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…
For their third record, the 2075 EP, Atlanta-based, alternative pop outfit, Stokeswood, go back to the future by remaining rooted in the past. It’s a dynamic contrast of sounds the five-piece hope will win over Miami music fans early next month during their appearance at Blackbird Ordinary, the second show…
Sometimes we look to our parents’ lives to find guides for our own future. Some of these guides trace our path directly; others are more circuitous. Mexican-American singer Lila Downs followed her parents’ paths in that second sense, from traditional Mexican singing to academia and back again. Downs is the…
BOYTOY has been getting a lot of attention lately. Their first recorded work, the band’s 2014 self-titled EP, earned write-ups and photo spreads in Nylon, Spin, and Rolling Stone. Saara Untracht-Oakner, the band’s lead singer and guitarist, is grateful for the attention. “It’s cool that people care. It’s nice to know that…
Of the more than 30 hotels Adventure Club has been kicked out of over the years, at least two of them were in Florida, but no one kicked them out as fast as the Weston in Toronto. “The general manager of the hotel was having a very bad day, and…
Kraftwerk 3D Concert Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Olympia Theater, Miami Better than: Upgrading to iOS 9. It seems odd that any band would want to put on a 3D show — real life is always three-dimensional. And, honestly, how much more interesting can a concert be when viewed through a…
III Points is like that fat person on the plane next to you. Even though it only bought one ticket, it’s taking up the whole aisle. However, in this case, that’s a good thing. “I think we’re committed to keep pushing ourselves on the tech and art side of things,”…
When the noise-rock pioneers of the Jesus and Mary Chain toured their debut album, Psychocandy, in 1985, things got a little wild. Fans stormed the stage, small-scale riots broke out, and venues across the nation quickly became afraid of the Scots. “A lot of things got out of control on…
Most people’s first listen to Alt-J was like their first taste of alcohol: unpleasant, then interesting, and eventually intoxicating. The band’s lyrics and unusual sound resemble a William Blake print with its stark arches and angles and its often-grim depictions of rapture. Though Blake’s genius can be credited to madness,…
