Concerts

O Rappa at Fillmore Miami Beach August 5

It takes a real man (or Crossfade’s grandma) to grow a truly special mustache. And Adam Wills, multi-instrumentalist in widescreen synthpoppers Bear in Heaven, is just such a man. Look at that ‘stache! It sits astride his upper lip like the legs of the Colossus of Rhodes! Virility personified!…

From the Prince of Brooklyn to the baddest ‘fro in popular experimental jazz … The Adrienne Arsht Center has just announced the six-act lineup for its inaugural Live at Knight concert series. Jumping off in October with Talib Kweli & Res’s Idle Worship and ending seven months later with Esperanza…

Whoa, dude … Primus just announced its “first-ever traveling 3D-enhanced live musical performance.” And it’s gonna be “really trippy.” That’s what weirdo ringmaster Les Claypool tells Billboard, adding, “The past couple of years, Primus has gotten pretty psychedelic. We keep joking that we’re bringing acid rock back to the masses.”…

As far as Hollywood action movies go, 2011’s Drive starring Ryan Gosling was a stylistic tour de force. And whether you’re one of the countless chicks swooning and drooling over RyGos, the dreamy yet dangerous loverboy-next-door or a dude amped up by Gosling’s stoic skull-cracking badassery, the one thing both…

To quote adorable guy-girl indie poppers Matt & Kim: Oooh-oooh-oooh-woo, oooh-woo, oooh-woo … Just a few minutes ago, the perpetually psyched tag team (“Matt plays keys! Kim plays drums!”) announced their 38-date Lightning Tour via Twitter, expressing an overwhelming level of excitement with all-caps hashtaggery such as “#PARTY!” and “#LETSGO.”…

Check the contents of your ostrich-skin wallet. Along with the XXXL lambskin condom, stack of hundreds, and black AmEx, there should be your up-to-date 305 Baller Certification card. If, however, you haven’t taken care of this year’s dues, make sure to send that suitcase full of singles to Baller HQ…

See also John Lydon and “Ten Raging Punks Who Crashed the Daytime Talk Show Circuit.” After spending the mid-1970s repeatedly slapping the Queen with the knobby end of his spit-soaked Sex Pistol, pioneering British punk John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten) decided to take a break from all that endlessly snarling…

Diabetes, a literal hole in the heart, and severe brain hemorrhaging would almost certainly kill the common man. Poison’s Bret Michaels, however, is not your average Joe. “I feel really great,” Michaels recently told the Columbus Dispatch. “I’m about 90-percent back from the hemorrhage and the heart surgery. I feel…

See also Crossfade’s interview with Eric Prydz and “Identity Festival 2012’s Five Most Exciting Artists.” Identity Festival is coming, and many of you are no doubt running around the city, calling everyone you know, trying to finalize all your “preparations” for Saturday, August 4. It’s an exciting chance to see…

When talking house music, Mexico is not the first place that comes to mind. But Guadalajara’s Balcazar & Sordo might be single-handedly changing that perception. Or at the very least, they’re at the top of a rapidly growing new wave of Mexican producers. The DJ-production duo has exploded practically overnight,…

Solos are boring. Encores are predictable. And opening bands suck. Thankfully, Grand Central and Idle Hands Bookings have cooked up a wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am showcase that dumps a cinder block on the accelerator and let’s that bad boy ride right off the edge of the circle pit. And did we mention that…

See also “Identity Festival 2012’s Five Most Exciting Artists.” Before even being given the go-ahead to speak with Eric Prydz, the London-based Swedish DJ-producer, we are told that any questions about his fear of flying are “off the table.” This is somewhat disappointing, considering his phobia is well known. It…

Heartbeat got no rhythm? Drop dead when you don’t dance? Need a musical defibrillator? The Revivalists can bring you back to life with radio-friendly rock. These six New Orleans dudes are fresh from playing at the Green Parrot in Key West, and they’re catching some rays on South Beach before…

Vans Warped Tour 2012 at Cruzan Amphitheatre July 28

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…