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Why the Corporate Takeover of EDM Was Inevitable: The Straight Bros are On Board

You're not likely to hear many heavy-handed conversations about business at Ultra Music Festival this weekend, but if you do, it will more than likely be about billionaire Robert F.X. Sillerman's plans to buy up just about everything related to electronic dance music and consolidate it all under SFX ... More >>

Ultra 2013 Starts Now! And EDM Has Conquered Miami, America, the World

Electronic dance music has conquered Miami. And America. And the world. For more than three decades, it had remained a mostly underground phenomenon, epitomized by illegal raves held beneath highway overpasses in the UK or after-hours parties thrown in downtown Detroit's abandoned warehouses. But o ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week 2013

Beware of Mr. Baker: Great Drumming Almost Excuses Ginger Baker's Dickishness

Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z Teaming Up For 20/20 Experience Tour, Coming to Miami?

Who didn't get a little wet watching Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z kill it at the Grammys? We haven't been able to stop thinking about it. We just keep rewatching the clip and dreaming about seeing them in person. Well, thankfully, our dreams are rumored to become reality. If the New York Post can ... More >>

Femi Kuti & the Positive Force Unleashing That Afrobeat at Grand Central Miami on January 13

Femi Kuti is a world-music master, a deep political thinker, and a true Nigerian patriot. Just like his famous late father, Fela, the fearsome legend who pioneered an entirely fresh fusion of complex African rhythms and electrified Western sounds, invented the term Afrobeat, embodied Black Power, d ... More >>

Rick Ross's MMG Tour at the Fillmore December 5

Hannah Montana Goes Dubstep! An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

See also "Ten Signs of the Dubpocalypse! From Bieber and Muse to Dubstep Cereal Commercials." It's over. Miley Cyrus is a woman now. And as we speak, she's probably taking face-fulls of Borgore's cake. The hedonistic, nasty-as-he-wanna-be brostepper released a confection-themed song about bangin' ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012: Four Reasons EDM Is the New Summer Music Festival Staple

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED," "Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others," and "Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence The Machine, and Others." With every year that passes, it feels li ... 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 >>

LCD Soundsystem's Shut Up and Play the Hits Release Party at Grand Central July 21

Frank Ocean Is Gay: A Ten-Point History of Coming Out in Music, From Bowie to Lance Bass

Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean recently opened up on Tumblr about falling in love with a man, and the blogosphere is buzzing with stories about gay Franky. But we're stuck on how modern this whole coming-out ceremony has become. Gays, bisexuals, and lesbians have been a big part of the music indust ... More >>

Al Green at Hard Rock Live July 2

LCD Soundsystem's Shut Up and Play the Hits Release Party at Grand Central on July 20

See the screening details for LCD Soundsystem's Shut Up and Play the Hits in Miami. Ahead of LCD Soundsystem's third studio release, James Murphy sat down with Rolling Stone magazine and all but assured the public that This is Happening would be his band's last. "I feel like this should be the la ... More >>

Schools Ignore Gay Bullying at Their Own Peril

Avicii Lands Ralph Lauren Endorsement Deal: Will EDM Jeans Include a Molly Pocket?

Ralph Lauren and denim are arguably two of the most American facets of ready-to-wear designer clothing. But in a surprising move, the company that brought country club duds to prominence in the late 1960s has gone Swedish. In fact, they've gone Swedish house. According to Rolling Stone, "Swedish ... More >>

Babasónicos' Psychedelic Argentine Indie Rock Hits Grand Central on April 12

​What does an Indian yogi and the Spanish-language version of the The Jetsons have to do with Argentinean rock 'n' roll? For Babasónicos, it's all in the name. Over 20 years ago, a group of Argentines borrowed Baba from Indian guru and Hindu saint Sai Baba of Shirdi and sónicos from Los Super ... More >>

Rihanna Is Not Sorry About Chris Brown Collaboration; Says 2009 Assault Gave Her Metaphorical "Guns"

Like so many others, this publication is guilty of milking the Rihanna vs. Chris Brown cow. But for the amount of drama it produces, you can't really blame us. Rolling Stone is reporting that RiRi recently opened up about the public's reaction to her February collaboration with Chris Brown. In an ... More >>

Top Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week Parties for Saturday, March 24

​Good morning, beat freak. Over the last seven days, you've gotten down with a genderqueer rapper in Overtown, raged at each and every free fucking party on the sked (not to mention WMC and MMW's fifteen best club bashes), and hit the Skrillex mosh pit at Ultra Music Festival. You've moombahed ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Wednesday 3/14/2012

​If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving musi ... More >>

Janet Jackson at Fillmore Miami Beach December 5

Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour

YACHT at the Electric Pickle December 1

Little Dragon Bringing "Free-Range, Organic" Electro Tunes to Grand Central October 22

​Ikea, Volvo, and electro-pop music -- that's what we think about when someone says Sweden. And speaking of the European Union's third largest country by area, Swedish indie outfit Little Dragon is almost here! Earlier this year, the Gothenburg-based group released its third studio album, Ritu ... More >>

Plum TV President Robert Gregory Leaves to Take Over Newsweek

​Less than a week after the departure of CEO Jerry Power and a day after mass layoffs were announced, the crumbling Plum TV luxury media empire now faces another loss. President Robert Gregory is leaving to take the same position at Newsweek Daily Beast Co. Of course, considering the state he left ... 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 >>

Britney Spears's Femme Fatale Tour with Nicki Minaj at the AA Arena July 22

Six Greatest Weirdo Pop Queens of All Time

Last.fmRolling Stone created a Queen of Pop Index, ranking the top 16 female pop recording artists of the last two years by examining, according to them, "album and digital song sales, Hot 100 rankings, radio airplay, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards, and ... More >>

Calle 13 Announces First 11 Shows for Entren los Que Quieran U.S. Tour With Miami Gig May 27

Calle 13's Residente and Visitante go guerrilla again.​With ten Latin Grammys and even a pair of standard gold-plated gramophophone statuettes stashed in the safe, it's been a solid minute since Calle 13's Residente and Visitante could be legitimately called underground guerilla rappers. The ... More >>

Ty Segall Talks the Ocean and Girl Drummers

via Facebook.com​Ty Segall is one young, talented guy who gets a good amount of buzz that is, thankfully, not Justin Bieber. For all of the awesome noise he creates, he's a humble dude who more than deserves all of the attention he's received. His last LP Melted, released on Goner Records, en ... More >>

Justin Bieber Hates American Health Care System, Abortions

The Biebz is full of love. But he hates America.​The Biebz thinks Americans are "evil," and according the 16-year-old Canuck, sometimes rape "happens for a reason." At least, that's what he told Rolling Stone's Vanessa Grigoriadis in the forthcoming issue that hits newsstands on February 18. "Ca ... More >>

Top Five Beatles Albums You Should Buy on iTunes Right Now

Courtesy of TheBeatles.com​Great news! The Beatles entire catalog of songs is finally on iTunes. Yes, for years Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr kept their former band's songs off the media download service. Why? Well, the Fab Four's Apple Records and Apple Computer Inc. had major beef. After an a ... More >>

Miami Book Fair spins into town

Kanye West "Power" vs. Eminem/Rihanna "Love the Way You Lie": Which Wins?

​No two songs have gotten more music publicity lately than Kanye West's "Power" and Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie." We've been hearing about how good their videos will be for weeks now, but what will make this showdown possibly even bigger than the Kanye vs. 50 Cent Rolling Stone cover? It's defi ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Talks Medium Raw, Illegal Ortolan, and Evil Cake Maker Sandra Lee

Melanie Dunea​If you know Anthony Bourdain from No Reservations and nothing else, perhaps you're under the impression he's just some cuddly middle-aged curmudgeon. Newsflash: You're wrong. Sure, he can be a friendly, engaging, and gracious dude. But for a full, uncensored view of Bourdain's too-ho ... More >>

The Kids Are All Right

Top picks for the 17th annual Marley Fest

Zappa Plays Zappa performs the classics at Revolution Live

Palm Beach County band Surfer Blood plays the Vagabond

National Album Review: The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (40th Anniversary Edition)

​The Rolling StonesGet Yer Ya-Ya's Out! 40th Anniversary Edition (ABKCO)In rock and roll, 1969 was perhaps the most historic year of the 20th Century. Of course both The Isle of Wight and Woodstock went down that year. Black Sabbath and The Doobie Brothers were formed. And, yes, the Beatles broke ... More >>

Green Day's Breakdown Triumph

A veteran outfit makes its most ambitious record yet.

Ximena Sariñana Is Anything but Mediocre

Don't be fooled by her debut album title.

Philly's Dr. Dog Brings Swirly Sunshine Sounds to Culture Room

Hot diggety dog!

LaBelle Plays The Fillmore Miami Beach

The three divas bring back space-age, supersonic glam.

The Saddest Club of All

The F-Stops Here

The XXXstasy Biz

Porn in Miami Beach is just another franchise operation

Sugar, Sugar

The Sugar Hill Gang and the label that made them famous

Just a Regular Joe

Bring the Noise

Cover your ears or bask in the blare. Miami avant-skronkers Harry Pussy, Rat Bastard, and Tom Smith's To Live and Shave in L.A. have launched an audacious aural assault on the senses. But is anyone out there listening?

On the Booze

Buy the other guy lunch. I'll have a beer.