iLe Brings a Bit of Puerto Rico to the North Beach Bandshell

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter iLe has been called an “old soul.” It is a fitting description for a woman who at  age 28 has already experienced a full career with her brothers in the alternative hip-hop act Calle 13 and won a Grammy with her first solo offering, Ilevitable. Born Ileana…

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Still Represent Real Hip-Hop

I can’t hear the term “first of the month” without being transported back to my summer-school graduation in 1995. Cap in tow, sporting my Cross Colors and a mullet, I would bump Bone Thugs-N-Harmony in my Camaro IROC-Z as I cruised the Grove with my homies.

Björk Makes Her Miami Debut With a DJ Set During Art Basel 2017

If you don’t know who Björk is, where have you been the past three decades? The Icelandic musician, artist, and sometimes actress is an icon at this point in her solo career, which has spanned three decades. She’s defied expectations and created music and accompanying visuals that have withstood the…

Wifisfuneral on Overcoming Depression: “Anything Is Possible”

A detuned warble that sounds like it’s coming from an old-time gramophone provides an unsettling backdrop as Wifisfuneral mumbles a couple of bars. Then the kick drum drops, and his enunciation becomes razor-sharp, his flow furious. “Steady relapse into my old ways,” he raps. “In the third grade, I got punished for sour play.”

L.A. Witch Casts Garage-Rock Magic on Miami

If Stevie Nicks ran away from Fleetwood Mac to join the Stooges in a parallel timeline, she would have released an album like L.A. Witch. The band, a multimedia love letter to the fuzzy reverb and 35-millimeter warmth of the ’70s, embraces its influences, all the while exuding its own attitude. When it comes to postpunk, after all, somehow women musicians are often described as “derivative,” while men are “inspired.”

Porter Robinson Breaks the EDM Mold

The big news that followed Porter Robinson this year was that he “disowned” nearly all of his earlier work. In January, he tweeted, “No disrespect but this is the canon. Everything else is unofficial now.” The tweet included a screencap that showed only 11 songs, leaving out fan favorites such…

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, October 23-29

We’ve got a lot of returns this week, meaning you should stop putting off the chance to see some of your favorite folks in concert. The Weeknd is headed to Miami after ruling the BB&T Center in May, Bone Thugs N Harmony are back to fill Sidebar, and Ibeyi are playing the North Beach Bandshell again after the release of their new album, Ash.You can also catch some epic returns to the stage with Fergie at the Fontainebleau BleauLive stage and LCD Soundsystem at the James L. Knight Center.

Colombian Duo Salt Cathedral Makes Its Miami Debut

“About 40 minutes from where we’re from in Bogotá, there is a salt mine,” singer Juliana Ronderos says. “The workers in the mine would build shrines to pray at since their job was so dangerous. They built a cathedral made completely of salt, and they dedicated the area to it moving the mine away.”

Don’t Blame LCD Soundsystem for the Farewell Tour

For those who were too young to experience the Brooklyn postpunk revival of the 2000s but are too old to unreservedly love mumble rap, the path to LCD Soundsystem fandom is a well-trodden one. In the late ’00s and early ’10s, you might have first heard “Daft Punk Is Playing…

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, October 16-22

If you thought a break was coming after III Points, think again. The music continues to pour into Miami this week. After performing at the BB&T Center Sunday, Bruno Mars gives South Florida fans a second chance to catch his 24K Magic Tour when it moves south to the American Airlines Arena Wednesday. The same night, Insane Clown Posse will perform nearby at the Hangar. Whoop, whoop!