Assembling a collection of great songs is tough work. Divining just one compelling melody or hook from the creative ether can present a steep challenge unto itself — but a whole EP or LP? That’s asking a lot. It’s a challenge that has long beset electronic artists. Regardless of subgenre,…
Ray LaMontagne dresses like a wilderness survival expert or Indiana Jones’ long lost brother and — taking into consideration his new record, Ouroboros, and the accompanying tour — his outfits are incredibly apt. His current show is a meticulously crafted, carefully designed journey through time and space, head and heart,…
This Friday night will be a busy one in Miami, to say the least. There are a minimum of ten shows running all throughout the city at one point or another. However, the absolute can’t miss of the bunch is Heavy Drag at Gramps inside Shirley’s Theatre at 9 p.m…
This weekend, fight the Zika paranoia in Wynwood and head to the Electric Pickle to see the Brooklyn-based No Regular Play live this Saturday. Unless, well, you’re pregnant or trying to get pregnant. If that’s the case, sorry, but Wynwood for you. But for the rest of us non-fertile, healthy folks,…
“Okay, start asking so I can start answering.” El Chino DreadLion didn’t want to waste time when sat down earlier this week. Born Eduardo Rodriguez in Cuba, his artistic grooming is DJ booth to dance floor — and dressing room too. At the Escuelas Nacionales de Arte in Havana, Rodriguez studied…
At first glance, at least three quarters of the band Sunghosts — with their greasy long hair and Lennon-style glasses — do not appear to be the picture of ambition. But on the band’s long awaited, full-length self-titled debut, you can hear the hunger that’s made them a success of…
Gregory Paulus and Nicholas DeBruyn, a duo better known as No Regular Play, first visited Cuba when they were high school students at Saint Paul Academy in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Their Spanish teacher, Rolando Castellano, took some students every year as part of a cultural exchange program. Paulus, a classically…
This year has been an eventful one for Cog Nomen. The local duo released its latest EP, Twin Stars, in May, and alongside the EP came the debut of a music video for the single “Fear of Missing Out,” which saw the robot-voiced, electro-pop twosome join forces with the Third…
If Sanctified People Of Righteousness Truth and Soul sounds like the name of a ’60s Aquarian cult, that’s because the collective behind this budding Miami record label tends to wax mystical when it comes to music. “As musicians, it is our sanctified duty to share our souls in a manner…
“We want it to be for the freaks and for the people who want something off the beaten path,” Miami Music Club cofounder Rob Goyanes says. For the past few months, the Miami Music Club has partnered with the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) to do just that with a…
Life’s hard in between seasons of Game of Thrones. Luckily, South Florida fans of the show will have something to quench their thirst while we wait for our Sunday night programming to return to its former glory. A Game of Thrones concert will be touring the states, coming to 28…
A blown up poster of the Port of Miami album cover was wedged in the corner of Komodo’s top floor. Rick Ross, at our request, took a moment to glance back at it and reflect. There he was: somber, looking down at a shiny medallion with the words “Carol City Cartel” carved…
Catz ‘n Dogz have a message for their younger selves. “Don’t take all the drugs someone gives you at a party,” Wojciech Tarañczuk says. “That’s good advice,” Grzegorz Demiañczuk says, laughing. “I would say, pay less attention to what other people say,” he adds. “Don’t follow music trends.” Their advice…
This week, raspy-voiced New England troubadour Ray LaMontagne brings his considerable talents and summer Ouroboros tour to The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater. Although on record, his music sometimes falls into muddled, hazy messes, LaMontagne’s live shows have a magical quality to them. Miami may just witness something…
Psychedelic rock is the perfect soundtrack for your hot Miami summer night, with its enchanting melodies blending in with your own heat-induced hallucinations. And this Saturday you will have the chance to enjoy not only one but three South Florida psych and garage bands at Bougainvillea’s Old Florida Tavern (more commonly…
Drinking, dancing, and roller skating? Sure, it’s maybe not the safest idea, but a lineup like this is worth a few bruises. Miami has always had a passion for strapping on the skates and many natives have colorful memories of nights of debauchery and roller disco. And this Saturday, all…
For the very first time in the history of vaguely orange sugar drinks that turn your heart into an 8-volt battery, Red Bull Sound Select is coming to Miami. The concert series, which pairs national names with local up-and-comers, will host three days of music with headliners A$AP Ferg, AlunaGeorge,…
You know that feeling you get when the credits roll after your favorite TV show left you with a cliff hanger? Turn that feeling into a band and —poof — you’ve got Peach Kings. For the sultry duo, headlining an extensive summer tour can become a haze, a series of…
Recently, in an interview with the Guardian, Moby said he experienced anxiety, depression and insomnia while touring. The traveling lifestyle was so hard on Avicii, he’s hanging up his headphones at age 26. But not Clyde Sergio Narain, a DJ who you probably know better as Chuckie. “So many artists…
Throughout its history, the Netherlands has not always been known as a hotbed of musical talent and innovation. Before the EDM explosion, Americans largely visited to get high or to wile away hours during a layover. But in the past decade, the country’s soundscape has been dominated by one of…
Daddy Yankee is an international superstar who has sold nearly 20 million records worldwide, winning dozens of awards along the way. However, Ramón Ayala Rodríguez might be something of a mystery to those who are familiar with only his club bangers “Gasolina” and “Lo Que Pasó, Pasó.” For that reason,…
Come next year, lead guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook will celebrate 20 years of Poison the Well. From the early days as a hardcore punk band through a trend-setting evolution to metalcore before, finally, settling and pioneering a melodic and more rock-oriented post-hardcore sound, PTW boasts a five-record…
