South by Southwest Festival

Daft Punk Billboard Spotted in Downtown Miami: Secret Ultra 2013 Gig?

All we know is that in 2013 Daft Punk has promised the world a new album. It will be their first studio since 2005's Human After All -- a superb experiment in robotic mass consumerism. And after having a TV commercial pop-up during Saturday Night Live earlier this month and posters plastered acros ... More >>

Plains Premieres New "Stains" Music Video: Pillow Fights, Wild Dogs, Funnest Road Trips

Life with Miami indie crew Plains is just a big bag of giggles and kibble. Proof: The band's new music video for single "Stains," a short cinematic road diary that shows the guys having pillow fights in hotel rooms, hanging out in the woods with wild dogs, and playing music for people. But what's ... More >>

Dragonette at Mansion Miami April 6

Dragonette and "The Right Woman" Get Disco Dirty at Mansion on April 6

​At the end of 2010, Toronto-based electro-pop trio Dragonette released, "Hello," a spritely collaborative single with DJ Martin Solveig. Though too late to make the cut for year-end lists and recaps, the track -- boasting three centerpiece hooks: a gleefully tickled piano lick; singer and chief ... More >>

WMC is back with Ultra but still needs a makeover

Does Winter Music Conference Need Another Makeover?

​In October 2011, good news came early for beat freaks when Winter Music Conference announced the 27-year-old event would be growing -- not only with new events but also with an expanded ten-day itinerary. Even better, organizers also eliminated the Sophie's Choice they'd created last year by squa ... More >>

Jacobs Ladder Releases New Music Video for "Ring Ring"

​The last time Jacobs Ladder's Sammy Gonzalez chatted with Crossfade, he was preaching the gospel of classical guitar. But these days, Gonzalez is grooving on his band's ever-evolving "Miami Reggae Rock." He and bandmates Oren Maisner and Brian Hernandez "are really into the sound and are gearin ... More >>

ANR Warms Up for SXSW With Mamushka's Gig on February 4

​Last time we checked, ANR's Brian Robertson and Michael-John Hancock said they were busy recording an album. So when 10K Islands' Will Suter emailed us about the band's upcoming show at Mamushka's, we asked for an update on Robertson and Hancock's doings."[They've] added [a] live drummer, Luke ... More >>

Seven Seriously Tragic Celebrity Commercials

​The state of Texas has bestowed upon this country many cultural delights: SXSW, phenomenal barbecue, and most importantly, Gary Busey. The man has the greatest set of teeth in history (they're perfect to Photoshop on sharks), and he's decided to use them to give back to the great state of his bir ... More >>

Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park October 14

Bachaco at the Stage Tonight for Jack Daniels Studio No. 7

​Did you know that an ant can carry anywhere from ten to 50 times its own body weight? Just another reason why Bachaco's name is awesome. Besides the word being fun to say. For those that don't know, this local Latin-reggae fusion band derives is name from a Venezuelan leaf-cutter ant. And lik ... More >>

Space Between Words' Laser Light Show at Bardot

​To some, laser light shows are like watching a Windows 95 screensaver on repeat for an hour. Those people are, clearly, not high. The tokers and tab-droppers of the world, meanwhile, know that laser shows are awesome and come second only to peanut butter-marshmallow-banana sandwiches. But at g ... More >>

Bomba Estereo Talks Ponte Bomb, Road Trips, and the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival

Photo by David J. Dowling​Colombia's Bomba Estereo originated some six years ago as the brainchild of musician and producer Simón Mejía. But though the project generated some underground buzz, it wasn't until 2009's Blow Up that it did just that, explode. Not coincidentally, the album, which was ... More >>

SXSW: Figuring it All Out with WhoMadeWho, Deerhunter, and Lower Dens

WhoMadeWho​When, like at South by Southwest, a billion bands are playing in the same city at the same time, it's hard to decide which ones you want to hear and the endless others you want to miss out on.As the week winds down, the music continues to blast through East 6th, downtown, and through re ... More >>

WVUM Still Working Toward That Woodie!

Sebastian the Ibis insists: "Vote now, mofo!"​Sadly, FIU's Radiate FM went soft in the second-to-last round of MTV's marathon contest for best college radio station in the nation. So they're out. Thanks to WVUM 90.5 FM, though, Miami can continue to dream about bringing home a big beautiful Woo ... More >>

Bachaco's Eddy Morillo Talks Touring Argentina and Tonight's Show at Transit Lounge

​We Miami residents are damned lucky. We have a killer local music scene just bursting at the seams with ultra-talented groups that draw on the wellspring of myriad influences that come from being a melting pot. There's a whole movement of bands here in Miami that meld sounds as far-reaching as ... More >>

Generation Whine

Free Music People From Venus's "Light War" and the Last Show of the Year

Wiz Khalifa at University of Miami December 3

Winter Music Conference 2011 Happening March 8-12 at Miami Beach Convention Center [UPDATE]

​Big news! Winter Music Conference is moving from its end of March week-long marathon -- usually, after SXSW -- to mid-March. We spoke to director of operations Kirk Pascal who said that the dates of March 8 to 12 at the Miami Beach Convention Center are locked down. The news was also confirmed in ... More >>

Dancey Dance Time

Dominique Young Unique Shows Off Her Bling in New Video for "The World is Mine"

Photo by Thomas Giddings​Is Dominique Young Unique looking in the mirror in her new video for "The World is Mine"? She might as well be, as she's extremely aware of the camera, staring straight at it and smiling. The spunky, fashion conscious Tampa-based hip-hop artist effortlessly mixes hip-hop w ... More >>

Mayday! Returns to Miami With a Show at Shake at the Vagabond, April 8

After a recent retooling period, Miami New Times' 2009 Best Hip-Hop Artist winner, Mayday!, is back stronger than ever. With a fleshed-out line-up, the group is now a full-on live act, complete with bubbling percussion, ice-cold keyboards, and a singing/rapping interplay courtesy of BernBiz and Wrek ... More >>

SXSW: Surfer Blood Play VVM Party, Get New York Times Write-Up, Love Thee Oh Sees

Photo by Shannon CottrellGetting sleepy, J.P.?​As promised, Surfer Blood got the Village Voice's SXSW showcase started right on Saturday. VV's Camille Dodero confirms that the guys from West Palm Beach are "the nicest kids ever," and posted some nifty snaps from the other acts, including the Pains ... More >>

SXSW: Meat Rubs the Great Danes of Kashmir the Right Way

Photo by Bradford SchmidtLead singer Kaspar Eistrup and keys/guitar Henrik Lindstrand​There are way too many bands at SXSW to catch even a small percentage of the good ones. If you were at Antone's this afternoon, you're good to go, because Danish rockers Kashmir played a 25 minute set that remind ... More >>

SXSW: Bradford Schmidt Meats (Not a Typo) We Were Promised Jetpacks' Drummer Darren Lackie

Photo by Bradford SchmidtA crowd filled with sausage-eaters makes Darren Lackie green with envy on Wednesday​There have been some not-so-pleasant things said in the past about Fader Fort at SXSW, like that the lines are long, it's too corporate, whatever. But you can't deny that it's a damn good ... More >>

Surfer Blood Tweets From Austin, Joins mtvU's Freshman 5

​Twitter confirms that Baywatch fans Surfer Blood have safely arrived in Austin, Texas, for a week of playing for college students and, apparently, enterprising hairdressers at SXSW. Plus, the South Florida studs have joined the esteemed company of B.o.B, Two Door Cinema Club, Anarbor, and Mayer H ... More >>

SXSW 2010: The Meatist Meets Austin

​Frequently featured in New Times' pages as the Meatist, Bradford "Bone in the Fan" Schmidt has left the oh-so-quiet confines of Spring Break season here in South Florida for the silence that is South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Opposite. As a two-time attendee, I can confirm that the clustersc ... More >>

Surfer Blood's J.P. Pitts Probably Enjoyed Baywatch

Photo by Ian Witlen​AOL's music blog Spinner tracked down Surfer Blood lead singer J.P. Pitts (center) as part of their project to interview every single freaking band playing SXSW's music festival, which begins this week. We weren't afraid to mention that SB will be in Austin either. Now, for the ... More >>

South by South Florida: Hey Monday Head to SXSW Next Week

The members of Hey Monday look more like they walked off the set of Laguna Beach than like five kids who grew up and cut their teeth in West Palm. But that's exactly where vocalist Cassadee Pope, lead guitarist Mike Gentile, guitarist Alex Lipshaw, and bassist Jersey Moriarty, and drummer Elliot Jam ... More >>

Concert review: Stonefox wins, the inaugural Miami Music Festival fails

Miami Music Festival Previews: Liset Alea, Feneiva, The Monas

Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these funky-named places you've never heard of are subdivisions of real venues, with made-up names just for festival purposes. Oth ... More >>

Londoner Ebony Bones! is this year's Art Loves Music performer

Mixhell

Best Of 2009 Preview: Best Album

Photo by HectorRachel Goodrich, Tinker ToysIt has been a good year for South Florida's quirky local indie darling Rachel Goodrich, what with a glowing shoutout from the New York Times this past December and her official debut appearance at SXSW this past spring. It was all well-deserved and ti ... More >>

Theophilus London at Rokbar May 19

Ben RowlandTheophilus London: 2009's Kid Cudi?Just when I thought the hipster-hop genre was dead, in comes up-and-coming Brooklyn MC Theophilus London to save the day. London has been on the cusp of breaking it big for that last year or so and has received plenty of accolades from publications likes ... More >>

The Top 100 Twitter Users in Miami

Well, it happened. This weekend I got this email: "[Your Mom] is now following you on Twitter!" Along with that, and the major amounts of discussion about twitter during my Grandfather's 75th birthday dinner last night, Twitter has now officially jumped the shark. For me anyway. Knowing your mom rea ... More >>

Diplo's World Beat

Thank this DJ/producer for the growing global funk at WMC.

International Noise Conference Returns to Churchill's on February 12

It's puzzling why people who are hell-bent on blowing the minds of other people via so-called "noise music" so often also seem hell-bent on blowing their sonic victims' olfactory senses. So weird smells aside, the International Noise Conference is the place to see and hear shit that you will not lik ... More >>

Throwback Tuesdays: 2 Live Crew - "Me So Horny"

Raunchy Florida Rapper Riskay in Fort Lauderdale This Weekend

Breakfast Tacos with Lyle Lovett

Georgie James

Places (Saddle Creek)

Bands! Win a chance to perform at SPIN mag's legendary SXSW party next February...

Fête de la Musique

Dash Rip Rock

What Does It Mean?

Station to Station

From Austin to Australia, Ozomatli spreads its world funk message

Velvet Offensive

Forget crossover: Selling a Colombian rock band in the United States is a mission for the custodians of culture -- or a very powerful magician

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of May 10, 2001