Earlier this week, the Black Keys dropped one of the best albums of 2011, El Camino. The record quickly skyrocketed to the top of the iTunes chart, slapping Michael Buble’s Christmas record out of the top spot and triggering a Miami-based remix from one of New Times’ favorite hip-hop acts…
Even though cranky American music snobs like Crossfade might dismiss Chris Martin and Coldplay as foreign providers of “safe and sentimental sonic wallpaper,” there’s no denying that this Brit pop-rock crew stands to inherit the proverbial arena whenever U2 and Radiohead finally shuffle off the scene. With seven Grammys and…
Cedric Gervais at LIV December 8
Big Sean’s I Am Finally Famous World Tour at Grand Central December 9
My Morning Jacket at Sunset Cove Amphitheater December 10
Daddy Yankee at 90 Degree December 10
Araabmuzik at Eve December 14
Über-producer Diplo and noisy electro-rockers Sleigh Bells have a Valentine’s Day present for Miami. It comes in the form of their joint Paradise Lost tour, hitting the Magic City on February 14 at Grand Central. The local date is part of an eight-city Florida sprint that’ll take them to Tampa,…
Where will you be when the Mau5head drops on 2012? Well, if you happen to be a club rat worth his or her weight in gourmet cheese and all-you-can-drink champagne, then you’re gonna be holed up at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach ordering entire wheels of Roquefort and endless bottle service…
Last month, Agnostic Front punched us in the throat and it changed our life. The New York hardcore crew and Churchill’s Pub shook Little Haiti harder on a Tuesday night than anywhere else in America any night of the week. Now, it’s Madball’s turn to take a whack at Wednesday…
See the full 20-photo Janet Jackson at the Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Janet Jackson Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour Fillmore Miami Beach December 5, 2011 Better Than: You could imagine. All throughout Art Basel Miami Beach week, musicians of varying talent levels strummed, sang, banged, and twiddled with…
UPDATE Red Hot Chili Peppers have postponed their 2012 US Tour and rescheduled the South Florida show. There was a time, circa 1991, when being a funky white boy meant doing whacked-out jumping jacks to the beat of “Suck My Kiss” while wearing a sock on your cock. But these…
GZA The Stage Miami Saturday, December 3, 2011 Better Than: Waiting for anyone who wasn’t GZA. He arrived about two and a half hours late. We should have known — Wu-Tang is notorious for being tardy to shows. In any case, GZA, the Genius, one of the founding members of…
See the full 38-photo Basel Castle 2011 at Overthrow Castle slideshow. Basel Castle With Pharrell Williams, Yelawolf, Penguin Prison, Caligula, Heroes x Villains, Tamara Sky, and a million others The Castle Saturday, December 3, 2011 Better Than: Getting stuck outside. Somewhere around 2 a.m. on Saturday night/Sunday morning, in a…
DFA’s 10th Anniversary Party With Holy Ghost! DJ Sets by Nancy Whang and Juan MacLean BardotSaturday, December 3, 2011 Better Than: Spending midnight in Paris. DFA Records, the label masterminded by LCD frontman James Murphy, Jonathan Galkin, and Tim Goldsworthy, celebrated its 10th anniversary on Saturday night with an Art…
TV on the Radio Spotify’s Music Loves Art Ricochet Bar & Lounge Thursday, December 1, 2011 Better Than: A Big Mac. Last night, eating a double cheeseburger, drinking a Perrier, and considering trying Spotify’s Kool-Aid, about two hundred people took iPhone pictures of TV on the Radio at Ricochet…
See the full 26-photo Yelle at Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Yelle With Housse de Racket Fillmore Miami Beach Friday, December 2, 2011 Better Than: Joining an actual safari. We were a little worried before heading to the Fillmore Miami Beach on Friday night. With all of the free shows, pop-up…
YACHTElectric PickleThursday, December 1, 2011Better Than: Yachting on Biscayne Bay.”Anybody have any questions?” asked frontwoman Claire Evans three songs into YACHT’s set at the Electric Pickle last night.”I love you!” someone shouted back.”That’s not a question,” she answered.True, but we really do love you, YACHT. And last night’s show might…
See the full 38-photo slideshow from Toyota Antics with Special Disco Version and Black Lips at Grand Central. James Murphy and Black Lips Grand Central Thursday, December 1, 2011 Better Than: 28 MPGs in the city, 35 on the highway. New York City hipsters, Pitchfork-approved band, hand-rolled cigarettes, ironic facial…
Nas With Theophilus London Spotify’s Music Loves Art Ricochet Bar & Lounge Thursday, December 1, 2011 Better Than: Seeing Nas perform from a distance greater than ten feet. It was only $14,000. No big deal. Nas slapped a bit of watercolor and scribbled some washable marker onto an oversized sketchpad,…
MOCA LA Beach Bash with SoulwaxWednesday, November 30The Raleigh, Miami BeachBetter than: Being surrounded by candy ravers at Ultra.We’ll start out by saying that MOCA LA’s Beach Bash is one of the parties you couldn’t get into unless you were invited. Or a member of the media who sent an…
Santigold With Wale Wednesday, November 30 LIV Better Than: Waiting in line at a Basel party for free drinks. Nightclubbing … Aside from the 1977 Iggy Pop track, we pretty much hate everything about it. The stringent dress codes, blatant superficiality, remixed dance versions of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic…
