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Thurston Moore says, "Need more tuneage."

Most art is silent. Even during Basel week.

That's why we here at Crossfade -- an admittedly hopeless gaggle of noise junkies -- just can't get through the week without offsetting our 12-hour days at the art fairs with 12-hour nights at Miami's hipster bars, rock dives, and downtown concert halls.

So if you're similarly afflicted by an out-of-control addiction to tuneage, let us rendezvous at these fifteen best concerts during Art Basel Miami Beach 2012.

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-Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 Music Guide
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Thurston Moore reading a poem "with Kurt in mind."

No one wrote "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the wall.

Still, the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts reeked, ever-so-slightly and not-so-literally, of sweaty punk armpits, greasy faded flannel, and the sweet stink of grunge.

Last night, KURT, "a multi-discipline exhibition and study of the late Kurt Cobain," crept into the 86-year-old ex-movie palace for a short intense evening of film, dance, talk, poetry, and music from multidisciplinary contemporary artist Adarsha Benjamin, bad boy choreographer Ryan Heffington, and L.A. musician Guy Blakeslee, as well as actual friend-of-Cobain and indie icon Thurston Moore.

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-Thurston Moore Headlining KURT, a Multi-Discipline Exhibition, During Art Basel
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From the mid '90s to the mid noughties, there were few electronic dance music acts as big as Deep Dish. The Washington D.C. power duo of Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi helped lift house music from the underground to the mainstream via glossy pop production value and infectious vocal hooks.

But the pair split up in 2006. And while Sharam continued a pop approach to dance music, Dubfire's new solo career gave him the freedom he'd always sought to explore cutting-edge electronic sounds and technologies. He has since reinvented himself as one of the most innovative artists and tastemakers on the international techno scene.

This Sunday, Dubfire will be joining a hefty lineup of international star DJs at Treehouse for LINK and Miami Rebels' Coccon Heroes party. Crossfade caught up with the sensation himself to chat about the possibility of a Deep Dish reunion, his thoughts on the future of EDM, and what's been going on with this SCI+TEC label.

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"Stank pussy smellin' like Cool Ranch Doritos!"

That's what all the hip cats were screaming at Bardot last night, 'cause Danny Brown was in the spot tearin' it up on the carpet, among the people.

The weed was in the air and the streets were representing for an intimate set from the loud and rowdy MC. And he wasn't even the only giant in the building 'cause Shepard Fairey, the "Obey" man himself, came through for a special opening DJ set.

Needless to say, shit was tight.

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-A$AP Rocky Swarmed by Art Weirdos at Art Basel Miami Beach Show (Video)
-MOCA L.A.'s Basel Beach Party: Lykke Li, Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn and John
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-Ten Best EDM Parties During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
-Art Basel Miami Beach 2012: A Six-Party Weekend Guide
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The Chez Deep drag showcase at Villa 221 last night demonstrated that shaven eyebrows are actually a good fashion move.

The small back room -- where ambiguously gendered performers threw themselves on the floor, climbed speakers, spit out fake blood, and smooched those in the front row -- was packed with gays and girls, some of whom made even that questionable a style-statement look like the right thing to do.

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-Fifteen Best Concerts During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
-Ten Best EDM Parties During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
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UR1 and Bob Sinclar say, "Get free tix!"

Bummed the UR1 Fest didn't go down during Art Basel Miami Beach week?

Well, "as a courtesy to loyal fans and customers," the "UR1 Music & Art Festival Team" would like to offer some free tix.

No, not to its eventual two-day pan-sensory extravaganza. Just four of this weekend's concerts, like Daniel Johnston at Grand Central, LA Riots at Space, Bob Sinclar at Nikki Beach, and Pete Tong at Mansion.

See the cut for UR1's full message to festival ticketholders and full deal details.

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-UR1 Festival Postponed, Will Be Rescheduled
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Talib Kweli gets his arty party on at LMNT tonight.

Art Basel Miami Beach is officially in full swing.

So even though we've already hit you with the ten best EDM parties and the fifteen best parties period ... The awesome arty parties just won't stop keep cropping up.

And the best thing about these six? Some of them are totally free!

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-Fifteen Best Concerts During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
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Photo by Ciara Osorio

Lykke Li.

MOCA L.A. Beach Party
With Lykke Li, Miike Snow, and Peter Björn and John
Raleigh Hotel, Miami Beach
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Better Than: A trip to Ikea.

There is something to be said about MOCA Los Angeles' annual Basel bash. Once again, it seemed like everyone in town for the art fairs wanted to go. Hoards of people made the line to check in, some of which didn't score an invite but were hoping to beg their way in.

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-Fifteen Best Concerts During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
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Art Basel Miami Beach just seemed to work out magically this Wednesday night.

Parking was shockingly easy to find. Thank you, dude-looking ladies who left early. You rule!

Then I ran into a friend at the Bass Museum who was on the list for the A$AP Rocky party at the Delano Hotel, but he wasn't going. I'd planned on crashing that or MOCA L.A.'s Lykke Li concert. I ended up taking the easy route, and just stole his identity for the evening.

Sure, Rocky's hosting an art event tonight at the Garret, but why not see him rap about bitches under the clear night sky in the company of drunken, hat-wearing bougie out-of-towners?

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-Fifteen Best Concerts During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
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Fly like an eagle (or even a condor) with Toubab Krewe and the Moksha Art Fair.

Will you be there when the "Eagle Meets Condor"?

That is the question. And hopefully, you're already answering in the affirmative, clutching a pair of tickets while giddily blurting, "Dude, I totally haven't missed a Moksha Art Fair since, like, ever."

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-Fifteen Best Concerts During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
-Ten Best EDM Parties During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
-Art Basel Miami Beach 2012: A Six-Party Weekend Guide
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