Today, South Florida has the opportunity to purchase tickets to a very special show. New Order are setting out on a short, six-date tour across the U.S. and Miami is one of the fortunate cities on the list. Tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m. for New Order’s concert…
“It was a challenge. I had never before sung in the snow or the cold or the altitude we had in Aspen,” 21-year-old singer songwriter Brika tells us during a short break from the recording studio. Last weekend she performed at the X Games in Colorado. Not easy for a…
In 2006, James “J Dilla” Dewitt Yancey, just 32-years-old, passed away from a rare blood disease called thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. But before he succumbed to the illness, Dilla was known as one of the most important producers in hip-hop. A rapper himself (he was a founding member of Slum Village),…
You’ve got to be pretty slick to rock the nickname “Godmother of Soul,” but you’ve got to be even slicker to go by “High Priestess of Good Vibrations.” Miss “Lady Marmalade” Patti LaBelle goes by both, and for good reason. Her voice iconic, both smooth and fiery. It could cook…
Local heroes will celebrate the life of a legend this Friday. Together with Rock the Moon Productions, Miami fusion band Locos Por Juana is putting on its annual tribute to reggae icon Bob Marley. The tribute, called Locos Por Marley, is on its fourth year, however this is the first…
If you’ve never felt the endorphin rush of Irakere, call in sick, clear some room in your schedule for dancing, and stream up the Cuban band’s self-titled debut record. At home, I can’t help but dance and spaz out to the horn of Arturo Sandoval and punching sax of Paquito…
If you’ve been at all acquainted with the music scene in the past few years, you’ve likely heard of Pocket of Lollipops, a pair of locals who describe their own unique rhythmic flavor as “posh punk.” The musical mainstays have been performing around these parts since 2008, and from the looks…
One of the truths about Miami is that if you find yourself in a six-month coma, when you wake up, everything about the city will be different. But perhaps no aspect of Miami feels as transient as our nightlife. In the space of what feels like minutes, the hottest and…
It’s a brand new year, Miami! And with it, comes 365 days of endless possibilities, new opportunities, and of course — being that we are the Magic City — great live music. While the 305’s music scene had its fair share of crappy moments in 2015 — the death of…
You might think the 18th-annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert would be a hippie-ridden, dreadlocked-Rasta smoke-out, but the organizer, who goes by the name Flash, would tell you to sit your blunt down. For him, it’s education over sedation. “We want people to learn at the event and then teach others…
Bun B is an authority on all things hip-hop, a professor of its culture on both a national and local scale. In Houston, where he is from, Bun helped invent the sound of the city alongside Pimp C as part of UGK, and in the process influenced Southern rap music…
Bubbles plows a big blue bucket along the border of his enclosure, tracing an invisible line. His fleshy feet thud against the concrete path. “He’s just letting us know he’s here,” one of his caretakers says. Bubbles is behind a steel-wire fence with the rest of the apes. “He’s big,”…
Originally, Supersuckers’ lead singer and bassist Eddie Spaghetti said he got into rock and roll to get drunk and meet chicks. But, when he was diagnosed with cancer last June, he had to revaluate his motives. “During my treatment I wrote a lot of dark songs, but I’m not sure…
When is a “show” merely an appearance? For that matter, what constitutes a “concert?” Does there need to be a definite amount of time on stage or number of songs that a band must perform? Normally, we expect and receive at least a solid hour of music with an encore…
10. Atajos’ “Avestruz” Music Video and Single Release Party with Makai and Yayo. Saturday, February 6, 8 p.m. El Patio Wynwood, 167 NW 23rd St., Miami; 786-409-2241; elpatiowynwood.com. Admission is free. If you haven’t checked out El Patio Wynwood just yet, this is your lucky week. Not only will you get to hang out with your buddies…
If you’re lucky, maybe you’ve caught a glimpse of Iggy Pop cruising around town in his convertible. The retired rock legend lives in Miami and has been known to show up at some local spots like Sweat Records through the years. But it’s not often we get to see him…
Few people have perfected the art of the party like Julieanna Goddard, AKA YesJulz. The 25-year-old has already built a small empire on showing people a good time, and now is the self-proclaimed Director of Vibes at Yes Julz Agency, her own blossoming group of media-savvy women who dabble in everything…
At 9 a.m. this morning (Friday, January 29) tickets for the Modest Mouse’s July 8 concert at Bayfront Park go on sale. Yes, it is a co-headlining tour with Long Island emo rockers Brand New, but it still takes a moment to wrap my head around the fact that Modest…
Groove Cruise founder Jason Beukema took the mic for the morning announcements: “Good morning, Groove Cruisers! Today’s costume theme is pinup pool party and tonight is cartoon characters. We have deep house yoga today, we have a DJ soccer match — team Dada Life versus team Dash Berlin gets started…
The Mavericks have never been the kind of band that readily fits one simple and convenient niche. “We never got picked up by the mainstream country market,” singer/songwriter/guitarist Raul Malo told us in an interview last September. “Of course, you can argue that we never were part of it. The…
If chillwave is as dead as the blogosphere claims, someone forgot to tell Chrome Sparks. Born Jeremy Malvin, the Pittsburgh-bred and Brooklyn-based musician, best known for his viral hit “Marijuana,” will perform at Bardot as a three-piece band this Friday after opener Moon Diagrams. If it were possible to genetically…
These days, the mashing of hip-hop, pop, and the various forms of dance music seems pretty standard. But back in the early 2000s? Not so much. Perhaps that’s why when Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary formed Modeselektor and decided to take techno and breakbeat for a ride by incorporating hip-hop…
