The War on Drugs with The Everymen Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Better Than: Staying home and hate-watching LeBron James lose another NBA Finals. It’s safe to assume the Philadelphia-based rock band that played the Fillmore last night came up with the name The War on Drugs ironically…
As he walks his newborn daughter to sleep John Hancock III is excited that he’s finally going to attend one of these Third Thursday Poplife Social events at the Perez Art Museum Miami he’s been hearing so much about, even if it’s only because he’s headlining it. The monthly concerts —…
Her wardrobe may malfunction from time to time, but Janet Jackson is an unbreakable act. Her 1989 album Rhythm Nation 1814 helped popularize socially conscious music while her sexual provocation sparked controversy with conservatives. Despite her brother’s towering status, the youngest Jackson child was never overshadowed by her family name…
Kat Lane’s on a mission to spread positive dance vibes across South Florida. “I love seeing people having fun and making them dance,” she says. The Miami DJ’s love of EDM is indeed infectious, something that’s helped her connect with South Florida audiences. “Being able to try new things and…
There aren’t a lot of Miami nightclubs that can claim a 15-year history. For the most part they open, enjoy a brief moment of interest, and then the crowds move on. But Space isn’t your ordinary nightclub. For the better part of its run, Space has been operating on a…
Grab your plutonium, rev that engine to 88 mph, and hang on tight: Best of Miami 2015 is almost here! Here’s a preview of one of the winners, but check out the entire issue when it hits miamnewstimes.com/bestof tomorrow and newsstands Thursday, June 18. Do Not Sit on the Furniture…
Asaf Borger has been a lot of things. The 27-year-old DJ’s nearly decadelong career as his alter ego, Borgore, has taken him many places. He started his very own record label, Buygore Records, collaborated with pop superhero Miley Cyrus, and has released tracks on some of EDM’s biggest labels. His…
Drummer Eddie Zyne’s a South Florida boy who’s played with some of the best in the biz – Hall & Oates, Todd Rundgren and the Monkees among them. Ironically, his original career choice was the priesthood. He even went so far as to enroll in a seminary. Nevertheless, fate had…
Lana Del Rey’s Endless Summer Tour with Grimes. Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 p.m. Coral Sky Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach; 561-795-8883; ticketmaster.com. Tickets cost $19 to $73.50 plus fees via livenation.com. Brace yourself for some Ultraviolence with Lana Del Rey. Take a ride to West Palm (you can visit your grandma on the way) as…
Cold War Kids Lou La Vie, Miami Thursday, June 12, 2015 Better Than: Anything else you can get for free. Only Miami’s most punctual freeloaders were able to witness fourteen songs of high-energy rock and roll last night. At 8:15 p.m., on the corner of 14th and Biscayne, hundreds of…
The cattiness between girls ends after high school. Or, at least, it should. But while you’re signing your so-called friend’s yearbook with a fake “Have a good Summer! I’ll miss you!”, these recent high school graduates are planning an event to empower and remove the feeling of competition between women…
Psychic Mirrors with DJs Mikey R. and Benton G. Friday, June 12, 10 p.m. Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-699-2669; gramps.com. The Magic City’s Psychic Mirrors are “on some next level shit.” That’s why the Miami boogie funk masters are traveling all the way to the foreign lands of Barcelona for the annual Sónar…
The Miami Gay Men’s Chorus (MGMC) invites you to take a trip down the rabbit hole with its spring concert, Alex in Discoland. The show premieres tomorrow night at the newly renovated Miami Senior High School Theater. The whimsical concert tells the story of Alex, a young man living in…
I — along with many in last night’s diverse Grand Central crowd — have been waiting years to see Tycho, AKA ISO50, AKA Scott Hansen. Fusing art and music together in ways few can, Tycho’s look and sound are instantly recognizable. The San Francisco artist’s live show is a trip into his imagination…
Hot Sugar’s work can be considerably icy and bitter — at least nominally so. Track titles like “Addictions,” “Trauma,” and “Dead Inside” certainly seem to point to a darker section of the human condition, a running theme in his work. But the actual sound of the Grammy-nominated NYC producer (born…
Olde Time Religion doesn’t need the glamour of sold out shows. Though the duo are newcomers to the Miami music scene, the brooding, easygoing yet no bullshit sounds of South Miami’s own of Gerard Di Paolo and Garman Ranck are making South Florida music fans take note. The bluesy, hard…
With his older brother DJing in the family garage, a teenage Alex Niggemann learned about techno music through osmosis. But it wasn’t effortless. There was obviously a lot of sweat mixed in as well, the classically trained pianist and Berlin-based DJ told New Times. As he prepared for his sojourn…
There were times when the distortion/bass/jangling riffs achieved deafening strength at Randall’s Island over the course of Governors Ball, and then there were some quiet, intimate or otherwise turned-down moments in between songs and in the space between stages where festival fiends said some of the goofiest, dumbest and weirdest…
“If you like good songs, we’ll have a really good time tonight,” David Crosby promised shortly into the second show of his current solo tour. Looking healthy, trim and respondent dressed in all black, his full mane of white hair offsetting his features like an eternal halo, Crosby held court…
Now that the last ferry has long since departed from Randall’s Island, the balloon arches have been popped and the crushed-to-blithereens Miller Lite cans have been swept up along with the rest of the festival’s evidence, it’s time to look back on the best music moments at Governors Ball 2015…
Miami New Times music section is looking to expand its roster of freelance writers. We’re looking for enthusiastic and reliable freelancers who can generate pitches and take assignments covering events throughout Miami’s diverse music scene. If you are passionate about the 305’s local music scene, are knowledgeable about the issues…
Miami and Las Vegas are different worlds, but the two cities do have some things in common. Both are hot. Like, unbearably, ridiculously ice cream cone-evaporating hot. Both cities can get weird when the sun goes down. And Miami and Vegas both share a massive love of dance music. There…
