Shroud Eater has been, without a doubt, one of the steadiest forces on South Florida’s contemporary metal scene. The trio’s informed doom is tempered by flourishes of melody, yet grounded in the cavernous and thunderous roll of sludge and stoner metal. Founded by Jean Saiz and Janette Valentine, respectively playing…
Ever been tempted to take a time machine back to 1950s Havana, but the only thing keeping you in 2015 was you wouldn’t be able to dance to Pitbull in the ’50s? Well, now the 1950s and Pitbull’s music don’t have to be mutually exclusive. This Friday, April 10, Pitbull…
If Yahaira Antonia Vargas would have made the cut on season one of Diddy’s Making the Band 3 in 2005, the “tropical Latino urbano” singer, who goes by the name Miss YaYa, probably wouldn’t be where she’s at today. YaYa didn’t make it into “the next international girl group sensation,” but…
The rainbow flags are flying. Everybody’s looking glisteningly glam. And it’s so hot that even the firemen aren’t wearing shirts. Happy Miami Beach Gay Pride 2015! The fest officially began on Monday when the glorious red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple was hoisted high above Miami Beach City Hall,…
Liberty City’s Pork ’n’ Beans Projects are a historic landmark in the worlds of street life, music, and entertainment. But for Project Stacks they’re also a home to be proud of. The rapper, known for his My Block mixtape series, can be found hosting and performing at Take One, Coco’s,…
Blurb. Wanee 2015’s Set Times Wednesday, April 15 11:00 p.m. Melvin Seals & JGB 8:30 p.m. Crazy Fingers 6:30 p.m. Cope 4:45 p.m. Parker Urban Band 3:00 p.m. Bonnie Blue Thursday, April 16 Mushroom Stage 11:30 p.m. Pink Talking Fish 9:30 p.m. Hot Tuna Electric 7:30 p.m. Raw Oyster Cult…
Hannah wanted to be a DJ. She clawed her way up the dance-music ranks for 10 years. Now Hannah is wanted all over the world. According to both DJ Mag and Mixmag, the Birmingham, UK native was 2014’s Best Breakthrough DJ and Star of the Year. She thrilled crowds on…
It isn’t a crossover. More than maybe any other Latin pop act, Maná represents what the Top 40 charts could look like in a couple of decades, as the U.S.’s Spanish-speaking population continues to explode. The Mexican rock band sings only en español. Unlike Shakira, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, and…
Marky Ramone (born Marc Steven Bell) is best known as the second drummer for the seminal punk rock band, the Ramones. Before he was a Ramone, he drummed for several other groups, including hard rock band Dust and Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys. For the 15 years Bell spent…
It’s been seven decades since anyone actually stepped into the Buena Vista Social Club, a members-only hangout in Havana, where some of the island’s most skillful singers and musicians pioneered a distinctively Afro-Cuban mezla of jazz, mambo, charanga, cha-cha-cha, rumba, and son. The club closed in the 1940s, long before…
When you’ve got a bunch of talented artists and crazy shows to check out, living in the Magic City can be somewhat of a struggle. But this week, your music experts at New Times present you with a challenge, one that will require strategic planning and critical pacing: To hit…
Thirteen is a number considered by many to be unlucky, but the organizers of the 13th-annual Heineken TransAtlantic Festival see themselves as incredibly fortunate. When this world music-focused fest was launched in 2003, it seemed unlikely that a decade-plus run lay ahead. But as Rhythm Foundation director Laura Quinlan explains,…
Since her 2009 debut, Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus has consistently pulled off the odd feat of coupling insanely vibrant dance numbers that often sound like the inner rumblings of a piñata on the verge of bursting with weighty lyrics about everything from body image and socioeconomic privilege to gentrification, resource access,…
Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival may be long gone, but the uhntz-uhntz never ends in the party palace that is the 305. And while there’s never a shortage of ragers to crash and bottles to pop in the Magic City, there is one problem that…
Blurb. DJ Windows 98 (Arcade Fire’s Win Butler) at Bardot Miami Giveaway 1. Head over to Miami New Times Music’s Facebook page. 2. Find the DJ Windows 98 update and leave a comment. 3. From the pool of commenters, we’ll randomly select a winner for this show at Bardot. So…
“I had been in various bands since 1987 and the last band I was in, Killer Kane, showed early signs of the direction I wanted to go in musically. I wanted to emphasize rawness, heavy guitars, feedback and distortion. At that time, I was listening to bands like the Laughing…
Move over magic clowns, Trick Daddy Dollars is about to take over the birthday game. True Miami boy and avid music lover Eric Faden is turning 24. That’s why on Friday, April 10, he will be turning Wynwood’s LMNT into a 305 free-for-all of music, food, and entertainment. There’s gonna…
Although he’s played a critical role in dozens of high profile projects over the 30 years, Frank Simes is hardly what one would consider a household name. Yet he also claims one of the greatest dream jobs any musician could imagine. As the Who’s musical director, band leader and participating…
Edwin Farnham Butler III is a son, brother, husband, father, and bandmate. Born to a family with deep musical roots, he is also the heir to a century-old tradition of artistic pursuit that began with his grandparents: Alvino Rey, a pioneering jazzman known as the Father of the Pedal Steel…
It’s hard to imagine how the founders of Miami Beach envisioned their island paradise a century in the future. It’s unlikely that they foresaw Miami Beach residents in 2015 using selfie sticks or drones. They also probably could not see Flo Rida coming. But Flo, along with fellow 305 superstar…
Much like music, noise is everywhere. “People are so used to listening to noise that they’ll sit for hours and see it [on film],” Frank Falestra AKA Rat Bastard claims. “Take away the picture, and it’s just noise.” Sitting in the living room of his South Beach apartment-turned-recording studio, the…
The 305’s Telekinetic Walrus and the Pride of Ions may have started their Magic City voyage in 2009. But according to legend, their journey actually began galaxies away and eons ago when the Prime Primordial Walrus was placed at the center of the ancient universe to lead the Primordial Pride…
