Nanette Gonzales/LA WeeklyLooking for love There’s something undeniably erotic about Coachella. Perhaps it’s the triple-digit heat that gets you hot and heavy, or maybe seeing some of your favorite bands all in one weekend gets your juices flowing. Or, most likely, you’re in your twenties so you’re perpetually horny by…
Since 2007, every third Saturday in April has been set aside for the observance of Record Store Day, when vinyl lovers and music fans show love and appreciation to the their local shops. In Miami, though brick-and-mortar music retailers like Spec’s, Virgin Megastore, and F.Y.E. are certainly a thing of…
Ron Morelli’s music is not for everyone. But that’s how it usually goes with artists that make few compromises in their work. Ostensibly a techno producer, his records can be arrhythmic, atonal, and murkily atmospheric — caustic machine noise experiments more akin to the power electronics subgenre of industrial music…
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…
Yeah, being broke sucks, but that’s no excuse for you to spend Friday night eating Doritos and watching reruns of The Golden Girls from your sofa all weekend long. You live in Miami. That means that you don’t need wads of cash to party like an animal. All you need…
Who’s ready for rumba y baile from some of the biggest estrellas en música Latina? It’s the Billboard Latin Music Conference. Going on its 25th cumpleaños, the four day fiesta kicks off April 21 at the JW Marriott Marquis in Downtown. Hundreds of músicos from across the globe, including Enrique…
It’s not easy being so fabulous. Unless you live in Miami. With a sunny, sandy mecca like South Beach, our city’s long been a home (and fave vacation spot) for proud, partyin’ members of the international gay community. But SoBe isn’t the only neighborhood that flies the rainbow flag. From…
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 Originally scheduled to be discussed, considered, and voted upon today, the resolution was withdrawn by both sponsors, Mayor…
To hear Dead Milkmen guitarist/vocalist Joe Genaro tell the story about the rise, breakup, and reunion of his Philly-based pop-punk crew, the basis of a successful band is not an interest for fame and fortune, but friendship. It was friendship that drove Joe and the Dead Milkmen’s creativity, including their…
Grab that little red joystick, gamers. It’s time to work out those nimble wrists, trigger finger, and button thumb by casting at least ten votes in New Times’ Best of Miami 2014: Game On! readers’ poll. Sadly, the days of “Best Arcade” are long gone. But we here at Crossfade…
Now in its 45th year, the Allman Brothers Band is gearing up for its final performance at Wanee — a three-day annual music festival that the group’s so proudly organized for the fans over the past decade. The band’s current roster includes founding members Gregg Allman on the organ, piano,…
When Todd Rundgren dubbed an early album A Wizard, a True Star, it might have seemed somewhat presumptuous at the time, given that his recording career was practically in its infancy. Four decades later, that title has come to sum up one of the most remarkably prolific careers in rock’s…
Ultra Music Festival has issued a “call to action.” Responding to Mayor Tomás Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff’s proposed ban, the EDM fest has launched a petition to “Keep UMF in Miami.” “In order to stay at Bayfront Park,” Ultra writes, “we need your support now.” And at the time…
Where’s Molly? Wrong question, party people. It’s a ridiculous myth that any drug purchased on the street advertised as “real molly” is ecstasy in its purest form. That tab’s more likely to be some mystery pill that could kill you. So follow the advice of Miami’s TestSure and try asking:…
In a galaxy not so far away, Telekinetic Walrus and the Pride of Ions is captivating audiences with a fusion of electronic booty-bouncing hip-hop and fantastic folk. After a two-year hiatus spent recording music and building the Walrus Cave, this team of intergalactic superheroes returned to the Miami music scene…
Chaos. Gatecrashing. Drug use. Graffiti. Crime. In the wake of Ultra Music Festival 2014, Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff have hyperbolically enumerated the evils of the EDM fest in pursuit of a city-wide ban. There were two undeniable tragedies at this year’s fest: the trampling of security…
Winning over American crowds can sometimes be tough for foreign rock bands. But Swedish group The Sounds has always enjoyed an easy, reciprocal relationship with U.S. fans. “In Sweden, we have a little bit of a different crowd,” lead singer Maja Ivarsson explains. “Over here in America, though, we’ve also…
Speakeasy. Whorehouse. Music landmark. For the last 101 years, Tobacco Road has stood at 626 S. Miami Avenue, serving a clientele of locals, drifters, and legends in need of booze, good times, rhythm, blues, and rock ‘n’ roll. This tavern survived Prohibition. It lasted through the lawless coke-addled days of…
How tight are the velvet ropes at Miami Beach megaclubs? So unyieldingly snap-stiff that not even Justin Bieber can get the VIP treatment. A couple of months ago, the Biebz got busted by MBPD for DUI after some very important partying at SoBe’s SET Nightclub. That whole JB drama was…
It’s done. According to Churchill’s Pub founder and owner Dave Daniels, the sale of the legendary Little Haiti boozing establishment and live-music venue has been finalized. “Yes, it is,” Daniels tells Crossfade. “I am meeting with the buyer tomorrow. There will be further details then.” See also: Churchill’s Pub Owner…
If ever there was a poster child for the humble bedroom producer, it’s Harley Streten. Better known as Flume, he is the Austrialian wunderkind whose hypnotic blend of soulful pop and electronic dance music recently spread to all corners of the world, almost faster than you could’ve snidely said, “EDM.”…
As Ms. Tamar Braxton says: “Oh-oh-oh-whoa-ooh-oh-oh.” In exactly 38 days, the R&B diva and Braxton Family Values star (who also happens to be Toni’s baby sister) will be setting out on the Love & War Tour, bringing “Marvin Gaye and lingerie” and serious relationship drama to 17 U.S. cities this…
