Concerts

Matt and Kim at Culture Room October 14

Formed in 2008, Maq is an acoustic pop duo comprised of guitarist-vocalists Quinn Carson and Matt Alderman, who fine tuned their chops together at UM’s Frost School of Music.”We formed as an acoustic songwriting duo, writing songs about girls,” explains Alderman. The two wasted no time recording a demo to…

​Next Tuesday’s Caribou show at Grand Central just continues the wave of musical excitement washing up on Miami’s shores this October. (Before this, of course, there’s Beach House and Vampire Weekend at the Fillmore on Wednesday — if you got tickets — and Active Child and School of Seven Bells…

No live music scene in Miami? You’re wrong and the Miami Music Festival is here to prove it, incontrovertibly, with more than 400 performances across 45 stages from downtown to the Gables, from Groveside to South Beach, from Little Haiti to the District. (Alright, so those last ones are just…

The Standard Miami’s always had a little swag about it. Whenever we go there we know we’ll be able to relax and let loose, and somehow just stepping through the doors of any of their four branches (Hollywood, Downtown LA, New York, or our very own Miami Beach spa) makes…

The Trinumeral Festival With Big Boi, ¡Mayday!, ArtOfficial, Juan Basshead, Mochipet, and more Sunday, October 10, 2010 (10/10/10!!!) Grand Central Better Than: Probably the other two nights of the Trinumeral Festival. There’s no doubt that 10/10/10 is a date that will make any bona fide tech geek giggle in binary…

Photo by Ian WitlenOtto Von Schirach​View photos from Trinumeral at 7th Circuit Studio.The Trinumeral Festival With Otto Von Schirach, Tokimonsta, Eprom, Panic Bomber, and More Friday, October 8, 2010 7th Circuit Studio Better Than: The actual day when the digits align in auspicious numeric sameness? When we arrived Panic Bomber…

It’s a well-recorded rule that a smart man never speaks of a woman’s age. Still, Myriam Hernandez is no spring chicken, which isn’t to say that the 43-year-old Chilean songstress and television personality isn’t still a hottie. But she’s put in her time — and then some. Hernandez started her…

Hidden somewhere in the thick mist and jagged rock of the Andes Mountains, there’s a secret training academy for professional pickpockets and it’s called the School of Seven Bells. Now, maybe this whole thing is a myth, but no one really knows. Even Interpol and the NYPD refuse to fully…

N.E.R.D. with some robots.​We’ve been really curious about Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D ever since we heard that the band’s latest single, “Hypnotize U,” was produced by Daft Punk. Are our favorite robots doing guest spots on the album? Will they make cameos at any N.E.R.D shows? We’re not sure, but we…

In the realm of supershort sets, the former reigning champs on the scene were those essentialist hardcore heads, whose performances boiled down to sweaty, shirtless 15-minute blasts of loud and sloppy 60-second songs. These days, however, the scepter of speed and economy has been passed to a generation of micro-show…

If there’s one thing Mexicans absolutely love, it’s their music. And particularly the ranchera variety. Okay, sure — you stereotyping sons of bitches –they like their tequila too. And burritos. But more than any of that, they love their ranchera. And the pinnacle, without question, is Vicente Fernandez. A troubadour…

View photos from LCD Soundsystem at the Fillmore Miami Beach here.LCD Soundsystem With Sleigh BellsWednesday, October 6, 2010The Fillmore Miami BeachBetter Than: A million of those disappointing “appearances” by dance band members who wind up only doing DJ sets.The Review:If James Murphy’s voice started giving out a little towards the…

NYC-based DJ, producer, label owner, and all-around renaissance man John Selway is easily the hardest-working dude in electronic dance music. Ground-breaking and career-making accolades like having co-produced the 1992 debut release by house superstars Deep Dish hardly begin to define Selway’s talent and innovative vision. He’s as likely to collaborate…

Despite his embrace of the sensitive-bearded-guy-with-a-guitar routine, Matt Pond’s music employs myriad subtle styles and colorful ornamentation paddling beneath the placid surface of his music. Since forming Matt Pond PA in 1998, this Pennsylvania native (duh) continues to use his eponymous band as a vehicle to harness a creative mix…

The Eagles at BankAtlantic Center

Rick Ross at Mansion

The Vibrators at Churchill’s Pub

Vicente Fernandez at American Airlines Arena

Most of us were introduced to the Bloody Beetroots thanks to the track “Warp,” an aural terrorism attack complete with explosive tick-tocking backbeat, a hook that consists only of the words “Whoop! Whoop!,” and punk rock shrieks courtesy of Steve Aoki. It wasn’t exactly groundbreaking, but the kids loved it,…

Reggaeton has pretty closely mimicked the rise to prominence of hip-hop. It started early in the streets of Puerto Rico, a rougher, edgier version of the club bouncers you hear today and it was known then simply as “underground.” But the mixtapes and guerrilla-style bootlegs of early pioneers has given…

View photos from Yeasayer at the Fillmore Miami Beach.YeasayerWith Awesome New Republic and Washed OutTuesday, October 5, 2010The Fillmore Miami BeachBetter Than: Staying in another night and downloading “witch haus” or whatever other new Internet-only genre threatens to supplant “chillwave”October is upon us, which means the rapid-fire onslaught of never-thought-they-would-happen-here…