Guess who’s playing the Van Dyke this Saturday? I know, I know. Enough with the Van Dyke already. I promise, it’ll be the last time I mention it … at least for this week. Don’t blame me if they’re killing it with cool Latin bookings. And I’d be remiss if…
The Cuba Nostalgia expo was created in Miami ten years ago, as its website explains, to provide “a journey back in time for those who remember the island’s glamorous times — and for those who never experienced them.” If you’ve never witnessed the weekend-long event at the Fair-Expo Center in…
Rose Max is no stranger to the local music scene in Miami. She’s kept busy since arriving in 1993, constantly performing and winning fans along the way. She’s won the Brazilian Press Award three times (in ’97, ’98 and ’01) for “Best Female Brazilian Singer Residing and Performing in the…
It’s no news to anybody that LPJ rocks the muthafuckin’ hizzy every time they hit the stage. Whether you’re catching them in an intimate setting like Jazid, where they take up a full corner of the lounge, or they’re onstage in the middle of the street in a festival like…
Rose Max is no stranger to the local music scene in Miami. She’s kept busy since arriving in 1993, constantly performing and winning fans along the way. She’s won the Brazilian Press Award three times (in ’97, ’98 and ’01) for “Best Female Brazilian Singer Residing and Performing in the…
Anybody been to Poprox yet? I keep hearing about it, so I’m gonna assume yes, though admittedly, I’ve yet to hit it up. I know, I know…bad music writer! Bad! I stand chastised. After all, the site itself explains quite frankly and without preamble, that Poprox is, in fact, “Miami’s…
Go ahead and take it up on that. We both know you’re easy. And besides, it’s not like you’re strangers. Whether you’ve stopped in for brunch, dinner and drinks, or just to catch a bit of live jazz, you’ve undoubtedly patronized the Van Dyke at some point during your travels…
Led by DJ Le Spam, the Spam Allstars will be performing live, delivering their trademark improvs blending funk, jazz, hip-hop, electro, Afro-Cuban, Latin jazz, and dub to get you and your honey shaking your asses into the wee hours. The ensemble released a new album in late August of last…
Quick show of hands–who loves a good block party? Yeah, me too. Alright, now who loves drinking from the daylight hours ’til the wee hours, making a sloppy, slurring spectacle of themselves in the process? Uh huh…uh huh. That doesn’t really surprise me. Now who loves the Spam Allstars? Well,…
Quick show of hands–who loves a good block party? Yeah, me too. Alright, now who loves drinking from the daylight hours ’til the wee hours, making a sloppy, slurring spectacle of themselves in the process? Uh huh…uh huh. That doesn’t really surprise me. Now who loves the Spam Allstars? Well,…
Well, it is upon us once again–Cinco de Mayo, that most special of Mexican holidays revered in the states. Mexicans themselves don’t really celebrate it any more than we do Earth Day, but what the hell do they know? So it doesn’t actually commemorate Mexico’s Independence (that’s in September). It…
So I was chillin’ in my friend Eric’s basement with our crew, Donna, Hyde, Kelso, and our wacky foreigner, FES the other day and we were like, “hey Eric, you know what’d be cool? If Red let us bring beer down here! AND if we could bring cool-ass bands to…
SunFest New Music Night with 311Wednesday, April 29, 2009West Palm Beach IntercoastalBetter Than: Jeremiah’s Weed-Ade…though that didn’t stop me from drinkin’ ’em.Well, the first day of SunFest ’09 is in the can. What can I say? I love a good festival. The imposing overabundance of food. Alcohol in greater supply…
The Pinker Tones’ sound is not exactly easy to describe, though for all intents and purposes, simply electronica will have to do. But in truth, there is much, much more to it. From their home base of Pinkerland the Barcelona-based duo tinker with audio vibrations the way a mad scientist…
What do you have in common with Afrobeta and José El Rey? Well, if you’re Latino or grew up with Latino friends, you’ve no doubt partaken in that most hallowed of celebrations: la quinceñera (sweet 15?). And even though we’re grown up, we’ll do it again, this Thursday at the…
No one will ever accuse the Danish trio HorrorPops of being a conventional band. But to say they have no use for convention is a gross understatement. HorrorPops abhor the norm. They stomp it with vigor and spit in its eye. And the band’s Bettie Page-esque lead singer/bassist, Patricia Day,…
What in hell is Radioboxer, you might be wondering, and why does it want to hurt me? Well, to answer the former, it’s probably one of the coolest local bands you haven’t heard of yet. The latter is just a thinly veiled play on words, but it’s arguably an accurate…
Well, it is upon us once again–Cinco de Mayo, that most special of Mexican holidays revered in the states. Mexicans themselves don’t really celebrate it any more than we do Earth Day, but what the hell do they know? So it doesn’t actually commemorate Mexico’s Independence (that’s in September). It…
Remember the Clevelander? Of course you do. What Miami resident doesn’t have at least a handful of fond memories of the iconic Art Deco structure on the corner of 10th and Ocean? It stood watch over one of SoBe’s busiest avenues, a patient guardian, its arms open, welcoming the public…
What do you have in common with Afrobeta and Jose El Rey? No, not a police rap sheet as thick as a phone book, comprised mostly of various counts of public intoxication and indecent exposure. You shouldn’t assume that of Afrobeta just because it’s true of you (sorry Jose, but…
My love for my roots and subsequent displays of Cubaneo are no secret. Cuban culture is a beautiful thing, and despite the stranglehold of a 50-year dictatorship, nowhere has it shone more than in music. Which is why I want to take a moment to talk to you about timba…
You’re up to speed on the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival here in SoFla. I know you are because we’ve been telling you about it for weeks. Right here. And here. And via any of a number of other posts to Crossfade in recent days. So you know about this fantastic series…
