Concerts

The Crystal Ark at Bardot January 5

The Taxpayers at Sweat Records January 5

Peachfuzz at Grand Central January 6

Donna the Buffalo at Revolution January 6

LA Riots at Arkadia January 6

Code red! Trip the alarm! Now dance! We here at Crossfade have just received a superurgent email with a subject line that shouts, “Ultra Music Festival 90% Sold Out! Last Chance To Purchase Tickets!” Now, for all of us who’ve been victimized by corporate marketing scare tactics in the past,…

The archetypal preacher commands the pulpit like a mad scientist. He gesticulates wildly like a fascist dictator delivering his signature call-to-arms for an assembly of at-attention infantry. Spit collects in the corner of the holy man’s mouth before launching forth like soot spewed from the barrel of a canon. His…

Deadmau5’s New Year’s Day Pool Party With Stephan Luke, Troy Kurtz, and Damaged Goods Fontainebleau Miami Beach Sunday, December 1, 2012 Better Than: A night without a jillion jiggawatts of bass. Trillion dollar hotel, international DJs, good-looking people getting wild and out of control? Whatever. Nothing beats standing in front…

See the full 32-photo NYE 2012: Rick Ross at Cameo slideshow. Rick Ross Rosé Champagne New Year’s Eve Cameo Theatre, South Beach Saturday, December 31, 2011 Better Than: A night when dollar bills don’t fall from the sky. With less than a half-hour till 2012, The Boss entered the building…

Well, I guess there’s one act you won’t be seeing at Ultra Music Festival 2012: Deadmau5. The EDM superstar posted a 12-minute rant on YouTube, slamming the electronic fest for ticket prices and exclusivity contracts. “Ultra to me is the definition of insanity: Doing the same fucking thing every year,…

Our esteemed music editor S. Pajot has already made his feelings clear about the over-the-top 2011-12 season intro video by the Miami Heat: “Apparently, James, Wade, and Bosh thought that prancing and preening like pretty-boy pop stars for a really expensive YouTube vid was the best way to shake off…

A$AP Rocky’s Purple Christmas at Grand Central December 29

Matisyahu at Kravis Center December 29

Tiesto at LIV December 29

Cee Lo Green at the Orange Drive Music Festival Dec. 30-Jan. 1

B.B. King at Arsht Center January 4

Bardot and DFA Records sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G… After celebrating its 10th Anniversary with Holy Ghost!, Nancy Whang, and Juan MacLean at Bardot, DFA Records’ love affair with the Midtown lounge has literally reached telenovela-level hotness. Miami’s best neighborhood bar 2010 just announced that The Crystal Ark, a DFA…

UPDATE Ultra Music Festival has finally announced its Phase 1 lineup. Check out Ultra 2012’s 92-act roster, headlined by Avicii, Tiësto, and David Guetta. MiamiMusicWeek.com has announced that Knife Party (a side project involving Pendulum’s Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen) and British duo Chase & Status have been added to…

Christmas came early indeed. According to a press release sent moments ago to Crossfade, Lenny Kravitz “is pleased to announce dates for his first American tour in five years!” Best of all, dude’s got a gig in the Big Mango. The “nearly 20-city tour” kicks off at New York City’s…

Candyland 2011 at Revolution Live December 23

Elastic Bond at Bardot December 23

Max Vangeli and AN21 at LIV December 26