Concerts

Givers at Bardot January 19

Metal Cruise of Heaviness Pre-Apocalyptic Party at Grand Central January 22

Rattle Sundays at Mamushka’s January 22 and every Sunday

Cannibal Corpse at Culture Room January 22

Q-Tip at LIV January 25

When Graham Wood Drout and Iko Iko first started playing Tobacco Road in 1981, “the owner, an ex-cop named Neil, kept a shotgun behind the bar, couldn’t get any strippers to work for the club, and hired us to play for Mariel refugees under a disco ball till four in…

Despite being a total dickhead in 2011, Armand Van Helden’s a pretty cool dude. When he and Duck Sauce cohort A-Trak teamed up for the “Big Bad Wolf” video last year, Van Helden’s face was CGI-ed onto some dude’s exposed groin. Thus, via movie magic, the Boston-born DJ became a…

Just the other day, we here at Crossfade were trying to find a way to console the poor beat freaks who’d failed to buy, buy, buy tix to Ultra Music Festival 2012 before it totally sold out. But then Ultra itself mended broken electro hearts, saved beat-freaking dreams, and restored…

For 31 years, the numerous, ever-increasing stages at gritty, surreal, and spectacular Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti has been where Miami rock music goes to define itself. A quick scan of the assorted press and awards (including endless clippings for Miami New Times Best Rock Club nods) reveal only a…

Do you enjoy art, fashion, film, and music? If the answer is no, you probably aren’t human. But if the answer is yes, you should go buy tix for Miami New Times’ Artopia 2012, “an event,” according to the official Facebook page, “that promotes art for people.” There’s gonna be…

UPDATE Check out the lineup, date, and location for Ultra Music Festival’s launch of its Ultra Live concert series. Less than two weeks after announcing its Phase One lineup (Avicii! Tiësto! David Guetta! Kraftwerk! New Order! Skrillex! 86 others!), Ultra Music Festival 2012 was already shouting about being “90% Sold…

God is nonexistent. Need proof? Nickelback is headed our way. With great displeasure, Crossfade regrets to announce that Alberta, Canada “rock” band Nickelback will soon embark on their Here and Now arena tour, a 39-city trek across the United States and Canada. On Saturday, May 5, the Chad Kroeger-lead bunch…

​Is 21-year-old Nika Roza Danilova (AKA operatically trained goth-pop diva Zola Jesus) more than just a needle in 2012’s vast haystack of gloomy synth music? Film director, transcendental meditation evangelist, and total pie guy David Lynch certainly thinks so. In fact, Lynch enjoys ZJ’s digital death rock spin on Kate…

On Tuesday, mansionmiami.com read: “MANSION IS CLOSED.” Fans freaked out (“WTF? So pissed”) and South Beach haters rejoiced (“Finally!!! That club was garbage”) while others just shrugged. But we here at Crossfade suspected that the Opium Group nightclub was simply pulling a practical joke on the clubbing public, shuttering temporarily…

Cop City/Chill Pillars at Churchill’s Pub January 13

Workshop Collective’s Pop Up Record Store at Workshop Collective January 14

Black Violin at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center January 15

Dana Schutz’s Miami Playlist Party at the Standard Spa January 15

Gregg Allman at Hard Rock Live January 18

“You never get too old to fuck,” says 72-year-old R&B singer Benny Latimore. “In case they take me for granted, I may be an old dog, but I still know how to bury the bone.” You may or may not know his name. But Latimore’s been in showbiz for half…

Coachella’s lineup got announced on Monday. And personally, we were underwhelmed. But it got us thinking how excited we are for Ultra Music Festival 2012. Sure, Deadmau5 may think the number of headliner acts on the bill is horrible. But we have to disagree with you, Zimmerman. We haven’t been…

That’s it, folks! According to its website, Ultra Music Festival 2012 is officially sold out with 73 days remaining until the first day of the festival. This breaks last year’s record, when tix sold out on February 18 with a full 34 days left before the fest.Of course, Ultra’s 2012…