Concerts

LA Riots at Arkadia January 6

Code red! Trip the alarm! Now dance! We here at Crossfade have just received a superurgent email with a subject line that shouts, “Ultra Music Festival 90% Sold Out! Last Chance To Purchase Tickets!” Now, for all of us who’ve been victimized by corporate marketing scare tactics in the past,…

The archetypal preacher commands the pulpit like a mad scientist. He gesticulates wildly like a fascist dictator delivering his signature call-to-arms for an assembly of at-attention infantry. Spit collects in the corner of the holy man’s mouth before launching forth like soot spewed from the barrel of a canon. His…

Deadmau5’s New Year’s Day Pool Party With Stephan Luke, Troy Kurtz, and Damaged Goods Fontainebleau Miami Beach Sunday, December 1, 2012 Better Than: A night without a jillion jiggawatts of bass. Trillion dollar hotel, international DJs, good-looking people getting wild and out of control? Whatever. Nothing beats standing in front…

See the full 32-photo NYE 2012: Rick Ross at Cameo slideshow. Rick Ross Rosé Champagne New Year’s Eve Cameo Theatre, South Beach Saturday, December 31, 2011 Better Than: A night when dollar bills don’t fall from the sky. With less than a half-hour till 2012, The Boss entered the building…

Well, I guess there’s one act you won’t be seeing at Ultra Music Festival 2012: Deadmau5. The EDM superstar posted a 12-minute rant on YouTube, slamming the electronic fest for ticket prices and exclusivity contracts. “Ultra to me is the definition of insanity: Doing the same fucking thing every year,…

Our esteemed music editor S. Pajot has already made his feelings clear about the over-the-top 2011-12 season intro video by the Miami Heat: “Apparently, James, Wade, and Bosh thought that prancing and preening like pretty-boy pop stars for a really expensive YouTube vid was the best way to shake off…

A$AP Rocky’s Purple Christmas at Grand Central December 29

Matisyahu at Kravis Center December 29

Tiesto at LIV December 29

Cee Lo Green at the Orange Drive Music Festival Dec. 30-Jan. 1

B.B. King at Arsht Center January 4

Bardot and DFA Records sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G… After celebrating its 10th Anniversary with Holy Ghost!, Nancy Whang, and Juan MacLean at Bardot, DFA Records’ love affair with the Midtown lounge has literally reached telenovela-level hotness. Miami’s best neighborhood bar 2010 just announced that The Crystal Ark, a DFA…

UPDATE Ultra Music Festival has finally announced its Phase 1 lineup. Check out Ultra 2012’s 92-act roster, headlined by Avicii, Tiësto, and David Guetta. MiamiMusicWeek.com has announced that Knife Party (a side project involving Pendulum’s Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen) and British duo Chase & Status have been added to…

Christmas came early indeed. According to a press release sent moments ago to Crossfade, Lenny Kravitz “is pleased to announce dates for his first American tour in five years!” Best of all, dude’s got a gig in the Big Mango. The “nearly 20-city tour” kicks off at New York City’s…

Candyland 2011 at Revolution Live December 23

Elastic Bond at Bardot December 23

Max Vangeli and AN21 at LIV December 26

Highlonesome at Propaganda December 26

Steve Lawler at Wall Lounge December 28

High atop the list of shit that South Florida doesn’t need is another tool. The Tri-County Area is littered with them. But come early February, four more will make a pitstop in west Broward. Though Maynard James Keenan and his cronies haven’t released an album in over five years, the…

Check out the photos from 12th Planet’s afterparty with a surprise set by Skrillex at Grand Central. Skrillex With 12th Planet Fillmore Miami Beach December 17, 2011 Better Than: All other dubstep productions. Yeah, that’s a pretty big statement to make. But, well, we just made it. “Holy shit. WTF?”…