View the full 37-photo slideshow of A Flock of Seagulls at Grand Central here.A Flock of Seagulls Grand Central Friday, May 11, 2012 Better Than: A real ’80s dance party, because we’ve got smart phones. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was 1982…
Maná American Airlines Arena Friday, May 11, 2012 Better Than: The Beatles and Beethoven? Well, anyway, Maná put itself in the same league, dispensing with an opening act and instead having the pre-show DJ break into a set of mellow Latin alternative tracks that got the crowd cheering during an…
Rusko is the man. This English-born, Los Angeles-based DJ-producer is a veteran of the dubstep sound. He basically invented the upbeat wobble known as brostep. But that doesn’t mean he’s a fan. In a world full of bangers, Rusko just wants to bring the funk and the fairy wings. Recently,…
Last week, Miami soul queen Betty Wright opened up about her recent collaborative album with the Roots, Betty Wright: The Movie; her unlikely friendship with Lil Wayne and Birdman; and the meaning of Mother’s Day, which she’ll honor this year with a co-headlining show at the James L. Knight Center…
Nicki Minaj is cool and everything. But when it comes to raw rapper women, there’s an even newer bad bitch in town. The sexy and slick-witted Australian import Iggy Azalea has been going viral with “Pu$$y”, her hit single and music video. Recently signed to Interscope, T. I. is even…
See Crossfade’s pre-concert interview with Ziggy about the Marley clan, taxes, and country music. Ziggy Marley Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Never under any circumstances leave a car door unlocked on South Beach while grabbing a slice of pizza with your girlfriend after an awesome concert at the…
A Flock of Seagulls at Grand Central Miami May 11
Buika at Fillmore Miami Beach May 12
Ne-Yo at Fontainebleau Miami Beach May 11
Chris Cornell at Fillmore Miami Beach May 16
It took six mixtapes, a fake Cuban accent, and a sizzurp high before Future landed a record deal with Epic. Now the Atlanta-based rapper is one of the Dirty South’s most promising artists. “I’m just coming out, but if you go anywhere in the South,” he says, “I get that…
See the full 21-photo slideshow of Beach House at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Beach House With Zomes Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Better Than: Hitting the snooze button … Forever. Beach House is from Baltimore?!? If The Wire had been set in Beach House’s Baltimore, it’d be about…
The Aggrolites are a skinhead reggae band from Los Angeles. With a faster pace than the ska and rocksteady that came before it, the style got its name from its old-school UK fans, the black Jamaican rudeboys and white mod factory workers who pioneered the original skinhead subculture. We spoke…
Miami is slowly but surely emerging as an underground EDM capital. And it’s thanks in no small part to locals like Lazaro Casanova who are building musical bridges to sister cities such as London and Los Angeles. No music scene is an island, and collaboration between artists and labels is…
Under dark clouds and a “monster-sized extraterrestrial spider looming over center field,” Florence Welch performed that catchy song from the Eat Pray Love trailer to close her opening set at last year’s U2 concert at Sun Life Stadium. The boisterous reception following the final note of “Dog Days Are Over”…
Born to a French social worker momma and a Chileno father escaping a tyrannical regime, Ana Tijoux is a golden-era hip-hop superfan, rapid-fire lyricist, musical activist, party girl, and pop star. Her youth was spent running wild in the streets of Paris to a rap soundtrack. But at the age…
Win free tickets to Maná’s concert at the AAA on May 11. In 2006, Latin pop-rock powerhouse Maná had been recording and touring non-stop for more than 20 years. And it was time for a break. So the band took a five-year hiatus to prepare 2011’s Drama y Luz (Drama…
Mike Score is the mastermind behind A Flock Of Seagulls. Inspired by Bowie and Alice Cooper, he combined science fiction, hairspray, girl pants, makeup, guitars, and synths to start his band in 1979. Then he led his Flock around the world. Crossfade asked the man himself about the journey in…
See the full 20-photo of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at the Electric Pickle. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Electric Pickle, Miami Saturday, May 5, 2012 Better Than: The dinosaur DJs of Ultra Music Festival. It’s always exciting at the beginnings of things. One of the greatest joys of being a music…
Yes, Ted Nugent may be “repulsed at the concept of man-on-man sex.” But Uncle Ted offered to blow a male CBS reporter in return for a favor. “I’m an extremely loving and passionate man, and people who investigate me honestly, without the baggage of political correctness, ascertain the conclusion that…
Wilco is many things. But the Chicago-based band is not a one-hit wonder. Nor is it a group seeking quick fame and fortune. Over the last two decades, Wilco has proven itself to be a highly successful, occasionally stubborn, and extremely resilient musical outfit, releasing eight studio albums; earning critical…
Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary Tour at Hard Rock Live May 4
