The first time I heard of Young the Giant was almost eight years ago, about 15 minutes before the first time I saw the California band live. I had trekked down to Biscayne Boulevard on a Tuesday night (a school night!) to see Incubus at Miami’s Bayfront Park Amphitheater and got there early at the suggestion of an industry-insider friend who had offered me tickets at the last minute.
After selling out 38 shows across Europe, Iron Maiden kicks off the American leg of its Legacy of the Beast World Tour July 18 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. Founder and bassist Steve Harris discusses his unique style of songwriting, why he thinks Maiden has sold more than 100 million albums, and how the band has dealt with accusations of satanism.
When Absolute Queen formed, its bandmates made an unusual choice, to re-create the backing vocals from Queen’s studio albums. Because the last time Queen toured in the States was 1982, most of Absolute Queen’s audiences never saw the original band perform live, so the album versions of the songs are what they know.
It’s the second week of July. You’ve just raged your way through a long holiday weekend. Now it’s just one long stretch of summer till the next bank holiday. But if you’re gonna let that stop you from partying this week, are you even from Miami, bro?
These are the five best concerts in Miami July 5 through July 7
Now that the band itself is well past its 1990s heyday and its members are entering middle age, Pryor is still using other people’s relationships as musical inspiration.
Dionne Warwick, Ally Brooke, Mau y Ricky, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, July 1 through 7.
These are the five best concerts in Miami June 28 through June 30.
Though he’s often bunched up with the rest of the adult contemporary gang of the late ’90s to mid-aughts, Thomas’ signature poppy songwriting alone proves he’s in a league of his own.
Tedeschi Trucks Band returns to South Florida with its Wheels of Soul Tour at Boca Raton’s Mizner Park Amphitheater on Saturday, June 29.
There is little doubt Miami loves synthpop icon New Order. The last two shows at the Fillmore Miami Beach in 2016 and 2019 have been sold-out affairs. The attraction must be mutual, because New Order has announced it will be doing a four-night residency at the Fillmore in January…
Cardi B, Tedeschi Trucks Band, the Electric Pickle’s final night, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, June 24 through 30.
These are the five best concerts in Miami June 21 through June 23.
The first Frost Chopin Festival and Academy in Miami celebrated the work of Polish composer and pianist Frédérick Chopin (1810-1849) with a week of waltzes, mazurkas, nocturnes, etudes, sonatas and polonaises. With the festival’s second edition about to begin (June 23-July 2), few can argue against the enduring appeal of…
Just when you thought the drawn-out soap opera between the City of Miami and Ultra Music Festival had reached its finale, Commissioner Keon Hardemon is staging an encore. Hardemon has sponsored a resolution to negotiate the return of Ultra to Bayfront Park, its longtime home until this year. The resolution will be discussed at a commission meeting Thursday, June 27.
Like many of us, Daniel Gorostiaga gleams when recalling his formative years. Or maybe in his case it’s a sludgy gleam. In the early ’90s, when he cofounded the sludge-metal band Cavity, he thought Miami’s music scene was at a high point.
These are the five best concerts in Miami June 14 through June 16.
Canadian hip-hop artist Nav will take the Fillmore Miami Beach stage next Thursday, June 20, and bring fellow Ontario rapper Killy with him. Nav has yet to cross into the mainstream, an issue he brought up in a recent Pitchfork article when he complained that paparazzi still don’t photograph him.
Since jazz lost its place to rock ’n’ roll as the dance music of the day, oh, about 60 years ago, presenting it has become as much an art as a business. And with Miami’s privileged location, regular influx of tourists, diverse population, and plentiful attractions, few places offer the tantalizing opportunities and steep challenges for jazz artists and promoters as the Magic City.
On a typical day, blaring car horns and chattering pedestrians compose much of the soundscape in Miami-Dade County. On the Summer Solstice, however, residents and visitors can hear new tunes and melodies on the streets of Miami Beach, Kendall, and most other cities and neighborhoods south of the Broward County line.
n recent years, there’s one type of show that’s become practically unavoidable for concertgoers: the co-headlining tour. What was once a particularly rare practice among established acts has become one of the most common trends in live music, with team-up tours commanding summer rosters at venues around the country. South Florida alone has dozens of these shows slated for the next few months, from Korn & Alice in Chains to Beck & Cage the Elephant.
Electric Kif, Las Nubes, Twenty One Pilots, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, June 10 through 16.
