The Third-Annual Miami Beach Jazz Festival Goes Global

In a world where entertainment has become transient and the performer with the most outrageous outfit garners instant accolades, it’s sometimes difficult to get attention for music that really matters. So any event that celebrates “serious” music — jazz in this case — begs attention. Jazz’s roots reach back to…

Miami’s Ten Can’t-Miss Concerts of the Week

10. Spam Allstars. Performing on the Fountain Terrace. Saturday, January 30, 9 p.m. Hialeah Park Race Track, 2200 E. 4th Ave., Hialeah; 305-885-8000; hialeahpark.com. Admission is free. In case you were looking for a legit reason to hit up Hialeah’s best nightclubs, now is your shot. Turn up with Agua de Poço from the Spam Allstars as…

Pearl Jam Is Coming to American Airlines Arena in April

In 2000, when Eddie Vedder was in Miami, he got drunk and recorded one of the most legendary jam sessions this city’s ever seen. 16 years later, Vedder’s older, wiser, and bringing his band, Pearl Jam, to Miami once again. One can only hope he downs a dozen Bud Lights…

Whatever You Do, Don’t Kiss Madonna

The moon looks nice. You’re waxing emotional. Some butterflies flutter in your stomach. Stars are shiny. Maybe you’ve lit a candle, maybe three or four candles. You’ve gone all out, like, stir-fried shrimp and homemade pasta all out. Those trousers and button down are really well ironed, homie. You feel…

Jewish Music Festival Avenue J Brings Alex Clare to the Grove

Alex Clare is no stranger to struggle. The English singer-songwriter, best known for his 2011 dubstep crossover hit “Too Close,” owes much of his success to the setbacks he had to overcome. Speaking on being dropped from Island Records early on in his career, Clare is insistent that he would…

Miami’s Ten Can’t-Miss Concerts of the Week

10. Peppa Pig Live! Saturday, January 23, 5 p.m. The Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7300; fillmoremb.com. Tickets cost $26.50 to $42.50 plus fees via livenation.com. Peppa Pig may be a pink animated character who hangs out with her British pig family and animal friends, but in the toddler world, she’s the Beyoncé…

The Soft Moon on Live Performance: “It’s a Living Thing”

Listening to Luis Vasquez’s three dark industrial albums as the Soft Moon, you would think he always lived in Berlin. But he originally hails from sunny Southern California. “I was born in L.A., where I watched MTV every morning. It was mostly glam rock like Poison, Mötley Crüe, Cinderella, and…

This Year, Let’s Spend a Little Less Time Hating Macklemore

Acceptance, frugality, unabashed nostalgia, tolerance of others, fighting addiction and drug abuse, and eschewing crass commercialism: Those are not the typical tenets of a global rap superstar. Ben Haggerty, better known as the thrift-shop-loving Macklemore, has built his reputation and career on subject matter usually glossed over by hip-hop and…

Concert Pick of the Weekend: Tripmastaz at Treehouse

In an era of one-trick ponies riding the bandwagon of a single trendy style, it’s rare to find artists that straddle both ends of the house and techno spectrum. But Russia’s Andrew Guyvoronsky, AKA Tripmastaz. is in the unique position of being associated with both the funky, jacking Chicago house…

The Rhythm Foundation Kicks Off Seaside Sessions With Marco Benevento

Making a living as a musician was considerably easier before the digital music revolution started killing record sales. These days, it’s particularly tough for idiosyncratic artists like Marco Benevento, a Berklee-trained keyboard virtuoso and songwriter who eschews pop formulas in favor of experimental jazz-rock forays. Fortunately for Benevento, his talent…

Mothers Loves to Confuse Its Fans in the Best Way Possible

The first printmaking conference that I went to made me realize how punk rock printmaking is,” Kristine Leschper raves over the phone. “It’s really time-consuming. There are a lot of really cool techniques. It’s very nerdy. It’s a very old-school way of making art.” Leschper is speaking about intaglio, a…