Concerts

Yuck at Bardot October 8

Peter Frampton at Hard Rock Live October 9

​If you haven’t heard of Pillow Talk, that’s because this threesome has been the West Coast dance music scene’s best-kept secret for over a decade. But that wasn’t going to be the case for much longer if Visionquest had anything to do about it, which is why the label picked…

​You might know New York DJ Jonathan Toubin from his Soul Clap Dance-Off parties. He brought Miami’s best and most adventurous dancers to their knees last February just days before the Bruise Cruise with soulful music that kept us dancing all night. Spinning only vinyl, his music comes from a…

​Surfer Blood is, like, superfamous. The West Palm foursome has been almost singlehandedly spreading South Florida’s indie rock message, playing every music festival imaginable, including SXSW, CMJ, and even ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas. In fact, this crew may be the hottest white-boy thang to come out of SoFla since Vanilla…

Big Bad Brass Party with The Hot 8 Brass Band The Stage Miami Friday, September 30, 2011 Better Than: Kenny G’s greatest hits. There’s nothing like a hot horn section. And last night at The Stage as part of a three-night residency, Hot 8 Brass Band proved that axiom true…

​Blowfly The Vagabond Friday, September 30, 2011 Better Than: A hot fudge sundae. Even at 72 years old, Blowfly still has all the humor, presence, and charm of a school boy, which he sweetly displayed last night at The Vagabond. This weekend, Miami is celebrating one of its favorite potty-mouthed…

Three days after Fergie’s Miami Dolphins embarrass themselves by losing to the Buffalo Bills at Sun Life Stadium, the pee-pee-pants pop star will join her Black Eyed Peas bros, will.i.am, Taboo, and apl.de.ap for the group’s final show of 2011 at the Miami Gardens house Joe Robbie built. We hear…

See the full 40-photo Cut Copy at Grand Central slideshow. Cut CopyWith Midnight Magic and Washed OutGrand Central, MiamiThursday, September 29, 2011 Better Than: Seeing them at Ultra 2011. It’s pretty surprising that Cut Copy has never performed in Miami outside of Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival. Sure,…

The Fillmore Miami Beach is the Magic City’s go-to room for artists with mid-size audiences. So while The Script may not have the same voracious following in South Florida as it does in Europe and South America, the “celtic soul” pop-rock group may feel more at home at the American…

According to totally reliable online resource Wikipedia, a bromance is “a close but non-sexual relationship between two (or more) men, a form of homosocial intimacy.” Musical history is sprinkled with fruitful and creative bromances. There was David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Gram Parsons… and that’s just half…

Primate and Whores With Secret Arms and Devalued Churchill’s Pub Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Better Than: Rugby night at Churchill’s the night before. Not all bands are created equal. Some appease the masses at American Airlines Arena, some ride the indie-waves at Grand Central, and some are born to blow…

In A-Trak news… The Canadian DJ’s going to be dropping electro dance beats at LIV next month, about a month before he takes his act to New Orleans as a featured performer at this year’s Voodoo Experience Music Festival. Unfortunately, one of his longtime friends and frequent collaborators won’t be…

Bryan Ferry at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 29

Mr. Pauer, as part of Oktoberfest: Miami’s Ultimate Foodie Night, at Century Marketplace September 30

J. Cole at Revolution Live October 1

Camila at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 2

R. Kelly’s Black and White VIP Party at Revolution Live October 2

Mickey Avalon at LIV October 5

Black Star’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli With Jay Rock, Black Bobby, and DJ D-Up Presented by Rock the Bells Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Better Than: Most Tuesdays on God’s great spaceship, Earth. Time travel can be a really good time. Especially when you’re talking about taking…

“Metal is alive and kicking down here,” says Jean Saiz, guitarist and co-growler for guttural sludge trio Shroud Eater. Her endorsement of Miami’s assorted, metal-derived, extreme music comes with the clarification that recent activity — like the rise of Shroud Eater’s practice space b/w metal clubhouse venue, Beezelbub’s Cave (Miami’s…

He’s a rapper. He’s a scholar. He’s the next candidate for the President of Hip-Hop. In just a couple of hours, Miami-via-D.C. rap mastermind, Square Biz label boss, and Harvard grad Larry Harris Jr., known on the streets and in the studios as Black Bobby, will be holding down the…