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The Name of the Game

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Brazilian Girls

Last Night: Broken Social Scene at Club Cinema

Broken Social Scene with Land of TalkSaturday, November 22, 2008Club Cinema, Pompano BeachCanadian experimental/indie-rock supergroup Broken Social Scene descended on South Florida last night like a swarm of indie bees, and buzzed up a two-hour storm for jubilant fans at a packed Club Cinema in Po ... More >>

Animal Collective Tunes In, Drops Out, Grows Up

On the radical serenity/serene radicalism of Merriweather Post Pavilion.

The Worst of Miami

And the rest of the United States. Scraping Teeth grinds to the top of the bottom.

Jews Got The Beat

Bayfront Park hosts the Aviv Music Festival.

Grind It Out with Pam

DVD releases for the week of February 14, 2006

Flaming Groovy

Zaireeka celebrates its 10th birthday.

Starlight Mints

Zaireeka celebrates its 10th birthday.

Longwave and Jacob Miller

Zaireeka celebrates its 10th birthday.

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Nobody and Mystic Chords of Memory

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Sleater-Kinney

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Thievery Corporation

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The Polyphonic Spree

Together We're Heavy Hollywood

Midlake

Bamnan and Slivercork (Bella Union)

Dios

Dios (Startime)

The Jayhawks

Smile
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Looking Back on Premillennium Tension

Miami scenesters sound off

Clean and Sober Psychedelia

Miami scenesters sound off

Wish You Were There: Village Voice Media at the Pitchfork and Siren Festivals Last Weekend

photo by Nick Lucchesi, Riverfront TimesThe Flaming Lips. Who else?This past weekend, Nick Lucchesi, a correspondent from New Times' St. Louis sister paper, the Riverfront Times, headed to the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. In a nutshell, here's what he found:*David Yow of the Jesus Lizard has still ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 18 - 24Madonna is still the Queen of Pop with her greatest hits album, Celebration.​Sweat Records, Mi ... More >>

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. Top 5 Albums for the week of October 25 - 31Seattle-based indie artist Brandi Carlile topped Uncle Sam's charts this week with her newest release, "Give Up The Ghost".​Uncle ... More >>

Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio Station "Radiate"

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations.  Dialed In for the week of October 25-31 Florida International University- WRGP 88.1 FM & 95.3 FM, "Radiate"Canadian duo The King Khan & BBQ Show tambourine-d their way into ... More >>

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.Top 5 Albums for the week of November 1 - 7Sweat Records, MiamiMiami's home-grown rockers topped Sweat Records list for the first week of November.​1. No Seasons [LP], Jacuzzi B ... More >>

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.Top Five Albums for the Week of November 8 - 15This ain't your kid sister: Kid Sister climbed Radio-Active Records charts with her new hip hop/electro debut, Ultraviolet.​Uncle ... More >>

They Might Still Be Giants

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.Top Five Albums for the Week of November 8 - 15This ain't your kid sister: Kid Sister climbed Radio-Active Records charts with her new hip hop/electro debut, Ultraviolet.​Uncle ... More >>

Nas, Weezer, Damian Marley, Flaming Lips and Rise Against Among Acts Confirmed for SunFest 2010 April 28 - May 2

311 performing at SunFest 2009​West Palm Beach hasn't had this much musical excitement since Ozzy Osbourne rolled through town. An impressive crop of national acts are set to play the 28th installment of SunFest, which takes place April 28 - May 2 in downtown West Palm Beach along Florida's Intrac ... More >>

Around the Voice: The Flaming Lips and Gil Scott-Heron State the Obvious

Wait, he's not new here?​Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications' music sections. Just for kicks. Here's last week's entry.In the Dallas Observer's bumper crop of content: Surfer Blood mourns the loss of Jay Reatard and confirms that even Pitch ... 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 >>

SunFest's New Music Night: These United States, Crash Kings, Constellations, Gringo Star, and We Are Scientists

Photo by Sarah LawAbout to become SunFest professionals: These United States​Whoa, we were sure excited the day SunFest announced their initial slate of performers the 28th installment of the music festival, which takes place April 28 - May 2 in downtown West Palm Beach. Nas, Damian Marley, the F ... More >>

Video: The Flaming Lips' "Powerless" Provides Yet Another Eyeful

Stay tuned for the happy ending​Please note: Crossfade does not condone blindfolding young women, forcing them to wear noserings and bright orange underwear, and tying their limbs to a lawn chair so that a monkey can sit and watch them struggle.That said, the Flaming Lips, a band that will be in W ... More >>

Destroy Your Sweaters

Stay tuned for the happy ending​Please note: Crossfade does not condone blindfolding young women, forcing them to wear noserings and bright orange underwear, and tying their limbs to a lawn chair so that a monkey can sit and watch them struggle.That said, the Flaming Lips, a band that will be in W ... More >>

Record Store Day 2010 at Radio-Active Records and Sweat Records, or Why I Probably Have More Grey Hair Today

The front and back of Fela Kuti's 10-inch EP, which was a Record Store Day exclusive​Saturday was the absolutely perfect day to run around, buy records, drink a moderate amount of Strongbow cider, and consume a cornucopia of live music. Except: impressive Record Store Day events were planned for b ... More >>

Admire the Full SunFest 2010 Lineup and Schedule, Advance Tickets Still Available

Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, after knocking out Chris Cornell in four rounds​Now Crossfade isn't taking any steps to become Sunfade for the week, but there's going to be a lot of SunFest coverage. The lineup, which includes Weezer, the Flaming Lips, Nas, among many others, is strong to say the least. A ... More >>

Flaming Lips Cancel SunFest Appearance, Guitarist Steven Drozd Hospitalized

© Andrew Haagen/CorbisSadly, the Flaming Lips SunFest performance has been doused​A heartbreaking development just crossed our desk: New Times cover stars the Flaming Lips will not perform Thursday at SunFest due to the hospitalization of Steven Drozd. As we had reported in this week's cover stor ... More >>

SunFest: Buzz 103 Morning DJ Bryan "Smitty" Smith Replaces Flaming Lips, Sort Of

Smitty and the Pink Robots just doesn't have the same ring to it​It's strange enough that the Flaming Lips will not perform tomorrow evening at SunFest due to an unknown medical emergency involving their guitarist. Follow that up with the revelation that a Buzz 103 morning DJ is the last-minute re ... More >>

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 >>

SunFest: Will Iggy Pop Crash the Party Tonight?

Photo by Xavier MartinNo Iggy Pop at SunFest tonight, sorry​In spite of what some commenters told us earlier today, Iggy Pop will not be making a surprise appearance at SunFest tonight to replace the Flaming Lips.SunFest media rep Melissa Sullivan says regarding the flamboyant Miami resident, who ... More >>

SunFest: Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd Speaks Via Twitter After Cancellation

​So there we have it. Whatever happened to Flaming Lips guitarist/multi-instrumentalist that caused the band to pull out of their Thursday performance at SunFest, it did not leave Drozd without access to his Twitter account (or use of his fingers?). Come back to South Florida soon, Lips.

Dark Night of the Soul Album With Iggy Pop, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse Finally Set For Legal Release

​Dark Night of the Soul may sound familiar to you. Danger Mouse and iconic filmmaker David Lynch displayed photographs from the illustrated companion book to the album at the O.H.W.O.W. gallery this past Art Basel.The album was set for release last May, but never made it out to record stores. A le ... More >>

Flaming Lips at Sunset Cove Amphitheater October 16

​Dark Night of the Soul may sound familiar to you. Danger Mouse and iconic filmmaker David Lynch displayed photographs from the illustrated companion book to the album at the O.H.W.O.W. gallery this past Art Basel.The album was set for release last May, but never made it out to record stores. A le ... More >>

School of Seven Bells and Active Child at Grand Central, October 16

School of Seven BellsWith Active ChildGrand Central, MiamiSaturday, October 16, 2010Better than: Floating on cloud nine. When we arrived at Grand Central last night, one thing really stuck out to us: The crowd was mostly dudes. Were they all there to catch a glimpse of drop-dead gorgeous Schoo ... More >>

Eight Random Hipster Holiday Songs

Spend Christmas on Mars with Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips.​Holiday music, ugh. There's nothing festive about reindeer trampling grandmothers, little drummer boys, or catching your mother making out with Santa. In fact, it sucks. But for some reason, it's the type of shit music big-box retailer ... More >>

Five Great Buys for Tomorrow's Record Store Day at Sweat Records

​We've talked non-stop about Sweatstock 2011 and all the bands playing tomorrow. But let's not forget, the reason Sweat Records is throwing this whole shindig is in celebration of Record Store Day -- and the store's anniversary.What's Record Store Day? In 2007, it started as a way to get people to ... More >>