On August 11, Miami rock and experimental music mainstay Dan Hosker passed away due to injuries he sustained during a terrible car accident. Hosker left behind a prodigious discography and performance legacy that stretched from grungy pop-punk to bludgeoning noise music and ol’ timey swamp country. There was seemingly not…
Everclear at Culture Room November 29
Beatdown 2012 at BB&T Center November 30
Wiz Khalifa at BankUnited Center December 1
Scott Weiland at Ricochet Lounge December 2
Wanna “Feel the Rush”? Well, all you gotta do is party like a reality TV star. And luckily, according to an all-caps press release from South Beach megaclub Mansion, “REAL HOUSEWIVES OF MIAMI FAN FAVORITE, ADRIANA DE MOURA, [IS] DUE TO DAZZLE THE CROWD WITH THE FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE OF…
Drug smokin’, Lower East Side squattin’, dumpster divin’ crust-metal pop-punk crew Leftover Crack is a band that’s mastered the art of branding. For 14 years, these dudes have made themselves synonymous with unwashed, disgruntled vagabond youth culture, playing left-field ska-punk laced with death metal and infinite allusions to hardcore. They’ve…
Attention, Miami DJs! Do you think you might have what it takes to play with the likes of Benny Benassi, Diplo, and R3hab? Can you read a crowd, turn ’em out and have them going gaga for some paint to the face? Well, get to steppin’, because Miami’s Life in…
You know what EDM needs? More sex kittens. Like, if you’re going to be banging out, you need some eye-candy with a hard edge. And that’s where fierce Chicago trio Krewella comes in handy. This threesome is pushing a trendy mix of hard dub and house productions with catchy sing-rap…
When Danny Brown tells you to rub them titties at Bardot, you will motherfucking obey. That’s because you’ll be inundated with propaganda of the highest order. And when we say “propaganda of the highest order,” we mean a VJ set from graphic art star Shepard Fairey. Yeah, Brown and Fairey…
2 Chainz’s B.O.A.T.S. Tour With Trigg Da Kidd and Cap 1 Fillmore Miami Beach Monday, November 26, 2012 Better Than: No Chainz. Or even 1 Chainz. The doubters said 2 Chainz was a hardcore dummy with weak lyrical skills. But with the full fucking endorsement of Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj,…
If there’s one thing we learned from Cheers, it’s that “sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.” And nowhere in Miami is that sense of belonging stronger — especially for J Alvarez — than at La Covacha, New Times’ two-time Best Latin Club award winner. Alvarez, the…
If Nicolas Jaar has been pigeonholed as a dance music producer, it’s primarily because his auspicious first releases were put out by NYC deep house label Wolf + Lamb. Admittedly, these were records with a four-to-the-floor beat. But Jaar’s ever-evolving sound has since eluded categorization, instead offering a kaleidoscopic tapestry…
Calvin Harris Created Disco in 2007. He was Ready for the Weekend in 2009. Then he “Found Love” with Rihanna in 2011. And now he’s shutting 2012 down in Miami-Dade County. The Scottish DJ-producer will ring in the New Year with a headlining set at LIV, and he’ll be supported…
Over the weekend, Khaled bin Abdul Khaled rounded up some of the biggest names in the rap game and invited them to “Temple.” And by “Temple” we mean LIV, the site ofDJ Khaled’s “Temple Birthday Bash.” The Miami-based DJ, producer, and We the Best Music Group boss actually turns 37…
Death to the Sun IV: The Final Episode Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, November 24, 2012 Better Than: Rocky IV, Lethal Weapon IV, The Land Before Time IV, Alien: Resurrection, and Indiana Jones and the Aliens or whatever. Death to the Sun has celebrated its final end-of-summer extravaganza. So obviously, we’ve…
Over the last decade, Rick Ross has become the Bawse, collaborating with everyone from Trick Daddy to Diddy, Drake, and beyond. His label, Maybach Music Group, is home to some of the biggest names in contemporary rap music. The MMG fam includes Meek Mill, Wale, and French Montana, just to…
If house and techno are the roots of EDM, then few artists have been more enduring exponents than Chicago DJ-producer Curtis Jones, AKA Cajmere, AKA Green Velvet. That’s because Curtis has preserved the raw, body-jacking essentials of those sounds for as long as he’s been making music. Whether it’s perky…
Earlier this summer, we here at Crossfade included Murk in our list of the 50 Best Miami Bands of All Time. And with good reason. The production power duo of Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon is among the most commercially successful acts in the history of house music. But also…
Parisian DJ-production threesome Apollonia borrowed its name from Prince’s ’80s backup group Apollonia 6. It’s a nod to that raunchy Minneapolis funk sound, which the trio has infused with European tech-house. This signature sound is currently all the rage on international dance floors. And Resident Advisor even picked Apollonia for…
Speeding motorcycle, let’s speed smart … Because indie music legend Daniel Johnston just announced a very rare live show and installation of “original artwork” at Grand Central during Basel week. UPDATE According to Poplife reps, “a dj set by Devendra Banhart” has just been added to Johnston’s show at GC…
So we got bad news and we got good news. The bad news is the UR1 Festival — which was set to take place during the 2012 edition of the annual citywide, Caligula-style art party otherwise known as Art Basel — has been postponed. Lucky for us, the Windish Agency…
