Why do you wanna spend New Year’s Eve with Lloyd (AKA Young Goldie)? Because he’s a world-class lover man sure to make any girl’s Serta shake like a Magic Fingers vibrating mattress. (Plus, you gotta do something while you wait for his new album King of Hearts to drop on…
Miami’s most recognizable road is getting a makeover next week, when Ocean Drive becomes Orange Drive. We know what you’re thinking … And no, OD isn’t getting spray-tanned with Snooki. It’s more botox than facelift. The venerable avenue will only get a temporary name change. And a slightly different way…
To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami’s Best Albums of 2010 here. Bulletproof Tiger Starving Hearts EP (Self-Released) It’s not very often that punk rock’s aging, bony body gets a shot of hot, new blood. And…
Holiday music, ugh. There’s nothing festive about reindeer trampling grandmothers, little drummer boys, or catching your mother making out with Santa. In fact, it sucks. But for some reason, it’s the type of shit music big-box retailers, Top 40 radio stations, and high-rise elevators pump through their speakers to get…
To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami’s Best Albums of 2010 here.J. NicsStimulus Package (Self-Released)J. Nics has risen tremendously since releasing his first collection of tracks in December 2009. His very first release came in the…
As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010. The Roots, Q-Tip, Eve, and Bobby Brown October 27, 2010 Fillmore Miami Beach When Crossfade first stumbled into the Hennessy Artistry party, our biggest…
This year we’re turning our backs on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, and dropping two beans at the Fontainebleau for Tiësto’s goodbye 2010 fiesta. The electro Dutch master is ringing in the New Year with a three-hour poolside set at the historic resort. And for just $25,000, you and…
Panic BomberDiscipline EP (YYZ Records)Our love affair with Miami’s most quixotic musician continued in 2010 thanks to the quiet release of the Discipline EP on Canada’s YYZ Records. After dropping his first full-length, Getting On My Mind, in late 2009, this three-track EP, released in March, almost seemed an afterthought.However,…
As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010.Swedish House MafiaOctober 30, 2010Masquerade Motel MiamiA one-night-only Halloween rager with house music superstars, Swedish House Mafia, was arguably the hottest ticket of the weekend…
Christmas brings a mixture of emotions to the masses. Dealing with family you haven’t seen all year. Remembering why you haven’t seen them all year. Being too broke to buy appropriate yet clever crap at Brookstone for everyone. Not being able to get anything important done. Tolerating neighbors’ stupid light…
Unlike so many other pop lotharios, Mr. Usher Raymond IV didn’t opt for some superexclusive NYE party attended only by celebs and their imaginary friends. Instead, the R&B star with the rippling abs decided to take his OMG world tour to the AAA so he could hang with 19,600 of…
Are we the only ones shocked it’s already the end of 2010? Damn! It’s certainly not the first time we’ve been assaulted by the sudden passage of an entire year. Still, there’s one local group for whom passage of time has been especially auspicious: Suénalo. Long one of Miami’s hottest…
Back when a president called Clinton ruled the White House, a band called Harry Pussy lorded over Miami’s tiny noise rock scene. The explosively experimental unit first emerged in 1992 when guitarist Bill Orcutt and drummer Adris Hoyos decided to cause general musical mayhem for no real reason besides their…
Is there a broke-ass musician in your life? Well, if not, just look to your left and you’ll find a guy named Danny in a band called Dirty Cherry who can’t even afford a simple bar of soap. Now look to your right and meet Jake, a bass player with…
Ever loved your sugar pie honey bunny pookie bear soooo much that your relationship already felt like beautiful music? We guess that’s what local musicians Me She and Chris V were feeling when they decided to express it in song. The enamored couple (look, they even have similar haircuts!) formed…
Making up words is fun, but it rarely yields any expression worth keeping (unless you count Peter Griffin’s festizio). The band name Lanzallamas Monofonica is an exception. It isn’t entirely fabricated: If you speak Spanish, you know lanzallamas to mean flamethrower. Meanwhile, monofónica refers to single-channel recording. Though the band…
Intergalactic surf rock act The Gutter Queens is ensuring that every willing participant can have a very retro and ribald Christmas this year at the Monterey Club. Led by guitarist-vocalist Ryan Black, the Coconut Creek natives (currently students at USF in Tampa) do a mean rendition of Dick Dale’s “Misirlou”…
Even if your knowledge of that odd urban creature commonly known as the hipster is limited to whatever you see on TV, there’s still a pretty good chance you know Diplo. He’s the froggy-voiced star of the new-ish BlackBerry Torch commercial that’s undoubtedly popped up during one of your recent…
The swamps and warehouse squats, Carol City and Coco’s Nightclub, South Beach and the megaclubs — our city’s music scene is the product of so many split-up, spliced, and remixed sources that any attempted overview of its output will inevitably seem insufficient and incomplete. But here at New Times, we…
As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010.Major LazerMay 15, 2010Grand CentralCrowd control issues aside, Major Lazer’s Skerrit Bwoy put on one hell of a show along with Diplo, Mimi, and a…
To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami’s Best Albums of 2010 here. Dino Felipe My Vomit Is A Crystal Ball (Triangle Earth) Dino Felipe has been quietly making loud music in his home for over a…
Shitty Christmas music makes Santa mad. Hey, the guy’s gotta drive ’round the whole world and the last thing he wants on such a long road trip is crappy tunes. And that means all the CDs he throws out of his sleigh end up falling down your chimney. Which explains…
