iLe Brings a Bit of Puerto Rico to the North Beach Bandshell

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter iLe has been called an “old soul.” It is a fitting description for a woman who at  age 28 has already experienced a full career with her brothers in the alternative hip-hop act Calle 13 and won a Grammy with her first solo offering, Ilevitable. Born Ileana…

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Still Represent Real Hip-Hop

I can’t hear the term “first of the month” without being transported back to my summer-school graduation in 1995. Cap in tow, sporting my Cross Colors and a mullet, I would bump Bone Thugs-N-Harmony in my Camaro IROC-Z as I cruised the Grove with my homies.

Björk Makes Her Miami Debut With a DJ Set During Art Basel 2017

If you don’t know who Björk is, where have you been the past three decades? The Icelandic musician, artist, and sometimes actress is an icon at this point in her solo career, which has spanned three decades. She’s defied expectations and created music and accompanying visuals that have withstood the…

Wifisfuneral on Overcoming Depression: “Anything Is Possible”

A detuned warble that sounds like it’s coming from an old-time gramophone provides an unsettling backdrop as Wifisfuneral mumbles a couple of bars. Then the kick drum drops, and his enunciation becomes razor-sharp, his flow furious. “Steady relapse into my old ways,” he raps. “In the third grade, I got punished for sour play.”

L.A. Witch Casts Garage-Rock Magic on Miami

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.”

Video: Insane Clown Posse Flooded the Hangar With Faygo

Here’s the bad news: No video cameras were allowed inside Insane Clown Posse’s show at the Hangar last week. If you didn’t have a ticket, you’d never know exactly what went down when South Florida’s Juggalo army convened in downtown Miami. But here’s the good news: New Times’ most colorful video…

Porter Robinson Breaks the EDM Mold

The big news that followed Porter Robinson this year was that he “disowned” nearly all of his earlier work. In January, he tweeted, “No disrespect but this is the canon. Everything else is unofficial now.” The tweet included a screencap that showed only 11 songs, leaving out fan favorites such…

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, October 23-29

We’ve got a lot of returns this week, meaning you should stop putting off the chance to see some of your favorite folks in concert. The Weeknd is headed to Miami after ruling the BB&T Center in May, Bone Thugs N Harmony are back to fill Sidebar, and Ibeyi are playing the North Beach Bandshell again after the release of their new album, Ash.You can also catch some epic returns to the stage with Fergie at the Fontainebleau BleauLive stage and LCD Soundsystem at the James L. Knight Center.

Kaixen Experiments With Darkness and Light on Debut Album, Pecado

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…