Lauryn Hill and Nas Prove ’90s Hip-Hop Will Never Die

If you’re old enough, you can recollect that in the ’90s, baby-boomers wouldn’t stop boasting how old-time rock ‘n’ roll was best. “Bob Dylan, the Doors, Woodstock, that was when rock was rock,” they’d tell you. The old-timers would keep their radios locked on classic-rock stations playing the same hundred songs in constant rotation and save their money for anytime the Moody Blues or Donovan would come to town.

Front 242 Ditched the Guitars and Invented Something New

As keyboardist for the celebrated electronic group Front 242, Patrick Codenys is no stranger to unknown territory. For instance, when the band plays the inaugural show at the Ground, a new midsize venue taking up part of Club Space on Eleventh Street in downtown Miami, it’ll come with some colorful…

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, September 18-24

With Irma already feeling like a distant memory for most of Miami, the city is quickly getting back into the swing of things. This week, Arcade Fire finally keeps its promise of returning to Miami after the band’s two secret show, and so far only South Florida appearances, in 2013…

Depeche Mode’s Friday Concert at AAA Will Go On as Planned

As the storm clouds of Hurricane Irma have receded, so have the clouds of mystery surrounding the status of Depeche Mode’s Miami performance: the show will go on. The seminal dark synthpop band announced on Twitter that the Miami date of their Global Spirit World Tour on Friday, September 15,…

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, September 13-17

Hurricane Irma has come and gone. You’ve spent a week worrying, preparing, stocking up on bottled water, and struggling with your hurricane shutters. Now that the storm has passed, it’s time to party. These are the best shows still coming to town this week, Irma be damned.

Modest Mouse Concert at Fillmore Will Go on Tonight

With South Florida in complete pandemonium with the monster Hurricane Irma on the horizon, there is confusion and incertitude over what is open and what is closed. Ticket holders for events scheduled for the days before Irma approaches might be wondering if the show will go on. Ticketmaster has been…

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, September 4-10

Paramore has gone from being early aughts pop-punk rockers to a Talking Heads-inspired new wave outfit with its fifth album, After Laughter. If you’re missing the band’s “Misery Business” era, rest assured: Paramore will probably perform it alongside newer cuts like “Hard Time” and “Told You So” when the trio…

Kendrick Lamar Gave the Concert of the Year at AAA

Tonight in Miami, Kendrick Lamar gave a performance that was, in a word, humbling. With its thrilling special effects, high-wire stunts, and the raw star power of the greatest living rapper, the final stop on the DAMN. Tour at American Airlines Arena was wilder and more grandiose than any show…

Ed Sheeran Is the World’s Biggest One-Man Band

Who needs a band these days when you have a loop pedal? Not Ed Sheeran, apparently. Playing to a crowd that spanned generations and genders but skewed heavily toward young women and girls, the English singer-songwriter made it clear at his sold-out Wednesday-night concert at the American Airlines Arena that he’s the world’s biggest one-man band.