Concerts

Carrie Underwood at BB&T Center December 22

Photo by Liz TracyIs that Jarvis Cocker? Nah … Just Gaslamp Killer. No one’s really interested in reading about the actual performances taking place on this musical ship of contradictions, the S.S. Coachella, amirite? Instead, you want a spoonful of gossipy anecdotal sugar, straight from the decks of this funny…

Sure, DJ sets at clubs are fun. But DJ sets inside convention centers are funner. Especially when you’re covered in someone else’s sweat and buckets of non-toxic paint while rolling face with your absolute favorite mix-masters. Benny friggin’ Benassi, dirty boy Diplo, and motherflippin’ R3hab are bringing the noise, beat…

There’s a veritable tsunami of electronic dance music coming out of Berlin. After all, it’s the techno capital of the world. But amid this overwhelming wave of white noise, one of the artists currently standing out on the international charts and club bills is Till Von Sein. It helps that…

Photo by Ian WitlenJarvis Cocker and Pulp aboard the S.S. Coachella.The S.S. Coachella set out to sea rather unceremoniously. There weren’t horns, not a streamer in sight, and no one smashed bottles against the body of the ship. But we’d all been aboard the Celebrity Silhouette for about four hours…

Pig Destroyer With Priapus, God Harvest, Implosive Disgorgence, and Maruta Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, December 15, 2012 Better Than: Thurston Moore doing anything in Miami. Churchill’s Pub had itself a busy weekend. Right on the heels of Friday night’s Torche/Holly Hunt album release party, the legendary Pig Destroyer laid siege…

Holly Hunt’s Year One Album Release With Torche, Post Teens, and The Tunnel Churchill’s Pub, Miami Friday, December 14, 2012 Better Than: Any episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that didn’t have to do with a spaceship battle or a malfunctioning holodeck. Over the weekend, Miami was given a…

The commercial success enjoyed by Visionquest since the label’s 2011 inception might be a testament to how much the mainstream EDM industry underestimates people’s taste in music. The notion that the masses want to be spoon-fed the sonic equivalent of junk food via the likes of David Guetta and LMFAO…

There’s a loud, in-your-face sound coming out of Miami, making waves in clubs across America. It’s got a hip-hop lean and sometimes a tropical vibe. It’s dirty, sexy, and full of hype. It’s a raw sound, sought out by some of the biggest names in EDM. And it’s coming from…

In the rapidly proliferating world of stoner/droner/doom metal, it has become increasingly more difficult to say something original and relevant. While most anyone with a taste for the sludgy side of things appreciates any band doing something of quality (regardless of innovation or lack there of) in this realm, sometimes…

The deep house genre label gets stamped on releases a little too liberally these days by producers and imprints jumping aboard the bandwagon of its current commercial popularity. But so many records saturating the market lack the substance and soul that characterizes the authentic classic deep house sound. With its…

DJ Shadow at Mansion Miami December 14

Vince Neil at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek December 15

KC & the Sunshine Band at Hard Rock Live December 15

Funkagenda at Gryphon December 15

Got your “I Love JIG” tees? Well, looking deliver on their promise of an “an all the way live weekend,” Jazz in the Gardens and mayor Oliver Gilbert have just added human “Stress Reliever” and pop-hop loverboy Ne-Yo as well as R&B diva Monica (AKA “Miss Thang”) to JIG’s 2013…

Y2K didn’t screw us. And that kooky Christian group was wrong about May 21, 2011, which came and went sans apocalyptic incident. The third time, however, is always a charm. And the world is almost certainly going to end on December 21 — the date the Mayans predicted would be…

A dark juggernaut of destruction is about to be unleashed upon the city of Miami. And we don’t mean the Mayan apocalypse. No, we’re referring to the unforgiving hard-hitting beats of Punisher, one of the Detroit underground techno’s enduring talents. Now we almost hate to kill the myth that Punisher…

Rock is dead. Just ask Tenacious D. “Started with blues, Belly of lead/Then there was Elvis, Nicky some red/Beatles arrive, started a trend/Axl Rose, give me some head/It’s all over, rock ‘n’ roll is dead.” And that’s exactly why Jabels & KG (otherwise known as Jack Black and Kyle Gass)…

After a few months spent dabbling in bottom-heavy sludge and tension-and-release death metal, South Florida extreme music promotion powerhouse Speedfreek is living up to its name like never before. Six days before the alleged Mayan Apocalypse ends the world as we know it, Richmond, Virginia grind freaks Pig Destroyer will…

Once Miami succumbs to the polar icecaps and the city is well under water, only the 305’s ass-clapping, booty bass legacy will float on. Well, maybe DJ Laz too. He’s got a boat. And if he’s lucky, Mr. Nice Guy Records himself, Jesse Perez, will be on that boat too…

It’s 3:30 on Saturday afternoon in Miami’s Design District. A live rendition of “Canción del Mariachi” drowns out the beep, beep, beep of delivery trucks backing into alleyways behind contemporary furniture stores and restaurants that Crossfade can only afford when someone else is paying. “Soy un hombre muy honrado, que…