Concerts

Chris Cornell at Fillmore Miami Beach May 16

It took six mixtapes, a fake Cuban accent, and a sizzurp high before Future landed a record deal with Epic. Now the Atlanta-based rapper is one of the Dirty South’s most promising artists. “I’m just coming out, but if you go anywhere in the South,” he says, “I get that…

See the full 21-photo slideshow of Beach House at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Beach House With Zomes Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Better Than: Hitting the snooze button … Forever. Beach House is from Baltimore?!? If The Wire had been set in Beach House’s Baltimore, it’d be about…

The Aggrolites are a skinhead reggae band from Los Angeles. With a faster pace than the ska and rocksteady that came before it, the style got its name from its old-school UK fans, the black Jamaican rudeboys and white mod factory workers who pioneered the original skinhead subculture. We spoke…

Miami is slowly but surely emerging as an underground EDM capital. And it’s thanks in no small part to locals like Lazaro Casanova who are building musical bridges to sister cities such as London and Los Angeles. No music scene is an island, and collaboration between artists and labels is…

Under dark clouds and a “monster-sized extraterrestrial spider looming over center field,” Florence Welch performed that catchy song from the Eat Pray Love trailer to close her opening set at last year’s U2 concert at Sun Life Stadium. The boisterous reception following the final note of “Dog Days Are Over”…

Born to a French social worker momma and a Chileno father escaping a tyrannical regime, Ana Tijoux is a golden-era hip-hop superfan, rapid-fire lyricist, musical activist, party girl, and pop star. Her youth was spent running wild in the streets of Paris to a rap soundtrack. But at the age…

Win free tickets to Maná’s concert at the AAA on May 11. In 2006, Latin pop-rock powerhouse Maná had been recording and touring non-stop for more than 20 years. And it was time for a break. So the band took a five-year hiatus to prepare 2011’s Drama y Luz (Drama…

Mike Score is the mastermind behind A Flock Of Seagulls. Inspired by Bowie and Alice Cooper, he combined science fiction, hairspray, girl pants, makeup, guitars, and synths to start his band in 1979. Then he led his Flock around the world. Crossfade asked the man himself about the journey in…

See the full 20-photo of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at the Electric Pickle. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Electric Pickle, Miami Saturday, May 5, 2012 Better Than: The dinosaur DJs of Ultra Music Festival. It’s always exciting at the beginnings of things. One of the greatest joys of being a music…

Yes, Ted Nugent may be “repulsed at the concept of man-on-man sex.” But Uncle Ted offered to blow a male CBS reporter in return for a favor. “I’m an extremely loving and passionate man, and people who investigate me honestly, without the baggage of political correctness, ascertain the conclusion that…

Wilco is many things. But the Chicago-based band is not a one-hit wonder. Nor is it a group seeking quick fame and fortune. Over the last two decades, Wilco has proven itself to be a highly successful, occasionally stubborn, and extremely resilient musical outfit, releasing eight studio albums; earning critical…

Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary Tour at Hard Rock Live May 4

New Edition at BankUnited Center May 5

Nickelback at BankAtlantic Center May 5

Iggy Azalea at LIV Nightclub May 9

After a week of dropping hints in the form of “mysterious video footage,” behind-the-scenes interviews, and “fan interpretations” of its then-unreleased single, “Youth Without Youth,” Canadian indie quartet Metric officially unveiled the track on ilovemetric.com and iTunes this week. Emily Haines and crew also announced a 21-city fall tour that’ll…

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. Earlier today, Nicki Minaj announced 14 North American dates for her worldwide summer tour in support of new album Pink…

Be comfortable, creatures. Also, get your adorable, furry asses to an Explosions in the Sky show this summer. Just over an hour ago, the Austin-based instrumental rock band added ten dates to its June tour schedule and posted a cutesy notice to its Facebook page that read: “Dear Houston, Mobile,…

Buika is a sultry, sexy, raw, and impassioned vocalist who grew up on the Spanish island of Majorca with political refugee parents from Equatorial Guinea. As the biggest island in the Balearic Archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, Majorca is something like the South Beach of Spain, a major tourist destination…

UPDATE Wisin y Yandel have been dropped from J.Lo and Enrique’s tour. Her ex-husband’s doing it, now she is too. This summer, Jennifer Lopez is hitting the road with Enrique Iglesias and Wisin y Yandel, embarking on the North American leg of a globe-spanning tour that kicks off in Montreal…

See Crossfade’s feature: “Beach House’s Victoria Legrand on Bloom, New Songs, and Practicing Musical Magic.” When Baltimore-based dream pop duo Beach House returns to the Fillmore Miami Beach on May 8 in support of its new album, Bloom, the record (set for a May 15 release on Sub Pop) will…