DJ Shadow Announces U.S. Mini-Tour, Coming to Mansion Miami on December 14

DJ Shadow says, “Listen.” From ’90s sample-heavy hip-hop to millenial hyphy experiments, he has been predicting the next phase of rap music for 20 years. But now the 40-year-old experimental hip-hop DJ-producer (born Joshua Paul Davis in San Jose, California) has just released a multi-disc, career-spanning, glow-in-the-dark retrospective boxset entitled…

Thurston Moore and KURT During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012

No one wrote “Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit” on the wall. Still, the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts reeked, ever-so-slightly and not-so-literally, of sweaty punk armpits, greasy faded flannel, and the sweet stink of grunge. Last night, KURT, “a multi-discipline exhibition and study of the…

Cannibal Corpse at Grand Central Miami, December 6

Cannibal Corpse Grand Central, Miami Thursday, December 6, 2012 Better Than: Cardboard gun shop. Stuck precariously in the middle of Miami’s yearly ascension to the international spotlight of artistic and cultural relevance (AKA Art Basel Miami Beach week) was a Cannibal Corpse tour date…

Ultra Music Festival’s Ultra Europe Sells Out Early-Bird Tickets in Ten Minutes

Fun fact: “Music makes the world go ’round.” Well, at least according to the official hype for Ultra Europe, the three-day EDM extravaganza from Ultra Music Festival and Croatian partner company Adria MM Productions. Another fun fact: “Music” (and especially “electronic dance music”) makes early-bird tickets disappear. In ten minutes…

Art Basel Miami Beach 2012: A Six-Party Weekend Guide

Art Basel Miami Beach is officially in full swing. So even though we’ve already hit you with the ten best EDM parties and the fifteen best parties period … The awesome arty parties just won’t stop keep cropping up. And the best thing about these six? Some of them are…

Grammy Awards 2013 Nominees: From Frank Ocean to Black Keys and Rick Ross

Grammy-tastic! Last night, amid goofy, sexually tense intergenerational banter between co-hosts LL Cool J and Taylor Swift, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States announced the nominees for its 54th Grammy Awards, airing Sunday, February 10, on CBS. Genre-bending R&B guy Frank Ocean scored with…