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May 24, 2012
Bon Iver: The Five Least Sexy Erotica Stories About Bearded Indie Dude Justin Vernon
Just because you're ovulating, that's no reason to miss next week's Bon Iver concert at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Ever since the creation of the Bon Iver Erotic Stories Tumblr, it has become impossible to separate the band's sleepy-eyed singer from the sexy, sexy tales that have been written about ... More >>
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March 15, 2012
Young the Giant at Culture Room March 18
Just because you're ovulating, that's no reason to miss next week's Bon Iver concert at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Ever since the creation of the Bon Iver Erotic Stories Tumblr, it has become impossible to separate the band's sleepy-eyed singer from the sexy, sexy tales that have been written about ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Sebadoh's Lou Barlow Talks Weezer Cruise, Dinosaur Jr., and Being an Indie Rock Dad
In 1984, Lou Barlow started an indie rock crew called Dinosaur Jr. with J. Mascis and a drummer nicknamed Murph. Four years later, after endless tension, a trio of amazing albums, and a ton of alt-guy fights, Lou got kicked out of his own band. That's when Barlow became almost synonymous with Sebad ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
Help Arcade Fire Rebuild Haiti; Get a "Nifty Little Postcard" Signed by Win and Regine
Photo by Anton CorbijnAbout a month or so after Arcade Fire rocked the music industry by walking away with the Grammy for Album of the Year, the Montreal-based group celebrated with some friends in Haiti. Some 250 people packed into the Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince -- many of whom were "exp ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
TV on the Radio Flickers and Flashes at the Fillmore Miami Beach, October 25
Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezTV on the Radio vocalist Tunde Adebimpe.TV on the Radio With Sorne Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Better Than: Being blinded by Nine Types of Light. On the one hand, this past year's been a really tough one for arty Brooklyn indie band TV on the Radio ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Sirens and Sealions Release New EP at The Stage Tonight
When a band chooses a name as romantic and whimsical as Sirens and Sealions, you might expect a stage show that leans heavily on harps and incense. But this Miami band isn't really a gang of hippies. So while tonight's album release party at The Stage will involve lots of live music and plenty of go ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Announce Miami Gig at Churchill's Pub October 30
Photo by Shawn BrackbillTed Leo's 2010 Matador debut The Brutalist Bricks was another lap around the field for the seasoned indie-rock veteran. But the run might be getting lonelier with every few feet, as the singer-guitarist belongs to an increasingly rare breed. Leo has done it all. In the la ... More >>
Music
March 31, 2011
Scenes from the Bruise Cruise aboard the Carnival Imagination
Photo by Shawn BrackbillTed Leo's 2010 Matador debut The Brutalist Bricks was another lap around the field for the seasoned indie-rock veteran. But the run might be getting lonelier with every few feet, as the singer-guitarist belongs to an increasingly rare breed. Leo has done it all. In the la ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Crystal Castles at Ultra Music Festival March 27
Photo by Shawn BrackbillTed Leo's 2010 Matador debut The Brutalist Bricks was another lap around the field for the seasoned indie-rock veteran. But the run might be getting lonelier with every few feet, as the singer-guitarist belongs to an increasingly rare breed. Leo has done it all. In the la ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2011
Todd Terry, DJ Sneak, and Lucho at the Vagabond, March 9
Todd Terry with enthusiastic furry hat wearing fan. Todd Terry's InHouse Records PartyThe VagabondWednesday, March 9, 2011Better Than: WMC on South Beach.Upon first arriving at Vagabond for a night of house music, we were greeted with a few dancers grooving to an MGMT remix. And the main room's d ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Bright Eyes' The People's Key U.S. Tour Opener at the Fillmore Miami Beach, March 2
Photo by Ian WitlenBright Eyes' Conor Oberst.See the full 24-photo Bright Eyes slideshow. Bright Eyes With Cursive The Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Better Than: Being abducted by extraterrestrials for an impromptu probe party. Maybe it's a product of extreme boredom and idle im ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2011
Bruise Cruise Sold Out, But Tickets Still Available for the Dry-Land Kickoff Party
Photo by Loren WohlBruise Cruise is sold out. You will never play footsie with Vivian Girls.In a little over a week, the most ironic theme cruise in kitsch travel history will hit the high seas. That's right, the first ever Bruise Cruise will set sail aboard Carnival's Imagination "Fun Ship" with ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2010
Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, October 26
via facebook.com/massiveattack As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami's Best Concerts of 2010. Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation October 26, 2010 Bayfront Park Amphitheater Even before the actual music started, the Mas ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Toubab Krewe at Electric Pickle November 18
via facebook.com/massiveattack As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami's Best Concerts of 2010. Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation October 26, 2010 Bayfront Park Amphitheater Even before the actual music started, the Mas ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Vivian Girls and Miami Music Festival Set Out to Prove Chick Drummers Really Do Rock
These girls are more than just pretty facesWhen we try to think up talented chick drummers, the first name that pops up is Meg White, obviously, and then we kind of draw a blank. Can you blame us? As cool as they are, drummers are always hiding behind their massive kits, and never really get the ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Wolf Parade at the Fillmore Miami Beach, November 10
Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezWolf Parade's Dan Boeckner wailing away.With Ogre You Asshole The Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Better than: A totally empty auditorium. Too bad Montreal indie rockers Wolf Parade don't travel with a pack of thousands. The Fillmore could have used ... More >>
Music
October 14, 2010
Flaming Lips at Sunset Cove Amphitheater October 16
Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezWolf Parade's Dan Boeckner wailing away.With Ogre You Asshole The Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Better than: A totally empty auditorium. Too bad Montreal indie rockers Wolf Parade don't travel with a pack of thousands. The Fillmore could have used ... More >>
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September 12, 2010
Last Night: Crystal Castles at Grand Central, September 11
Photo by Ian WitlenAlice Glass of Crystal Castles performing live at Grand Central, Miami.Click here to view photos from Crystal Castles at Grand Central.Crystal CastlesSaturday, September 11, 2010Grand Central, MiamiBetter Than: Your old-school Gameboy.Let's discuss the elephant in the room: Why ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
New Batch of $40 Crystal Castles Tickets Available, and No Age Does a Remix of Their Song "Baptism"
via their MySpace pageWe all freaked out when we heard tickets for Saturday's Crystal Castles show at Grand Central sold out everywhere. But alas, our prayers have been answered. A new batch of $40 tickets have been made available for purchase.Only about 200 of them were released, so once those a ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Belle and Sebastian Release New Single "Write About Love" Today; Download it Here
Indie pop darlings Belle and Sebastian haven't released an album since 2006. Die-hard fans were impressed with the Glasgow 7-piece's two-song contribution to the initial Juno soundtrack in early 2008, but still, we wanted more.Word started to spread in May of this year that the band was "working ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
Another Fillmore Miami Beach Show: Wolf Parade, November 10
photo by Meqo Sam CecilWolf Parade: One of the many bands who arose in that one crop of lupine-themed acts a few years back. It's been a few years since these Quebecois were the indie rock flavor of the week, and back then, through their first two albums, they were dogged by constant Modest Mouse ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2010
Inaugural MoogFest Tickets Go On Sale Today
In the early '50s, visionary electronic music pioneer Dr. Robert Moog and his Moog Music company would forever change the landscape of popular music by developing the first music synthesizers. Early on, Moog's technology would be championed by a few select experimental musicians, mainly '70s prog ... More >>
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June 21, 2010
The Smiths Remix... Tokyo Police Club?
via their MySpace pageTokyo Police Club wowed us at the Fillmore just last weekend when they opened up for Passion Pit. But their sugar-high charged sweet sounding tunes are no match for an alternative rock legend.Bassist for the Smiths (yes, that Smiths) Andy Rourke has taken it upon himself to ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Crystal Castles Live at Grand Central September 11 UPDATE
Photo by Marc PannozzoCrystal Castles return to Miami for the first time since 2009.Easily contenders to top every end-of-the-year poll for the amazingly superb follow-up to 2008's Crystal Castles, for the similarly named Crystal Castles (AKA Crystal Castles II), Ethan Kath and Alice Glass have s ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Yeasayer in Miami! October 5 at the Fillmore Miami Beach
photo by Jason Frank RothenbergFun news. Miami has finally scored a proper show by part of the holy triumvirate of Establishment-Accepted Brooklyn Art-Pop: Yeasayer! (MGMT and the Dirty Projectors would round out the trio.... One can continue to dream.) The only bummer is that by the time Yeasaye ... More >>
Blogs
May 28, 2010
Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Mix From 10K Islands; ANR and Millionyoung Homecoming Show Tonight at Bar
Everyone and their mother seems to be offering a free Memorial Day Weekend mixtape, but for something with a little more indie-type flavor and hometown, grassroots pride, check out this offering from 10K Islands. The label and blog is the newest spinoff of Honor Roll Music, with a sharper focus o ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2010
Miami Free Times: Cold War Kids, The Hold Steady, Daisy Martinez
Mark SeligerThe Hold Steady tries to get you to drink Heineken on Friday.This week, the music gods have looked down upon thee and deemed you all worthy of a smattering of free live shows. Oh, and the usual gratis art and book events are in here too. Monday: While some artists are putting their he ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2010
Ess & Emm Giving Cafeina the Maple Leaf Touch for The Eh Team Friday
Photo by JipsySasha Lauzon (right) and Michelle Leshem are Ess & Emm.It's not a secret that Canadians love South Florida. Every time you are stuck behind some idiot on I-95, it's almost a guarantee that their license plate says Je me souviens. Still, our neighbor to the (way up) north have gi ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2010
SunFest: Flaming Lips Cancel Another Date at Beale Street Music Festival
Andrew Haagen/CorbisThis still is a really gorgeous cover, no?Following yesterday's announcement that the Flaming Lips will not perform at SunFest today, the band has announced that it will also miss a May 1 stop at the 2010 Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis.We already were aware that Flamin ... More >>
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April 27, 2010
Moving Units: Radio-Active Records' Top 5 Releases for April 20-26
Axe and the Oak's Record Store Day 2010 release was created with love (and gold foil)In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Just when you thought ... More >>
Music
April 22, 2010
Band of Horses
Axe and the Oak's Record Store Day 2010 release was created with love (and gold foil)In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Just when you thought ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2010
Tickets Still Available For Band of Horses at the Fillmore Miami Beach, April 28
photo by Christopher WilsonBen Bridwell's swelling sonic ambitions were apparent from early in his musical career. Now the frontman and main brain behind Band of Horses, as a member of the Seattle indie act Carissa's Wierd, he had a knack for pushing the borders of jangly, somewhat mopey rock tow ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
The Collective Will Be Televised
photo by Christopher WilsonBen Bridwell's swelling sonic ambitions were apparent from early in his musical career. Now the frontman and main brain behind Band of Horses, as a member of the Seattle indie act Carissa's Wierd, he had a knack for pushing the borders of jangly, somewhat mopey rock tow ... More >>
Music
April 1, 2010
The Arctic Monkeys school Miami in the best of northern Brit rock
photo by Christopher WilsonBen Bridwell's swelling sonic ambitions were apparent from early in his musical career. Now the frontman and main brain behind Band of Horses, as a member of the Seattle indie act Carissa's Wierd, he had a knack for pushing the borders of jangly, somewhat mopey rock tow ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2010
WMC 2010: Little Boots and Passion Pit at Ultra Music Festival (Video)
We will save our review for Ultra Music Festival Day 1 for another post, but we just quickly wanted to post video of Little Boots and Passion Pit's performances on the main stage of the festival. We actually left right after Passion Pit's turn because the days were a bit unbalanced, so we decided to ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2010
Surfer Blood to Play With Superchunk at Village Voice Media's SXSW Showcase
Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer BloodZach Baron, at our sister paper the Village Voice, called Surfer Blood's million-show spate at this past fall's CMJ a "coronation." By now, with the glowing reviews for Astro Coast, and rumors it's entered both the Billboard Heatseekers and Top 200 charts, that seem ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2009
Video: Vivian Girls Live at Pulse Art Fair 2009
Vivian Girls played Pulse Art Fair at the Ice Palace on Thursday night to a small crowd. They are an all girl 3-piece rock band from Brooklyn, NYC.The Vivian Girls shouted out a show they recently played in Lake Worth that they described as a lot of fun. They'll be on the road in the UK all Januar ... More >>
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December 4, 2009
Buzz Bake Sale Preview: Metric
via Flickr user JalapenoThe first couple times I heard Metric, I couldn't stand the singer's voice. Bands with female lead singers who have airy, over processed voices are becoming grating to me, a guy who grew up using Riot Grrl bands as my measuring stick for female vocal performances. Then I h ... More >>
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October 19, 2009
Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores
Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers. Top 5 Albums for the week of October 11 - 17Monsters of Folk, an indie supergroup comprised of members from My Morning Jacket and Bright Eyes ... More >>
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October 19, 2009
Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks. The Texans and New Yorkers from electro-pop group Neon Indian topped Radiate's chart this week. Florida International University- ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the Week of September 6-12English indie band Wild Beasts topped Radiate's charts this week.Florida International ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores
Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.Vintage ruled last week at Sweat, with The Stone Roses and The Beatles re-issues dominating the chartsSweat Records, Miami1. Popular Songs, ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2009
Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John DJ Set at White Room Saturday
If you aren't already aware, Depeche Mode is rolling into town this week bringing along with it Swedish trio Peter Björn and John as its opening act. The indie-rock outfit has enjoyed a fair amount of success, particularly with its 2006 single "Young Folks" -- you know, that song that had wh ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2009
Wednesday Night: MSTRKRFT at LIV
Lex HernandezAll they did was party. MSTRKRFT took over the decks at LIV Wednesday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.MSTRKRFTWednesday, July 1, 2009LIV at the Fontainbleau, Miami BeachBetter than: Doing blow off the toilet seat at LIV.My relationship with MSTRKRFT is an old one. Before al ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2009
Miami Ex-Pats, L.A. Transplants People on Fire Play Polish American Club Tonight
Miami natives Erik Slemon and Matt Gardner first started making music together more than a decade ago, when they were still apple-cheeked students at Coral Gables High and Columbus, respectively. Perhaps those early attempts were humble -- "We played, like, Nirvana covers at a couple of house partie ... More >>
Music
June 25, 2009
MSTRKRFT
Miami natives Erik Slemon and Matt Gardner first started making music together more than a decade ago, when they were still apple-cheeked students at Coral Gables High and Columbus, respectively. Perhaps those early attempts were humble -- "We played, like, Nirvana covers at a couple of house partie ... More >>
Music
June 4, 2009
Poplife Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary
The long-standing local shindig went down at White Room.
Music
March 12, 2009
Taking Back Screamo
On its seventh studio album, New Jersey titan Thursday reinvents the post-hardcore wheel.
Music
March 20, 2008
Blog Rave
The Internet and the rise of the Day-Glo, electro-hipster-house smashup.
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