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…

Miami’s Ten Best Halloween Parties in 2017

Miami loves to party, and this city has the tricks and treats to make your fright night a delight. The whole week leading up to October 31 is packed with freaky fun. Get the most out of your costume by attending a few graveyard smashes. Or if you’d never be caught dead in the same costume twice, make even more! The point is to get out there and ghost. Here are some grade-A parties to haunt.

Colombian Duo Salt Cathedral Makes Its Miami Debut

“About 40 minutes from where we’re from in Bogotá, there is a salt mine,” singer Juliana Ronderos says. “The workers in the mine would build shrines to pray at since their job was so dangerous. They built a cathedral made completely of salt, and they dedicated the area to it moving the mine away.”

I Was a Festival Virgin

Until this weekend, when III Points took over Wynwood, I had never been to a music festival. They’re a right of passage for American youth, yet I’ve managed to stay away for 22 years. How? Well, for one, I’m a poor millennial who can barely afford to eat, let alone…

Don’t Blame LCD Soundsystem for the Farewell Tour

For those who were too young to experience the Brooklyn postpunk revival of the 2000s but are too old to unreservedly love mumble rap, the path to LCD Soundsystem fandom is a well-trodden one. In the late ’00s and early ’10s, you might have first heard “Daft Punk Is Playing…

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, October 16-22

If you thought a break was coming after III Points, think again. The music continues to pour into Miami this week. After performing at the BB&T Center Sunday, Bruno Mars gives South Florida fans a second chance to catch his 24K Magic Tour when it moves south to the American Airlines Arena Wednesday. The same night, Insane Clown Posse will perform nearby at the Hangar. Whoop, whoop!

J Balvin on Miami, the Latin Revolution, and His Gente

When J Balvin hopped onstage at the American Airlines Arena Friday night in a bright orange tracksuit and literal rose-colored glasses, you might have thought you were at the wrong show. Backed by a full live band (is this jazz rock?) artfully drum- and guitar-soloing to “Veneno” (the Hard Rock?)…

III Points 2017: How Actress Changed His Live Setup for Miami

Actress is not the type of artist who’s comfortable with doing the same thing over and over again. “I’m constantly changing my live setup,” he said before his performance at III Points. “I hate being in a situation where it seems too put-together onstage.” The British electronic musician, born Darren…

III Points 2017: Gorillaz Finally Make It to Florida

Halfway through his set, Damon Albarn started musing about his time in Miami so far. “I’m recording new music, and I record in every city. I’m staying at a hotel on the beach,” he told the crowd gathered at the Main Frame stage Friday night at III Points. “It’s a…

How I Learned to Love Insane Clown Posse and the Juggalo Family

There may be no band more famous but less heard than Insane Clown Posse. If you’re even slightly culturally-aware as an American in 2017, chances are you know of ICP, even if its just as “that band with the clown makeup and all their fans paint their face, too. What…