The Dwarves Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, October 27, 2012 Better Than: Getting hit in the head with a beer bottle by Josh Homme. At one point in time, a Dwarves performance came with the caveat that you were guaranteed to either witness or take part in fistfights, public nudity, illicit…
Taylor Swift’s new album Red has been flying off the shelves before it even hit them. In fact, Billboard has basically guaranteed that it’ll come out on top of the charts with an estimated 1.1 million units sold by week’s end. So all y’all are probably walking around humming her…
Back in Black 2012 With Dirty South, Paul Van Dyk, Funkagenda, Crystal Method, LA Riots, and others Space, Miami Saturday, October 27, 2012 Better Than: Partying in 75 mph winds. Hurricane Sandy really fucking blows, man. She totally messed up our Halloween plans. We were going to shake our ass…
Anyone who’s followed the musical adventures of Fernando Perdomo knows that he’s never met a musical icon that he doesn’t admire. Or so it seems … We don’t really know which musical icons he’s actually met. But judging from his wealth of influences, it’s likely he knows several spiritually, if…
King Pubert says, “BOO!” Com Truise, Poolside, and Bonde do Rolê EVE, Miami Saturday, October 27, 2012 The decentralization of Halloween (that is, when the All Hallow’s Eve actually falls on a weeknight and nobody knows when to party) makes an already surreal holiday that much weirder. Instead of one…
Candye Kane is a tough chick from Cali who came up playing country, blues, and rock on the L.A. punk scene in the ’80s at the same time as she stripped to pay the bills. Later, she became a porn star, beat an abusive relationship, and survived cancer, all while…
In Space, no one can hear you scream. Also, when you party in Space, you stay a lot drier than being out in a hurricane. So it’s pretty much the perfect place to move this Saturday’s Back in Black fest since Sandy insists on being such a downer. That’s right,…
It’s been a hell of a year for James Teej. The Toronto-based producer has been busy burning up international dance floors as one-third of My Favorite Robot, while curating some of the international tech-house charts’ most forward-thinking releases on the act’s eponymous label. But Teej is a veteran of the…
The band that MySpace built is doing something their favorite social media site never could … Coming back! That’s right, the adorably spunky Matt & Kim have rescheduled their canceled October 14 show at the Fillmore Miami Beach. It seems the bright and bubbly pair caught some kind of sickness…
For a musician who once seemed to be everywhere at once, Fernando Perdomo seems unusually humble, if not by choice, then certainly by necessity. And the launch party for his debut solo album, Home is Wherever You Are actually finds him opening for Omine, one of the many acts signed…
Perhaps not since the Beach Boys has a musical act been as evocative of Southern California as Los Angeles production duo Poolside. The title of the pair’s 2012 debut album — Pacific Standard Time — gives it away. And the sun-kissed laid-back disco grooves are pure Californian leisure — a…
George Clinton at Revolution Live October 25
Lynyrd Skynyrd Simple Man Cruise Preparty at Grand Central Miami October 26
Miami Nice Jazz Fest at the Gusman Center October 26 and 27
Lemonheads and Psychedelic Furs at Grand Central Miami October 28
Ascolta is Italian for listen, and that’s exactly what local punk crew Askultura want you to do. “Listen to the culture,” says the band’s founder Andrew, a Lakota Nation warrior poet. He and his nine cohorts — two chicks, six dudes, and a beast named Captain on the washboard –…
Yo, be very, very quiet. We’re hunting rabbits. Skrillex’s OWSLA imprint is going on tour to showcase its variety of sounds and next-level skillset, and we’re going to catch us some choice bunny meat from Kill The Noise, M Machine and Nick Thayer at Grand Central on Wednesday, November 1…
“WOOHOO!” That’s exactly how stoked trance superstar Armin Van Buuren was to hear that he’d won DJ Mag’s ultimate EDM fan poll (again), ecstatically shouting via Twitter: “Just picked up @top100djs no.1 for 5th time! I can’t say thank you enough…!!!” But then the top jock’s excitement levels hit an…
House music is supposed to jack your body. It’s supposed to make you lose your mind on the floor. In a word, it’s supposed to be fun. Cerebral EDM nerds tend to forget that fact, but Heidi Van Den Amstel is here to remind them. The UK — light years…
Glen Matlock may be a Rick Kid, but he certainly isn’t some “middle-class mommy’s boy.” Last year, the former bassist and co-founding member of legendary punk band Sex Pistols took a cheap shot to the nuts when ex-bandmate Steve Jones trashed his rock ‘n’ roll brother. In an interview with…
You know that terrifying wet dream where you’re, like, a totally boner-worthy brain-eater locked inside a superchic warehouse space with a thousand other sexy zombies? There’s blood and gore smeared all over the floor. The walls are rattling at 69 BPMs. And every undead perv in the place is humpin’…
Rhythm Foundation’s 25th Season Celebration Featuring Gilberto Gil New World Center, Miami Beach Sunday, October 21, 2012 Better Than: Tim Robbins’s CD collection in High Fidelity. Last night, the Rhythm Foundation kicked off its 25th season of international music by hosting an intimate evening with world-renowned Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil…
