One of the perks of being a concert photographer is sometimes you’ll luck into a behind-the-scenes pass. You’ll get to mingle (very briefly) with rock stars. Partake in a few ounces of free booze. And high-five beautiful groupies. Anyway, Saturday was one of those “sometimes” for Crossfade photo guy Ian…
Day 3: My Miami Music Fest triathlon concluded yesterday with a two-part event: the Miami New Times stage at Bayfront Park in the afternoon, and Charcoal Studios at night. I was looking forward to both because we got to share the stage with the likes of King Bee and the…
Day Two: “It’s like deja vu all over again.” I’m back at the same venue, the Stage, for my first real crack at the whole Miami Music Festival experience. Tonight, however, they have added an outdoor stage to accommodate all the rocking that is planned to go on. Actually, the…
Day One: It’s called a “soft opening” of Miami’s newest live music venue, The Stage. An optimist might say that the seeds of culture are beginning to sprout as these new clubs see the light of night. It’s also New Times’ VIP kickoff party for the Miami Music Festival, and…
Merce Cunningham was hip before his time. The choreographer’s spectacular collaborations with off-the-mainstream-grid musicians and artists such as John Cage, Bruce Nauman, and Sonic Youth, broke all boundaries and changed dance forever. In one of his last multidisciplinary pieces before his death, Merce tapped Miami visual artist Daniel Arsham to…
You might have visited Coral Morphologic/Morphologic Studios (AKA Jared McKay and Colin Foord) during the third leg of the Weird Miami tours. Or maybe you checked out the duo’s recent zoanthid photo show at the Biscayne Nature Center. Or you might have even discovered Morphologic in the latest edition of…
This Heart Electric’s “Polar” and “Nowhere To Run” 7″ (die Stasi) Ricardo Guerrero is a man of many hats. He is the cofounder of electro-punk duo Animals of the Arctic, curator of the annual local music showcase Death To The Sun, Psychic Youth collaborator, and minister of the low-end (he…
Diet Cokeheads’ Nasal EP (Drugged Conscience) Gainesville’s Diet Cokeheads is one-third of Florida’s holy triumvirate of new, damaged rock ‘n’ roll. (Lake Worth’s Cop City/Chill Pillars and Tampa’s Neon Blud comprise the other 2/3.) If you didn’t already know, D.C. features Palm Beach expatriates who cut their teeth at the…
When we heard that Miami comedian Daniel Reskin (of Casa de Ha-Ha) was headed to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington D.C., we strapped a mike on him and equipped him with a head cam. OK no, not really. We just asked him to tell us what…
Beings and Plains The Vagabond Friday, October 29, 2010 Better than: Waiting until the Beings 7” is out of print and you’ve gotta pay Ebay prices. Beings is a band that transcends a niche audience, garnering regular praise from disparate South Florida demographics. The punks love Beings, the Fonzies love…
All fashion trends fall under three categories. There’s the (1) anyone-can-pull-it-off trend: think jewel tones or leopard pumps. (2) the some-people-can-pull-it-off trend: bangs and skinny jeans. Then there’s (3) the ever illusive well-it’s-kinda-kooky-but-maybe-I-can-pull-it-off trend. The truth is, no you can’t. These trends are so out there that they only make…
With the Dolphins’ season in full swing and the new-look Heat about to make their big debut tonight, Miami is poised for a successful year in sports. These days, though, there seems to be just as much talk about how athletes are wearing their hair as their performances on the…
Let’s play a game: Meditate on the word “hip-hop.” Um … Is “gay white rapper from Massachusetts” the first thing that comes to mind? Probably not. In some ways, Cazwell, who performed at Lux over the weekend, is the complete opposite of what we typically see in the rap game…
On this year’s jazz-inflected album Ária, Brazilian singer-songwriter Djavan recorded a collection of covers that have inspired him over the years. He reinvents songs like Caetano Veloso’s “Oração ao Tempo,” Bert Howard’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” and Jobim’s “Brigas Nunca Mais” alongside several obscure gems by Chico Buarque, Edu…
When you’ve conquered the world of music, vodka, nightlife, fashion, and then been named as the heir apparent to the Forbes 400 (i.e. you’ve got more than $1 billion to your name), we can only ask, “What’s next? The Oval Office? A one-man mission to the moon? Time travel?” Well,…
Back in what historians call “the day,” there was an almost seven-foot, Lebanese-born NBA center rocking the face off any opposing player who dared to challenge him under the basket. Now in what historians call “the present,” he’s rocking faces off with his turntable skills as an electronic house music…
There’s no greater evidence of the Forward Motion Records’ stylistic reach than the fact that Arboles Libres, a young Miami bilingual rock band, and 60-something Andy Pratt, a former hit-maker back in the early ’70s, have been given near-simultaneous release dates. The story of Forward Motion Records and founder Fernando…
Photo by Logan Fazio Richie RichFunkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach, which starts this Wednesday, is sure to draw out a certain Miami breed. These gals look for any reason to squirm their way into their tightest, lowest plunging neckline dress and their tallest, strappiest heels. They’ll wander around with clutch…
This isn’t the ’90s anymore. People don’t actually buy music. We download it for free. Most blogs do their best to only post what they consider to be quality tracks. But let’s be real. Most electronic music blogs are garbage. Why? Because most of the cats running these blogs have…
Something strange has been happening with the Miami music scene the last six months. People are actually paying attention. The bands down here have been getting more and more national coverage. And now Miami has one more artist to add to our ever growing roster of hype-worthy musicians: Ryan DeGrandy,…
All great imitation, even when it’s parody, respects the original source. The covers that disappoint fail to do this. Notably missing from Crossfade’s list are the pain-inducing covers that have been discussed to death. Examples: Celine Dion’s cover of AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” (need I say more?);…
Poets live in a state of perpetual observation, searching for meaning and beauty where others see barrenness. They dwell in the trenches; often acting as our greatest philosophers, reporting back in beautiful language. F. Daniel Rzicznek, a professor at Bowling Green State University and one of the top young poets…
