Music

On Friday, October 9, as the skies above Wynwood opened up and bled down upon the colorful neighborhood, we feared the worst. So much anticipation and preparation was being threatened by a few bloated clouds. But, as the clock struck 5, the sun emerged, all hot and glorious. God loves…

The last thing Ross LaBrie needs to be doing on this Tuesday night is giving some reporter a tour of the Mana Wynwood compound. He has three more days until thousands of music-hungry festival-goers will be walking in to witness sets by Nicolas Jaar, Panda Bear, Run the Jewels, AlunaGeorge,…

When an excursion identifies itself as a “Cruise to the Edge,” it doesn’t exactly bode well for its final destination. But when the voyage is also identified with a band like Yes, whose work include the album from which the cruise takes its name, Close to the Edge, suddenly the…

Fudakochi has always believed he was living on a different planet. The Overtown native didn’t talk for the first seven years of his life, and instead watched everything revolve past him like a movie. Then, as his mother tells it, on his seventh birthday he uttered his first word: “disappear.”…

For a while there, it looked like we may never hear Will Smith rap again. The man who successfully welcomed us to Miami before instructing us in the art of gettin’ jiggy has been musically silent for the last decade. Perhaps his movie career got in the way, or changing…

So you’re planning on attending III Points this week. You probably can’t wait to check out sets by Damian Lazarus, Nicolas Jaar, and Ghostface Killah and Doom, who will be appearing “live from the other side.” However, if you’re only going to III Points for the headliners, you’d be doing yourself…

Ten albums and more than 20 years later, the party hasn’t stopped for the Venezuelan group Los Amigos Invisibles, which has graced stages in 60-plus countries worldwide since its inception. Made up of vocalist Julio Briceño, percussionist Mauricio Arcas, bassist José Rafael Torres, and drummer Juan Manuel Roura, the band…

Alan Palomo’s new album as Neon Indian, Vega Intl. Night School, came close to never happening. In 2011, the Texan synth-pop producer’s laptop was stolen on the mean streets of NYC after a late night of debauchery during his Era Extraña album tour. “It’s pretty much the most VH1 Behind…

The key to any successful festival experience is preparation. If you think you’ll be okay just winging it, you won’t. You’ll be standing in the hot dog line while King Krule invites everyone back to his hotel for tea and for weeks you’ll have to listen to all your friends…

It took a while for salsa legend Willie Colón to find his way to the trombone. “When I was 8 years old, I was given a recorder from school. I took it home and played on my stoop in the Bronx and wrote tunes on it,” he recalls in his…

Even if you think you don’t know Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance,” you know it. It’s as unavoidable as oxygen, flowing from every radio station, streaming service, and karaoke bar for much of 2015. It’s a pop song even right-wing Republicans are shaking it to — 63-year-old presidential…

“Todo para la familia,” says Steve, quoting The Brothers García. “That’s it exactly!” says Chris, who has just compared his brother and himself to the siblings from the early-’00s Nickelodeon show. “That even ties in with the other Nick shows.” New Times’ interview with the Martinez Brothers has been dominated…

Kylesa. With Inter Arma, Indian Handcrafts, and Irata. Presented by Poplife and Grand Central. Wednesday, October 7, 7 p.m. Churchill’s Pub, 5501 NE 2nd Ave., Miami; 305-757-1807; churchillspub.com. Tickets cost $15 to $20 plus fees via epoplife.com. From Savannah, Georgia to Miami, Florida, psych metal rock crew Kylesa is bringing their Exhausting Fire to Churchill’s. “Every…

It’s hard to put a handle on Brendan O’Hara. For one thing, he rarely sits still. A bundle of irrepressible energy, he’s constantly on the move, both physically and philosophically. A Miami native, he’s been travelling the country for the better part of a millennium while sharing his music and…

When, in 1966, Bob Lind scored a major pop hit with his song “Elusive Butterfly,” few realized that he was also helping to plow the course for an entirely new genre that would soon be known as “folk rock.” Nearly fifty years on, Lind remains as prolific as ever, having…