Concerts

He’s the greatest living rapper, but he’s never seemed more miserable.

The notion that Miami is dead in the summer certainly certainly doesn’t apply to this week. There’s everything from major concert tours to album-listening parties. For those who like to sing along with an arena-size crowd, don’t miss Coldplay at Hard Rock Stadium Monday…

English electronic duo AlunaGeorge is composed of two distinct people, but — no disrespect to producer George Reid — it is the band’s vocalist and frontwoman, Aluna Francis, who is decidedly more charismatic.

In conversation, Zachary “Hooks” Rapp-Rovan is modest about his success. As one-half of Zeds Dead, he and creative partner Dylan Mamid (DC) have built a veritable EDM empire that has allowed them to travel the world, command an army of adoring fans, and collaborate with some of their musical heroes. If any of this has fazed Hooks, it doesn’t show. Beyond the joy of making music for a living, Hooks and DC seem to relish the opportunity to share their passion — rather than just their work — with followers.

The duo Dracula’s name doesn’t just reference a bloodthirsty Transylvanian vampire. It also represents the subtler Bram Stoker depiction of the lonely and lovesick Count. The only instruments they use are one nylon acoustic guitar and two distinctively gorgeous voices. Spanish and English songs are tightly woven into a tapestry of quiet intensity…

Maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that the indie rock greats, Modest Mouse, have become obsessed with the Sunshine State. Their mastermind, Issac Brock, has found lyrical inspiration in subjects as varied as Charles Bukowski and math equations. But even for a lover of geography who hollered out the names of…

Fresh off a successful spring tour for their recently released album, Lost in Magic City, Miami’s Deaf Poets are not content to sit around. They’re gassing up and hitting the road once again to shatter a few eardrums around the rest of Florida, and they’re taking some hometown friends with…

It feels like it was only yesterday that Mary J. Blige was singing about “no more drama.” What happened? Since January, the headlines have been nothing but drama. Perhaps Blige will remind everyone there is no need for “hateration, holleration in this dancerie” when she takes the stage at…

The world’s most offensively inoffensive band will perform at Hard Rock Stadium August 28.

Louisville’s Bryson Tiller feels right at home in Miami.

The Mowgli’s, along with on-site activations that give fans a chance to interact with the newest Ford vehicles”. Signing up for the show also gives you opportunities to win free travel and even, potentially, a new car.

Started in Southern California in 1978 by a teenaged Mike Ness, Social Distortion was inspired by the Sex Pistols and the Rolling Stones. Listen to the band’s catalog of seven albums, released sporadically over the past 34 years, and you’ll hear the rebellious spirit of those influences. But lyrically, Social Distortion takes an approach that’s different from that of those two British acts.

There are so many things to get mad at in the world, and you complain about a pop singer on Game of Thrones?

There is no denying Luisa Maria Güell has an angelic voice. Singing mainly love songs, often backed by the drama of a big-band sound, she is an idol among Spanish speakers. Her back catalogue shows a diverse spectrum of influences, from tango to country and western all the way through…

It would be difficult to overstate Salt-N-Pepa’s significance for many of today’s biggest artists. Beyoncé could never have sung “Can you lick my Skittles/It’s the sweetest in the middle” if Salt-N-Pepa hadn’t rapped “Felt it in my hips so I dipped back to my bag of tricks…/Lick him like a…

Seu Jorge’s David Bowie covers were a thrill in Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, and now South Florida audiences will have a chance to hear them live.

The inaugural Tequila Bay Country Music Festival will hit the iconic Miami Marine Stadium Park with stars as Brantley Gilbert, Kip Moore, Montgomery Gentry, Tyler Farr, RaeLynn, and Brooke Eden.

This week’s music offerings are strong from the get-go with J. Cole working out at the AAA. Wednesday, it’s Matchbox Twenty and Counting Crows at Coral Sky Amphitheatre. And if you have a need for that Latin thing, Los Amigos Invisibles will play the Flamingo Theater in Brickell Saturday. Hot is right!

The two-day festival will move to the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park for its second year.

Ivy Queen’s music gets the party going in all circles, but her songs are made by and for women.

A ballsy beginning could not stop the concert from careening off the rails.

If there ever was a band destined to inherit the synth-pop crown from Depeche Mode and New Order, it’s Aussie outfit Cut Copy.