Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

With music, you can face anything … Even Mondays. Sure, it won’t get rid of those annoying coworkers who steal your lunch, countless e-mail threads, and hour-long meetings. But at least it’ll make the work week fly by quicker than an Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. To that end, here are the…

Win Free Tickets for Tori Amos at Fillmore Miami Beach

Why do wayward women have to be penitent? That was the thought tearing through Tori Amos’ mind as she gazed upon an etching entitled “Geraldine” by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise. “It got me thinking about not apologizing,” the fiery (and fiery maned) singer-songwriter recalls. Hence, Unrepentant Geraldines, her defiant…

Miami’s Labor Day 2014 Party Guide

Ready to get turnt up? It’s (almost) Labor Day weekend! That means that in a little over a week, the Magic City will be celebrating the American labor movement with an extra day of wild partying, mindless drinking, and grinding with strangers. Here are the 305’s Labor Day bashes, so…

Quantic on Uniting Latin and Electronic Dance Music Lovers

As an electronic dance music artist, you can either draw your influences from the relatively limited palette of styles within the genre itself, or reach beyond it. If you’re Quantic (AKA Will Holland), the quest for inspiration could even take you as far as crossing the Atlantic, from England to…

Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

Ever wished you could make the week disappear? So does, like everyone else in the Magic City. That’s why we’re always on the search for good music, good times, and good people. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week. See also: New Times’ Concert Calendar…

Rita Ora Playing Free Show at Grand Central Miami, Courtesy of Hits 97.3

Which “Black Widow” once dated Calvin Harris, “Will Never Let You Down,” and is coming to play a free and intimate show at downtown Miami’s Grand Central? It’s bleach-blonde bombshell Rita Ora, of course! And it’s all thanks to Hits 97.3’s Hits Sessions series. All you’ve got to do is…

Win Free Tickets for Jason Derulo at Fillmore Miami Beach

Dude’s a filthy freak. However, after building a rep for bump-n-grind, smash-n-dash sex anthems (and then suffering a nearly career-ending spinal injury), Jason Derulo says he’s determined to become a more mature artist. Sure, the Miami native’s new album is entitled Talk Dirty. And yeah, the biggest hit is a…

Five Best Concerts In Miami This Week

Just because today marks the most dreaded day of the work week doesn’t mean you can’t pretend it’s Friday and go concert hopping. Sure, you’ll probably regret every decision you’ve ever made the next morning, but at least you’ll get to hear some pretty good music. Just check out the…

Peter Murphy – Grand Central, Miami – August 5

Peter Murphy doesn’t want to be called the Godfather of Goth. At least that’s what he told New Times in a recent interview. The only thing is, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more adequate title for the former Bauhaus frontman. The inimitable Murphy hit Grand Central this Tuesday, bringing…

Ketchy Shuby Talk Six Classic Miami Soul Jams

Miami was once such a soul music mecca that it could rival Motown. This was thanks to classic local labels like Henry Stone’s Deep City Records and legendary recording artists like Clarence “Blowfly” Reid, Betty Wright, and the Moovers. Of course, our local melting pot of both Caribbean and American…

Five Best Concerts In Miami This Week

Mondays are better when music’s involved. They’re even sweeter when you realize the entire week is, in fact, jam-packed with kick ass shows from splashes of EDM at the Life In Color halftime show at the Guinness International Champions Cup Final to industrial rock from Nine Inch Nails. Here are…

Teengirl Fantasy: “We’re Too Old for EDM”

Nick Weiss and Logan Takahashi, the duo that comprise Teengirl Fantasy, met at Oberlin College, connecting over their favorite old-school techno albums while Nick studied film and Logan attended the college’s conservatory. Taking a break from their final semester to tour with Animal Collective, the project became a full-time pursuit…