Rich Medina. With Lazaro Casanova and JBZ. Friday, August 14, 10 p.m. Bardot, 3456 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-576-7750; bardotmiami.com. Ages 21 and up. Get into the party spirit with dope vibes from New Jersey-bred cool guy, Rich Medina and go on “sonic journey through hip-hop, house, soul, Afrobeat, funk, breaks, and dance classics” at…
Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you get exactly what you wish for. In the case of indie rocker Colleen Green, homegirl is getting just what she wanted. In her latest LP, I Want to Grow Up, Green reflects on the millennial struggle of being broke and single and, well, growing up…
Travi$ Scott. Presented by Who’s Who and Vybenation. Friday, August 14, 6 to 10 p.m. Grand Central, 697 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-377-2277; grandcentralmiami.com. Tickets cost $30 plus fees via ticketmaster.com. All ages. He growls. He flashes gold grills with fangs. He’s Travi$ Scott. And this week, the 23-year-old Houston rapper — who just so…
Psychemagik. With Patrick Walsh. Friday, August 7, 10 p.m. The Electric Pickle, 2826 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-456-5613; electricpicklemiami.com. Admission is free before midnight with RSVP via eventbrite.com. “Music is the celestial sound,” Psychemagik writes on their Facebook description, “and it is sound that controls the whole universe.” Experience the mystical vibes of the…
“Everything you hear that has a beat, that has a pulse, is a derivative of Afro roots.” That is Jose Elias’ condensed definition of world music. And as the man behind the Magic City’s 17th-annual Afro Roots World Music Festival, Elias knows a thing or two about worldbeat. “In every…
My Morning Jacket. With Mini Mansions. Monday, August 3, 8:30 p.m. The Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7300; fillmoremb.com. Tickets cost $55 to $75 plus fees via livenation.com. Wheaties may be the breakfast of champions, but in Miami, lechón asado is the meal of legends. That, of course,…
Hypoluxo. With Tailings and Chaucer. Friday, July 31, 10 p.m. Shirley’s at Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-699-2669; gramps.com. Admission costs $3. Ages 21 and up. Get your dose of “experimental bedroom-pop death drone Kanye West lo-fi shoegaze weird pop” with West Palm Beach’s Hypoluxo at Gramps. A band on the move, the young indie rockers will…
The Mowgli’s. Presented by Dunkin’ Donuts’ DD Summer Soundtrack. Monday, July 27, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Ocean Drive, between 8th and 9th. Admission is free. All ages. There’s nothing more refreshing than free iced coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts in the middle of a sweaty afternoon and live music from the Mowgli’s right…
Sealion. With Red Nectar, Party Static, and Milkspot. Presented by Cheap Miami Records. Friday, July 24, 10 p.m. Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-699-2669; gramps.com. Admission costs $5. Get ready for some “Heavy Fizz” and “margarita punk” with Dallas’ Sealion. Then stick around for some “smooth indie-tinged fuzz rock”…
As the founder of one of Miami’s most popular Latin dance studios, Rene Gueits just might be the Magic City’s number one salsa lover. But in 2001, Gueits took his pasión del ritmo and his dance company Salsa Lovers to another level by kicking off the Miami Salsa Congress. “I…
Sam Smith With Gavin James American Airlines Arena, Miami Monday, July 20, 2015 While the rest of Miami twerked it up with Nicki Minaj and the Pinkprint Tour crew at the Bayfront Park Amphitheatre last night, the Magic City’s hopeless romantics, well around 20,000 of ‘em, gathered at the American…
Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint Tour. With Meek Mill, Tinashe, and Dej Loaf. Monday, July 20, 7 p.m. Bayfront Park Amphitheatre, 301 Biscayne Blvd, Miami; 305-358-7550; bayfrontparkmiami.com. Tickets cost $35 to $570 plus fees via livenation.com. “The Night Is Still Young,” so “get twisted” on “Myx Moscato and vodka.” Then get…
The Bolero Ball II. With Dude Skywalker, Lazaro Casanova, and Austin Frank. Presented by Deep Playa and petFood. Friday, July 17, 10 p.m. The Electric Pickle, 2826 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-456-5613; electricpicklemiami.com. Admission is free before 1 a.m. with RSVP via eventbrite.com. Ages 21 and up. Don your fanciest pair of dancing shoes and…
From singing with the Jonas Brothers and starring in Disney Channel’s 2009 series Jonas to spinning at a flashy club near you, Joe Jonas has shed his Mickey Mouse ears and become DJ Danger. Well, sort of. “We used to make really funny videos back in the day,” the middle…
Splashion: The Summer of Color. With Adam Lambert. Hosted by YesJules. Presented by MIAMI Magazine. Tuesday, July 14, 8 p.m. The Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7300; fillmoremb.com. Tickets cost $13.75 to $33.75 plus fees via livenation.com. Kick Miami Swim Week with MIAMI Magazine’s annual Splashion throwdown. Get your fashion on with runway…
The Post Age. With Krisp and a comedy set by Bradlys Philoctete. Friday, July 10, 10 p.m. Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-699-2669; gramps.com. Admission costs $5. Vibe out to the “indie-pop/alternative” sounds of the Magic City’s Post Age and Krisp at Gramps. Keep the good times rollin’ with over-the-top laughs and LOLs…
The 305’s LunchMoney Lewis may be busy toppin’ charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, working with pop superstars like Nicki Minaj and Jessie J, and recording his first full-length album, but — as he’s learned — the bills don’t stop for success. They just pile higher and…
Bleeth. Presented by Ladies Night. Wednesday, July 8, 10 p.m. Kill Your Idol, 222 Española Way, Miami Beach; 305-534-1009; facebook.com/killyouridolmiami.com. Admission is free. Ages 21 and up. “We wanted something that when you heard it, you didn’t have anything to relate it to or have some preconceived idea of,” Bleeth guitarist and former…
Armageddon Man. With Snakehole, DJs Benton G., and Mikey R. Friday, July 3, 10 p.m. Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-699-2669; gramps.com. “Rock ‘n’ roll, Kung Fu, and Wang Chung.” That’s the kind of night you’re in for when Armageddon Man and Snakehole bring their “loud, crude, and rude” punk to “First City,…
Splish. Splash. Boom. That’s how our founding fathers partied it up on the Delaware River in 1776 when the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the 13 colonies autonomous over the British Empire. While America has observed July 4 as a national holiday for the past 239…
Haochi. With DJ Sweetswirl. Presented by Ladies Night. Wednesday, July 1, 10 p.m. Kill Your Idol, 222 Española Way, Miami Beach; 305-534-1009; facebook.com/killyouridolmiami.com. Admission is free. Ages 21 and up. Unleash your inner “Peggy” — who, as drummer Juan Oña explained in an interview with New Times last year, “lives inside of all of…
Charlie Megira. With the Gun Hoes, Rick Guerre, DJs Mikey, and Benton. Presented by Death to the Sun. Friday, June 26, 10 p.m. Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-699-2669; gramps.com. Admission costs $5. Charlie Megira, the “surf ghost crooner from the bays of Israel, suit drenched in watered guitars and hallway howls” is taking…
