The Groove Cruise sets sail from Miami January 29! It’s gonna be three days of unadulterated hedonistic fun under the sun, all to the beat of some seriously high-energy electronic tuneage. You’ll need some tan in a can. You’ll need tons of water. And you’ll probably need an industrial-sized supply…
Read Crossfade’s review of Interpol’s August 2010 show in Miami. Back when Paul Banks and Interpol first crawled out of the NYC indie underground in the very early Aughts, the whole post-punk revival thing seemed seconds away from completely conquering pop music. But the hugely hyped, grunge-level takeover never really…
Raucous, rowdy, and nothing if not fun, Bright Light Social Hour is everything we fell in love with when we first discovered rock and roll. The group puts out the kinds of bluesy jams we blasted from our reeking bedrooms during junior high, as we listened to classic rock gods…
Washed Out frontman Ernest Greene has a success story most one-man bands dream about late at night in their lonely studios. He was unemployed, looking for work, living with his parents, and making music in his bedroom before he was suddenly discovered by all the right music blogs. Soon, his…
This past September, effusively adored (and often reviled) Linkin Park released A Thousand Suns, a sprawling studio experiment that challenged the band’s oft-constrained standards as well as those of the pop-rock world at large. Has there ever been a moment before when Village Voice would dare assert “Linkin Park Made…
DJ-producer Eric Estornel is a veritable chameleon of electronic dance music. In a career spanning almost two decades, he’s shifted musical styles as often as monikers. His extensive discography boasts atmospheric techno as Maetrik, twisted electro as Mariel Ito, and moody deep house as Maceo Plex, all executed with a…
There’s a chance Tyvek’s Nothing Fits is a painstakingly assembled second record. Perhaps every player utilized great precision and grace when performing each note. The resulting album, however, sounds like a glorious mess. The Motor City band spits out its lo-fi, garage-y punk rock with such urgency it seems as…
Now in his 40s, British-born rapper Slick Rick has spent nearly half his life battling MCs, criminal charges, monocular vision, and deportation. Like a fortune teller, the rapper titled his 1988 masterpiece The Great Adventures of Slick Rick two years before his real troubles began: an attempted murder charge, followed…
When middle-aged lovers in matching pastel jumpsuits pop a little blue pill, light a dozen vanilla-scented candles, and get ready to rock so very softly, there’s only one soundtrack sexy enough for that kind of action: the sweet and flaccid strains of Air Supply’s Forever Love: Greatest Hits. Packed with…
Despite the name, Dirty South isn’t a filthy rapper from Macon with a mouth full of purple sizzurp and $30,000 diamond-studded platinum grillz. He’s actually a skinny, clean-cut white guy from Australia who spends his spare time pounding out big-room bangers in his home studio and pulling all-nighters at mega-clubs…
Have you ever visited Little Dragon land? It’s a magical musical netherworld located halfway between creepy and cutesy, where the wind whispers and rages in strange songful bursts of art rock, R&B, and electro-pop. The days are dusky. The night sky shimmers in a totally trippy way. And if you…
There have been a lot of rumors circulating regarding bachata boy band and all-around global superstars Aventura, particularly those of the breakup variety. As early as last summer, gossip began to swirl that the New York-based band comprising Anthony “Romeo” Santos, Henry Santos Jeter, and brothers Max and Lenny Santos…
Self-admitted douchebag Kanye West and expletive-uttering crooner Cee Lo Green nab the top spots in 2010’s Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll.What is Pazz & Jop, you say? It’s just the biggest survey of the year in music by our sister paper in NYC. Over 1,500 critics were asked to…
Sons of Tonatiuh S/T (Self-Released) myspace.com/sonsoftonatiuh Hailing from the sticky sweet region of Atlanta comes the lumbering, guitar-heavy metal of Sons of Tonatiuh. And while we’ll dispense with the quick lesson on Aztec deities or the nuances and complexities of the Nahuatl language, just know that this is good, brutal…
Last week we previewed the upcoming January 21 performance by Maceo Plex at the Electric Pickle. The acclaimed American DJ-producer is Eric Estornel, who also goes by Maetrik and Mariel Ito — it depends on whether he’s feeling dark, sci-fi, or sexy. He’s been rocking the decks since the early…
View photos from No Age’s performance at Grand Central here.No Age With Beings and Rene Hell Grand Central Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Better Than: The outcome of the Heat game a couple blocks away. No Age shows in Miami, by now, seem to attract two distinct but related groups. There’s…
It is no secret that we love the Methodaires. We love the crew’s take on ska and roots reggae. And we certainly love that its self-titled debut EP is finally out and getting a proper release for Miami fans this Friday at Churchill’s Pub. The Gold Coast Derby Grrls will be hosting…
Regular Crossfade readers will recognize the name Beings, a local heavyish-arty-fuzzy group with a kickass female drummer. So who the, uh, hell, is this Rene Hell character sandwiched between them and No Age tonight at Grand Central? The answer: It’s just one name for an idiosyncratic electronic artist who’s so…
Despite the name, Dirty South isn’t a filthy rapper from Macon with a mouth full of purple sizzurp and $30,000 diamond-studded platinum grillz. He’s actually a skinny, clean-cut white guy from Australia. Born Dragan Roganović in Belgrade, Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) during the late ’70s, he immigrated to Melbourne at the…
It’s no secret that Crossfade loves L.A.’s best scrappy lo-fi punk duo, No Age. Luckily for us, No Age seems to love our hometown right back — or at least have booking agents who do. No seriously, they’ve publicly professed their interest in Miami recently, even if their schedules don’t…
Jesse Marco Ransom Mondays Monday, January 17, 2011 Mokai Better than: Another trip to the airport. Ransom Mondays at Mokai are supposed to be “industry” parties. That refers to the hospitality industry: bartenders, concierges, waiters, etc. It would seem, though, that the only industry that might unify the patrons on…
Late last night while scooping the spam out of Crossfade’s constantly clogged inbox, we spotted a shocking subject line: “Bar Is Closing.” WTF? It’s been barely a year since OHWOW’s Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran ran a blitz on the 2009 Basel scene by remaking the former PS14 space into…
