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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In 1991, a naughty little rap tune crept onto pop radio and into the national consciousness. It asked one very important question: You down with O.P.P.? In the ensuing 25 years, fans of Naughty by Nature have answered in a number of ways, the most common being to throw hands…
In a world where entertainment has become transient and the performer with the most outrageous outfit garners instant accolades, it’s sometimes difficult to get attention for music that really matters. So any event that celebrates “serious” music — jazz in this case — begs attention. Jazz’s roots reach back to…
10. Spam Allstars. Performing on the Fountain Terrace. Saturday, January 30, 9 p.m. Hialeah Park Race Track, 2200 E. 4th Ave., Hialeah; 305-885-8000; hialeahpark.com. Admission is free. In case you were looking for a legit reason to hit up Hialeah’s best nightclubs, now is your shot. Turn up with Agua de Poço from the Spam Allstars as…
Traced back to their forebears, Shannon and the Clams come from a wild ménage a trois of Nuggets garage, Bay Area punk, and ’50s pop groups. For a lesser band, that inspiration would have fizzled like a drink from the soda jerk — sweet and bubbly one moment, flat the…
Feuds. Why do we love them so much? From Angelina and Aniston to the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantines, mankind has been throwing shade since the Earth’s first sunrise. This translates to music as well. There was the East Coast versus West Coast hip-hop feud in the ’90s, the one-sided Meek versus…
Cruises can be boring. Not long ago, bingo, trivia games, and cooking demonstrations were actually listed as “fun activities” by some ships. But these days, there’s a new kind of cruise in town: the music cruise. Take, for example, Jason Beukema’s Groove Cruise, essentially a floating rave. The 11th-annual Groove…
“My mouth is ripped up after each set. My dentist doesn’t like it,” the 32-year-old says. But a bit of blood won’t stop him. “With the trumpet, you can’t take two days off because that feels like a month. When I’m not on the road, I put in three to…
The Seminole Theatre in Homestead has died twice. Once, fire claimed the theater; another time, it was wind. But somehow, some way, it has been revived and will begin its incarnation as a hub for Homestead cultural life. Originally built in 1921 for silent movies and live entertainment, it was…
Get artsy, Miami – the Coconut Grove Arts Festival is back! Taking over Peacock Park February 13 to 15, CGAF has partnered with Miami New Times for the second year in-a-row as the festival’s musical curators. That, of course, means you’ll be in for three days of tuneage guaranteed to…
In 2000, when Eddie Vedder was in Miami, he got drunk and recorded one of the most legendary jam sessions this city’s ever seen. 16 years later, Vedder’s older, wiser, and bringing his band, Pearl Jam, to Miami once again. One can only hope he downs a dozen Bud Lights…
