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.RihannaJuly 31, 2011American Airlines ArenaA pop-tastic show that was full of theatrics and a stepping-into-Rihanna’s-dreams storyline. The concert’s timing couldn’t have been better either. After…
Torche Songs For Singles (Hydra Head Records) hydrahead.com Admittedly, this eight-song EP came out in September. But I’m boiling down the tardiness of this review as follows: I just bought a copy, it hadn’t been properly reviewed, and my colleague Erica K. Landau over at County Grind just named it…
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.Suénalo Live at Transit (Suenalo Music)Though made up of relatively young cats, Suénalo has established itself as one of our local scene’s granddaddies with a…
So, Monday night was amazingly cold. There was a lunar eclipse. I needed to get out of my cave. And I got a ride to Churchill’s from my Nigerian female friend because I had heard that Rachel Goodrich was going to be performing at the open mic. Soon, I was…
For awhile now, Toronto DJ-producers Jonny White and Kenny Glasgow have been established scene veterans. But nothing could have prepared them (or the world) for the tsunami wave of their 2010 debut release as Art Department, “Without You.” A monstrous bass-driven banger oozing with raw sex and haunting Quaalude-hazed vocals, it dominated…
What’s next on Swedish House Mafia’s to-do list? Total global takeover? Almost. This evening, word has arrived that Mafia members Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, and Axwell will challenge Ultra Music Festival’s exclusive claim to the last weekend of March by throwing one of their Masquerade Motel parties on Saturday, March…
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.Lazaro Casanova Soul Food EP (petFood) Miami’s not really a house music town. Sure, we host WMC each year and we’ve grown a pretty banging…
All you pop culture junkies might recognize DJ Tracy Young from The Real Housewives of Atlanta where she recently made a cameo alongside ex-girlfriend Kim Zolciak. But if that’s the only reason you know her, you’re crazy. Since 1991, Ms. Young has racked up a total of 40 Billboard Number…
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.AfrobetaDo You Party? EP (Do IT Entertainment)Since 2006, Afrobeta has been peddling its sugary electropop to Miami’s small music scene. But the pair’s marketing machine…
If he hasn’t already made plans to build himself a giant geodesic disco dome atop the Fontainebleau Hotel, Swedish House Mafia member Steve Angello’s top priority in 2011 should be purchasing a prime SoBe condo. Ever since he and fellow Mafia men Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso headlined the main stage…
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.Lil DaggersKing Corpse Limited Edition 7″ (Livid Records)There’s just something about a limited-edition record that makes you wanna go out, get it, and add it…
See the full Justin Bieber slideshow. Whenever Justin Bieber invokes that magic couplet, “Baby, baby, baby, oh/Like baby, baby, baby,” people get crazy cracked! Maybe it’s the pitch of Bieber’s voice at this particular stage of his hormonal development that drives human beings into a rabid frenzy, like high-strung German…
UPDATE: Originally scheduled for April 15, Juanes’s show at the American Airlines Arena has been changed to October 15. If you missed the special presale for Juanes’ recently announced Miami date, have no fear … Tickets are now on sale via Ticketmaster for his April 15 October 15 show at the AAA…
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.Lil WayneI Am Not a Human Being (Young Money/Cash Money)Lil Wayne will never stop repping his hometown of New Orleans — just count the references…
Rejoice freaky party people ’cause Made Event’s massive Sunday School for Degenerates throwdown is back for another year. And just as we speculated last week when announcing the Anjunabeats party, class will be convening alongside Ultra Music Festival and not WMC. Like the 2010 edition (and Above & Beyond’s Anjuna…
You can joke about Justin Bieber’s lesbianism all day. But the Biebz reigns supreme. Powered by asexual androgyny and cotton-candy songcraft, he has brainwashed tween girls, their mothers, and even, in the most extreme cases, their fathers. You could be next. Seriously, if JB didn’t look (and sound) like an…
Ultra Music Festival revealed its Phase One lineup announcement early this morning via Facebook. The lineup really shows an ambitious mix of live indie-dance bands, usual crop of house DJs, and more experimental electronic musicians. Really, it’s one of the best lineups for the festival in recent years.Previously announced acts…
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…
Holidazed 2010 Presented by 10K Islands and Discosoma With ANR, Can’t Stop, Sumsun, Plains, and Deaf PoetsChurchill’s PubThursday, December 16, 2010Better than: A lame corporate office Holiday party.When we heard 10K Islands and Discosoma Records were teaming up to have a holiday party, we half expected tacky Christmas sweaters, strings…
Around the turn of the century, it seemed at one point that Fatboy Slim (AKA Norman Cook) would be the first superstar DJ. While he reached an incredible level of success Stateside, it paled in comparison to his European achievements. Hey, a dance sequence to the tune of “The Rockafeller…
We know how much you love the Captcha commenting system now in use on Crossfade. Who doesn’t enjoy struggling to read nonsensical phrases to prove they aren’t evil robots. We hate to break it to you, but Captcha is going away. Crossfade and the other Miami New Times blogs are…
That old-school jacking house sound from the early ’90s made a big comeback in 2010. One of its pioneers was none other than Miami’s Oscar Gaetan, who along with DJ Ralph Falcon and their seminal Murk Records single-handedly put Miami on the house music map two decades ago. Under the…
