It’s just past sunset in Kelly Lee Owens’ London apartment, and she’s palming a crystal while examining a pair of pigeons in the twilight when she’s asked about “Bird,” a kalimba-infused track from her eponymous 2017 album. To Owens, it’s a coincidence that gives meaning to an otherwise mundane moment.
The Woolly Bushmen, a rock outfit based in Orlando, is heavily influenced by classic rock ‘n’ roll bands such as the Animals, in addition to early rockabilly and punk.
In a public info session for downtown residents, MPD and Ultra detailed their plans for responding to a “mass casualty” situation.
Pascal Arbez-Nicolas is the legendary French electronic dance music artist known as Vitalic, but he doesn’t consider himself a producer. He’s more of a songwriter who tells stories using the sound palette of techno house, he says, filtering his personal life through four-to-the-floor bangers with big kick drums and blasts of synthesizer.
Few acts last as long as the indie-pop band Spoon has been around. The group, led by singer and lead songwriter Britt Daniel, formed 25 years ago in Austin, Texas, before the music business was thrown into an internet-induced death spiral. Though the bandmates have weathered the changing tides of…
Across Latin America, the unceasing horns and drums and vivid colors of carnival herald the arrival of spring. Traditionally, it’s a Dionysian celebration that worships our mortal forms and vices as we prepare for the Christian season of Lent, which acknowledges the beauty in our impermanence. Today, Carnaval Miami…
On the surface, Jason Mraz appears to be as pleasant as his music. But if actions speak louder than words, he might be even nicer than he sounds. How nice, you ask? As nice as a dainty, delicate kiss on the cheek from a 90-year-old grandmother who has just slipped…
More than a decade after singer Chris Daughtry’s stint on American Idol, his band Daughtry is back and going strong with a new album and tour. DMX returns to Miami at the Watsco Center, and the indie-pop rockers of Spoon makes a long-awaited stop in South Florida.
Do you ever go to a concert and find yourself wishing the band wouldn’t play the hits, that it would dispose of the popular classics that everyone wants to hear and unleash its most experimental, unsung material?
Okeechobee Music Festival co-owner and cofounder Julio talks DJ’ing and assembling an outdoor dance music paradise with Jungle 51.
Miami Music Week, AKA Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers come to life, is almost here. It’s the week when every superstar DJ/producer descends on the Magic City for seven days of nonstop partying. The parties, of course, are just the leadup to Ultra Music Festival, which is set to return to Bayfront Park March 23 through 25. But before that, there’s plenty to enjoy.
Daytime-disco duo Poolside will kick off a limited set of North American dates tonight in Miami. In addition to opening for Tycho at the Fillmore, Poolside will also perform at Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival the following day.
Guitarist and bandleader Jimmy Vivino talks about his work with the Fab Faux during a break from his late-night show duties while Conan O’Brien filmed an upcoming special episode in Italy.
Blackbear is a dichotomy, the perfect anti-pop antihero for the murky space between the millennial and Z generations. He capitalizes on overindulgence in sex, drugs, money, and fame, but there’s an ever-present darkness in his trap-influenced beats and lyrical content. Blackbear oozes confidence tempered by vulnerability and sensitivity. He’s the…
Most of us don’t do very interesting things with our time off. We might watch TV or read a book or just sit around and do absolutely nothing. Robin Pecknold, however, decided to do something a bit more adventurous: visit Mount Everest. “I just did a trek to base camp,”…
Just days after Revolution Live hosted a benefit concert for the families of the 17 people killed in this month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, AEG Presents and the City of Pompano Beach have announced another fundraiser. Members of New Found Glory, Dashboard Confessional, and Yellowcard will take the Pompano Beach Amphitheater stage May 16. Proceeds from all ticket sales, concessions, silent auctions, and sponsorships will go to the Broward Education Foundation, which will distribute funds to the families of those killed or injured in the shooting.
In 1995, Todd Congelliere’s Recess Records, then based in Torrance, California, released a quirky seven-inch platter by Miami punk rockers the Crumbs, called I Fell in Love With an Alien Girl and I Think I’m Goin’ to Mars With Her. It was the first recording of many by a band many now celebrating its 25th year. Fine wines age well. Who knew an ice-cold Schlitz would do too?
When Striking Matches take the stage at Revolution Live in support of American Idol winner Phillip Phillips this Saturday, the bandmates’ faces will likely be new to most of the crowd. But if the audience is familiar with the music of the hit TV show Nashville, they might already be fans.
Tycho is Scott Hansen’s solo project, but he fills out the sound with a full band in the live setting and incorporates audiovisual elements that create a dazzling overall experience.
Latin Grammy winner Vicente García was born and raised in the Dominican Republic, but as a teenager he was better versed in the music of Deftones and Rage Against the Machine than the Caribbean rhythms that earned him three Latin Grammys, including Best New Artist, last year.
In 2013, David Bowie wrote a song on his album The Next Day called “Valentine’s Day.” It was about a school shooting not unlike the one that happened February 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The coincidence is not lost on longtime Bowie keyboardist Mike Garson.
If you waited to buy tickets until Ultra Music Festival announced the Phase 2 acts for the 2018 edition, well, you might have waited too long. Last week, the festival sold out of general-admission tickets. Only VIP tickets remain for $1,499.95.
