Joe Preston: A Brutal Five-Part Guide, From Earth and Melvins to Thrones

You know something’s up when legendary South Florida-slash-Gainesville metal group Floor is playing a local show and it’s not even the band we’re most excited about. We love Floor, its signature metallic hum, and bright pop flourishes. But next weekend, that beloved heavy-tuneage outfit will share the Churchill’s Pub stage…

Bomba Estereo on World Music and TransAtlantic Fest: “We Used to Look North; Now the Anglo World Is Looking at Us”

Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st Century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers, and laptops as with drums and flutes. That’s one of the ideas behind the Rhythm Foundation’s Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, whose 2013 headliners include Argentine-Uruguayan electro-tango group Bajofondo…

Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

April has just begun, and no doubt you fell for some embarrassing news clip about Daft Punk’s album release being canceled or a zombie apocalypse — wait, never mind. But rest assured that the good music in this post is not a lie, trick, or gimmick. These incoming jazz musicians,…

Mano Le Tough: Five Reasons He Might Be EDM’s Savior

The international electronic dance music scene in 2013 is deeply divided. On one hand, you have the fans of “EDM” or generic, commercial dance-pop designed for festivals and stadium arenas. And on the other hand, you have the underground electronic dance music snobs, bitching and moaning because their precious subculture…

Miami’s Day Music Died to Play Their “Asses Off” for a Good Cause

Some 30 years after “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the Internet is destroying the CD business, systematically bombing away at the brick-and-mortar retailers that still carry compact discs. By 2016, record sales will have dropped by over 75 percent, according the Wall Street Journal. “Times have changed,” admits Day Music…