Miami-based Coastcity might be a new name in the music scene, but the duo behind the music aren’t newcomers. With almost 20 years of experience between them, Grammy-nominated musicians Jean Rodriguez and Danny Flores are breaking ground with their latest musical endeavor. Prior to joining forces, Flores was a producer and musician…
Iration is a reggae, dub, and rock band formed in Central California that has been playing the stages of festivals like Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, and Hangouts for the past 14 years. Just last week, the six bandmates embarked on a national spotlight adventure, the Press Play Fall 2018 Tour, where they perform songs off their self-titled sixth album, Iration.
Can you believe it’s the 20th anniversary of the release of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Ms. Lauryn Hill’s seminal Grammy-winning solo album? Two decades after Hill sang to a generation of young women about ruling their own destiny, the lessons and messages contained in her masterpiece land just as hard, inspiring thousands of fans to buy tickets to her anniversary tour, which is set to stop in Miami Monday, October 15. And if you’ve been paying attention to the news, it’s not hard to see why.
Mexican DJ Lao lives for a challenge. Asked to define himself, he responds with words such as “stubborn,” “enthusiastic,” and “identity-seeking.” Oh, and the man behind a sick alternative mix that he says “challenges” the hell out of electronic dance music also goes by the label “cultural engineer.”
Earlier this year, 17-year-old Mercedes Ferreira-Dias found herself on the stage of NBC’s The Voice for Season 14’s blind auditions. And though she almost made it — judge Kelly Clarkson even said, “She’s good!” — it simply wasn’t Ferreira-Dias’ time. Fast-forward a few months, and now she’s representing Miami on Season 15.
Gaby G talks name change and sensual video to new single “Closer.”
Tommi Waring is obsessed with the ’80s. Even though the singer and music producer was born in 1995, he lets the bygone decade permeate every ounce of his music. “I didn’t want to sound like everyone else out there right now,” he tells New Times from his North Miami home. Waring says he’s influenced by artists from 30 years ago…
Prince’s music is back on the road, but don’t call it a revival. “We’re not trying to replicate or impersonate him,” TCG Entertainment CEO and president Stephen Cook says. “We’re trying to celebrate his music and create something that honors him.” Cook has been traveling the country to promote his…
Frontman Spiller and his bandmates aren’t trying to cash in on Top 40 trends; rather, they’re making strikingly untrendy music that’s rooted almost entirely in stuff that happened 40-plus years ago.
It’s almost impossible not to fall in love with Lola Marsh. With lush sounds and captivating vocals, the Israeli pop-rock duo creates an enchanting and fantasy-like ambiance that has catapulted the band into the indie-music scene. Lead singer Yael Cohen and multi-instrumentalist Gil Landau are…
Joey Maya’s new memoir, The Drummer of Miami Beach: The Story of Joey Wrecked, has plenty of sex and drugs, but where the book really shines is in its depiction of rock ‘n’ roll. There are a thousand autobiographies by famous rockers such as Keith Richards and David Lee Roth that depict…
By day, Joshua Alexander Hicks, age 21, works at a call center where he asks people’s opinions about Florida’s political candidates. By night, the West Kendall native transforms into Ashiyushi, Miami’s “one-man synth-funk” band.
The Black Madonna, Kali Uchis, Hinds, and more of the best concerts in Miami October 1 through 7.
Perhaps everyone should look on the positive side of Ultra’s potential move: It could open a new era for the festival.
Accompanied by Honey Dijon, beloved DJ/producer the Black Madonna will share her faith in a more diverse, inclusive dance floor with Club Space Saturday, October 6.
Kali Uchis’ native tongue will always flow naturally in her music.
DJ Boring, who is as kind as he is talented, is visiting the United States for the first time since he was 8 years old. He’s gearing up for his show at Floyd this Saturday, September 29, as part of the Extra Credit party series.
The Florida-native house producer and DJ is on the verge of dropping a through-and-through hip-hop project, and he can’t decide whether to put it out as Sage Armstrong or under a new alias.
The Orlando indie-pop duo sounds crisper and cleaner, but it hasn’t lost the lo-fi, bedroom-project charm that has endeared Sales to so many.
De la Ghetto is a master of Latin urban and reggaeton music. His new album, Mi Movimiento, set for release this Friday, September 28, features a unique mix of genres and collaborations. Born Rafael Castillo to a Puerto Rican family in New York, he is a singer and rapper who grew from humble roots and understands what it is to work hard.
Ultra Music Festival has just announced that tickets for its 2019 edition are on sale. The festival had limited sales earlier this year that gave fans an opportunity to buy tickets at the lowest price possible. However, beginning today, tickets will sell until they are gone or the date of the festival arrives — whichever comes first.
III Points, the festival that for the past half-decade has kicked off the season when music gets interesting in Miami, won’t take place next month. This past in May, promoters announced they would forgo the fall event for new dates in February. The change came after a multitude of obstacles hampered III Points in its first five years.
