Music legend Phil Collins, now 66 years old, remembers a world that was far simpler for musicians. “Life was a little bit different when I was 5 years old,” Collins says. “Back then, in 1956, if you had a drum kit and you learned how to play, you had a…
The prologue of Katy Tur’s Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History tells the story of the night Donald Trump became President Trump. Tur, defeated and sleep-deprived after a year and a half of covering the Trump campaign, recalls nearly shutting down mentally after learning that Trump planned to continue staging rallies after his victory.
Robby Robb is on a mission to make a music festival that celebrates local bands — whether they’re from Miami or somewhere else. This November 18, Robb will inaugurate his Imaginary Radio Music & Arts Festival at Gramps.
Juan Carlos Girl, a legally blind local activist and Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy, is suing Ultra Music Festival. He claims the festival’s website and live events are inaccessible to visually impaired patrons, which violates Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).
“On an aesthetic level, the juxtaposition of indoor furniture in the streets — like sofas in the wild — challenges the notions of comfort and family life.” Salem first noticed a sofa surplus a couple of years after the recession, which hit communities such as Little Havana especially hard. On a sociopolitical level, the sofas represent consumerism and “elevate the disposable.”
Fergie returns with her sophomore solo album, Double Dutchess, after several world tours and albums with the Black Eyed Peas, marriage, separation, and motherhood.
If the Harvey Weinstein case has taught America anything about sexual assault and rape culture, it’s that the Hollywood stories are only the tip of the iceberg. Consider the latest uproar at Florida International University, where someone leaked a fraternity’s group chat full of nude photos of female students, derisive messages about a deceased FIU sorority member, and jokes about anti-Semitism and rape.
“Let’s jump right into some existential dread, shall we?” Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace laughed at Culture Room this past Tuesday night.
If Stevie Nicks ran away from Fleetwood Mac to join the Stooges in a parallel timeline, she would have released an album like L.A. Witch. The band, a multimedia love letter to the fuzzy reverb and 35-millimeter warmth of the ’70s, embraces its influences, all the while exuding its own attitude. When it comes to postpunk, after all, somehow women musicians are often described as “derivative,” while men are “inspired.”
Self-titled after the Japanese philosophy of “Kaizen,” which translates to “change for the better,” Miami producer KAIXEN is always changing. On his debut album, Pecado, Julian Steven Munro experiments with a fusion of pop, electronic R&B, hip-hop, and indie rock that underscores his growth as both an artist and as a…
In a roomful of dancers popping, locking, and breaking, famed dancer, spoken-word artist, and director Jonzi D is as eloquent in words as he is in dance. Jonzi founded Breakin’ Convention, the world’s largest festival of hip-hop dance and theater, in London in 2004. This weekend, Breakin’ Convention will travel to the Southeast for the first time for a performance at the Adrienne Arsht Center in downtown Miami.
“We thought Miami was a good place to start,” Conor Oberst said at his last South Florida show, at the Fillmore in 2011. Six years later, the Bright Eyes founder and emo-Americana legend will return to South Florida, this time to perform at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale on the…
When J Balvin hopped onstage at the American Airlines Arena Friday night in a bright orange tracksuit and literal rose-colored glasses, you might have thought you were at the wrong show. Backed by a full live band (is this jazz rock?) artfully drum- and guitar-soloing to “Veneno” (the Hard Rock?)…
At installation artist Veronica Gessa’s home, the living room is empty, save for a couple of potted palms, some old leather chairs, and ten old-school TV sets stacked atop one another. Their screens flicker silently rotating images of Gorillaz, large block text reading “MEET ME IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT,” a melting Jake the Dog from Adventure Time, and the familiar III Points triangle logo.
If you’re a Cuban woman in Miami, maybe you heard Camila Cabello’s “Havana” for the first time and groaned. Or maybe you teared up when your mom said she could relate to the song’s chorus: “Havana, ooh na-na/Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh-na-na.”
Key West Island Books, independently owned and operated as a seller of new, used, and rare books since 1975, has become a Conch institution for its vibrant author event series and glass-of-wine-when-you-walk-in familiarity. After Hurricane Irma, the bookstore is one of many small businesses attempting to rebuild after the intense…
Tracy Young’s 25-year career is a history lesson about Miami’s infamous house scene and the woman who spread it world-wide. It’s hard to imagine the legendary DJ—who has worked with Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, and Gloria Estefan—as anything but an electronica virtuoso. But Young decided to make beats knowing…
LANY is a deceptive name for a band formed in Nashville, Tennessee. Pronounced lay-nee, an acronym for “Los Angeles New York,” the group at first glance looks and sounds like the ultra-urban minimalist Instagram fodder touted by one-word bands these days. But its relatable, warm sound also offers comfort, like…
Waffle House has been there for you at your best and worst moments, from picking up bae at the Fort Lauderdale airport at midnight, to nursing a hangover over biscuits before the night is even over. Now, Waffle House might also be there for you for some or all of…
Gone are the days of going to the mall with your mom to buy three more handbags you don’t need. This Saturday and Sunday, head north to Allapattah Market Miami for the Opening Pop-Up Event, a free two-day open-air market offering more than 10,000 square feet of local vendors, artists, craft beverages, and artisanal eats to introduce its permanent market concept worthy of the seasoned Miami shopper.
Director Andreas Neumann’s latest documentary, American Valhalla, chronicles the secret collaboration between Iggy Pop and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age on the 2016 album Post Pop Depression. Wednesday night, Iggy and Sweat Records founder Lauren “Lolo” Reskin found a common mission at the film’s Miami premiere at O Cinema Miami Beach.
Last year, Gaby Guerrero put herself on the map of Miami’s underground R&B scene with her EP Polarized. This year, she’s channeling the likes of Solange, FKA Twigs, and early Sia on her longer and more mature EP, Second Chances.
