In a city filled with the constant drone of drum ‘n’ bass, Miami needs artists like Bloodshot Bill and his slicked-back hair to remind us what rock ‘n’ roll is all about. The Canadian one-man band has been releasing albums, EPs, and splits nonstop while constantly touring North America (though a weird issue in 2006 at the U.S.-Canada border got him banned from the States for five years).
These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.
Michelle Zauner, the frontwoman of the indie pop-rock group Japanese Breakfast, does it all. The ethereal, dreamy music for which the band is known shows only a fraction of Zauner’s talents, and she shows no signs of slowing down.
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Tame Impala, the project led by Aussie musician Kevin Parker, hasn’t released an album since 2015’s “Currents,” yet the band remains a favorite, especially among music festival-goers. Leaning heavily into its psych-rock sound, Tame Impala has effectively become the Pink Floyd for the millennial set. The band’s devout following is so massive…
December 31, 1996, was a typically cold New Year’s Eve in Times Square. My friends and I were trapped in that glittery and dismal landscape while waiting for the ball to drop. As a teenager from Miami, I was dressed incredibly inappropriately in thin pants, slip-ons, and a borrowed coat…
The International Noise Conference (INC) has become a monumental staple in Miami. The annual fest, which boasts acts from all over the globe doing exactly the opposite of what most people might expect from a live show, draws motley crowds from every corner of South Florida to Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti…
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“It was originally written as ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dad,’ you see.”
Zion & Lennox, Toni Braxton, the Mavericks, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, January 28 through February 3.
These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.
Lucinda Williams is a Grammy-winning rock, folk, blues, and country singer-songwriter who’s been making music for the better part of four decades. Her breakthrough album, “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,” was released in 1998 when she was 45 years old and just passed its 20th anniversary…
If you’ve attended III Points since year one, you know how integral LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy has been to the festival’s success. He DJ’ed the first year when the festival’s fate was still very uncertain. Of course, there was also the time Murphy was supposed to perform as LCD Soundsystem in 2016 but was forced to cancel the band’s appearance after a near-scare from Hurricane Matthew.
“There’s enough festivals in the world showcasing bands already well known and successful. We wanted to create a space where people who really love music can come hear new sounds and take those sounds home with them to expand their listening horizons,” Snarky Puppy bassist Michael League says of his original intentions for GroundUp Music Festival. “I wanted this to be a festival that only booked artists that aren’t just wonderful, but wonderful live.”
Last year, the two revisited their musical partnership and released a new EP, Apart, a high-production affair that puts Johansson and Yorn’s fun chemistry on full display.
Gladys Knight, Matisyahu, Cheap Trick, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, January 21 through 27.
Miami has an electronic music festival in Ultra, a hip-hop festival in Rolling Loud, and an everything-in-between festival in III Points. But the region’s most popular genre of music — Latin — has remained underserved. That is until now. Fuego Music Festival was just announced. It’s billed as “the first East Coast two-day Latin music festival.”
These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.
What composes life in Wynwood? Art. Food. Fashion. Drinks. And music. So why don’t we have an annual festival that celebrates all these wonderful things and call it the Wynwood Life Festival? Perfecto! The Wynwood Life Festival is back for a seventh year, kicking off the afternoon of Friday,…
The band’s heaviest moments deliver absolutely pulverizing, end-of-all-things metal riffage. It’s just that the contrast between the light and dark turns is starker than ever before.
In honor of Redman’s concert at Blackbird Ordinary this Thursday, New Times has listed some of his finest moments in cannabis.
Cher, Redman, Chew, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, January 14 through 20.
