Vnusamr Makes a Comeback With a New Song and an Upcoming Show

The last time the Broward-based goddess of silky-smooth alternative R&B set foot onstage was in 2016. Since then, the singer, songwriter, and producer did a brief stint in Tampa, moved back to South Florida, and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Harmony. After a short hiatus, the new mother is back with a punch, serving up her signature dose of sensual bedroom-produced jams with a new track, “Little Bit of Love,” featuring Smkrsroom.

Drake and Migos Postpone Miami Tour Dates

People of Miami, put away your Drake merch. The much-anticipated performance by the superstar rapper today and tomorrow has been postponed. No, this is not a drill. Drake was supposed to appear at the American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami with Migos for concerts scheduled for tonight…

Nick Klein’s Love for Miami Comes Full Circle at Kill Your Idol

The visceral sound of a Nick Klein record isn’t something that can be easily sourced or replicated. This is due in part to Klein’s approach to texture, volume, and recording: In his hands, the medium becomes shaped by the material in an inescapable way — evidenced by Klein often recording…

How David Byrne Influenced a Generation of Indie Rockers

Musical influences are cyclical. There have been stages in rock history when everyone was trying to sing like Bob Dylan and other eras when everyone channeled their inner Lou Reed. But among the indie rockers who’ve pushed boundaries and topped the charts since the turn of the century, one has…

Niall Horan Escapes the Brand of the Global Boy Band

The swoon-worthy tween heartthrobs who once made up Britain’s One Direction in some ways define the word “millennial.” Five teenage boys grew into young men sitting on a gilded pop throne, their names forever associated with the group’s enormous success. Nowadays, more than two years after One Direction shook its…

Analog Delivers Sound and Style to Las Rosas and Floyd

Asked how his rock band got its name, singer/guitarist Albae Camino recites the dictionary definition of “analog.” The gist is that “computers are digital devices; humans are analog,” he says. “We brainstormed short, simple names representing the way we sound. The four of us go for a pure…

Børns Brings Rabid Fans, Dancing, and Charisma to Revolution Live

The indie-pop double-header of Børns and Twin Shadow at Revolution Live Tuesday evening was a Coachella-loving, flower-crown-wearing hipster’s dream come true. Both artists are touring with new records, and both could easily headline a show in any number of midsize rock clubs around the nation, but it was clear that Børns was the unquestioned object of adoration this night.

Love, Light, and Power of Junglepussy

She approaches most things in life that way. Raunchy and emphatically real both in her music and her public image, the Brooklyn-born West Indian Junglepussy styles herself in exuberant tropical colors and patterns and changes her weave to match her mood, all while emanating a spiritual-guru level of self-assurance: It’s the power of the Pussy.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise Is Not for Your Kid’s Gift List

Rainbow Kitten Surprise might sound like something on your child’s Christmas wish list. But it’s not. The latest band to hit the indie scene boasts a tour de force of high-energy shows and mystic lyrics. They hail from the mountains of Boone, North Carolina.

Support Afrobeta’s Film About Its First Trip to Cuba, Birthright?!

Like many first-generation Americans of Cuban descent, married couple Christina “Cuci” Amador and Tony Smurphio — also known as the musical duo Afrobeta — were taught that Cuba was not on their travel agenda. After being exiled from their homeland in the ’50s, their parents, like many others, never returned. It was a sort of fuck-you to Fidel Castro and his crew.