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Published on May 10th, 2017

Phoenix at the Fillmore   Phoenix live in Miami Beach, Fillmore, May 12, 2017 They did it. Phoenix topped their last performance at the Fillmore »

Published on May 9th, 2017

CASKET GIRLS The Casket Girls are taking their brand of eerie pop on the road for nine days in Florida surrounding their larger tour with »

Published on May 8th, 2017

THE SHINS In “Name for You,” the poppy lead single off the Shins’ new album “Heartworms,” frontman James Mercer’s falsetto sounds like a joyful lullaby, making »

Published on May 6th, 2017

X Before hardcore, punk was a loose amalgamation of art and mutant forms of rock and roll. Sure, the bands could have all the bad »

Published on May 3rd, 2017

THE DAMNED The Damned have the distinction of being the very first English punk band to have a recording. Sure, they followed the Ramones, New »

Published on April 21st, 2017

TOM PETTY The big vistas that fill Tom Petty’s rock ‘n’ roll portraits of American life don’t always shimmer. Dark streaks and detours are spread »

Published on April 20th, 2017

HOOT/WISDOM RECORDINGS “Hoot/Wisdom was created to provide students with the opportunity to apply what they learn in the classroom in a real setting,” says Jennifer »

Published on April 3rd, 2017

SURFER BLOOD play Respecs The thing about success is that it is not easy. Gained through hard work and perseverance, once achieved, it needs looking »

Published on April 2nd, 2017

EVERYMEN ALBUM RELEASE Fame, fortune, and a private jet. The goals of many rock and roll bands include a life of celebrity and excess. Of »

Published on April 1st, 2017

Umphrey’s McGee Known for melding covers together to make genre-bending songs, in addition to playing two full sets at each show, unconventional jam band Umphrey’s »

Published on April 1st, 2017

Maxi Priest 19th annual Lake Worth Reggae Fest British pop-reggae crooner Maxi Priest has always brought the heaviest Rastaman vibrations to his ‘80s and ‘90s »

Published on March 30th, 2017

Aesthetics and Values @ FIU What started in 2006 as an exhibition in the Florida International University Wolfsonian Library has grown into a grand showcase »