Steve Angello at LIV January 1

If he hasn’t already made plans to build himself a giant geodesic disco dome atop the Fontainebleau Hotel, Swedish House Mafia member Steve Angello’s top priority in 2011 should be purchasing a prime SoBe condo. Ever since he and fellow Mafia-men Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso headlined the main stage at…

Matt Tolfrey at Space January 1

Sure, the internet may be infinite, but all you laptop producers gotta understand it’s not OK to digitally release whatever noise pollution creeps out of your MacBook. Frankly, it’s time to stem the flow. Otherwise, like minimal-techno DJ Matt Tolfrey has said, “you’re just filling up a virtual record shop…

Best parties for New Year’s Eve 2011

Wouldn’t it be great if we were all lucky enough to spend New Year’s Eve snorting an entire uncut key of White Diamond caviar while guzzling ice-cold magnums of Piper Heidsieck 1907 as if it were Gatorade? Unfortunately, you’ve got to be a Kardashian, some guy with a rare and…

Fucked Up at Churchill’s Pub, September 14

As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010. Fucked Up September 14, 2010 Churchill’s Pub In addition to regularly leading manic mosh circuses and helping to mete out serious sonic punishment, Fucked…

Our Rundown of Miami’s Best Albums, EPs, and Mixtapes of 2010

The swamps and warehouse squats, Carol City and Coco’s Nightclub, South Beach and the megaclubs — our city’s music scene is the product of so many split-up, spliced, and remixed sources that any attempted overview of its output will inevitably seem insufficient and incomplete. But here at Crossfade, we don’t…

Air at the Fillmore Miami Beach, March 13

As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010. Air March 13, 2010 The Fillmore Miami Beach It had been 12 whole years and a couple of months since the release of Air’s…

Metric at Art Basel Miami Beach’s Art Loves Music, December 1

As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010. Metric December 1, 2010 Oceanfront Pavilion at Collins Park It’s not often that you get to hang out with a band like Metric on…

Crystal Castles at Grand Central, September 11

As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010. Crystal Castles September 21, 2010 Grand Central Is it possible? Has Crystal Castles’ glitchy goth dance noise really gone mainstream? Will frontwoman Alice Glass’s…

Phoenix at the Fillmore Miami Beach, October 27

As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010. Phoenix October 27, 2010 Fillmore Miami Beach Thanks to last January’s merger between music industry monoliths Ticketmaster and Live Nation (not to mention a…

The Roots, Q-Tip, Eve, and Bobby Brown at the Ice Palace, September 25

As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010. The Roots, Q-Tip, Eve, and Bobby Brown October 27, 2010 Fillmore Miami Beach When Crossfade first stumbled into the Hennessy Artistry party, our biggest…

OMG! Usher Does New Year’s Eve With 19,600 of His Closest Homies

Unlike so many other pop lotharios, Mr. Usher Raymond IV didn’t opt for some superexclusive NYE party attended only by celebs and their imaginary friends. Instead, the R&B star with the rippling abs decided to take his OMG world tour to the AAA so he could hang with 19,600 of…

Miami’s best albums, EPs, and, mixtapes of 2010

The swamps and warehouse squats, Carol City and Coco’s Nightclub, South Beach and the megaclubs — our city’s music scene is the product of so many split-up, spliced, and remixed sources that any attempted overview of its output will inevitably seem insufficient and incomplete. But here at New Times, we…

Diplo at Grand Central December 23

Even if your knowledge of that odd urban creature commonly known as the hipster is limited to whatever you see on TV, there’s still a pretty good chance you know Diplo. He’s the froggy-voiced star of the new-ish BlackBerry Torch commercial that’s undoubtedly popped up during one of your recent…

Bill Orcutt at Sweat Records December 28

Back when a president called Clinton ruled the White House, a band called Harry Pussy lorded over Miami’s tiny noise rock scene. The explosively experimental unit first emerged in 1992 when guitarist Bill Orcutt and drummer Adris Hoyos decided to cause general musical mayhem for no real reason besides their…

Swedish House Mafia Throws Masquerade Motel Party Opposite Ultra Fest UPDATE

​What’s next on Swedish House Mafia’s to-do list? Total global takeover? Almost. This evening, word has arrived that Mafia members Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, and Axwell will challenge Ultra Music Festival’s exclusive claim to the last weekend of March by throwing one of their Masquerade Motel parties on Saturday, March…

Justin Bieber Causes a Rabid Frenzy at the American Airlines Arena

See the full Justin Bieber slideshow. Whenever Justin Bieber invokes that magic couplet, “Baby, baby, baby, oh/Like baby, baby, baby,” people get crazy cracked!  Maybe it’s the pitch of Bieber’s voice at this particular stage of his hormonal development that drives human beings into a rabid frenzy, like high-strung German…

Bieber Fever! The Dangerous Breakout of an Androgynous Boy Wonder

You can joke about Justin Bieber’s lesbianism all day. But the Biebz reigns supreme. Powered by asexual androgyny and cotton-candy songcraft, he has brainwashed tween girls, their mothers, and even, in the most extreme cases, their fathers. You could be next. Seriously, if JB didn’t look (and sound) like an…

Grand Central Launches Free Shuttle Service For Drunk Partiers

You’re stranded on the Beach, a little wasted, and too broke to afford the limo service. But shit … You wanna keep this party going all the way till 5 a.m. in the freaking morning. The solution: Grand Central Express, a free shuttle service that will zip back and forth…