The Cult couldn’t have a more fitting name. If a Druid or Dionysian from centuries ago time traveled to the Fillmore this past Saturday night, they could be forgiven for thinking that the concertgoers were actually religious followers gathering at a temple to witness some sort of holy ceremony. In a…
Unquestionably, the concert of the week is Iggy Pop and Josh Homme at the Fillmore. It’s a big deal and so on and so on. However, the best upcoming show in Miami not on your radar comes via a homegrown Florida outfit. SALES are an indie pop duo from Orlando…
Early in our interview, Sharam Tayebi, who — as one of the world’s most respected progressive house DJs and producers — often goes only by his first name, laughs and humbly worries aloud that he won’t have much to talk about. Before long however, despite the lack of details he’s…
International music icons and lifelong friends and collaborators, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil will make their first concert appearances as a duo in Miami and Miami Beach this weekend. The pioneering Brazilian singer-songwriters, both 73, share a musical chemistry that’s by turns complementary and telepathic. They’ve obliterated stylistic barriers, nimbly…
It’s been a long time coming, but Miami mainstays the Baboons have finally released a new album. It’s called Spanglish, and the LP is an epic 15-track work inspired by all things Miami culture. “This is almost from a lifetime of experience of this place,” says Baboons founder/drummer/singer Mano Pila. 15 years…
Asked to recall an amusing anecdote or particularly memorable Miami memory, Brad Petering, the acerbic lyricist and frontman of the Los Angeles-based TV Girl, makes good on the promise offered by his band’s playfully cynical and self-deprecating lyrics. “We only played Miami once before, and our old booking agent would…
“I never really go with trends at all,” insists gothfather/guitar innovator Daniel Ash. “I think that’s the kiss of death, to do that.” On Stripped, his first album in more than a decade, the reclusive Brit breathes new life into highlights from his years as the guitar craftsman behind the…
Growing up, I had a friend whose dad was older and often in poor health. He was a Cuban immigrant who spoke very little English. He did, however, speak one language: Zelda. Day in and day out, homebound because of his illnesses, this man in his 70s who had more…
The most widely seen Iggy Pop concert was not performed by the man himself. In writer-director Todd Haynes’ 1998 cult classic Velvet Goldmine, itself a fictionalized, Citizen Kane-style account of ’70s glam rock, Jedi and Scottish sex symbol Ewan McGregor plays Curt Wild, a not-so-subtle analogue to the punk progenitor…
Pearl Jam fans, young and old, flooded the American Airlines Arena on Saturday evening for the band’s first stint in the 305 since they played Bayfront Park back in the mid-1990s. But these weren’t so much fans as a congregation. And the six men on stage weren’t so much rock…
For this year’s TransAtlantic Festival, The Rhythm Foundation scored what was possibly its biggest coup in the event’s 14 year history in bringing Beirut to the North Beach Bandshell for the group’s first ever Florida performance. Beirut, a six-piece based out of New York, blends influences as varied as mariachi…
Hip-hop is at a crossroads. With rap dissolving into a hazy swirl of over-produced beats and brain dead, mumble robots like Future and Young Thug topping the charts, it’s easy to fall prey to the notion that all the real MCs and lyricists are long gone. Thankfully, that’s far from…
Ryan Leslie is not your standard musician. He earned a 1600 on his SAT. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in government. He was one of just four orators selected to speak at his senior graduation ceremony. Since then Leslie has produced tracks for artists like Britney Spears,…
A good indication that you’re really, really cool is if any living thing you interact with becomes really, really cool simply by association. This is what happened with Iggy Pop’s pet Cockatoo yesterday. Known as Biggy Pop, it took the bird all of a few hours to take the internet…
Speaking before his DJ set at Electric Pickle last August, Stones Throw Records founder Chris Manak — better known to hip-hop heads, vinyl junkies, and funk enthusiasts as Peanut Butter Wolf — told Miami New Times he planned to return to Miami sooner rather than later. “Next year is our…
Ishmael Butler has been writing charged up, innovative rap since 1992’s seminal hip-hop single with Digable Planets, “Rebirth of the Slick (Cool Like Dat).” When Digable Planets retired, he dabbled in a funkier, sexier sound with Cherrywine, before finally joining instrumentalist Tendai Maraire and creating Shabazz Palaces. While Shabazz Palaces…
The members of Pearl Jam have never shied away from activism. They’re the Bernie Sanders of rock ‘n’ roll. They’ve railed against President George W. Bush, rallied behind pro-choice policies, and raised awareness for Crohn’s disease. And after 25 years, the bandmates are addressing a crisis they contribute to: hearing…
It took over two years for Brooklyn-based EMEFE to record its self-titled debut album. Band leader Miles Arzten calls it a labor of love, stressing the word “labor” more than “love.” It’s isn’t easy to orchestrate an eight-piece ensemble, after all — especially if you’re sitting behind a drum kit…
What happens when two of the most bestselling artists of all time join forces for a concert? An embarrassment of riches that was almost too much to handle. Friday night at Bayfront Park, Miami was spoiled rotten by headliners Duran Duran, who not only played damn near all of their…
10. La Fiesta Loca: Spring Break Edition with Locos Por Juana, Uma Galera, DJ Main Event, and DJ Mr. Brown. 8 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the Wynwood Yard, 56 NW 29th St. Miami; 305-447-8678; thewynwoodyard.com. Tickets cost $12-$25 via eventbrite.com. 9. Nevermind: 6th Annual Nirvana Tribute with Dorothy’s Surrender, Armada!, The…
Last April, locals Modernage broke a hiatus with their first show in almost two-and-a-half years . The thrill of the single moment was enough to inspire the group — consisting of guitarist Xavier Vazquez, guitarist/keyboardist Garcia Freundt, bassist Izzy Silva, and drummer Alex de Renzis — to create again, which…
Our society is in a crisis of cultural appropriation. JK Rowling’s History of Magic in North America injected still very active Navajo traditions into her fictional world of wizardry as carelessly as The Life of Brian rewrote the Bible. Katy Perry’s inane and convenient adoption of Native American, Egyptian, and…
