See the full 40-photo Cut Copy at Grand Central slideshow. Cut CopyWith Midnight Magic and Washed OutGrand Central, MiamiThursday, September 29, 2011 Better Than: Seeing them at Ultra 2011. It’s pretty surprising that Cut Copy has never performed in Miami outside of Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival. Sure,…
The Fillmore Miami Beach is the Magic City’s go-to room for artists with mid-size audiences. So while The Script may not have the same voracious following in South Florida as it does in Europe and South America, the “celtic soul” pop-rock group may feel more at home at the American…
According to totally reliable online resource Wikipedia, a bromance is “a close but non-sexual relationship between two (or more) men, a form of homosocial intimacy.” Musical history is sprinkled with fruitful and creative bromances. There was David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Gram Parsons… and that’s just half…
Primate and Whores With Secret Arms and Devalued Churchill’s Pub Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Better Than: Rugby night at Churchill’s the night before. Not all bands are created equal. Some appease the masses at American Airlines Arena, some ride the indie-waves at Grand Central, and some are born to blow…
In A-Trak news… The Canadian DJ’s going to be dropping electro dance beats at LIV next month, about a month before he takes his act to New Orleans as a featured performer at this year’s Voodoo Experience Music Festival. Unfortunately, one of his longtime friends and frequent collaborators won’t be…
Bryan Ferry at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 29
Mr. Pauer, as part of Oktoberfest: Miami’s Ultimate Foodie Night, at Century Marketplace September 30
J. Cole at Revolution Live October 1
Camila at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 2
R. Kelly’s Black and White VIP Party at Revolution Live October 2
Mickey Avalon at LIV October 5
Black Star’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli With Jay Rock, Black Bobby, and DJ D-Up Presented by Rock the Bells Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Better Than: Most Tuesdays on God’s great spaceship, Earth. Time travel can be a really good time. Especially when you’re talking about taking…
“Metal is alive and kicking down here,” says Jean Saiz, guitarist and co-growler for guttural sludge trio Shroud Eater. Her endorsement of Miami’s assorted, metal-derived, extreme music comes with the clarification that recent activity — like the rise of Shroud Eater’s practice space b/w metal clubhouse venue, Beezelbub’s Cave (Miami’s…
He’s a rapper. He’s a scholar. He’s the next candidate for the President of Hip-Hop. In just a couple of hours, Miami-via-D.C. rap mastermind, Square Biz label boss, and Harvard grad Larry Harris Jr., known on the streets and in the studios as Black Bobby, will be holding down the…
Let’s get wild and reconcile with our freaky side, the Midwest’s illest rap crew, The Cool Kids, are bringing heavy beats and dope lyrics to Eve next month on Sunday, October 23. Chuck Inglish and Sir Michael Rocks broke onto the scene the way so many groups do these days…
Topping the list of artists we’d never expect to see at the Fillmore Miami Beach, Korn just announced a November 9 engagement at the house Jackie Gleason Live Nation built. Thirteen years ago, Jonathan Davis and company released its big breakthrough album, Follow the Leader. It debuted atop the Billboard…
Sandwiched between The Script’s Science & Faith Tour and Ballet Etudes presents Giselle: A Gala in Honor of Dagmar Moradillos, the Fillmore Miami Beach continues its eclectic lineup with a Grammy-winning rock en Español superstar. Andrés Calamaro is one of Argentina’s biggest musical success stories. He broke onto the scene…
Peter Bjorn and John All You Can Eat Tour Bardot Miami Friday, September 23, 2011 Better Than: Fancy food and show tunes. All hopped up on carbohydrates, squeezed into their best mature and sexy hipster gear, and still stuffed full of gourment grilled cheese, several hundred music-and-munchie fanatics flocked to…
Almost exactly 12 months ago, Miami music scene veteran and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo founded his very own label, giving it the most appropriate moniker — Forward Motion Records — that he could conjure up. “The label is very aptly named,” Perdomo says. “It’s all about small victories…
With Neon Indian and Yelle already slated to visit the city during the week of Art Basel Miami Beach, you can bet there’s still plenty of music to be announced over the next couple of months.Of course, being at the center of the action on all this Basel tomfoolery, Electric…
Roy Neil Hunter looks like he’s 17. But that’s OK, since the main mastermind behind the band Meat is merely a fresh, young 24. This musician has played in other Miami bands with mouth-watering names like Strawberry Dirt, Sparkling Purple Mango, and Ice Cream. We’re honestly starting to think these…
A little known fact about Crossfade is that we’re degenerate gamblers. We’ve been dropping mad bills on Magic City Casino’s maquinitas ever since the joint introduced Vegas-style slots. But aside from free parking and a few comped dinners, we haven’t won shit. Really, though, who cares? Win or lose, Magic…
