The members of Above & Beyond are no strangers to celebrating in Miami. The British trance trio made up of Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, and Tony McGuinness have been throwing annual parties here for a few years now. And like previous installments, the threesome’s 2010 appearance will focus on Anjunabeats,…
The final hours of South by Southwest ended in, what else, a musically induced riot. Maybe it was the supermoon, or perhaps it was that Death From Above 1979, who hadn’t performed in five years, played an unannounced show at Beauty Bar’s back patio, making their fans completely insane. I…
Röyksopp albums, like all good things in life, come to those who wait. The duo of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland first began experimenting with synthesizers together as kids in their small, sub-Arctic hometown of Tromsø, Norway. “I remember seeing this documentary when I was seven, I think, about robots…
See the full 22-photo Jazz in the Gardens slideshow. Jazz in the Gardens With Ms. Lauryn Hill, Charlie Wilson, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Al Jarreau, Layla Hathaway, and Others Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens Saturday, March 19, 2011 Better Than: Hanging out with Kenny G in the bushes…
On her single “Youth Blood,” Josefine Jinder confesses to possessing a “late-night thirst.” But gratification has been anything but immediate for the self-described electronica girl who grew up listening to Art of Noise and Aphex Twin. Her early recordings amounted to diffident mimicry, the vocals buried in a morass of…
When, like at South by Southwest, a billion bands are playing in the same city at the same time, it’s hard to decide which ones you want to hear and the endless others you want to miss out on.As the week winds down, the music continues to blast through East…
Gary Richards wants to introduce you to your new favorite party. It’s called Hard, and since 2007 it’s been drawing thousands of electro heads together for messy free-for-alls in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Next city in Richards’s sights? Miami, of course. A DJ and record industry insider…
Nobodys Hero, To Be Hated, Enough!, and M66 Saturday, March 19, 2011 Churchill’s Pub Better Than: Ben Weasel’s punk rock mess at SXSW the night before. According to Nobodys Hero’s Joe Koontz, “Someone stole one of the urinals from the men’s bathroom.” He also politely asked, “If you have that,…
A little more than a year ago, Disco Biscuits shattered the dreams of Miami jamtronica kids when just eight days prior to the group’s Magic City debut, guitarist Jon Gutwillig broke his wrist, forcing the group to make a quick substitution for Ultra Music Festival. Sadly, the result was a…
See Crossfade’s recap, pics, and vids from Lauryn Hill’s Moving Target Intimate Playdate show at Grand Central. Just 30 minutes ago, Ms. Lauryn Hill wrapped her only officially announced Miami set of the weekend at the first night of Jazz in the Gardens music festival. After 15 songs, including deeply…
Nobody’s Hero S/T (Achála Productions) myspace.com/nobodyshero305 It would be easy to make unusual and extraordinary demands on Nobodys Hero. And it would be easy to dismiss them too, if you’re feeling like a prick. This band’s pedigree is like the Wu-Tang says: “Nothing to fuck with.” Seriously, you’re talking about…
Boomers, halt! There’s no need to spend the next 29 hours swaddling yourself in a million chiffon scarves or feathering, highlighting, mousseing, and teasing your hair in deference to Witchy Stevie and ol’ Rod the Bod. Tomorrow night’s Heart and Soul Tour nostalgia session starring Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart…
When you visit a city other than your own, it’s always important to explore that place’s unique treasures. And one of Austin’s gems is Roky Erickson. He is to Austin what Luther Campbell is to Miami. Or … He is to Austin music what the beach is to Miami. You…
Philip Glass New World Center Thursday, March 17, 2011 Better Than: The last time you raptly sat through 85 consecutive minutes of a classical concert. Philip Glass, noted minimalist composer, performed Thursday night at the fantastic new New World Center, designed by Frank Gehry. But before discussing the concert, I…
Remember when Deadmau5 was just a break from the Carl Cox tent at Ultra Music Festival back in 2008? Those were the days. By 2009, he graduated to the live stage. And last year, the rodent rager scored the first-ever sold-out solo date at the Miami megafest. Now for 2011,…
By the spring of 2010, parties thrown by local creative collective the Overthrow were already legendary. The now-defunct Black Sundays series at Bella Rose became, possibly, the only weekly party on South Beach to regularly stage faux murders, scoring a few Best of Miami nods from New Times. Its one-offs…
The WMC-Ultra electronic music season has reached its 26th year and British DJ-producer Carl Cox is one of the few scene veterans who can boast having been there for the long ride. A child of the late-’80s acid house boom and Second Summer of Love, Cox cut his teeth spinning…
For those us far away from the indie music pilgrimage in Austin, Texas, known as South By Southwest, there’s good news: In addition to members of the Crossfade team being there, our parent company, Village Voice Media, is all over it.In fact, VVM threw a little shindig last night at…
Few individuals have had as lasting an impact on electronic dance music as legendary British DJ Pete Tong. An early proponent of house, he has been one of the most highly regarded tastemakers in the world for a quarter-century now. This March, Tong comes to town for his annual Surfcomber…
Hesychia Involuted Departure (Self-released) There’s something poetic and soft about Patrick Norris’ Hesychia. But it’s also laced with obfuscation and subterfuge. On the surface, there is a desolate landscape of industry’s wrath. Yet upon careful inspection, really diving into the minutia of the minimalist guitar instrumentals within these sixteen-odd minutes,…
Art-pop maestros !!! (pronounced Chk Chk Chk) are a rowdy, snarky blast, punctuated by rippling bass sweeps, woozy synth codas, and tongue-in-cheek lyrics. But the outfit faces more competition than ever in the realm of rhythm-oriented indie rock. From Hot Chip to the Klaxons to Cut Copy, many of the…
Austin continues to be a land of great things, even during the madness of South by Southwest with a bazillion bands blasting their music at the same time. Austin’s so great that the madness isn’t even madness. For instance, a massive line of hundreds of people waiting for a wristband…
