Subject: Lady GaGa

• Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

  You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'll be a feast for

  December 24, 2008

• Head Spins: DJ Vertigo

  Like the architecture degree he keeps sequestered, and the dizzying heights implied by his name, DJ Vertigo structures some truly classic nights on the town. Sure, the head spinner's using sound, rather than steel and concrete, to create what he envisions. But that doesn't make the edifices any less enduring, or formidable.Born and raised right in Lauderdale, with bouts at both UM and FIU under his belt, DJ Vertigo's been putting the BPM back and forth between Dade and Broward for nine years

  January 27, 2009

• Chester French to Perform Free In-Store at Culture Kings Tomorrow Afternoon

  Yes, Winter Music Conference and March madness have ended, but Culture Kings gives you another reason to skip out of work early this Tuesday afternoon with an acoustic in-store performance by Chester French. Think catchy Boston-bred guitar licks with a Beatles/ N.E.R.D. falsetto fitted with Bapes and blazers. The duo, currently on tour supporting Lady Gaga, came up busking and selling CDs in their hometown's Harvard Square before a demo of theirs created a bidding war, ending with the signature

  April 6, 2009

• Chester French at Culture Kings - Event Pictures

  Yesterday at Culture Kings, Chester French played a free acoustic set for a crowd of cool kids and industry types. Chris O, owner of the high end clothes, sneaker shop, and artist collective said "The label contacted us and set it up." Ed Agudello, the Digital Account Director South East for Universal Records was there, as were some other suits.

  April 9, 2009

• Lady Gaga Brings Pop to Revolution

  April 2, 2009

• Head Spins: DJ Cee Pee

  Kicking the soundtrack for America's Backyard.

  February 26, 2009

• Head Spins: DJ Vertigo

  January 29, 2009

• Walk of Shame Kit, Only $34.99

  April 23, 2009

• More Freestyle: Q&A With Rockell

  Click here to read Crossfade's Q&A with Judy Torres, here for the Q&A with David from Nice & Wild, and here for the Q&A with Johnny O.Rockell's "In a Dream" came out a decade after the initial freestyle wave. It was the only new Freestyle song on the radio in 1997, and it instantly became a freestyle classic. I can spin Shannon's "Let the Music Play" right after Rockell's hit with a seamless transition. Whether it's 1986 or 1997, freestyle is still dance music from the future!J

  May 28, 2009

• Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

  Sonic Youth's latest topped the lists at Sweat and Radio-Active.Moving Units is a new column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to see past top sellers. Top Sellers for the Week of June 8-12:Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach 1. Behind the Front, Black Eyed Peas 2. Fame, Lady Gaga 3. DJ, Oscar G 4. 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day 5. Relapse, Eminem Sweat Records, Miami 1. Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear 2. Preliminaires, Igg

  June 17, 2009

• Head Spins: DJ Billy Paul

  On any given Thursday evening at the Palms Hotel on South Beach, you'll find an intimate confab of hipsters swaying to a decidedly worldly beat. The party's called Sip and Spa, and, as the name implies, it's as heavy on the cocktails as it is on the massage. Actually, there may be even more imbibing than out-and-out spa works. But hey, a long, tall drink can be just as relaxing as any ol' mud bath. The thing about it is, Sip and Spa swings in a way the Strip doesn't often swing -- and that is wi

  June 22, 2009

• Head Spins: DJ Billy Paul

  June 25, 2009

• Q&A With the Naked Eyes' Pete Byrne, Playing at the Norton Museum on Thursday, July 9

  via nakedeyesmusic.comWith 1980s playlists all the rage these days, you don't have to be of a certain age to appreciate the tuneful joy of Naked Eyes' 1983 "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me." But it helps. If only for the fact that you can count yourself among those who were there when the song first exploded across America.Then again, since the song was originally written in the 1960s by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, originally recorded by Dionne Warwick, and originally became a hi

  July 6, 2009

• Watch Him Get Naked

  July 9, 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.Best-Sellers for the week of July 20-24:​​via myspace.com/themarsvoltaThe Mars Volta released its 8th album entitled "Octahedron" on June 23. It hit number one on Sweat's chart this week.​Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach1. Playtime, Cielo2. Party Rock, LMFAO3. Fantasies, Metric4. Number Ones, Michael Jackson5. Fame, Lady GagaSweat

  July 28, 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 charts​Sweat Records, Miami1. Popular Songs, Yo La Tengo2. The Stone Roses 20th Anniversary Re-Issue,  The Stone Roses3. A Strange Arrangement, Mayor Hawthorne4. Get Color, Health5. The Beatles Re-Issues, The BeatlesUncle Sam's Music, Sout

  September 15, 2009

• Swedish band the Sounds rocks Revolution in Fort Lauderdale

  September 24, 2009

• Kanye West/Lady Gaga Fame Kills Tour Lives Up to Its Name, Self Implodes

  When Kanye West and Lady Gaga announced they'd be touring together we can't say we were all that excited. Both represent many of the things wrong with pop music. West can't keep his ego in check, and Gaga thinks the more eccentric she acts the more authentic she is. Word of advice to both of you: Focus on making good music for a change. However, the world will be spared from having to witness the probable douchebaggery these two would have brought to the stage since it was announce yesterday tha

  October 2, 2009

• Lady Gaga Celebrating New Year's Eve at James L. Knight Center

  ​Pop-singer and fashionista Lady Gaga will be coming to the James L. Knight Center in Miami December 31. The diva's recent tour with Kanye West fell through because West "needed a break." Can West just drop out of the limelight for a few months? Get his ego in check?She counts Madonna and Marilyn Manson as fans and is probably a more honest Katy Perry. Perry kissed a girl and she exploits it. Gaga's bisexuality seems more genuine, though her authenticity in various areas is up for debate. Hmm,

  October 15, 2009

• Grrrly Talk: Anti-Feminist Lady Gaga "Hails," "Loves" Men, Performs New Year's Eve

  ​Grrrly Talk is a new feminist column serving up pop culture commentary and local music news on, for, and by those of the XX-chromosomed variety. News broke yesterday that Lady Gaga will be spending New Year's Eve in Miami after canceling her tour with megalomaniac Kanye West earlier this month. When I heard the announcement, I recalled the thoughts I'd had when I first found out about her. I wasn't the biggest fan, but I could see the appeal. I appreciated her o

  October 16, 2009

• Gender Bending Student Too Wild for Atlanta Returning to Miami

  via SoVoEscobar's wardrobe not only blurs the lines between gender, but this look is clearly blurring the line between Lady Gaga and Queen Amidala like nobody's business.​All sixteen year-old Jonathon Escobar wanted was a better education, and apparently that meant getting the hell out of a Miami-Dade high school. So he moved in with his sister in Atlanta to attend North Cobb High School. But North Cobb wasn't prepared for his wardrobe that included traditionally female attire. Escobar to

  October 20, 2009

• Electrohouse king Busy P plays O.H.W.O.W. and Electric Pickle

  October 29, 2009

• Miami Dolphins Literally Slaughtered on South Park

  ​Last night, likenesses of your Miami Dolphins were literally slaughtered on South Park, which was a lot more enjoyable than watching them get figuratively slaughtered on the field most Sundays. We just pretended every player was Ted Ginn Jr., and it was rather cathartic.For some context: In last night's episode, poor Stan's birthday present of getting to swim with dolphins was ruined when a group of Japanese stereotypes came up and slaughtered all the dolphins, because as you may know, all Ja

  October 29, 2009

• Lady Gaga Adds Second Miami Show, Broward Native Jason DeRulo as Tour Opener

  Photo by Logan FazioLady Gaga last performed locally at Revolution.​Lady Gaga's New Year's Eve show at the Knight Center is going to be one hell of a 2009 send-off. So, while tickets are available, all the good ones are long gone (what remains, basically is a bunch of side-view seats). South Florida is full of the pop diva's biggest supporters -- gays, glamazons, club kids, and so forth -- and she clearly wants to spread the love back. So she's added a second show, on Saturday, June 2, at the

  November 3, 2009

• Q&A: A Game of Either/Or With Peaches, Who Plays Revolution This Friday

  Peaches has, among other things, a (relatively) new LP (I Feel Cream), a new clip (for the song "Take You On"), a new band (the Berlin-based Sweet Machines), and a new tour. That last one brings her to Revolution this Friday, November 6. It also gave New Times a chance to play a quick game of "Either/Or" with the electroclash superstar when we chatted with her recently. Read a longer account of that chat here, and check out how the game played out, below. New Times: ESG or L'Trimm? Peaches: Th

  November 5, 2009

• Phish to Celebrate New Year's Eve in Miami Again With a Four-Night Stand, Act Now For Tickets

  via phish.portals.musictoday.com/​Alright, nobody really believed that Phish would stay away forever after their "final" concert in 2004. The only thing surprising about the beyond-jam-band gods' reunion last year is that, perhaps, it didn't come sooner. And they must really like Miami, even though Miami itself hasn't been too kind to the traveling festival crowd (see: the disastrous cancellation of the camping-free Langerado earlier this year.) Phish has celebrated New Year's Eve here in the

  November 11, 2009

• Art's Republic

  November 12, 2009