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Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

Sure, we all look forward to the weekend... But when artists such as Duke Dumont, Baauer, and others of the caliber are the ones putting on a show almost every other day of the week, chances are the unthinkable may happen: you'll likely catch yourself looking forward to, say, Tuesday or Thursday ni ... More >>

Is Regina Spektor a Commie? Find Out at the Fillmore Miami Beach on November 17

Despite all of the hootin', hollerin', and mouth-breathin' about "Obamacare," communism is nowhere near making a comeback. Let's review the facts: It's been more than 20 years since David Hasselhoff rubbed his gargantuan wienerschnitzel all over the crumbling Berlin Wall. China went so far to the f ... More >>

Band of Horses, Regina Spektor Added to Fillmore Miami Beach 2012 Concert Schedule

President Obama didn't mention Band of Horses when he was asked about the music on his iPod during an interview with Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner, but British Prime Minister David Cameron did. In a chat with the Daily Telegraph, Cameron admitted that Band of Horses and Lana Del Rey are among his fa ... More >>

Spin the Vote, EDM Voter Registration Project, Gets Kids Raving About Politics

Has anyone seen Molly? She needs to register to vote in time for election season. Good thing Insomniac and Rock the Vote have teamed up to push that party girl and all her 18-and-up friends off the dance floor and into the voting booths this November. Spin the Vote is a new national voter registr ... More >>

Kaskade on EDM Critics: "Anytime Something's on Top, People Will Be Ripping It Down"

Oh, yes, America. The freaks are living (and dancing) among us. Ever since EDM went massive in 2011, kids with glowsticks have been controlling popular music charts, invading the nation's arenas and stadiums like little ecstatic fireflies, and flooding the Internet with YouTube videos of themselves ... More >>

Pretty Lights Turns on Your Glowstick at Fillmore Miami Beach on October 2

See also "Pretty Lights at Ultra Music Festival 2012" This Friday morning will be greeted by the mashed up sounds of your mouse clicking and you going, "Come on, come on, COME ON!" Why is this news? Because this time, it will be sample-smashing hoodie monster Pretty Lights causing the commotion, a ... More >>

M83 Makes a Miami Comeback at the Fillmore September 26

This year's Ultra Music Festival was great, but one performance left us sad and wanting. M83 was scheduled to perform an hour-long set on the second day, but due to some technical difficulties, the audience was given a bittersweet two song performance. It was probably one of the best, if not for it ... More >>

Wanee Festival 2012 Announces Lineup: Allmann Brothers, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Ray Manzarek

​As that big, burning ball in the sky (you know, the sun, man) completes its crazy circular trip throughout the zodiac along the eliptic (that's, like, a "year" in square speak), we here at Crossfade are prepping Major Mushroom's Interstellar Psychedelic Love Bus (our hand-painted 1966 Volkswagen ... More >>

Ten Best Halloween Parties in Miami

Photo by Justin Namon​Back when you were just a seven-year-old sugar junkie, Halloween was a pretty simple gig. It was all about dressin' up like a murderer, hittin' the streets after dark, and gettin' that candy. But then you got too old to Trick or Treat. And that's the moment when All Hallows' ... More >>

Sting Announces Back to Bass Tour With Miami Concert at the Fillmore November 12

​Hey Roxanne, wanna spend a few hours with Sting, getting stripped down and raw? And no, unfortunately, we're not talking about running a bath, lighting a circle of fertility candles, and prepping for a private exhibition of the former Police frontman's mastery of tantric pleasure principles. We ... More >>

Incubus Talks Evolution, Facebooking With Fans, and New Album If Not Now, When?

Photo by Brantley Gutierrez​It's not uncommon for so-called fans to dismiss a band's latest offering in favor of the early work that first hooked them. And it seems that nowhere is that kind of I-liked-them-when snobbery more prevalent than in the world of rock music. But frankly, Incubus couldn't ... More >>

Chromeo Gets Solange Knowles Pregnant in "When the Night Falls" Video

Solange at the moment of conception.​The greatest danger involved in making superpotent sex music is the high risk of inadvertently impregnating an entire roomful of glammed-out party girls. Just ask Chromeo's Dave 1 and P-Thugg ... There is no condom, diaphragm, spermicide, morning-after pi ... More >>

Identity Festival 2011: Crystal Method Releases "Play For Real" Video Game Music Video

​Are you totally confused by the phrase "video game music video"? Well, you're not alone. But as succinctly defined by the VGMV pioneers over at gamer geeksite Machinima: "Video game footage real songs from real bands = 'Video Game Music Videos.'" Seems like busy work for bored teenagers. Bu ... More >>

Kings of Leon Cancel Entire US Tour, Thanks to Caleb Followill's "Exhaustion"

Photo by Mike Mezeul/Dallas ObserverKings of Leon singer Caleb Follwill about to "vomit."​In about 50 hours, Kings of Leon were supposed to set your "Sex on Fire" at West Palm Beach's Cruzan Amphitheatre. But unfortunately, that ain't gonna happen. Just a few minutes ago, Crossfade got word from ... More >>

Volbeat's Bewildering Blend of Metal, Americana, and Alt-Rock Hits the Fillmore Miami Beach August 5

​Danish rockers Volbeat try to squeeze every single kind of rock music -- from American roots to the universal snarl of aggro rock -- into each of its bewildering three- to four-minute compositions. Metal and punk have been bedfellows for a while now. And punk has definitely found another mo ... More >>

Girl Talk on Top 40, Sampling Songs He Hates, and Aspiring to Be as Bombastic as Kiss

Photo by Paul SobotaGirl Talk, AKA Gregg Gillis.​Read Crossfade's full feature article "The Spastic Science! Girl Talk Is All About Confetti, Sweat, and Scientific Rigor." Gearing up for the Girl Talk experience at the Fillmore Miami Beach this Thursday and Friday, we've slipped into our wettest ... More >>

Matisyahu Announces US Summer Tour With Concert at the Fillmore Miami Beach August 25

​Back when Matisyahu made the trek down to Miami in February, the diehard Tribe Called Quest fan and admitted Deadhead hit up the Arsht Center for a quiet, intimate night alongside acoustic axe-wielding buddy Adam Weinberg. But Matisyahu's newly announced 43-date US summer tour -- with a stop s ... More >>

Letters from the issue of March 24, 2011

Crossfade Correction: Tickets Still Available for Pretty Lights at the Fillmore March 24

The Pretty Lights Showcase isn't sold out.​We don't like to admit it. But sometimes we here at Crossfade screw up. The most recent example: In an item on the Pretty Lights Showcase from last week's special New Times Miami Music Guide 2011, we stated that Derek Vincent Smith's party at the Fillmor ... More >>

Q&A Preview with Scott Ian of Anthrax; Metal's Big Four to Play Shows Together Again Next Year?

photo by Andy BuchananAnthrax's current lineup, with Scott Ian second from left​This past May, thrash metal's "Big Four" -- Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, and Metallica -- appeared together onstage for the first time in years. For whatever scheduling reasons, the show took place in the semi-unlikely l ... More >>

Contest: Win Two Tickets to See Serj Tankian at the Fillmore Miami Beach on October 9!

​Crossfade is giving its readers the chance to see and meet Serj Tankian on Saturday, October 9 at the Fillmore Miami Beach! We're giving away a pair of tickets, plus entry to a meet and greet with Serj himself. The show should be an epic one: Tankian recently announced he will be accompanied ... More >>

Phoenix Announces Fillmore Miami Beach Show

​We've broken our "1" key over here typing out exclamation marks regarding all of Live Nation's recent bookings, especially at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Suffice it to say, Fillmore, we love you, keep being awesome. Here's another awesome, never-thought-it-would-happen show to add to your coming fa ... More >>

Another Fillmore Miami Beach Show: Wolf Parade, November 10

photo by Meqo Sam Cecil​Wolf Parade: One of the many bands who arose in that one crop of lupine-themed acts a few years back. It's been a few years since these Quebecois were the indie rock flavor of the week, and back then, through their first two albums, they were dogged by constant Modest Mouse ... More >>

Massive Attack / Thievery Corporation Tickets are NOT on Sale Today; Presale Link Inside

facebook.com/thieverycorporationThievery Corporation​The Massive Attack/Thievery Corporation double-header in Miami is most definitely still on for October 26 at Bayfront Park.... But in case you logged on to Live Nation or Ticketmaster earlier and got confused, tickets aren't actually on sale tod ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem 2010 Tour Lands in Miami, October 6 at the Fillmore

​LCD Soundsystem's heavy dance anthems combine with experimental rock, disco, and even hints of punk to make for great music for jamming, head-bobbing, or -- and our personal preference -- full-on shake-every-muscle-in-your-body dance moves. When we heard last week of LCD Soundsystem's fall tour ... More >>

Jonas Brothers, Creed, and Other Tickets Go For $10 Again Today

Public domain image, via Wikimedia CommonsCarlos Santana's show at Cruzan Amphitheater has been added to the $10 deal list.​Another Wednesday in the summer, another $10 Live Nation ticket deal. The bad news: This deal only adds one concert to the list of shows that were discounted last week. The g ... More >>

MGMT, Serj Tankian, Louis C.K. Announce Fillmore Miami Beach Dates (Not Together)

via facebook.com/mgmtMGMT does the Fillmore Miami Beach a couple week after Yeasayer.​Here are three more nuggets of awesomeness from New Times' Best Endangered Live Music Venue, the Fillmore Miami Beach. Nearly every week brings a new announcement of a major act there, and one more chip away at B ... More >>

Raheem DeVaughn, Jaheim, Anthony Hamilton Headline Budweiser Superfest at American Airlines Arena, August 19

Raheem DeVaughn did not, in fact, win the award for Best Male R&B artist at the BET Awards last night. Also up for the nod was fellow soulful singer Maxwell -- but in our heart of hearts, as much as we hoped, we knew neither would win. Each category always nominates a few more "underground" typ ... More >>

The Deftones Play the Fillmore Miami Beach August 25, Opening Act is Baroness!

The Fillmore Miami Beach has been absolutely slaying with its indie-type bookings lately, but here's a new announcement from the venue to make a thinking-man's metal fan weep tears of joy. Sacramento legends Deftones will headline the venue on August 25, the band's first show in South Florida in a ... More >>

Yeasayer in Miami! October 5 at the Fillmore Miami Beach

photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg​Fun news. Miami has finally scored a proper show by part of the holy triumvirate of Establishment-Accepted Brooklyn Art-Pop: Yeasayer! (MGMT and the Dirty Projectors would round out the trio.... One can continue to dream.) The only bummer is that by the time Yeasaye ... More >>

U2 Postpones Its Sun Life Stadium Concert Originally Scheduled For July 9

CC by 2.0, via r_w_h on FlickrHe'll be back to otherworldly shape soon.​U2 fans the world over can rest easy knowing Bono is on the road to recovery. The iconic frontman has been discharged from a Munich hospital where he underwent emergency back surgery this past Friday. The procedure was success ... More >>

Imogen Heap to Play the Fillmore on June 2

​Imogen Heap is best known through her previous band, Frou Frou. Their most popular song off of their first and only album, Details, was featured in countless TV shows and movies like Garden State, Shrek 2, and The Holiday. Heap's second solo album, Speak for Yourself, really launched her into lim ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Factory" by Band of Horses, Playing the Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, April 28

photo by Christopher Wilson​Next Wednesday's show at the Fillmore Miami Beach by Band of Horses caps off a pretty awesome April at the venue. The show also marks, however, a preview for fans of the ex-Seattle/now South Carolina band's third studio album, the upcoming Infinite Arms. It drops on Col ... More >>

305 Live: Local Hip-Hop News from P.M., Poe Boy, Ghostwridah, the C-9 family and more

Photo by David "Dro" Rosario​-- Miami's P.M. (pictured on the right) is part of group Black R.E.I.G.N. with Tommy Trouble. Well, they've been tapped to be part of Live Nation & Lourdes68's Raekwon Tour, which hits a couple cities in the U.S. this Summer. The Miami date was slated for April 16t ... More >>

Concert Announcements: Brooks & Dunn and Black Eyed Peas

via Flickr user [AJ]​The most successful musical duo ever, Brooks & Dunn, are calling it quits. After selling about a bazillion records, playing every major city in the world, and winning a couple dozen awards, Kix and Ronnie have decided enough is enough. At least after one last tour... If yo ... More >>

Concert Announcements: Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and David Gray

via Flickr User Between a Rock​It's certainly no secret that jam bands are in love with visiting South Florida. In fact, it seems like every band with a nouveau-hippie following makes it down here at least once a year, so it's rarely big news. This announcement though, it'll make some fans go weak ... More >>

Concert Announcements: Tim McGraw, Montgomery Gentry, and New Boyz

via Flickr user whoSHOTyah?​Like hip-hop and country music? You're in luck with today's concert announcements then. The New Boyz, creators of what might be the most annoying chorus in the history of music "You're a Jerk" have been tapped to open for Chris Brown. The show takes place on November 29 ... More >>

Alice Cooper Playing Pompano Beach Amphitheater October 3

​Every death metal, horror punk, shock rock, and costume wearing band in America owes Alice Cooper a debt of gratitude. Without him bringing electric chairs, fountains of fake blood, and corpse makeup onstage, rock and roll would be a much tamer genre. He hasn't been all shock rock and makeup thou ... More >>

Live Nation Deal of the Week: Buy One Get One Free

Planning on hitting up a show at the Cruzan or Bayfront Park Amphitheaters soon? Today is the day to pick up your tickets. Live Nation's Wednesday deal of the day is buy one lawn ticket get one free. Sure you'll still have to pay service and parking fees (unlike previous Wednesday deals) but getting ... More >>

No Service Fee Wednesday Continues with All-In Tickets

It seems like this is going to be a habit: This Wednesday, Live Nation is offering another special deal for a whole bunch of upcoming shows at the Cruzan Amphitheatre. Exactly $24.99 will buy you lawn tickets for the list of shows after the jump. That means no user fees, convenience fees, or web-fee ... More >>

Pet Shop Boys Play Filllmore Miami Beach on September 9

Earlier this year, the publicity machine known as PETA decided they'd get their name in the papers again by requesting the Pet Shop Boys change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys. No really, they did. The request was respectfully declined, which I'm sure was a crushing blow to animal rights activ ... More >>

Steely Dan Tickets On the Cheap

If you've got a hankering to help pay Steely Dan's rent this month, now's as good a time as any to pick up some tickets and get these folks back on the right track. Steely Dan is playing the Mizner Park Amphitheater on June 13 and Live Nation is now offering four packs of reserved seat tickets for u ... More >>

Coldplay announces May 15th date with Cruzan Amphitheater

Hold on to your heartstrings boys and girls: Radiohead Travis Coldplay is coming to Cruzan Amphitheater on May 15, bringing its signature brand of rock and roll to lucky South Floridians. Chris Martin and company just expanded their tour, and chose West Palm Beach to kick off their U.S. leg of the V ... More >>

Refugees of Langerado

Some bands on the defunct festival's bill are still coming to town. Here's a guide to the makeup shows.

Afrobeta Win New Times' Groove On Battle Of The Bands

The New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands has been decided and the winner's been announced. Wait, no it hasn't, that's my job. Let me start over. Afrobeta, winners of this years New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands are getting a free trip to New York City with hotel accomodations and a show at ... More >>

To the Victor Go the Spoils

B-52's to Return to South Florida, This Time at the Fillmore Miami Beach on Feb. 7

Funplex, released last year, is the B-52's' first album in 16 years. It pumps up the volume, cranks the guitars, and rocks harder than anything the veteran group has done since its 1979 debut. There's nothing here as sweet or as catchy as "Roam" or "Love Shack," both of which made these unlikely new ... More >>

Fall Out Boy to Play Mizner Park Amphitheatre, April 21

via www.livenation.comThe last time Fall Out Boy headlined in South Florida, it was for a gig with Gym Class Heroes and Plain White T's at the Fillmore Miami Beach, on Halloween 2007. That theater seemed like a smallish venue for them then, and thanks to both Pete Wentz' tabloid appearances, and an ... More >>

Shell-Shocked

Meet the Turtles’ Flo and Eddie at the Pompano Beach Hippiefest.

This Just In: Common and N.E.R.D. to Play the Fillmore Miami Beach on Sept. 5th