Desperately Seeking Sedaris

David Sedaris, best-selling author, humorist, and contributor to This American Life and The New Yorker, enraptures us with his stories. In Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, he describes his childhood as one of six kids in a second-generation Greek family, his…

Tokyo Police Club at Culture Room January 28

It’s a typical scenario nowadays: A Canadian band crosses the border to market itself to the masses and becomes a pop sensation before it has even hit its prime. Yet somehow, between the full-lengths, EPs, and fame, Tokyo Police Club has managed to solidify its sound — and its audience…

Jorge Rubiera and Can’t Stop at Sweat Records January 29

Jorge Rubiera, one of Miami’s most collaborative musicians, has decided to create his own labor of love. For years, he’s performed alongside longtime pals in Pygmy, Down Home Southernaires, and Animal Tropical. But now he’s created Can’t Stop. Only a month ago, the band played its first concert at Churchill’s…

Washed Out Teaches Us How to Chill at Eve, January 21

View photos from Washed Out’s performance at Eve here.Washed OutWith ANREve, Miami Friday, January 21, 2011 Better than: Chilling on chillwave — at home.We didn’t really know what to expect last night at Eve. Sure, Washed Out frontman Ernest Greene has done a solid job of being the poster boy…

Washed Out plays Eve January 21

Washed Out frontman Ernest Greene has a success story most one-man bands dream about late at night in their lonely studios. He was unemployed, looking for work, living with his parents, and making music in his bedroom before he was suddenly discovered by all the right music blogs. Soon, his…

Dead Kennedys at Revolution January 1

When news hit our inboxes that ’80s legends Dead Kennedys would be making a stop in South Florida on January 1, 2011, we didn’t know what to do. Should we hide our obvious New Year’s Eve hangovers and go out again in honor of our favorite San Fran-based hardcore punk…

ArtOfficial’s The Payback

To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami’s Best Albums of 2010 here.ArtOfficial The Payback (Self-Released) Ahhh, the cover song. Sure, bands can master one or two tracks by a legendary counterpart. But putting together an entire…

Miami’s best albums, EPs, and, mixtapes of 2010

The swamps and warehouse squats, Carol City and Coco’s Nightclub, South Beach and the megaclubs — our city’s music scene is the product of so many split-up, spliced, and remixed sources that any attempted overview of its output will inevitably seem insufficient and incomplete. But here at New Times, we…

Lil Daggers’ King Corpse 7″

To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami’s Best Albums of 2010 here.Lil DaggersKing Corpse Limited Edition 7″ (Livid Records)There’s just something about a limited-edition record that makes you wanna go out, get it, and add it…

10K Islands presents Holidazed at Churchill’s December 16

The man behind Miami-based record label 10K Islands, Will Suter, is a full-time business man. He’s also a part-time jetsetter. “I technically live in Washington, D.C.,” he explains. “But I also stay in New York and Miami.” It seems almost impossible to run a label — organizing distribution, publicity, and…

Phantogram and Twin Shadow at Grand Central, December 2

Toyota Antics PresentsWith Phantogram, Twin Shadow, and FlosstradamusGrand Central, MiamiThursday, December 2, 2010Better than: Paying a cover charge to see a bunch of bands during Art Basel. We worried when Phantogram announced its second Miami show in as many months. Not because we’re not fans of the two-piece (we are),…

LCD Soundsystem at Private MOCA Los Angeles Beach Party, December 1

See the full 32-photo LCD Soundsystem slideshow. LCD SoundsystemMOCA LA Beach Party, at The Raleigh Hotel, Miami BeachDecember 1, 2010Better than: Getting into a private party during Art Basel. Oh, wait….It’s pretty hard to properly assess what an art crowd’s reaction is going to be to a dance-all-night band like LCD…

Five Celebrity Musicians We Plan to Stalk During Art Basel Week

In case you didn’t get the memo, haven’t listened to the radio or surfed the interwebs lately, Art Basel is upon us. In just one short day, the art-world elite will rub shoulders and imbibe excessively with supermodels, fashion designers, musicians, and VIPs.While we’ve already overdosed on Art Basel party…

Vogue Lounge Opens at the Raleigh Hotel

Sure, Art Basel is great for the art. We’ll give you that. But once you get passed the amazing collectors flying from around the world to add stellar pieces to their collections, what else is there? The after parties, of course. But our favorite thing about Art Basel? It also…