Atlanta Psychedelic Trio Chew Will Melt Your Face

Despite more than 400 shows on its roster since its inception four years ago, Atlanta’s three-piece Chew consistently delivers a high-energy live performance laden with spacey psychedelic instrumental sounds that reverb off the walls and straight into your brain. Cofounders of the hard-hitting band are Brett Reagan (guitar/electronics) and Sarah “Snare-Uh” Wilson (drums)…

Cher’s Greatest Talent: Turning Her Questionable Decisions Into Trends

Sonny & Cher’s 1965 song “I Got You Babe” blares each morning from the clock radio of Bill Murray’s character in the 1993 comedy classic “Groundhog Day.” Asked why he chose that song, writer Danny Rubin said that after several replays, “it would drive you crazy!” But wasn’t there always something also charming about the song?…

Ten Acts That Need to Perform in Miami Soon

When New Times wrote about the acts it would like to perform in Miami in 2017, news quickly followed that Lorde and Björk would finally make their way down to the tip of Florida. The city’s music lovers were also close to finally seeing Omar Souleyman onstage at the North Beach Bandshell last year until visa issues forced the show’s cancellation…

Why Two Miami Music Promoters Are Better Than One

It all started with a scheduling conflict. “The band Steve Jr. from New York were touring their new album. They hit me up about playing in Miami,” Ricardo Guerrero, who produces a series of shows called Death to the Sun, tells New Times. “I reached out to Churchill’s, and they told me that Gordo [Emmanuel Nanni, who promotes Hardcore for Punx] already had the date reserved for a punk show…”

Rapper Karl “Dice Raw” Jenkins Shares Henry Box Brown With Miami Students

Rapper Karl “Dice Raw” Jenkins, known for his frequent collaborations with the Roots, speaks to an assembly of ninth-graders at the Young Men’s Preparatory Academy in Wynwood. He’s there to talk about his latest project, a stage musical about the life of Henry “Box” Brown, who escaped slavery by sealing himself inside a wooden crate and mailing it from Virginia to Pennsylvania.

Miami Soul Legend Betty Wright Kicks Off National YoungArts Week

When 20 National YoungArts voice finalists in pop, jazz, classical, and singer/songwriter categories take the stage at New World Center January 7, they’ll surely wow the audience — which will include YoungArts Week voice master teacher Betty Wright. The soul singer with deep gospel roots and an impressive seven-octave range…

III Points’ David Sinopoli on the Miami Music Acts to Watch in 2019

As cofounder of III Points, the wildly popular music festival held in Wynwood since its inception in 2013, David Sinopoli is keyed into Miami’s music scene. His level of expertise becomes apparent when he begins talking numbers: “With the Ground, Space, and Floyd, and before that Bardot, for the last eight years I’ve been programming 300 shows a year in Miami,”…

How New Order Pioneered the Sound and Image of Alternative Dance Music

Released 35 years ago last May, New Order’s iconic LP “Power, Corruption & Lies” wasn’t the influential English band’s first album. But the sophomore effort marked the group’s clear transition from its moody punk origins as Joy Division to an extroverted, effervescent dance act. A pioneer of postpunk, electro-pop, proto-rave, dance-rock, and a whole umbrella of enduring club styles, New Order has been credited with “inventing the ’80s” and “changing music forever.”

The Ten Best Miami Concerts of 2018

At times, Miami music fans feel shafted when some of their favorite artists and tours don’t make their way to the depths of Florida. But this year, that was hardly the case. Among the tons of shows Miami got to witness in 2018, choosing the ten best felt nearly impossible. From large arena shows to intimate club ones, each show displayed a specialness that will forever live on as some of the best the Magic City has ever seen. From TLC to Hinds, here are the ten best concerts of 2018.