Game on! We did it! Best of Miami 2014 is complete! Places to eat, places to meet people, places to go pee in public… This annual issue has got it all. Of course, though, New Times’ music department is most hyped to discuss the 305’s top tuneage and party spots…
Feeling cuckoo? Well, for all of you wistful pop fans feeling excessively chuffed that the gentlemen and lady of Scottish sextet Belle & Sebastian are finally set to grace the Magic City with cheeky ditties about failed love, twisted emotions, and “funny shoes” … Here’s some even sweeter news. The…
Everyone knows summertime in Miami is hot, sweaty, and steamy. While the blazing sun and scorching weather may have something to do with it, our hardcore party rep, endless nights, and flawless looks are actually most to blame. Just check out the six best club parties going down this week…
“North America, I am coming for you!” That’s Hardwell. And this morning, the superstar DJ hijacked massive LED screens in New York City’s Times Square to announce “the last chapter” of his I Am Hardwell world tour. The EDM megashow has already sold out in 19 countries, from Singapore to…
Game On! We did it! The Best of Miami 2014 is complete! Places to eat, places to meet people, places to go pee in public … This annual issue’s got it all. Of course, though, we here at Crossfade are most hyped to discuss the 305’s top tuneage and party…
For over 40 years, Tavares has been one of the best Northern Soul acts in America, smoothest R&B groups in Europe, and most celebrated disco bands in the world. The live show has always impressed, and the five brothers who make up this band continue to harmonize for packed concerts…
If you got a dollar, then you got a dream. And enough scratch for a Seagram’s and 7. For the second straight summer, Southern spitter, Born Sinner, Jay Z protege, and Grammy nominee J. Cole will be staging his Dollar & A Dream Tour. There will be semi-secret shows in…
Sure, two high-school girls can make a “Chonga Song” with an old PC and a USB mic, and go viral. But there’s still nothing like a professionally recorded song produced with quality gear and a dedicated engineer in an acoustically sound environment. Miami’s great musical history is proof. Outside of…
Deafheaven Churchill’s Pub, Miami Sunday, June 15, 2014 By this point, we’ve heard the lamentations, death knells, and obituaries for ye olde Churchill’s Pub, the alternative hub in the heart of Little Haiti, where a punk and experimental scene has flourished for decades on end. The club was recently sold…
El_Txef_A (pronounced elchefa) is quite the odd moniker. But it turns out to be a play on words based on the last name of its owner, Aitor Etxebarria, which means “new house” in his native Basque — rather fitting, considering this celebrated young producer’s decidedly new house music sound. Of…
YACHT With Otto Von Schriach and a DJ set by Juan MacLean Desperados’ #SeizeTheNight Friday, June 13, 2014 Toejam Backlot, Wynwood, Miami Better Than: Free beer. Before the recession hit, it seemed parties thrown by beer and spirits companies were the norm in Miami. They would put on these extremely…
Have a case of the Monday blues? Well, get over it! You live in Miami. That means there’s always a pretty good party comin’ up. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week, from Futro’s Oscar G and Lazaro Casanova at Bardot to Cut Copy and Classixx…
¿Que es un “Tipo Tropical”? Well, just ask Cuban puppet and Miami media mogul Pepe Billete: “Imagine it like this … If you went to sleep tonight and were visited by the morronga fairy and tomorrow you woke up with five additional inches added to both the length and diameter…
Little Dragon With Lawrence Rothman Grand Central, Miami Thursday, June 12, 2014 Better Than: Watching the Miami Heat lose … Sob. On a night when parking was hard to come by (as a few blocks away an NBA Finals game was being played), a sold-out crowd still managed to pack…
Freaky shit happens in the Magic City come Friday the 13th. Full moon bashes are thrown, free parties appear out of thin air, and regular lounges transform into mystical gardens like some sort of magic. Yeah, it’s weird. But instead of being all superstitious about it, go and get your…
Is Weezy squashing his beef with the Miami Heat? Last year, the Young Money maniac declared war on King James and crew during an NBA All-Star Game weekend concert. “Fuck LeBron! Fuck She-Wade! Fuck Chris Bosh! Fuck all them niggaas, man. And, and, and,” Wayne cackled. “I fucked Chris Bosh…
Yes, Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry is a lovely lady from lovely Glasgow with a lovely voice. So it’s only natural to develop a crush. But please, save yourself some embarrassment … And do not ask her to marry you via Twitter. That foolish mistake has already been made by many an…
The music industry is a male-dominated business. And though punk rock disturbs the status-quo, it’s no exception to paternal rule. That being said, it is one of the most open and inviting genres in music. With the right attitude, anyone can be a punk rocker, and plenty of ladies have…
Dan Destructo has lived through five decades of punk rock, witnessing its ebb and flow from the skewering environs of Venice Beach, Florida. Now relocated to the Los Angeles area, his long-running outfit No Fraud has proudly released a 17-track collection of some demos recorded in 1984. While Destructo and…
The last time Cut Copy performed outside Ultra Music Festival (which the Aussie outfit has played three times), it was for a couple of back-to-back concerts at Grand Central. The band sold out one night. So the venue took a gamble and booked the band for a second evening. The…
Get giddy. Glaswegian indie-pop outfit Belle & Sebastian have announced a short, seven-city 2014 North American tour. “So since we’re in Austin in October,” the band teases in its official announcement, “we thought we’d drop by and say ‘hi’ to some of you good people in Florida, Atlanta, LA, and…
As half, along with Morgan Geist, of seminal NYC production duo Metro Area, Darshan Jesrani helped spawn some of nu-disco’s most timeless groovage. With its sleek, modern interpretation of vintage disco and boogie sounds, the pair’s eponymous 2002 debut long-player is widely considered one of the decade’s best dance music…
