Kendrick Lamar With Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Stalley, Fly Union, and others Fillmore Miami Beach September 27, 2012 Better Than: Sitting at home reading other people’s Tweets about BET’s Music Matters Tour with Black Hippy boss Kendrick Lamar. We arrived at the Fillmore Miami Beach about 30 minutes after the advertised…
Cody Chesnutt Ricochet Bar & Lounge, Miami Thursday, September 28, 2012 Better Than: The ten-year wait to hear these new songs. Last night, Crossfade’s favorite bearded soul crooner/advocate for cranial safety, Cody Chesnutt played an intimate solo show at Ricochet. He previewed stripped-down, delicate versions of songs from his upcoming…
Better Than: Dead Kennedys without Jello, The Misfits without Danzig, and the last 25 years of Bad Brains. Last night, Downtown Miami dance hall Grand Central hosted yet another righteous punk show. In fact, this might’ve been the best rock concert that we’ve ever seen at the club. See also:…
South Beach nightlife has long been ruled by commercial dance music and VIP club culture. And some locals have fought back with parties catering to underground house and techno. (See LINK Miami’s nights at Treehouse and Kontrol Thursdays at Mansion.) But few locals know the trials and tribulations of keeping…
M83 Wednesday, September 26 Fillmore Miami Beach Better Than: Dreaming … IRL. A “nightmare” is the word Anthony Gonzalez used last night at the Fillmore Miami Beach to describe M83’s disastrous appearance at Ultra Music Festival in March. But if Ultra was a nightmare, than the band’s performance at the…
Cody Chesnutt’s fans are used to an explosive and eccentric live show during which the bearded soul crooner dons a matador’s cape and dances his sexy dances with audience members. And that army helmet he wears? There’s more revolutionary power under there than under all the helmets at a Critical…
Modern English at Grand Central Miami September 28
Adam Ant at Seminole Coconut Creek Casino September 28
Miami Rocks Our Troops at BankUnited Center September 29
Miami Rocks Our Troops, Jon Secada, Billy Ray Cyrus, Billy Gibbons, Nick Carter, BankUnited Center September 29
Diplo at LIV’s Dirty Hairy Party October 3
Pretty Lights (AKA Derek Vincent Smith) has come a long way in a relatively short time. Since 2006, he’s built a musical empire with his friends and labelmates at Pretty Lights Music, stirring up what many consider to be a whole new genre in the process. His blend of natural…
Essex, England-birthed five-piece Modern English boasts a legacy that’s pretty much the reverse of its ’80s post-punk peers. Where similar outfits enjoyed serious commercial success in their homeland but only cult-band status in the U.S., frontman Robbie Grey and Modern English achieved the opposite. While they dutifully worked the club…
Unless Genghis Khan comes back to life in the next 48 hours and decides that humidity, not pillaging, is his first priority, the most badass dude in Miami on Thursday night is going to be Cody Chesnutt. No bones about it. That’s Mr. Chesnutt in the picture to the right…
Has anyone seen Molly? Madonna was looking for that bitch when she was in town for Ultra Music Festival. Maybe you could hook Madge up with Ms. Molls when she comes through the MIA again in November? But don’t get too popped off during Ms. Ciccone’s two-night stay at the…
Wanna get Jacked? Again? That’s right … Even though Mr. Nick van de Wall (better known among beat freaks as Afrojack) just slammed Miami with a two-night stand in June, the 24-year-old DJ, producer, fist-pumper, vodka-guzzler, and certified Pitbull bro is already heading back to the Beach. Having just announced…
Amon Tobin With The Holy Other Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, September 22, 2012 Better Than: Any light show that venue (and most people) have ever seen. In EDM, the visual element is becoming increasingly important. Many DJs and producers are funneling thousands into next-level sound and lighting in hopes of…
For the last year and a half, Brenton Brown has been having an affair. But now it’s time to come clean. “Honestly, I’m excited,” he says, obviously relieved. “I couldn’t be more happy that it’s actually out.” No, Brenton hasn’t broken any hearts. He’s in love with a girl named…
Big Poppa E went down to Biscayne Bay and rowed his way to the land of dead legends. R.I.P., dude. But his fellow musicians in Miami have banded together to raise $10,000 for a student award in his name — the Big Poppa E Music Scholarship Endowment Fund — so…
Pretty Lights is a man from Colorado. His name is Derek Vincent Smith. He makes party music. And he has built a legion of dedicated fans all around the world. His blend of hip-hop and funk with glitched-out EDM has literally changed the game. It set him apart from the…
He’s dressed in head-to-toe black, covered in studs with two bullet belts, a foot-long blue fan mohawk, and green paint smeared across his face like some kind of ceremonial warpaint. Then this punk leans into the microphone. And mustering an exaggerated sneer as spittle flies with each syllable, he dramatically…
Hashish will make a lady do some crazy shit. Like give her new album a 23-word title. Say, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do. Or maybe even make a run for the Mexican…
Florence and the Machine at the BB&T Center September 26
