When Kat Reinhert held the final copy of Spark in her hands, it was surreal. She’d put nothing short of blood, sweat, and tears into her second LP, and its triumphant message of courage and strength was more important than ever given her recent divorce. She’d done all of this…
“But if you’re a DJ, all you need is a laptop, some talent, and one track.” Those are the words that come out of the chiseled jaw of Zac Efron in the trailer for his new movie We Are Your Friends, an upcoming film that follows four bros in their…
At 8:30 p.m. the parking lot for the Frost Museum of Science seemed exceptionally full. Walking towards the lobby a security guard warned passersby, “All the shows are sold out.” A sign scotch taped on the entrance reiterated the same message. It was Saturday night, the final night of the…
Richard Mason and Laz have come a long way together since the ninth grade Hialeah High School science class where they first met. “I was in a talent show and Richard saw me perform,” Laz remembers. “He convinced me to join the chorus and we’ve been singing together ever since.”…
Travi$ Scott. Presented by Who’s Who and Vybenation. Friday, August 14, 6 to 10 p.m. Grand Central, 697 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-377-2277; grandcentralmiami.com. Tickets cost $30 plus fees via ticketmaster.com. All ages. He growls. He flashes gold grills with fangs. He’s Travi$ Scott. And this week, the 23-year-old Houston rapper — who just so…
There’s no better place to pop your cherry than Miami, and Skrillex is about to find out. The dubstep dynamo is set to make his Life in Color debut as one-half of the upcoming festival’s first officially announced headliner; Jack Ü. The dream-team duo pits Skrilly against Florida’s own Diplo…
Psychemagik. With Patrick Walsh. Friday, August 7, 10 p.m. The Electric Pickle, 2826 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-456-5613; electricpicklemiami.com. Admission is free before midnight with RSVP via eventbrite.com. “Music is the celestial sound,” Psychemagik writes on their Facebook description, “and it is sound that controls the whole universe.” Experience the mystical vibes of the…
The story of Kansas’ Appleseed Cast is not lacking in complexity or dramatic shifts. Over 18 years and several lineup changes, the band’s sound today hardly resembles the emo-tinged one that put the group on the map. But through it all, founding member Christopher Crisci has retained a singular hold…
In a large office space at MADE at the Citadel, the shared workspace in the former Bellsouth building on NE Second Avenue, III Points has a small squad of people working hard to make sure this year’s festival eclipses 2014’s edition. The III Points team is made up of young…
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science’s current location is set to close its doors on August 30. And while you have until the end of the month to make peace with one of your childhood staples, one of the museum’s mot beloved features will be drawing to a close…
Eons’ latest EP marks a turning point in the Miami synth-pop duo’s career. “I think we raised the bar a little bit and we were kind of more picky in particular on what songs were to make it onto the EP,” says Johnny Deezal (AKA Johnny D.). He along with his Eons…
If you drove around Miami in the 1990s, you probably remember the name DJ Ballistic Billy. At 7 and 9 on the dot every night on Power 96, he would play his mixes, mashing up rock with hip-hop and house. Though he found himself broadcasting on a major radio station…
The walls were so thin at their old place Afrobeta could hear the parade of hookers marching in and out of their neighbor’s apartment. Luckily, the Miami natives invited us to their new home/studio for this interview. Their friend AholSniffsGlue’s ubiquitous artwork covers a wall next to the new and…
Some people prefer to welcome a new year of life without much commotion. But in the case of Buffalo Brown, a staple in the local music scene for over a decade, candles and a sheet cake just won’t do for his fast-approaching birthday. Brown, together with bandmate Ulysses Perez, are…
New Times’ chief meteorologist is calling for champagne showers, heavy fog, and a storm of LED foam sticks when Sultan + Shepard return to LIV this Thursday. “We’ll be reading the crowd at LIV,” Ned Shepard says. “We’ve been DJing so long that we can take a set anywhere the…
Though the quirky name hasn’t changed, local soul outfit Ketchy Shuby’s appearance Thursday at Bardot will be the debut of an almost entirely new lineup. “Me and the bass player [Matt Pyatt] are the only original members,” Ketchy Shuby’s outspoken singer/guitarist Jason Hernandez-Rodriguez says. The band has added a new…
My Morning Jacket Monday, August 3, 2015 The Fillmore Miami Beach Better than: Anything that’s supposed to happen on a Monday. If there is one constant regarding My Morning Jacket, it’s that no two concerts are alike. It’s a conscious effort by the band who always try to mix up the…
“Everything you hear that has a beat, that has a pulse, is a derivative of Afro roots.” That is Jose Elias’ condensed definition of world music. And as the man behind the Magic City’s 17th-annual Afro Roots World Music Festival, Elias knows a thing or two about worldbeat. “In every…
As part of Swedish House Mafia, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso, along with third member Steve Angello, proved to the world that dance music was commercially viable. The Swedes topped the U.S. dance charts, headlined festivals, and dominated the party scene with their Masquerade Motel concept. Just as ABBA, Ace of…
Yelle Friday, July 31, 2015 Bardot, Miami Better than: French toast. French fries. French-press coffee. When Yelle first popped up in the music scene with a track called “Short Dick Cuizi,” they were part of a group of acts that took advantage of new mediums like MySpace and the Hype…
The members of Soundwall are excited. I had arranged to meet with one of them to discuss the unique new creation, but when I arrive, there are four members of the Miami music scene’s new “artist’s collective” seated at the table for our lunch meeting. All four are local musicians…
My Morning Jacket. With Mini Mansions. Monday, August 3, 8:30 p.m. The Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7300; fillmoremb.com. Tickets cost $55 to $75 plus fees via livenation.com. Wheaties may be the breakfast of champions, but in Miami, lechón asado is the meal of legends. That, of course,…
