The Heavy Pets have always had a conflicted relationship with cover songs. “We always had a soft spot for covers, but we avoided playing them for a long time because we always thought it was overdone in our scene,” explains singer and guitarist Jeff Lloyd, who helped form the band…
Most dance fans would kill to travel the world and attend all the dance music festivals this earth has to offer, but for Geronimo, the head of EDM Programming at SiriusXM Radio, it’s just another day at the office. As the program director for SiriusXM dance channels, he handles all…
The term “underrated” is relative. One could argue that the Beatles are underrated considering Parliament hasn’t renamed Liverpool after them. But, for our purposes here, let’s boil it down to this: an artist who is not getting the attention he or she deserves. These days DJ rankings tend to be…
The first time we tried to track down Martin Garrix — born Martijn Garritsen — for a phone interview, he was on a skiing holiday, cruising through the mountains. Reception was spotty. It’s an easy image to conjure: The EDM prodigy sliding down a pristine mountainside in a designer jumpsuit,…
Thirty years after guest-starring in an episode of Miami Vice —in which he played con man “Phil the Shill” — Phil Collins now calls the Magic City home. Following his two sons who attended school in South Florida, Collins bought a home here last August and is hoping to give…
Alex Omes was found dead in his bed January 12, 2015, the day before his lawsuit against Ultra Music Festival, which he cofounded, was set for trial. From the get-go, his death was shrouded in mystery. Police found a vial of coke in the Biscayne Boulevard apartment where he lived…
Rihanna’s success has never been bound to language or a cohesive set of lyrics. Cast her effortless chic on the beat du jour and all you need is a few syllables on the hook to create joints like “Disturbia” and “Umbrella,” two of the best-selling digital singles of all time…
If there ever was a party that epitomized the true attitude of Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week, it was Sunday School for Degenerates, which took place at several locations during its run, most famously at Pawn Shop and Ice Palace Studios. It started out as a 24-hour event…
DJ, producer, frontman for The Ancient Moons, label boss, and epic party organizer, Damian Lazarus is one of the most revered and respected figures not just in underground house music, but in the U.K. dance scene in general. Like a Dylan Thomas poem come to life, Lazarus has built a…
10. Sinatra Sings Sinatra: A Multi-Media Centennial Celebration with Frank Sinatra Jr. Presented by Jazz Roots. Friday, March 11, 8 p.m. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722; arshtcenter.org. Tickets cost $25 to $130 plus fees via arshtcenter.org. From Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday celebration with special dinners and Jack Daniel’s at the…
Burger Records’ Burger Revolution is back this month for the fourth year since its conception. Every March, the California-based independent record label has dedicated a day to local musicians, encouraging cities all over the world to put on live shows and listening parties. The series is returning to Miami for…
The Color Before The Sun, the latest album from proggy, poppy post-hardcore outfit Coheed and Cambria, marks the first time one of the group’s records has broken from telling the story of The Amory Wars, the ongoing science fiction saga penned by frontman Claudio Sanchez from which the quartet derives…
Fifteen minutes before the scheduled interview time, the phone rings. “Yo! You already know who it is.” The voice came through exuberant and joyful, an instantly contagious happiness. Over the phone, Silentó oozes the exact same infectiousness of his viral video smash hit “Watch Me.” The track’s official dance move…
Before he suddenly and mysteriously died last year, Miami nightlife fixture and Ultra Music Festival cofounder Alex Omes was fighting to regain control of the popular electronic music event he helped create. After being pushed out of his role as president of the festival, Omes sued the festival for $33 million,…
Zach Lamar has been making some real strides in the Miami music community lately. Hailing from Philadelphia, Lamar is a guitar player with an unusual vision and drive who graduated from the University of Miami’s Frost Music school on scholarship and has been kicking as with and without the guitar ever since. Lamar is currently crafting…
The second incarnation of genre-defining horror-punk band the Misfits was (and probably always will be) a polarizing thing for punk-rock fans, but one thing that was never really in question was whether the band’s second singer, Michale Graves, was anything but a true talent. An athletic vocalist and electrifying frontman,…
10. Carnaval on the Mile with Humming House, Raquel Sofia, Volcan, Con Brio, la Santa Cecilia, Picadillo, Anna Palmerola, Brothers of Others, Problem Kids, Sam Savage, Suenalo, Stokeswood, and others. Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Miracle Mile, Ponce de Leon Blvd. and Le Jeune Rd., Coral Gables…
After years of playing in Southern California punk bands, singer and guitarist Nick Winfrey eventually found himself writing lyrics and music that were much less aggressive. Time and experience had softened him. He immediately shared this new musical vision with his old high-school friends Daniel Quintanilla and M.M. Sina, and…
With his blue-tinted, beatifically moody sound, it’s taken Fred P a mere decade to become synonymous with quality deep house among discerning international listeners. It helps that the NYC DJ/producer takes himself more seriously than most as an artist, having established the esteemed Soul People imprint as a launching pad…
Listening to a Tall Juan track for the first time, you might mistake the energetic hooks and propulsive guitar for an acoustic Ramones B-side. Indeed, the Buenos Aires-born songwriter (born Juan Zaballa) takes cues from the monolithic presence that Joey Ramone and company had in the heyday of punk. “I…
Genre names in electronic music have lost their way. Meant to be a map through music’s winding progress, electronic genres are now an inside game, in which the young and hip toss out jargon to prove their up-to-date status on the latest SoundCloud movements. If someone corners you in a…
Last year marked the third installation of our homegrown little festival known as III Points. “Everyone wants it to work,” cofounder David Sinopoli told us in the months leading up to last year’s III Points. “There are no real obstacles. After the first year, a lot of people came to…
