Ted Leo and the Pharmacists With Deaf Poets and Pujol Churchill’s Pub Sunday, October 30, 2011 Better Than: Bobbing for apples in the rain It’s been a weird Halloween, right? And not the good kind of weird. Last Halloween, after an extended series of poor choices, a candy raver dominatrix…
See the full 31-photo Guns N’ Roses at American Airlines Arena slideshow. Guns N’ Roses With Buckcherry American Airlines Arena Saturday, October 29, 2011 Saturday night’s Guns N’ Roses concert at the American Airlines Arena was the biggest group S&M experience we’ve ever had. And believe us, we’ve drooled on…
Battles With Nisennenmondai Grand Central, Downtown Miami Thursday, October 27, 2011 Better Than: Approximately 95% of most live music events. Two tight bands, decently timed sets, booming sound. What else do you need? Last night, Battles blew our fucking mind. Sorry to indulge the most standard live music hyperbole. But…
What do you call a rowdy bunch of Latin Americans showing up in Miami to work for your dollars?The Rola Music Festival, a three-day concert event featuring some of the biggest music names in the world that end in Gonzalez.Representatives include Venezuela’s Patafunk, Spain’s Jarabe De Palo, Puerto Rico’s Jerry…
Kendrick Lamar at Revolution Live October 28
Space Twilight Zone at Club Space October 29
Sebastian Ingrosso, Erick Morillo, Bob Sinclar at Scope Art Arena October 29
Anthrax at Revolution Live November 2
Austra at Grand Central November 2
TV on the Radio With Sorne Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Better Than: Being blinded by Nine Types of Light. On the one hand, this past year’s been a really tough one for arty Brooklyn indie band TV on the Radio. In June, the quintet became a quartet…
Hailing from one of the most hardworking outfits in South Florida, one would assume that young Sammy Gonzalez has all he needs. But while we’re sure that rocking for ten years with Jacobs Ladder has its charm, Gonzalez has also developed an intense relationship with the classical guitar over the…
“What’s you name?” Tyler Okonma asks an audience member in Minneapolis. The guy in the crowd introduces himself as Melvin. Naturally, Okonma replies, “I fucking hate you, Melvin.” In a 12-month span, Tyler, The Creator, and his gang of street punks have gone from relative West Coast obscurity to headlining…
Given the godlike status enjoyed by superstar EDM DJs today, it’s easy to forget their profession’s humble roots. Before DJs were selling out global festivals, arenas, and mega-clubs, many of the veterans cut their teeth on the illegal rave scene of the ’80s, playing under motorways and in abandoned warehouses…
See the full 27-photo Bassnectar at the Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Bassnectar With AmpLive and SuperDre Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, October 22, 2011 Better Than: The last time Bassnectar was here last year. On Saturday night, Bassnectar made a triumphant return to a sold-out Fillmore Miami Beach. It was just…
See the full 44-photo Amnesia Grand Opening With Bob Sinclar slideshow. Bob Sinclar With Philippe B. Amnesia Miami Friday, October 21, 2011 Better Than: A foam party, which the old Amnesia Miami was known for. It was the same charming faces in a new and unexplored domain. Well, at least…
Enrique Iglesias’s Euphoria Tour With Pitbull and Prince Royce American Airlines Arena Saturday, October 22, 2011 Better Than: Penis talk and private snapshots. The first thing to note about last night’s bachata, hip-hop, and Latin pop love-fest starring Enrique Igleasias, Pitbull, and Prince Royce is that these dudes fucking love…
The third Friday of the month is here. And if you don’t what that means, it’s Big Night In Little Haiti. Everybody raise your cannons and bayonets for liberté, égalité, fraternité.Tonight, world festival circuit rock star Bélo will fire up the city alongside Miami’s own Lanzallamas Monofónica with a free…
Rick Ross called Kreayshawn a “dirty bitch” and threatened to “slap the shit out of whoever carries her bags.” But the 22-year-old rapper-slash-Ricky Rozay enemy does not give a fuck. Seriously, she does not care. In a recent Huffington Post interview, Robin Wilkey asked Kreayshawn why she thinks she’s so…
Krisp at Vagabond October 21
A Night in Treme, Kermit Ruffins at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center October 21
Little Dragon at Grand Central October 22
Bassnectar at Fillmore Miami Beach October 22
