You might think karaoke is limited to cheap bars with crackling sound systems and slow Tuesday nights, but things are changing. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is starting to feel out of touch 25 years after its revival in Wayne’s World. N’Sync and Britney covers stopped being cute and ironic long before they became just sad. And, hey, except for board games, karaoke is the whitest way to pass time at a bar.
If you were disappointed by Beach House’s last South Florida show, guitarist Alex Scally wants to make it up to you. He says he’s terribly embarrassed by the way his duo performed five years ago.
Summer is almost here, and that means outdoor music has slowed. But it’s not over. Best of the Best Music Fest this Sunday will present Mavado, Aidonia, Konshens, Dexta Daps, Chris Martin, Spice, I-Octane, and others at Bayfront Park. Urban Beach Week moves to the mainland, baby. Here’s your music calendar for the week.
Rara is Haitian festival music played with drums, maracas, and bamboo trumpets, which are known as vaksen. Until recently, the music was always played by men. That changed when Dieuvella Etienne bucked tradition and formed the group that is now called Symbi Roots, the all-female rara troupe that has taken up residency in South Florida over the past couple of months.
Nathan Barato takes his craft – DJing and producing — seriously. It’s something he’s been honing for nearly two decades, and it has taken him around the world several times. Naturally, as any experienced electronic music artist ought to be, he’s well-acquainted with the norms of Miami nightlife. “I feel…
Some bands, no matter how popular they get, aren’t meant for cavernous arenas or massive amphitheaters. Perhaps their sound is too intimate or their stage presence too introverted. Muse is not a band with that problem.
After 17 years with English indietronica band Hot Chip, why did Joe Goddard decide to release his first solo album, Electric Lines? “I just had the chance to do it. I had the free time in my studio, and I decided to make a bunch of songs,” says the mild-mannered Brit, who’s slated to play the Electric Pickle this Saturday.
It is an understatement to say Venezuela has been in a state of unrest. The South American country has been dealing with widespread inflation that has left a large swath of its population unable to afford food and medicine. As the tragedy plays out, South Florida’s Venezuelans have been feeling their friends’ and families’ pain.
Sheer Mag’s Tina Halladay walked away from a fistfight at Coachella.
Is it October yet? III Points announced its 2017 lineup this morning, and music fans won’t be disappointed. The list of performers at this year’s three-day festival adds an impressive roster of talent to III Points’ previously announced headliners, Gorillaz and the xx. Not that you needed more reasons…
Ahead of his show at Floyd Miami, the German sound artist explains how he transformed an old LP into a new one using one simple trick.
How does Christmas with Katy Perry sound to you? The soon-to be American Idol judge, known for big songs and big productions, announced this morning that her new album, Witness, will be released June 9 by Capitol Records. On September 7, she will start a US tour that should arrive…
The xx joins Gorillaz on III Points’ 2017 lineup, which will be released in full tomorrow morning.
Forgive the cliche, but Phoenix has risen once again, stronger than ever. This past weekend in Miami, they brought with them some truly dazzling fireworks to illuminate their return. The band hasn’t yet released its forthcoming album, Ti Amo, due out in June and their first in four years. But…
If you missed Kendrick Lamar’s epic Rolling Loud set earlier this month, you’re in luck. The rapper has extended his Damn tour, opting to finish the packed two-month schedule at Miami’s American Airlines Arena.
Even as summer looms over Miami, the music isn’t slowing. This Thursday, indie folk rockers the Head and the Heart will stop by the Fillmore Miami Beach. The band is on tour supporting its third album, Signs of Light, which also happens to mark the group’s major-label debut…
Plenty of men have stood on a stage under contorting neon lights and boasted about how great, talented, rich, and sexually desirable they are. But no one has done it with such graceful humility as the Weeknd. His performance at the BB&T Center in Sunrise felt like some kind of surreal confession of stardom.
Rod Reiter’s gig at Churchill’s falls on May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. “I grew up when homophobia was a normal thing,” he says. “I got abuse in high school in Boca Raton just for being friends with a gay kid. In my lifetime, homophobia’s thankfully…
It’s been nearly a decade since the iconic concert Rock the Bells brought hip-hop’s greatest acts together for a night of epic performances. In 2008, monumental MCs such as A Tribe Called Quest, the Pharcyde, Nas, MF Doom, Rakim, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, De La Soul, Method Man & Redman, Immortal Technique, Little Brother, Raekwon, and Ghostface Killah congregated at Bayfront Park to deliver classics live in front of thousands of fans.
Since 2013, EDM fans have packed a stadium in Split, Croatia, yearly to dance to the likes of Armin van Buuren, Deadmau5, and David Guetta, all under the familiar, glowing U-shaped icon of Miami’s Ultra Music Festival. But the European fest isn’t actually run by the promoters behind South Florida’s famous dance bash; they simply license the name to the Croatian party.
When the South Florida pop-punk pioneers of New Found Glory take the stage at Revolution Live Friday, May 12, they’ll celebrate 20 years together as a band. But drummer Cyrus Bolooki wants to be clear: This is not just another nostalgia tour. Unlike some of its early-’00s peers, New Found…
One of the curses of being a millennial is that 60 years’ worth of musicians got to go through the dictionary and cherry-pick their act’s name before you got around to it. So when Abel Makkonen Tesfaye wanted to christen his dark R&B project the Weekend but discovered there was already a Canadian band that had copyrighted the name, he didn’t give up.
