If the Fillmore Miami Beach seems like a small venue for a recent Coachella headliner, that’s because it is. Fresh off headlining slots at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees and the aforementioned megafest, the Australian psych-pop sensation Tame Impala visited the Fillmore Tuesday night for an intimate first-ever show in Miami.
It seems every child star has the same career trajectory: modeling, acting, making music, then failing miserably and posting #ThrowbackThursday photos of their time in the limelight. It also seems being a child star is not easy. The public has the pleasure of watching these young people grow up…
New genre, same old mistakes.
Fans of Rüfüs Du Sol’s music know and love indie-dance and deep-house hits such as “Treat You Better,” “You Were Right,” “Sundream” and “Underwater,” which can be heard on such outlets as Sirius XM’s “Chill” radio station. But those who have yet to see the live show are in for…
No amount of pouring rain or scorching heat could keep about 130,000 party people away from this year’s SunFest in West Palm Beach, where fans flooded in for four days of music, booze and mud. But not everyone walked away unscathed.
Could one of these rappers be the next big thing?
With his sweetheart smile and bad-boy biceps, Jake Miller looks like the pop star that record labels could only dream of sculpting. But he has more than good looks and catchy hooks: He has a backbone. Originally a rapper from Weston, Florida, Miller etched his name onto the Billboard charts…
Interpol is one of the hardest-working low-key bands on the indie scene. So it’s no surprise that when the trio completed its sixth album, Marauder, there was plenty of leftover material. Last August, the bandmates released Marauder, on which they collaborated with Flaming Lips and MGMT producer Dave Fridmann. Interpol guitarist and…
Four years ago, the inaugural Rolling Loud festival was a humble one-day event held in Wynwood. Schoolboy Q, riding high on the success of his Kendrick Lamar-featuring hit “Collard Greens,” headlined a bill that included Juicy J, Action Bronson, Curren$y, and a pre-Rodeo Travis Scott. That’s nothing to scoff at…
Talking to Sam Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet, you’d never guess he was the bassist of the biggest young rock band to emerge in decades. The 20-year-old speaks humbly and philosophically about his success. That’s a feat for someone so young, especially after the band’s first full-length album…
“New Person, Same Old Mistakes” was covered by Rihanna, and he’s since collaborated with the likes of Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson and Travis Scott — the kinds of artists I probably would have sneered at before I fell in love with Currents.
“I want to talk about real shit.” Yungblud, AKA Dominic Harrison, explains what drove him, a Brit, to write a song called “Machine Gun (Fuck the NRA).” He’s speaking to New Times by phone from Los Angeles in the most charming accent this side of Peppa Pig. “I want to…
Remember those black-and-white parental advisory stickers? The music industry used to slap them on CDs to warn parents about explicit content. Well, you can thank Judas Priest for them — at least in part. Priest’s “Eat Me Alive,” along with songs by Prince, Def Leppard, Madonna, and the Disney-princess-like Sheena…
Bars and clubs such as Georgie’s Alibi, Ramrod, and Rumors are safe spaces where gay people gather for drinks, drag, and dancing.
Past SunFest performers have included everyone from Blink 182 to Kendrick Lamar to Bob Dylan. Here are the five performers you need to see this year.
From SunFest’s family-friendly atmosphere to FKJ’s sold-out show at Revolution Live, check out the five best shows coming to South Florida this week
Imogen Heap knows what it’s like to be a successful musician and mentor to the world’s biggest pop stars even as she remains anonymous to entire swaths of the human population.
Brothers Richard (on vocals) and Tim Butler (on bass) were fascinated with the contrast between the primal edginess of punk and the smooth sophistication of art rock. So the band — which formed in the Butler family living room — melded these styles together, creating an attractive fusion of atmospheric rock splashed with waves of pop throughout its melodies and saxophone hooks.
Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Flo Rida, and Sheryl Crow rocked a crowd of about 90,000 scantily clad country music fans in one of the biggest outdoor festivals in South Florida.
Hip-hop fans are familiar with the genre’s historically influential cities, such as Los Angeles, New York, and Atlanta. But there’s no question Broward County has become one of the best new areas for up-and-coming rappers. Whether they’re making a name for themselves by dominating the SoundCloud rap microgenre or occupying…
Kodak Black is not known for holding his tongue — and his recent statements about slain rapper Nipsey Hussle’s longtime girlfriend, actress Lauren London, are just the most recent efforts in his apparent crusade to become hip-hop’s most antagonistic outlaw. Hussle was gunned down outside his clothing store in Los…
Entering its seventh year on the white sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, Tortuga Music Festival remains a unique and mostly positive option on South Florida’s steadily growing list of music fests. Known primarily for its bill of country music all-stars and earnest ocean conservation efforts, Tortuga has thrown…
