Concerts

Krisp at Vagabond October 21

A Night in Treme, Kermit Ruffins at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center October 21

Little Dragon at Grand Central October 22

Bassnectar at Fillmore Miami Beach October 22

Cool Kids at Eve October 23

​Leave it to the French to put on the most mind-blowing, seizure-inducing high-tech visual shows in electronic dance music. Daft Punk and Justice have already been immortalized by their epically cornea-scorching arena spectacles. Now it’s fellow Frenchman and international DJ superstar Joachim Garraud who’s melting eyeballs in addition to pumping…

We asked singer, songwriter and leader of his own partially eponymous rock band, Ted Leo, how he might describe his music: Is it indie-rock? Or, really, just rock? Punk? Or pop? Politically charged? Or laden with emotions? Like most musicians — especially internationally recognized touring artists who are constantly forced…

There are very few bald men as gnarly as Richard Melville Hall, especially in the record business. Better known as Moby, the 46-year-old DJ, producer, and songwriter is an electronic music pioneer who’s broken cross-genre stereotypes with countless collaborations and massive commercial success. He’s worked with everyone from David Bowie…

See the full 24-photo Rapture at Grand Central slideshow. The RaptureWith PoolsideGrand CentralMonday, October 17, 2011Better Than: Staying home and bemoaning the weather.Monday might be the last night anyone wants to get out and get down. So it’s to the Rapture’s credit that its show last night at Grand Central…

After only three nights occupying part of Miami, a committed group of activists managed to throw together quite the successful concert in under 24 hours. In order to keep the movement’s momentum up in this truly offensive weather, organizers set up a covered stage outside Stephen P. Clark Government Center…

“I can’t imagine making a more difficult album,” says Battles drummer John Stanier when asked to describe the process behind Gloss Drop, the first full-length in four years from the recently downsized (once a quartet, now a trio) post-math-rock ensemble. While the band’s 2007 record, Mirrored, catapulted the previously cult…

Calle 13 Entren Los Que Quieran Tour With Mr. Pauer The Plaza at the American Airlines Arena Saturday, October 15, 2011 Better Than: Storming the border with a boombox on blast. Over the last six months, we here at Crossfade have been rabidly anticipating the arrival of Puerto Rican rappers…

Even if Tunde Adebimpe has never been a household name, TV on the Radio, the band he formed with David Sitek in 2001, has persevered and thrived longer than many of their more conventional brethren. By putting out one fully realized musical art project after another, the New York group…

Last week, we here at Crossfade spoke with the Rapture’s drummer Vito Roccoforte, discussing the band’s new album, In the Grace of Your Love, as well as the dubious genre term dance-punk and the indie dramatics of the last decade. We also chatted with Roccoforte about the spiky meaning of…

See the full 32-photo DWNTWN Concert Series with Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park slideshow. Surfer Blood With Spam Allstars and Ketchy Shuby As part of the DWNTWN Concert Series Bayfront Park Friday, October 14, 2011 Better Than: A falafel on a cold night. Under an almost full, waning moon, on…

If you wanna pop your “Bon Bon” on the Beach with Pitbull for free, you’re gonna have to pay your way by running 13 miles over a period of several hours in sweltering, heatstroke-inducing SoFla heat. The deal: On Sunday, December 11, Mr. Worldwide will be giving a performance on…

Earlier this week, New Times caught up with Vito Roccoforte, drummer of the influential New York dance-rock act the Rapture. After some five years largely out of the American spotlight, the Roccoforte and crew are back with a new album, In the Grace of Your Love, and a headlining tour…

​Some DJs were raised with all the spoils of Western capitalism, weaned on Tower Records and Top 40 radio. Others, like Uros Umek, grew up in the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War era, cut off from the West and deprived of even basic commodities like music on vinyl. For…

Every weekend, you finish work, catch dinner and drinks with friends, catch some more drinks, and maybe some pills at the club … And before you know it, you’re waking up Sunday morning (uh, afternoon) and you’re passed out under a car. On Halloween, it’s pretty much the same deal,…

​Norwegian party rockers Turbonegro get down like their lives depend on it. And next Tuesday night, Churchill’s Pub will host the latest edition of its monthly cover shows with a tribute to the denim demons themselves. You can expect lampshades worn like helmets, drinks hurled like grenades, and miserable corner-of-the-room…

Anoraak and Teen Daze at Bardot October 13

Big Brass Juke at the Stage October 14