Music

When the rock band Mutemath got to work on its fifth and most recent album, Play Dead, singer and keyboardist Paul Meany found inspiration in some heavy places.

Mexico’s Café Tacvba doesn’t shy away from politics, bringing fans comfort in dark times in America.

For most — though clearly not all — of us, the hurricane mess is finished. That means we can turn our attention to music. Kicking off the week is indie rock outfit Foster the People at the Fillmore Miami Beach. The “Pumped Up Kicks” rockers are currently on tour in…

Making good on a four-year-old promise, Arcade Fire performed to a vibrant crowd at the University of Miami’s Watsco Center on a tour stop promoting the band’s latest album, July’s Everything Now.

Nothing is a given with Lauryn Hill or Nas, and the chance to see these two living legends co-headline is unquestionably a gift.

The band is slated to hit the Fillmore Miami Beach September 27, on the heels of the release of its latest record, Sacred Hearts Club.

While Canadian indie rockers Wolf Parade, are now serving as openers for Arcade Fire, the two bands’ histories have a much deeper history. Not only are both influenced by the art rock of The Talking Heads, they each started in Montreal at the turn of the century. And Wolf Parade’s…

If you’re old enough, you can recollect that in the ’90s, baby-boomers wouldn’t stop boasting how old-time rock ‘n’ roll was best. “Bob Dylan, the Doors, Woodstock, that was when rock was rock,” they’d tell you. The old-timers would keep their radios locked on classic-rock stations playing the same hundred songs in constant rotation and save their money for anytime the Moody Blues or Donovan would come to town.

DITHER will host a smorgasbord of local talent.

As keyboardist for the celebrated electronic group Front 242, Patrick Codenys is no stranger to unknown territory. For instance, when the band plays the inaugural show at the Ground, a new midsize venue taking up part of Club Space on Eleventh Street in downtown Miami, it’ll come with some colorful…

Depending on how you look at it, Arcade Fire’s performance at the Watsco Center this Saturday has been anywhere from 13 to four years in the making. Despite being among the most visible faces of indie rock, earning a well-deserved Grammy for 2010’s The Suburbs, and its status as one…

With Irma already feeling like a distant memory for most of Miami, the city is quickly getting back into the swing of things. This week, Arcade Fire finally keeps its promise of returning to Miami after the band’s two secret show, and so far only South Florida appearances, in 2013…