Rejoice, kids. Just days after the new owners of Churchill’s Pub announced a 21-and-over policy, they’ve already abandoned those plans. Yesterday, following the pub’s weekly staff get-together, an announcement of the reversal was made on Churchill’s official Facebook page. “After a meeting today with the new owners, the age policy…
Vampire Weekend With Jacuzzi Boys Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Better Than: All of those other vampiric pop-culture creatures feasting on the blood of the millennial generation. A fat, crooked queue of teens and post-teens stretched from the Fillmore Miami Beach’s doorstep to 17th Street before veering around…
“Yesterday’s history, tomorrow’s a mystery.” He spent his teens break-dancing on the streets of Dallas and busting moves in Miami malls. He snagged a string of motocross championships. He learned to beatbox and rhyme. And then he became the most famous rapping white boy in the world. He immortalized the…
Don’t try to pin a tidy label on Of Montreal, baby. In fact, when we here at Crossfade chatted with crew leader Kevin Barnes as he prepared to unveil the band’s latest album, Lousy With Sylvianbriar, the puckish indie type toyed with us, insisting he “might call [it] Americana maybe”…
Congrats to our favorite Cubanita. Miami Beach’s Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame has revealed its second annual list of inductees. And our own Gloria Estefan es la más fabulosa of the 2014 class. Set to be enshrined in the LSHOF during October’s La Musa Awards ceremony, the pop queen and…
Hey, gamers … Have those formerly nimble wrists gone stiff? Is that trigger finger sore? Your button thumb irreversibly bent? Well, it’s time to muster a last flurry of whipping, poking, and joysticking, because these are the final hours for New Times’ Best of Miami 2014: Game On! readers’ poll…
Sorry, kids. Local punk landmark Churchill’s Pub, a longtime haven for 18-and-up shows, will no longer be letting anybody except drinking-age adults through the door. It’s been only three weeks since founder and owner Dave Daniels completed the pub’s sale. And many Miami promoters, scene figures, and band members are…
“Get back to your seatssssss.” That’s just St. Vincent, snarling so glamorously for your attention and “all of your mind.” Because the art-rock artiste, otherwise known as Annie Clark, has just expanded her 2014 U.S. tour. After helping to close out the current season of Saturday Night Live, Ms. Clark…
“Yesterday’s history, tomorrow’s a mystery.” He spent his teens break-dancing on the streets of Dallas and busting moves in Miami malls. He snagged a string of motocross championships. He learned to beatbox and rhyme. And then he became the most famous rapping white boy in the world. See also: Review…
The key to a quality concert experience … As Mogwai guitarist John Cummings might say: “General respect of other lives of other people, I suppose, is more important than a lot of other stuff.” But Crossfade would also like to toss off some shout outs to comfortable shoes, mind-expanding substances,…
#OnTheRun This summer, Jay Z and Beyoncé will be taking their whole “boy meets girl, girl perfect woman/Girl get the bustin’ before the cops come running” act across these Unites States of America for a 16-city crime spree stadium tour. Previously rumored to be called the Mr. and Mrs. Carter…
Felicidades to Marc Anthony. Last night, the Nuyorican superstar stocked up on Billboard Latins, winning ten crystal statuettes, including Artist of the Year and Hot Latin Song, Digital Song, and Latin Airplay Song of the Year for his salsa scorcher “Vivir Mi Vida,” Other notable premios recipients: The late Jenni…
The Ultra ban has failed. After delaying the issue at its April 10 meeting, the Miami City Commission finally discussed, considered, and voted on the future of the EDM fest. The result was 4-1 in favor of Ultra returning to Miami and Bayfront Park for 2015. See also: In Defense…
The Vagabond is gone. After six years, the NE 14th Street nightspot will be shuttered. And the closing isn’t next year, next month, or next week. The club is closing today, according to co-owner Carmel Ophir. See also: The Vagabond Miami: Five Classic Memories From the Fifth Anniversary Party…
We are all quite aware that food celebrity, television host, prolific author, and hilarious asshole Anthony Bourdain is basically a rock ‘n’ roll guy. On the tube, he can often be seen palling around with Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, another funny, prickly professional shit-talker. And the theme…
“Don’t leave your flags at home!” That’s an important tip from the Best of the Best folks. ‘Cause this year’s Memorial Day Weekend concert in Miami is a “100% Caribbean show,” just like the last few editions, swapping the Ricky Rozays and DJ Khaleds for steady shots of straight reggae,…
It is believed a certain, as-yet-undiscovered infrasonic frequency just might exist that would cause humans to lose control of their bowels due to resonance. To date, though, the most effective tuneage for making a music fan crap his or her pants (usually with musical astonishment and primal fear) are spooky…
In this city of sun, sand, and fast money, the average life expectancy of most megaclubs is, like, a year, two months, and 56 seconds. So Space Miami reaching its 14th anniversary is about as close to nightlife immortality as it gets in the 305. And quite appropriately, the legendary…
Is nightclubbing awesome? Or awful? As former LCD Soundsystem frontman and DFA Records founder James Murphy once quipped: “It depends on your idea of fun. Champagne, music — it could be a nightmare.” But when Mr. Murphy’s handling the disc-jockeying, any trip to the club is just dreamy. Even if…
Oh, free tickets … As The Sounds’ Maja Ivarsson once sang: “I think about you all the time.” In about 48 hours, that Swedish songstress and her pals will saunter into downtown Miami’s Grand Central for an evening of shimmering New Wave pop. So we here at Crossfade, along with…
Ultra is safe … For now. During yesterday’s Miami City Commission meeting, Mayor Tomás Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff backed off on their most recent blitz to ban the EDM Festival from Miami. At about 12:45 p.m., the mayor and commissioner announced a surprise withdrawal of their resolution “prohibiting the…
What happened with the Ultra ban? Well, we won’t find out for another two weeks, because the Miami City Commission has just delayed the issue till its next meeting on April 24. Originally scheduled to be discussed, considered, and voted upon today, the resolution was withdrawn by both sponsors, Mayor…
