It can’t be easy to be a soft-spoken singer-songwriter today in America, with our appetite for screaming pundits, whirlwind synth, and infinite streams of information. But Sam Beam has made a success of it under the moniker Iron & Wine. With Beam’s whispery vocals and guitar, Iron & Wine has…
The man who sang youth anthems such as “My Generation” and “The Kids Are Alright” is now 73 years old, but the Who’s Roger Daltrey approaches performing his classics the same as always. “When I sing ‘Baba O’Riley,’ a song I’ve sung a thousand times, I’m singing it for the first time. That’s always been my method. I have to sing them like it’s the first time.”
The legendary rap group will perform at Mana Wynwood as part of III Points’ Basel concert series.
If you feel gypped because Halloween falls on a Tuesday instead of the weekend, know this: A weekday scheduling has never stopped Miami from throwing a party. The smart ones have already begun faking a cough in the office, letting their bosses know they’re probably “coming down with something.” There are plenty of parties tonight begging for you to call in sick tomorrow.
On the heels of Paul van Dyk’s performance at Heart last week, the Berliner club invasion continues with Ellen Allien’s Terrace debut at Club Space Saturday, November 4. The DJ, producer, and BPitch Control record label owner is slicing an apple in her Berlin apartment when she talks to New Times…
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…
The Cipher takes a snapshot of the late-’90s hip-hop scene, where DJ Khaled was an actual DJ and graffiti was a way of life.
If you are unaware who up-and-coming rapper Lil Peep is, don’t feel too bad. His internet-grown fan base skews young, but they are definitely a faithful bunch. With over 100 million streams, the emo rapper seems to come out of nowhere to most people. But after a series of successful…
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.
Van Dyk’s story is one of resolve, perseverance, and love since his near-fatal from a stage in February 2016. That story is told in his new album, From Then On, which dropped October 20. He’ll perform in Miami at Heart Nightclub Saturday, October 28.
Fergie returns with her sophomore solo album, Double Dutchess, after several world tours and albums with the Black Eyed Peas, marriage, separation, and motherhood.
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…
His act started as a joke, but now the 18-year-old Indonesian rapper is leading a new Far East movement.
An LCD Soundsystem show is much like the typical James Murphy attire: business casual with no pretense. It’s fun and relaxed like his white T-shirt but serious and straightforward like his blazer. Essentially, he embodies the old adage of what you see is what you get. Perhaps that’s why when the band announced a reunion…
South Florida remembers Scott “Daisy Berkowitz” Putesky on his passing. The founding member of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids was a beloved musician who lost a four-year battle with cancer.
“Let’s jump right into some existential dread, shall we?” Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace laughed at Culture Room this past Tuesday night.
Ibeyi’s spiritual music has gained popularity even as American appetites for religion are at an all-time low.
Faced with the opportunity to become a producer for Billboard-ready pop acts, Rune Reilly Kölsch chose to break from the constraints of radio-friendly hooks. Long ago, his house track “Calabria,” which was released under the name Rune RK, became a pop crossover hit.
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.”
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.”
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…
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…
