Vicious traffic, nightmare parking, long security lines, crap weather – there were plenty of hurdles to clear Sunday night to get to American Airlines Arena, but it was well worth it to see the one and only, Jay-Z. This was the weekend for big events in Miami and just like…
After making its live debut in Miami in 2013, Grizzly Bear returns for another show. The band had been performing long before its appearance here four years ago and had released its debut album, Horn of Plenty, in 2004. Grizzly Bear is touring in support of its fifth LP, Painted Ruins. Catch the quartet at the Fillmore Miami Beach this Thursday.
A roundup of music-related organizations to support on Give Miami Day.
A roundup of events at this year’s Miami Book Fair for music fans of all ages.
Opening for Waxahatchee at Gramps November 14, Ought has channeled the Zeitgeist in an era when rock’s relevance has waned.
Alt-J, MGMT, Metronomy, and other musical acts aren’t the only draw at this beachfront festival.
Many people find pleasure in the simple things: cooking, reading a book, relaxing at home, and hanging out with friends. It turns out that award-winning, globe-hopping rock bands find the same amount of joy, if not more, in such unpretentious normalcy.
Music has played such a big role in Joseph Mount’s life that it’s easy for him to think of instruments as people with personalities. The drums, for instance, are like an easygoing, affable drinking buddy. He considers the bass guitar more serious and thoughtful — maybe someone who abstains from…
When LIV reopened last month after an extended renovation, Miami’s party people didn’t quite know what to expect. The nightclub was already a legendary destination, boasting celebrity-packed parties week after week in a space that seemed to operate at the top of the nightlife game. Then it closed for an unprecedented nine weeks. What would a $10 million refurbishment do to the space?
South Florida rockabilly legend and beloved visual artist Larry Joe Miller passed away suddenly November 3.
House-music DJ/producer Josh Butler was a regular on the dance floor before moving to the DJ throne. For the self-admitted raver, his college experience in Leeds was of the six-year variety. Like the legendary house parties there, undergrad careers extend past the standard time frame.
At the Fontainebleau this past Saturday, Whitney Houston superfans gathered alongside members of the late singer’s family and estate to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of The Bodyguard soundtrack. Rickey Minor, Houston’s longtime musical director and collaborator, hosted the festivities, which included a listening party…
Before they were slinging mud at each other on escalating dis tracks, Jay-Z and onetime mentor Jaz-O were collaborating on one of Jaz-O’s more successful singles, “Hawaiian Sophie.” It’s the sort of goofy, good-time pop rap from the late ’80s that’s almost embarrassing if it weren’t for some truly smooth…
Three months ago, New Times named Basement Miami’s weekly party Jelly, known for playing early-2000s R&B and hip-hop, the place to be in Miami on Wednesdays. So why in the name of Cam’ron has the party been replaced with the Caribbean-focused Coco Jelly?
Robby Robb is on a mission to make a music festival that celebrates local bands — whether they’re from Miami or somewhere else. This November 18, Robb will inaugurate his Imaginary Radio Music & Arts Festival at Gramps.
Jay-Z’s 4:44 Tour finally makes it to Miami this Sunday. It’s in support of his 13th album of the same name, which, like Magna Carta Holy Grail, wasn’t teased with any singles before release. But then again, when you inhabit the upper echelons of superstardom like Shawn Carter does, you don’t have to bother with singles.
It has a long and storied history, first as Miami Beach Municipal Auditorium, then the Theater of Performing Arts, and later the Jackie Gleason Theater. But 2017 is the tenth year the building at 1700 Washington Ave. has been known as the Fillmore Miami Beach. To mark the occasion…
Juan Carlos Girl, a legally blind local activist and Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy, is suing Ultra Music Festival. He claims the festival’s website and live events are inaccessible to visually impaired patrons, which violates Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).
Catch three Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees at this weekend’s RockFest 80’s.
According to NME, QTY is the NBT. That sentence might not make sense to many, but Dan Lardner, the lead singer of NYC two-piece QTY, would probably love it. Joined by guitarist and longtime friend and collaborator Alex Niemetz, the 27-year-old Lardner will make his first trip to Florida as…
Albums such as Run-D.M.C.’s King of Rock, the Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill, and Michael Jackson’s Thriller jumpstarted Diane Perez’s fiery love for records. Eventually, they inspired her to open one of South Florida’s best record stores.
One of John Gregory’s great recent frustrations in life was that he couldn’t find a drum ‘n’ bass night in Miami. “I’d been doing events all over South Florida and I found the last couple years there really wasn’t anything I wanted to go to,” the man who was in…
