Concert of the Week: Thelma and the Sleaze at Churchill’s Pub

This coming weekend, the center of Florida’s entertainment universe will be at the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival far from the city. The four-day event brings together some bright young things and a slew of classic acts. However, for those poor souls left behind during this musical rapture, we have…

King Britt Kicks Off Vamos a la Playa Party Series at Gramps Sunday

You can’t overstate the enduring influence of Laura of Miami, AKA Laura Sutnick, on the local alternative dance music scene. From her tenure as a WVUM radio DJ to her event promotions company Nightdrive and Klangbox.FM internet radio station, she has championed lesser-heard sounds for more than a decade.

Angel Olsen Unveils Her Real Self at 1306

Angel Olsen is caustic and refreshingly candid. Coming off a relentless tour schedule in support of last year’s My Woman, she offers the same honesty that has endeared her to audiences since her breakthrough release, 2014’s Burn Your Fire for No Witness. She describes her involvement in “Our First Hundred…

Sting Brings His Tantric-Sex-Length Song Titles to the Fillmore

For a man who shortened his stage name to Sting, Gordon Sumner sure does seem to have a thing for wordy song titles. With his great New Wave band the Police, he burdened radio DJs with weighty names such as “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” and, most brazen, “When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around.” His solo career, with hits such as “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free” and “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You,” showed no more appreciation for brevity.

Daybreaker Sets an Example for Sober Clubbing at LIV

Come 6 a.m. tomorrow, Miamians will be pouring into LIV only shortly after other clubgoers have staggered out. The usual party favors and staples that come with a visit to LIV – champagne, discreet drug use, and the promise of celebrity cameos – will be eschewed in favor of açaí…

Miami’s Five Best Underrated Music Venues

The rise and fall of some of Miami’s beloved music venues is a sensitive subject. Music fans will forever mourn the loss of Grand Central, Studio A, the Vagabond, Will Call, Tobacco Road, the Stage, and many others. But we are hopeful that Miami’s current stages will fill the gaping void.

Animal Collective Stages a Coral Orgy for Ocean Preservation

The only thing shocking or scandalous about Coral Orgy is that it took this long for such a title to pop up in Animal Collective’s repertoire. Browsing through the band’s discography and song titles is an extended exercise in absurdity and surrealism, with names pulled straight from the pages of…

Concert of the Week: Sting at the Fillmore Miami Beach

The mention of Sting, who will play the Fillmore this Saturday, often elicits a face-contorting “ew” or an apathetic shrug from nonbelievers. He doesn’t always get credit for a three-decade solo career that began with his departure from the Police in 1984.

Kendra Erika’s “Oasis” Races Up the Billboard Charts

As empty bottles pile up on the corners of tables, wine enthusiasts walking in for a tapas meal at Boca Raton’s Vino Wine Bar on Thursday nights are treated to singer Kendra Erika’s chameleonic musical transformation. Erika begins the night singing jazz standards and the songs of today’s retro-inspired divas — Sade, Amy Winehouse, Adele. But as the night progresses…

Best Free Concert of the Weekend: Killmama and Boxwood at Kill Your Idol

Pinball competitions, inexpensive drinks, and live rock don’t sound bad for a Sunday night, right? Now add free admission. Local record label Cheap Miami says, “Sundays are for rock ‘n’ roll, cheap drinks, and a killer time,” and we couldn’t agree more. If you’re looking for a cool way to say goodbye to the weekend or if you’re among the lucky ones who don’t have to work Monday, this is the perfect plan.

Inferion Celebrates 20 Years of Metal During Kryptonite Metal Fest

Urban Dictionary, the old bastion of the English language and Her Spellings and Grammars that it is, defines “inferion” as: “A person with low intellect and amazingly poor moral judgement. Often times [sic] ignores that which discomforts them and clutches to useless ideals for no reason. They have low…

MSTRKRFT Has Rediscovered the Joy of the DJ Booth

Sometimes between late-night DJ sets and loud, sweaty rock shows; plane boardings and landings; hotel showers and studio sessions that blur into one another and out of society at large, Jesse F. Keeler thinks to himself: “What am I gonna do after I live this life?” Then, before he can answer, he finds himself reinspired and reinvigorated, and suddenly he’s back in the studio or standing behind another set of turntables, and he’s doing what he’s always done: his best at making it up as he goes.