Concerts

Earth First Journal Benefit at Churchill’s Pub August 1

Jon Bon Jovi and the Kings of Suburbia at Hard Rock Live July 26

Tercer Cielo at James L. Knight Center July 28

See also Crossfade’s show report, “Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne Pussy Poppin’ at Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Show in Miami.” Some call her Nicki. And some call her Roman. But she calls everybody bitch. Last night, Nicki Minaj brought the Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded tour to Miami’s James L. Knight…

See also “The Casualties Talk Cops: ‘Dude, Have a F#$%in’ Beer, Relax, Stop Abusing Your Power.'” Punks don’t dance. They mosh, pogo, slam, skank, stage-dive, crowd-surf, and circle jerk. So expect a raging riot when the Tonight We Unite tour and 1000 nasty maniacs rage into Downtown Miami’s Grand Central,…

For the longest time, recorded music’s biggest limitation has been that you can’t jump from behind a corner while wearing it and scare people into squirting their drawers. Well, prepare to squirt them drawers, people near corners. The awesomely noisy weirdos in Black Moth Super Rainbow are releasing their next…

See also “Soulja Boy to SpaceGhostPurrp “We Gone Eat Yo Face,” Thows Bath Salts on A$AP Beef.” Extraordinary swag and a mouthful of gold … Yeah, we’re talking about A$AP Rocky, the preternaturally talented 23-year-old Harlem Mob boss, rapper, and grillz model who’s been beefing with SpaceGhostPurrp and brawling with…

Ever rocked so hard that you blacked out, puked last week’s hot lunch, and woke up 666 hours later feeling like your skull just got fucked in outer space by a gang of so-called interglactic mutant overlords? Well, then you’ve probably never purchased tickets for the disgusting, otherworldy freakshow known…

See also Crossfade’s show report, “Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne Pussy Poppin’ at Pink Friday Roman Reloaded Show in Miami” — plus a 15-photo recap of Nicki Minaj in Miami. In the summer of 2010, Nicki Minaj told Interview Magazine that, from the beginning, she was thinking like a role…

From ballads to ballots … Earlier this year, Marc Anthony appeared in a Latinos for Obama video, encouraging Hispanics to back Barack’s reelection bid. And over the last seven months, the soulful salsero has increasingly poured his energy into the president’s reelection bid, shifting his focus from music to politics…

Oh, no … They don’t need no lovin’, no respect. ‘Cause it’s all about the sex. Even though the dudes of Mötley Crüe have all reached that advanced age when it often becomes necessary to pop a little blue pill if you wanna rock a long, strong, and sustained erection,…

See also “Lights Out Festival Promises ‘a Jaw-Dropping Experience.'” Lights Out Festival With Felix Da Housecat, RJD2, Felix Cartal, and others Soho Studios, Miami Saturday, July 21, 2012 Better Than: Sitting at home, playing with your finger gloves. For their first proper party, the guys behind Dementia Events pledged to…

ShipRocked 2012, the world’s heaviest heavy music cruise, just got even heavier. ‘Cause Korn and six other brutally rocking bands have been added to the already massive lineup. “I did a cruise last year DJing as J Devil,” Korn’s Jonathan Davis says, “and it was a fucking blast — such…

See also “Deaf Poets Will Rock Your Face Off at Their Seven-Inch Release Party” and “Teepee Explains His Two-Year Disappearance, Eats Ten Bananas for Breakfast Everyday” How’s your Best Summer Ever checklist coming? It’s nearly August. So by now, you should’ve had a steamy, deodorant-free fling with a foreigner who…

No one ever thought Jorge Herrera, a skinny Ecuadorian kid from New York City, would amount to much. But for two decades, the founder and lead singer of The Casualties has led his rowdy band of hooligans around the world, inspiring kids to stand up and fight the system. One…

The Dallas, Texas blog-turned-label French Express can do no wrong right now. Hotly-tipped artists on the young roster, like Jonas Rathsman, Perseus and Moon Boots, are stirring up a nu-disco storm in clubland. But the label’s undisputed star is Chris Malinchak, an NYC-based producer with a gift for retro-futurist disco…

Are you having trouble managing your mustache amid the humidity of hurricane season? Your new gurus are coming to town in the form of Bear in Heaven, owners of indie’s most fecund upper lips. Have you been wanting to sing along with Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend,” but needed someone…

See also “Tanlines Covets Rick Ross’s Towel Guy and So Should You” and “Will ‘All of Me’ by Tanlines Become the New Macarena?” The morning after they opened for Rick Ross in their hometown of New York, Tanlines flew down to Miami to mix their new album Mixed Emotions. Jesse…

London has been a major electronic dance music hub since the rave boom of the late ’80s. And when it comes to London house and techno parties with an authentic underground ethos, the name Secretsundaze reigns supreme. Launched by DJ-producers Giles Smith and James Priestly, the party has been going…

We’re officially balls-deep into summer and everyone is covered in a thin film of uncomfortable sweat. But despite the already-oppressive temps, Grand Central is turning up the heat. The Downtown Miami hangout just added three killer new shows to its end-of-summer and early-fall concert schedule, kicking things off with England’s…

See also “Rick Ross Smokes His Weight in Jamaican Weed: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown”  and “Will ‘All of Me’ by Tanlines Become the New Macarena?”   How do you know when you’ve achieved Bawse status like Rick Ross? Is it when your swimming pool has more bad bitches in it…

Tanlines at Bardot July 19