Concerts

McCartney’s electrifying stage presence and willingness to please made his Miami show a hit.

Brian Shimkovitz, one of the world’s foremost scholars and treasure hunters of West African popular music, will DJ at Gramps July 9.

Over the past ten years, STRFKR’s Josh Hodges has subtly fostered a cult following, but it’s unclear whether this was deliberate. In 2008, Hodges began what was then known as Starfucker in Portland, Oregon. He intended it to be a fun, loose, creative outlet removed from the more serious stylings of his band Sexton Blake.

It’s the day after the Fourth of July, and we hope your eardrums are still intact after all the fireworks. From punk to reggae, salsa, and jazz, we’re here to take you on a journey of sonic delight seven days a week. Check out our guide to live music in Miami:

Cultural icons never die. As generation after generation outgrows teenybopper fixations and digs deeper into record store bins, the timeless work of beloved artists is renewed era after era and time after time. But immortality comes at a cost, and its price is often caricature. Prince’s death and the subsequent outpouring of tribute showed us that the seminal genius of a generation, who spent decades bending genres in the studio, in the end became frozen in amber as the Purple One in a studded latex jacket and ruffled shirt.

By some quirk of the calendar, the architects of two of rock’s greatest bands will perform in Miami the same week. July 7, we get former Beatle Paul McCartney, and six days later, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd arrives. As one rock legend after another slips from this mortal coil, these are must-attend shows.

The Lauderhill rapper ended a national tour with a ridiculous, chaotic homecoming show.

It’s Independence Day week, and Miami’s music calendar is loaded. Today, Electric Karnival promises to bring Caribbean riddims and electronic beats together with a lineup that includes Walshy Fire, Bunji Garlin, Brenmar, Ape Drums, and many others. Tonight, Heart and Space will go head-to-head with sets by Chus & Ceballos and Sasha, respectively.

Local nonprofit PAXy brings Wake Up Miami! performances to the Government Center station Monday mornings from July through December.

The sludge-metal pioneer kicks off a new era of recording and live performances at Gramps in Wynwood.

Ben Katzman’s DeGreaser has never been a band to step aside and let industry gears decide its fate. In fact, Katzman started his label, BUFU Records, in part to influence the direction his band went and on what terms. He believes fortunate hands he’s been dealt have been random.

The bassist talks about his touring schedule and his 12-year-old’s major accomplishment.

The guys in the band Post Animal aren’t too keen about being labeled as psychedelic rock. On the phone with New Times, Javier Reyes, one of the group’s many guitarists, came up with a more specific description of their live show:

Before you celebrate all of that freedom next week — a concept definitely invented in the greatest nation in the world, ‘Merica — you have Independence Day weekend to look forward to. The leadup to the Fourth of July is packed with appearances, including Steve Aoki at Story, Lil Yachty at LIV, and Technasia at Heart on Friday and Apollonia at Space, Nora En Pure at Wall, and Flosstradamus at Ora on Saturday.

Prior to Friday night’s concert at the American Airlines Arena, New Times pit joint headliners Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull in a goofy imaginary brawl. In the end, the Cuban-American rapper bested his Spanish counterpart. But in the real world, this powerhouse odd couple appears to have found the perfect bromance to balance each other onstage.

Pull up a 2014 biography of 29-year-old Ringgo Ancheta, AKA Mndsgn, on his music label’s website, and your jaw will drop. The hip-hop producer’s parents were once members of the Filipino arm of the Aum Supreme Truth Cult. A Japanese doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara, it gained international notoriety in 1995 when it carried out a deadly sarin attack in Tokyo’s subway.

The first time Eclectic Overdrive’s Adam put on a show at the now shuttered, all-ages Pembroke Pines venue Talent Farm in 2012, it was packed with people who didn’t typically attend live music events. The popularity of that night was a sign that Adam, whose last name is Arritola but goes…

Few times and settings in rock history have as deep a mythology as the Sunset Strip of the late 1980’s. As lead singer for L.A. Guns, Phil Lewis had a front row seat for all the guitar solos and debauchery. “It was like I died and had gone to heaven…

Earlier this month, two of the most successful Spanish-language crossover artists in pop music teamed up for a powerhouse tour. Ageless heartthrob Enrique Iglesias and Mr. Worldwide, AKA Pitbull, on their third go-round together since 2012, are once again selling out stadiums across North America with a double billing already…

This week, American Airlines Arena will collapse with so much Miami-ness under one roof. That’s because Mr. Worldwide, AKA Mr. 305, Pitbull will share the stage with Spanish-born, Miami-raised singer Enrique Iglesias. Will the duo set off an implosion of neon and tropical heat? Probably.

Where to even begin with Venezuela? The country is in turmoil, but on cable news it gets far fewer mentions than the U.S. president’s latest cluster tweets or 3 a.m. farts. Dog, cat, and pigeon carcasses are being found in the streets because Venezuelans are starving.