music fans…
Shovels & Rope, performing at Culture Room, balanced caring for their newborn and recording their latest album, Little Seeds.
Broward rapper Xali Unknwn gives an inside look at his studio process at Bay Eight Studios.
If a Duran Duran show sounds like a throwback to the “Greed Is Good” era, well, you’re half right. The five-person act fronted by singer Simon Le Bon emerged in the early ’80s as part of the New Wave movement that bifurcated from punk rock; in the following decade, Duran…
Radiohead opens tour supporting A Moon Shaped Pool at the American Airlines Arena.
Florida’s most prominent MCs are going all out the final day of March Madness.
Grrrls to the front! The ladies of the Pumps Collective are here to give Miami a monthly ritual that guarantees good vibes, female empowerment, and groovy dance-floor beats: Pumps, presented by Mashene Radio. From Miami to NYC, the party has had many iterations. It’ll return April 6, beginning at Wynwood’s Electric Pickle.
Denny Laine discusses his time with The Moody Blues and Wings, and his current tour with The Cryers.
English rock band Radiohead is scheduled to kick off its A Moon Shaped Pool world tour tonight at the American Airlines Arena. The band plans to hit nine venues throughout the United States leading up to a headline performance April 14 at Coachella in California. The tour will continue in Europe through July.
In 2006, “Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit” catapulted Dutch house producer Fedde Le Grand into the spotlight. Beyond that, it helped revive a flagging industry and is commonly regarded as one of the crucial tracks of the rebirth of dance music. This past Sunday, Le Grand delivered one of the best headlining sets at Ultra Music Festival 2017.
Richard Shelter plans a screenplay, a book, and reunion weekend celebrating Miami’s ’80s punk heyday.
They say a lot of things about Texas: Everything is bigger there, all your exes live there, and you certainly shouldn’t mess with it. But you won’t often hear about its quality weird-rock scene. Nestled in south-central Texas, San Antonio has given the music world luminaries such as punk/Tejano royalty…
