It’s been two years since the world-renowned hardcore-punk act Trash Talk sweatily yelled and thrashed around on a Miami stage. In that time, the Sacramento act has toured in Australia and Japan and recorded and released the free EP, Tangled. Now Trash Talk is touring the nation by van and…
Last year, at III Points 2015, Run the Jewels laid down one of the most memorable sets of the festival. It was the duo’s first time in Miami. Killer Mike and El-P ran through a high-energy set, encouraged the crowd to vote for Bernie Sanders, and stopped the performance every…
As the election wheezes out its last few cold, miserable breaths, it’s becoming clear what state both Trump and Clinton are fighting hardest for: Florida. As we learned yesterday, our critical swing state is hanging neither to the left nor the right, but rather dangling straight down the middle as…
Anticipation for the Fest builds year-round. On Halloween weekend, punks from all over the continent swarm the quaint college town of Gainesville, Florida, for the three-day punk music festival that has become a mainstay in its 14-year history. Gainesville hotels are booked months in advance. In the hours before…
Last year, when Johann Torres was closing down the Stage, a Design District music venue that he partly owned, he began sniffing around Miami for a new spot to host events. “One of the places I looked at was the American Legion,” Torres tells us over the phone.
As the line to get into Bayfront Park’s free Jennifer Lopez concert — which doubled as a Hillary Clinton rally — zigged and zagged around Biscayne Boulevard, a man sold pink T-shirts that read “Nasty Women Vote Hillary,” an allusion to the awkward improvised insult Trump threw at Clinton…
The Icelandic trio of Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson, Högni Egilsson, and Birgir Þórarinsson may sport names unpronounceable to American tongues, but their band, GusGus, should absolutely be on the lips of every electronic music lover. Formed in 1995, GusGus was a collective of artists, filmmakers, and musicians that combined visually impressive live…
You’ve probably heard by now: Jennifer Lopez will be playing a free pro-Hillary concert at Bayfront Park this Saturday. With only ten days to go until the godforsaken 2016 presidential election is over, Hillary is ramping up her campaign for what — according to most polls not conducted in an…
If the 2016 presidential election was to be decided by the coolness of celebrity supporters, it would have been over months ago. Donald Trump — with fervent support from Z-listers like Scott Baio, Gary Busey, and the cast of Duck Dynasty — would have had to concede by now under…
In the realm of concert planning, the members of Japanese psychedelic rock band Kikagaku Moyo are true believers in an intuitive approach. “We decide onstage what songs we play,” Go Kurosawa, the band’s drummer, tells New Times. “If the crowd is silent, we’ll play meditative, dreamy songs. If people are more wild,…
In some ancient Polynesian traditions, “mana” represents supernatural power. For fans of the Spanish rock gods of Maná, their influence may not be mystical, but it is certainly magical. Since its inception in 1986, Maná has made a career embracing its Mexican culture. Instead of remaining a local phenomenon, the…
It was a Sunday in January. Erick Morillo had just finished a marathon set on the Terrace at Club Space. He and former Space owner Louis Puig were heading out with ladies packed in their car like clowns in a Volkswagen Beetle. But their afterparty was delayed slightly when warning…
I’m guilty of wishing bad things on good people. When I hear a beautiful album full of frustration and pain, I fall totally in love with the sound of the artist’s struggle. When that artist inevitably finds success and happiness, I feel a little cheated. The music is never quite so…
The cost of living in South Florida is notoriously high. This week, that price is going to skyrocket because of the obscene number of great concerts swinging through town. Brace your wallets, because in the next seven days, you’re going to want tickets to Foals at Revolution Live, Lindsey Stirling…
There’s no tougher weekend on your pocketbook than the last of the month. You’ve been spending over your means for three weeks now, and suddenly it hits you: This has to be a low budget kind of weekend, especially with all the Halloween festivities on the calendar next week. That…
This year’s edition of III Point was notable for plenty of reasons, from narrowly dodging a hurricane to taking audiences on a VR trip to Mars. For rapper IndigoChildRick, though, it marked his first performance at the growing indie scene festival. “I think this one was exciting and different in…
Lauryn Hill has had an interesting relationship with Miami audiences in recent years. In 2010, she put the year’s single best concert at the University of Miami’s homecoming; the next year, her Jazz at the Gardens’ set was marred by technical problems and a shaky performance, but she immediately followed…
Eight years into his career, that there doesn’t seem to be a genre out there that Chaz Bundick, better known as Toro Y Moi, doesn’t love. Under the moniker of Toro Y Moi, Bundick has now released four LPs, with his sound evolving completely since his debut record, Causers of…
To say it’s been a busy month for hip-hop in the 305 is an understatement. DJ Khaled got his all-star line-up to get together for the official “Do You Mind” video. Meanwhile, Wynwood was overrun by fans of real rap during III Points last weekend where rappers including IndigoChildRick, Denzel…
In the mood for an industrial and post-apocalyptic soundtrack this weekend? With the presidential election just a few weeks away, it seems appropriate. Well, channel all that gloom and doom into some positive vibes this weekend at the Electric Pickle and come see Broken English Club live tonight. Broken English…
Robert Schwartzman has not always been as enthusiastic about Rooney as he is today. “I’ll tell you this,” he says. “I remember being onstage in Rooney years ago and playing these songs and not feeling inspired… I needed to take time away from this project to realize how much I…
As a lifelong music addict who mainlines concerts for sustenance, I’ve been to my fair share of music festivals, and I’ve seen it all. I’ve been to festivals where families have picnics by their RVs, and I’ve been to others where young people’s crater-wide pupils make it pretty obvious why…
