Over the last year or so, Iggy Pop sort of became the patron saint of Miami, showing up everywhere from limited-edition Sweat Records T-shirts to random openings during Art Basel. He’s been showing the city a lot of love lately, taking CNN reporters around the mainland, shouting out the Jacuzzi…
If you’re reading this blog, it’s because you appreciate music. The music, whatever it is you listen to, makes you feel something — it lifts your spirits, or comforts you when you’re down. In other words, all that mumbo-jumbo people try to feed you about the power of music is…
Animal Tropical is one of Miami’s most well known local bands. They’ve been playing shows together for quite a while (even under different band names like Pygmy, Down Home Southernaires), but what many fans don’t know is that the band now commutes between Miami and New York City. Last summer the…
After three albums and nearly a decade of trying to attract some wider notice, you’d think David Gray would have been pleased when he finally landed in the Top Ten via his international smash “Babylon” and the best-selling album from whence it came, White Ladder. Yet, as the old adage goes,…
Str8 Drop Records artist Lo-Boy has been slowly buzzing around Miami in the past couple months. Late last year, Lo-Boy released a Dade County approved anthem of sorts with “Git Ghetto”. It was a very dramatically produced track that had to have been made specifically for all the local Miamians…
Yes, we did a double-take, too, when we saw that venue name. It’s the Falls, as in, the sleepy Kendall mall. No, it doesn’t exactly scream rock and roll, but there are a lot of the all-ages set dwelling around there, so why not? Rocking the Simon-franchise shoppers this weekend…
The Pickle’s got one hell of a double booking lined up for Friday night with special guests Âme and Alexkid in the house. Âme (French for “soul”) is the German production duo of Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann, and as their name suggests, they specialize in the soulful side of…
It’s been just a couple weeks since Steve Angello and his Swedish House Mafia comrades tore through town during Winter Music Conference. But Miami just can’t get enough of these guys’ suave looks and big-room beats, and so Angello returns solo on Saturday, April 17 for one of his biggest…
Click here to view photos from this event.Of MontrealFriday, April 9, 2010The Filmore, Miami BeachOf Montreal took over the stage at the Filmore on Saturday, putting on a whimsical and musically captivating performance. Opening with “For Our Elegant Castle,” Kevin Barnes clad in what appeared to be Never Nude-approved cut-off…
Last week, we announced West Palm Beach’s Surfer Blood was returning to South Florida for a gig at Miami’s Grand Central, but perhaps the more exciting news is who they are coming with. New York’s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have been making an idyllic noise-pop since 2007,…
This Friday’s Piano Latino concert at the Arsht Center brings together two masters of Latin jazz with an upcoming prodigy, for a snapshot of the genre’s past, present, and future. Eddie Palmieri is the grand master here, a first-generation Nuyorican who began playing piano at age 11 (all the way…
Mike MineoWith Rachel Goodrich and Matt ZThe Funky Buddha Lounge, Boca RatonFriday, April 9, 2010For years, Mike Mineo’s shimmering talent has been in the shadows. For years, he’s breathed sonic, life-giving breaths into rooms (and forests, valleys, beaches) that one would expect from the most swinging players in New Orleans…
Erykah BaduWith Bilal and Robert GlasperAmerican Airlines Arena, MiamiThursday, April 8, 2010Erykah Badu’s video for her latest single, “Window Seat,” features the neo-soul singer sprinting through downtown Dallas, stripping off baggy sweatclothes to her essence, and what she characterizes in interviews as being “assassinated” by groupthink, a psychological term referring…
“Go with your family, go with your friends, for good times, where fun never ends.” If those lines sound familiar then you probably grew up hearing Youth Fair commercials too.Well the fair dropped the “youth” and is all grown up now. That means beer, concerts, and dancing into the morning.Tonight catch…
If you’re thinking this means Transit Lounge’s little eats spot next door is now serving pasta, you’re wrong. Or you could be right. Frankly, I’ve never really looked at the menu. It’s my understanding the offer late-night pizza and chicken fingers to soak the booze in your belly, but that’s…
Normally we’d be the first ones to turn our noses up at pop music, but there is just something about Rihanna that is so likable. Maybe it’s her seemingly down-to-earth attitude, or that she went through the whole Chris Brown scandal with class and dignity — even if the press…
This newly uploaded Wrekonize “Don’t Stop The Music” track has an “it’s not rap, it’s hip-hop” sound to it. Maybe 1994 is the new 2010. Just kidding, that sounds stupid. Either way, between the clean production, lyricism, and nice mixing job the shit sounds like a professional song. Catch Wrekonize…
Forget what it says on the marquee — the venue is undoubtedly Amerykahn Airlines Arena when queen of neo-soul Erykah Badu’s in town. The striking singer, recognizable by her beehive headgear and enormous Afro wigs, is touring in support of the freshly released New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the…
After a year of playing and touring out of Athens, Georgia, former South Florida act Fire Zuave is coming all the way back down the peninsula to show locals what time in a little rock ‘n’ roll college town can do for you. After releasing two albums, Sand Fastened in…
For those of us sadly toiling, at least occasionally, in a cubicle, Wednesday is a shining beacon. If you can just grasp your sanity until that day, everything will be OK. Actually, if you’re part of the crew that frequents the shows at the American Legion, you might not have…
After a recent retooling period, Miami New Times’ 2009 Best Hip-Hop Act, ¡Mayday!, is back stronger than ever. With a fleshed-out lineup, the group is now a full-on live act, complete with bubbling percussion, ice-cold keyboards, and a singing/rapping interplay courtesy of Bernbiz and Wrekonize, respectively. But where so many…
An honorary homeboy by virtue of the fact that he graduated from the UM School of Music, guitarist Pat Metheny has earned a rare distinction in the fickle realms of the music biz. An artist eager to explore other possibilities, he still retains a popular following that generally finds his…
