Concerts

For a man who shortened his stage name to Sting, Gordon Sumner sure does seem to have a thing for wordy song titles. With his great New Wave band the Police, he burdened radio DJs with weighty names such as “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” and, most brazen, “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around.” His solo career, with hits such as “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free” and “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You,” showed no more appreciation for brevity.

The only thing shocking or scandalous about Coral Orgy is that it took this long for such a title to pop up in Animal Collective’s repertoire. Browsing through the band’s discography and song titles is an extended exercise in absurdity and surrealism, with names pulled straight from the pages of…

The mention of Sting, who will play the Fillmore this Saturday, often elicits a face-contorting “ew” or an apathetic shrug from nonbelievers. He doesn’t always get credit for a three-decade solo career that began with his departure from the Police in 1984.

Pinball competitions, inexpensive drinks, and live rock don’t sound bad for a Sunday night, right? Now add free admission. Local record label Cheap Miami says, “Sundays are for rock ‘n’ roll, cheap drinks, and a killer time,” and we couldn’t agree more. If you’re looking for a cool way to say goodbye to the weekend or if you’re among the lucky ones who don’t have to work Monday, this is the perfect plan.

Urban Dictionary, the old bastion of the English language and Her Spellings and Grammars that it is, defines “inferion” as: “A person with low intellect and amazingly poor moral judgement. Often times [sic] ignores that which discomforts them and clutches to useless ideals for no reason. They have low…

Sometimes between late-night DJ sets and loud, sweaty rock shows; plane boardings and landings; hotel showers and studio sessions that blur into one another and out of society at large, Jesse F. Keeler thinks to himself: “What am I gonna do after I live this life?” Then, before he can answer, he finds himself reinspired and reinvigorated, and suddenly he’s back in the studio or standing behind another set of turntables, and he’s doing what he’s always done: his best at making it up as he goes.

In January, when starfucker-in-chief Donald Trump was looking for some music acts more famous than 3 Doors Down to play his inauguration concert, a vicious rumor was going around that local boy made good Flo Rida had agreed to perform for $1 million. The story circulated so widely that it…

Some women make it look easy. Businesswomen, artists, mothers, partners, friends. Sometimes all at once. A woman can inhabit many lives in just one day while traversing a minefield of societal expectations: Be soft but not weak. Strong but not emasculative. Sexy but chaste. Honest but not biting. Throughout her…

A Fly Guy leads the way as he sends the party back to the ’90s every Tuesday at Rec Room nightclub.

All that anyone could talk after Sunday night’s Grammys was James Hetfield’s microphone issues or Laverne Cox forgetting to namedrop the band in the introduction. But in metal circles, the real controversy was Metallica sharing the stage with Lady Gaga for a performance of “Moth Into Flame.” Setting aside that cries of…

Midway through Nu Deco Ensemble’s second season, cofounder Jacomo Bairos couldn’t be more pleased with the 21st-century chamber orchestra’s success. “It has exceeded all our expectations.” he tells New Times. “We never expected such loyal audiences. We’ve been selling out our concerts, so people who love us now know they…

A trio of concerts taking place in Broward stands out, each offering something different. The marquee event finds a South Florida native returning home for the third year in a row. Chris Carrabba and Dashboard Confessional will be at Revolution Live this Wednesday. The lovelorn group best known for songs such as “Hands Down” and “Stolen” is headed back to its roots at a spot that, according to Carrabba in a recent interview with New Times, is an old haunt.

Just days after dropping his goals for “Summer 17,” Rick Ross has been added to the lineup of the 24th-annual 9 Mile Music Festival, the reggae-based fest hitting Miami in March. The MMG boss plans to infiltrate the stage along with headliners DMX, Julian Marley, Capleton, and others.

This is is the third year of the Apostrophe’s stage during INC. It will feature ten musicians, performers, and DJs on the iconic back patio of Churchill’s. This place has witnessed the birth of more than 1,000 artists during open-mike nights on Mondays. The lineup on Apostrophe’s III is a mix of what can be called the essence of the conference…

“That address is a landmark for me,” Chris Carrabba, the lead singer of emo superband Dashboard Confessional, says of Revolution Live, the location of the group’s February 15 show. “Years before it was Revolution, when it used to be the Edge, I saw Fugazi there. We were in line to see Nirvana but had to leave before we could get in for band rehearsal. I saw Jawbreaker there, and I remember thinking, If I work as hard as they do, I could make it.”

Now that general-admission tickets are sold out and all you can get are the more expensive VIP passes, Ultra Music Festival has revealed its Phase 2 lineup.

Jared McFarlin, AKA Party Thieves, was a 9-percenter. He earned a scholarship to attend West Point and play football for the Army Black Knights. He was high-school standout in football and basketball and was a member of the National Honor Society. As a college freshman, the 6-foot-5 wide receiver from Monroe, New York, caught seven passes for 74 yards and a touchdown. His sophomore campaign didn’t happen thanks to knee injuries that ended his football career. His Army career was also over: Those same knee injuries prevented him from serving.

Last month, when everyone on Facebook was making lists of the top ten albums they liked as a teenager, a lot of people who came of age in the ’90s seemed to have amnesia. The Pixies? Wu-Tang Clan? That’s your selective memory (or hipster ego) talking. Meanwhile, a lot of…

If you’re one of those people who complain about the dead Miami music scene, you probably don’t go out to support local bands. Indie bands and artists have always supported one another, and Snowmoon — the female-fronted local rock band by Jessie Allen, Andy Rodriguez, and Noel Hernandez attests — to this truth.

Did David Crosby, who will play the North Beach Bandshell this Sunday, always want to be a musician? “I wanted to be an actor once, but, yeah, I wanted to make music.” Is it true Dennis Hopper based his character in Easy Rider on Crosby? “Yeah.” Was he offended by…

You might expect Jermaine Dupri to be a little off his game when he performs at LIV this Friday. The legendary music producer and rapper is an Atlanta native and a longtime Falcons fan. He was even onstage for a halftime performance with Ludacris and Jeezy during the NFC Championship…