There’s a one-armed guitar player strumming away at a dive bar in Pompano Beach. Ordinarily, this would turn heads, but the few patrons in attendance on a Tuesday night seem more interested in their beer, and also, this is Pompano Beach, where something odd basically happens every second of every…
How we will be ingesting our music 50 years down the road is anyone’s guess. But whatever it is we’re sticking in our ear holes in 2065, you can bet there will be a small but vocal minority bemoaning the good ol’ days of the first generation iPod. We tend…
Natural elements are important to Damian Lazarus. The English DJ and owner of the Crosstown Rebels record label has played in jungles, on the Galápagos Islands, in an igloo, and in deserts around the world. He’s also played after parties in random fan’s houses and hasn’t totally ruled this out…
The Hoy Polloy is, in a word, refreshing. The Miami four-piece has been blending its own recipe of hybrid alternative pop-funk for the last three years. With founding members Nick Romanelli and K Sos, Hoy Polloy released its first album On the Way to Rome in November 2012. But Romanelli left…
With success comes scrutiny. And Wynwood learned this the hard way back in February 2013. The up-in-coming neighborhood’s growing popularity and reputation for all-night warehouse parties had landed it on the radar of some very powerful enemies. With the support of Miami’s 24-hours downtown clubs, Miami police raided over 17…
Miami bass, the Magic City’s signature sound, owes a lot to a couple of robots from Düsseldorf. Kraftwerk’s influence on dance music cannot be understated. And more than 30 years later, tracks such as “It’s More Fun to Compute” and “Trans-Europe Express” are still DJ favorites to cut and sample…
House nightclub is a unique presence in Wynwood. It’s the neighborhood’s only real club (even though it’s technically a half-block south of Miami’s art hub) and operates as a literal house with kitchens, showers, and bedrooms, and even an elderly lady who plays house “Grandma” and runs around, interacting with…
Death to the Sun is more than just a name for the music festival held this past Saturday at the North Beach Bandshell. It’s a plea to mother nature — a celebration that soon the sun will retreat, and South Floridians will no longer spend their days dabbing at their…
Last night, American Airlines Arena was a dangerous place to be. Explosions, fireballs, and the very real possibility of getting an enthusiastic elbow in the face were only some of the hazards present. Thankfully, they were all part of the grand musical pageant known as Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable World Tour…
The Neighbourhood are that band. They’re the Americans who spell their name the British way and they insist on every photo or video taken of them to be in black and white. Here’s the thing though: they actually have legit reasons for their approach. They treat the band as an…
Billy Idol. With London Souls. Monday, September 21, 8 p.m. Hard Rock Live, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood; 954-797-5531; hardrocklivehollywoodfl.com. Tickets cost $55 to $75 plus fees via ticketmaster.com. Billy Idol may be an ’80s punk rock legend, but the spiked, platinum blond lad is sick of “Dancing With [Himself].” That’s why he’s bringing his 34-year…
In 1990, Bobby Radical walked into South Beach’s Disco Inferno. His life changed forever. “I quit my day job, and I never stuck to a day job since,” he says. “I realized there was a different calling for me, and it was the nightlife.” His tale is a siren’s song…
Raised on her parents’ Prince and Whitney Houston records, Oly has had a long relationship with music. The Los Angeles native and long time Miami resident put out her EP, A Hot Hooray, in 2004, which had its songs picked up by the MTV show South of Nowhere and the…
After attending this year’s Burning Man in Black Rock Desert, it hit him. Miami’s Galactic Effect (real name, unknown) finally understood what his upcoming six-track release needed. The “other-worldly” weeklong event gave him an opportunity to perform twice, showcasing a lot of unreleased as well as unfinished music during his…
A Night with Amy Winehouse. Featuring Taylor Powell. Part of “Wish You Were Here” Fridays. Presented by the Prism Music Group. Friday, September 18, 6:30 p.m. The Annex Wynwood, 44 NE 29th St., Miami; theannexwynwood.com. Admission is free with RSVP via eventbrite.com. Listen to the sounds of one of the greatest, most powerful voices…
D’Angelo’s highly anticipated show at the Fillmore Miami Beach has been cancelled. Fans who bought tickets to the show, which was scheduled for October 6 at 9 p.m., were sent an email from Ticket Master this morning saying the following: Hi live event fan, Unfortunately, your upcoming event was canceled…
Kasper Bjørke had it pretty good during the 2000s as one half of dance pop duo Filur. Along with vocalist Tomas Barford, the pair certainly enjoyed its share of commercial success in Europe with hit singles like “I Want You,” one of Denmark’s top music exports in 2005. But alas,…
In the world of electronica, Bonobo is a mellow monkey among men. We mean that in the best sense. As other artists float around in airy imbalance, Simon Green samples sounds – both industrial and organic – with layered structures as secure as they are ethereal. The 39-year-old English musician,…
Did you go so hard during Ultra 2015 that you just now woke up? Oh man, you really went for it, huh? Don’t worry. It’s going to be okay. We’ll fill you in on what you missed. Miley Cyrus has basically been naked since you lost consciousness, Kim Kardashian tried…
In a city that seems to have little value for its history, the Olympia Theater is an anomaly. Since 1926, it’s been entertaining residents, first as a movie palace and Vaudeville stage, then as a performing arts center after 1975. But what has remained constant all those years is the…
“Story is a challenge, and maybe the most challenging club to play in Miami because of the mixture of core dance music fans and fringe fans or people just in town on vacation,” Arty says. The 25-year-old DJ is the most popular thing to come out of Russia since vodka…
For some, the Everglades is simply a vast mass of land one has to get through on long, tiring road trips. Sure, you may see the occasional alligator or two, but from behind a car window, our massive swamp can lose some of its magic. But in reality, it’s a…
