Music

The term “Latin music” could no doubt use a bit of updating. These days, it’s a painfully vague descriptor, akin to asking someone if they enjoy “European music” — a genre that contains everything from Adele to German death techno. (That’s probably a thing, right?) Luckily, few acts in the…

Run the Jewels is the punk band we need right now. Yes, technically it’s a hip-hop supergroup, but rappers El-P and Killer Mike are filled with the spirit of music revolutionaries, both on and off the stage.

Donald Trump would not have approved of the scene at the Fillmore this past Saturday night. You can just imagine his face turning an even redder shade of orange had he learned a sold-out crowd was there to see a boy band that was not American.

If you are into good local rock bands and cheap beer, Saturday, January 21, Churchill’s Pub is the place to be. The State of Orange Festival is where you can drink all your concerns about Inauguration Day away, or at least forget about them for a couple of hours.

Miami’s rising rappers and experienced lyricists are working overtime to keep it thorough with their new music and videos.

The 2017 Groove Cruise will be Whet Travel’s 29th floating masterpiece. The lineup includes Kristina Sky, Cosmic Gate, Darude, Markus Schulz, Dash Berlin, Andrew Rayel, Jochen Miller, Way Out West, Lee Foss, EDX, Nora en Pure, UMEK, Chus + Ceballos, Sydney Blu, Sam Feldt, Miami’s own George Acosta, Cocodrills, and ALX, plus many more. Beyond the music and crazy costumes, there will be comedy by DJ Mimosa, random robots, a poker tournament hosted by Bad Boy Bill, a wedding proposal or two, a miniature golf tournament, and other international-waters insanity.

Kodak Black will perform this Friday, January 20, at Heart Nightclub in Miami for his first solo show since his release from jail.

Miami’s newest music festival, Kaya Fest, has already made headlines by reuniting the Marley brothers onstage for the first time in more than two decades. Now organizers have announced special appearances by Lauryn Hill, who packed the Fillmore Miami Beach last month, as well as her former Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean.

Gene Woolfolk has had the worst luck with vans. Just before speaking with New Times to promote the Miami debut of his band the Powder Room, he was haggling with his Athens, Georgia, mechanic over fixing his vehicle’s electrical issues. “I might just have to sort it out when I…

Less than three months from now, thousands of EDM-crazed festivalgoers will descend upon Bayfront Park for Ultra’s 2017 run. If you’re hoping to join the party, you need to act quickly. Tickets are almost sold out.

Step aside, Taylor Swift. Look out, Drake. Adele, go ahead and get out of the way. You’re some of the biggest names in pop music the Western world has ever heard, but there’s a right sugary fierceness coming from the East, and American tweens are looking for love in all-new…

Music fans and progressives alike spent most of the past year denouncing 2016 as a dumpster fire. But many of the American anxieties that came to a head last year surfaced in 2013. Over the course of those 12 months, we were confronted with the prospect of an overreaching and…

When Texas trio Mothership describes its sound as “supersonic intergalactic heavy rock ‘n’ roll,” it might seem like listeners are about to dive into some spacey, straight-up stoner jams. But if that’s all you hear during the band’s first Miami gig this Friday, you’re barely scratching the surface. Bassist and…

A “boytoy” is colloquially known as a young stud who allows himself to be the sexual plaything of a woman. Boytoy, a grungy, indie-rock trip based in Brooklyn, channels the spirit of its name by having its way with loud-as-fuck rock ‘n’ roll.