You’re not going to spend your Saturday night watching South Carolina Republican Primary results on CNN, right? Of course not, the Grand Old Party’s an elephant-sized waste of time and Calvin Harris is playing LIV. Peel yourself off grandma’s plastic-covered sofa, take some ecstasy, and get your ass to la…
Back in the hot and sweaty summer of 2011, local rap crew ¡Mayday! set out on an 82-city blitz across the United States of America and Canada alongside the band’s boss, Tech N9ne, and the rest of his Strange Music fam. That cross-country trek was called the All 6’s and…
We may not have known it then. But Florida in the 1990s was a bonafide punk rock factory. Down in South Florida, labels like Starcrunch, 4 and Half Finger Records, and Far Out were pressing soon-to-be classics by the Stun Guns, Chickenhead, and the Crumbs. Our not-too-distant neighbors in Tampa…
South Florida rapper Bleubird releases debut album Cannonball!!!
Benny Latimore’s Ladies Choice album release in Miami January 21
Givers at Bardot January 19
Metal Cruise of Heaviness Pre-Apocalyptic Party at Grand Central January 22
Rattle Sundays at Mamushka’s January 22 and every Sunday
Cannibal Corpse at Culture Room January 22
Q-Tip at LIV January 25
Dinosaur Jr. at Grand Central January 23
When Graham Wood Drout and Iko Iko first started playing Tobacco Road in 1981, “the owner, an ex-cop named Neil, kept a shotgun behind the bar, couldn’t get any strippers to work for the club, and hired us to play for Mariel refugees under a disco ball till four in…
Admittedly, we were nervous about Jacuzzi Boys’ upcoming European tour. But we quickly changed our tone when Hardly Art assured us it’d be a land-based trek. Phew, what a relief. European tours can be a real bummer. Shitty guides recklessly leading you into dangerously shallow waters, shoddy safety regulations …..
When notorious rap provocateur, noted man of the people, and New Times columnist Luther Campbell told the Young Money crew to either give back or get out of Miami, pop-hopper Drake Aubrey Graham tried to act tough. He shot back at Campbell with “The Motto,” spitting a lame diss that…
Chilly. Brainy. Still sexy. Dressed like a superstylish Italo-disco dude who drives a Delorean, dances alone to Madonna, and dates his vintage synths, Johnny Jewel is the coolly smooth operator at the center of the Italians Do It Better family, not to mention indietronica crew Glass Candy and sophisticated pop…
Despite being a total dickhead in 2011, Armand Van Helden’s a pretty cool dude. When he and Duck Sauce cohort A-Trak teamed up for the “Big Bad Wolf” video last year, Van Helden’s face was CGI-ed onto some dude’s exposed groin. Thus, via movie magic, the Boston-born DJ became a…
Just the other day, we here at Crossfade were trying to find a way to console the poor beat freaks who’d failed to buy, buy, buy tix to Ultra Music Festival 2012 before it totally sold out. But then Ultra itself mended broken electro hearts, saved beat-freaking dreams, and restored…
Anjuli Stars sings like an angel, raps like a gangsta, and writes songs by the thousands. She plays the keys and strings. She owns her own record label. She’s collaborated with Pitbull. This Latin mami from West Kendall even holds a degree in Music Business and Songwriting from Berklee College…
A while back, we talked to Otto Von Schirach about his recent collaboration with German DJ-producer duo Modeselektor. He called the collabo track a “banger,” which is a spot-on description of the glitchy, pulsating beat that dominates “Evil Twin,” a song off 2011’s Monkeytown. In its dark and twisted sort…
Meet Brass Knuckles, a three-man production team that moonlights as a live electronic band. Repping the 305 to the fullest, Danny D’Brito, Tony Livadas, and Anthony Pisano have played all the biggest venues while also producing their own reoccurring party, Electrik Circus, at Grand Central. Over the last three years,…
For 31 years, the numerous, ever-increasing stages at gritty, surreal, and spectacular Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti has been where Miami rock music goes to define itself. A quick scan of the assorted press and awards (including endless clippings for Miami New Times Best Rock Club nods) reveal only a…
Do you enjoy art, fashion, film, and music? If the answer is no, you probably aren’t human. But if the answer is yes, you should go buy tix for Miami New Times’ Artopia 2012, “an event,” according to the official Facebook page, “that promotes art for people.” There’s gonna be…
