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Alternative R&B may not be mainstream but DVWEZ plans to keep her sound unique and break through mainstream radio regardless.

So many choices!

Rolling Loud adds more local and rising underground talent than in years past.

Tomorrow night, the Destiny Inn will open for business. More of an idea and an ethos than a location, the Destiny Inn — summoned in spirit by Floyd’s new monthly Thursday-night party, Live at the Destiny Inn — will offer an alternative to traditional Miami-nightlife fare, occupying a deliberately hazy middle ground between pulse-pounding techno thrills and the lull of ambient works.

What’s it like being sandwiched between Eminem and Portugal. The Man? Not too many people can answer that question, but Odesza has lived the experience. For two weekends in April, the Bellingham, Washington-bred electronic duo of Harrison Mills (AKA Catacombkid) and Clay Knight (AKA BeachesBeaches) shared the biggest stage at…

It’s been quite a year for Chris Carrabba. In February, his band Dashboard Confessional released its first album in nearly nine years, Crooked Shadows. It’s everything you’d imagine from a reemerged Dashboard. There are hints of romance, reflection, and classic angst, all conveyed in a slightly poppier and more modernized style than he’s employed in past work.

Miami’s sunshine and swaying palm fronds are intoxicating. South Beach’s seductive ways convince its tricks — uh, visitors — that renting a Lamborghini is a good idea. Upside-down Corona bottles in margaritas lure prey to pimps, hoes, and blow black holes. Even Ellen Allien has considered its advances. She was so drunk…

SunFest, founded in 1982, always feels like an exchange of bodies, a passing of the baton among the elderly, the almost-old, and the young-enough-to-still-get-ID’ed. Last Thursday evening saw a trio of artists that appealed to Generations X, Y, and Z. Billy Idol, one of the first pop punks and early music-video stars,…

For Bay Area rapper Saweetie, trash beats and subpar flows were not an option. She’s too Icy.

Miami’s premier hip-hop festival will roll into a new location at Hard Rock Stadium this week after ditching Bayfront Park. Cardi B will no longer headline this year’s Rolling Loud Festival as she awaits the arrival of Baby Bardi, but Offset will hit the stage with his Migos mates, along with headliners J. Cole, Travis Scott, and Future.

“Two more spine injections and then I’m free.” That is not a text a writer typically receives before interviewing a musician, but there’s nothing illicit about the message. The man sending it is Dr. Jay Kuchera. He plays guitar for the blues-jam-rock-bluegrass-melding band the String Assassins, which will rock the Ford Stage at SunFest this Saturday, May 5.

Attention: Dan Campbell is making his return. No, Dolphins fans, not that Dan Campbell — the interim Fins coach in 2015. It’s Dan Campbell the lead singer of the Philly-bred pop-punk outfit the Wonder Years. The band — also featuring guitarists Matt Brasch and Casey Cavaliere, bassist Josh Martin, drummer Mike Kennedy, and guitarist/keyboardist Nick Steinborn — will play Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale May 12.

Sevyn streeter talks songwriting, depression, and being well rounded.