The 27-year-old Serani’s 2008 single, “No Games,” with its sped-up, hiccuping beat and indelible chorus, was everywhere that year. A debut album of the same name followed in 2009, but since then, he’s been working to prove he’s no one-hit wonder. Newer songs like “When It’s Cold,” “Naked,” and “Romance”…
If Crossfade is looking a little lighter this morning it’s because it had some surgery last night. We are pleased to announce South Florida now has two music blogs for the best source of everything music and nightlife related happening around our area. Our sister paper, New Times Broward-Palm Beach,…
Friday, May 21-The biggest free events are part of the Heineken Inspire series, the afternoon and night of Friday and Saturday, at the Moore Building in the Design District. Each day is divided into an afternoon session from 3 to 9 p.m., and a nighttime session from 9 p.m. to…
Thousands of people will flock to South Beach on Memorial Day Weekend, and there are a head-spinning number of beach parties, pool parties, club parties, concerts, and a seeming million other things to keep them all busy. Luckily, Miami New Times has a handy online central listing of them all. …
Since the mid-’80s, Lady Saw has represented for the females in the highly male-driven world of dancehall. And throughout her career, she’s racked up a lot of firsts. She was the first female dancehall artist to headline major genre events outside of Jamaica, the first to win a Grammy, and…
Wailers fans face a similar dilemma that devotees of Asia, L.A. Guns, the Platters and other groups touring (and squabbling) under the same name face. There are currently two bands touring as the Wailers. The first is the Wailers Band, which was formed by Bob Marley as his backing band…
Many know Daryl Hance as the right hand man to Mofro frontman JJ Grey. Now, Hance — the quiet and sincere dude who sits calmly on stage, eyes closed with his Fender, weaving its electricity masterfully through the band’s deep, front porch soul grooves — has embarked on his first…
Barrington Levy has had two musical lives, it seems, in the past few decades. There was his first one, as a wildly popular singer of reggae and a splash of early dancehall, a career which began in the ’70s and netted him hits like “Collie Weed” and “Under Mi Sensi.”…
The good news: There are still some tickets left for some of the free Heineken Inspire events taking place Friday and Saturday at the Moore Building in the Design District.The bad news: That doesn’t include the most coveted of the events, the Friday-night show by the Cold War Kids and…
Back in January we announced the launch of the local Musical Missionary label with a debut record release by Austin-based producer Darren DuVall. The label has since continued to expand with a growing lineup of forward-thinking EDM artists. Musical Missionary itself continues to cultivate an unprecedented philanthropistic approach to music…
Trusted scribe Alex Rendon puts out a rock-solid music e-mail newsletter for New Times Broward-Palm Beach every week, which you can sign up for right here. Here’s one stimulating entry from this week’s edition.Ace local booking source the Honeycomb brings massive, nationally-touted reggae ensemble, iLa Mawana to Boca Raton’s the…
Poplife just closed out its last Saturday at Electric Pickle (and its last official weekly for the foreseeable future). Still, someone’s taking over the party’s old venue. Get Some is the new Saturday shindig there, and it’s sponsored by Shake Inc., Culture Parties, and BassHead Music.”Get Some is a branch…
Rolando Grooscors has worn the hats of producer, composer, and arranger, but is best known as an accomplished jazz guitarist. Impressively adequate in all these fields, he’s twice received Latin Grammy nods and his latest album, Thankful, has garnered positive criticism and acclaim from notable jazz musicians. Pianist and vocalist…
Rick Ross needs little introduction in this town, but whats curious is that he’s billed here alongside a new protege. Meet Magazeen, a Miami-based dancehall artist who’s a new signing to Ross’ own label, Maybach Music. You may have heard him on a remix to Ross’ single “Here I Am,”…
This thirtysomething singer holds it down for Trinidad on this bill, one of the few artists here to represent soca. Still, if anyone has a shot at bringing the Caribbean style over into the mainstream, it’s Machel Montano. While he’s been recording and releasing albums since his teen years, in…
Evan Rowe is a local songwriter and performer best known as Catalonia, a professor of political science and history at Broward College, and a small-d democratic strategist with no party affiliation. Each week, we surrender our space for his thoughts on the music industry and how they relate to our…
Miss FD Monsters in the Industry (Quantum Release) It’s been a long time coming for the Fort Lauderdale goth-pop artist now known as Miss FD. This fiery-haired, gloomy gal endured a three-year battle with her former management label based in the United Arab Emirates which prohibited her from releasing any…
Swazy Styles is a Broward County rapper whose song “Birthday Suit,” has a beat that recalls the song from Tetris, one of the most popular video games of all time.The song has been added to programming lists at radio stations across the country, and is repped heavily down here by…
The Hold Steady’s lead singer/barker Craig Finn quits drinking every year for a month and a half for Lent, but he’s back to imbibing for the headlining slot at an event in the Design District sponsored by the king of green-bottled beers, Heineken. The recently released fifth full-length album, Heaven…
Heineken USA just launched “Heineken Inspire,” a series of invite-only events featuring a variety of rock and hip-hop acts. The four-city tour includes Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. The kick-off will take place in none other than the Magic City, with local DJ Irie starting the festivities at 3…
Party thump-producing icon Roger Sanchez will pack the house at Mansion this Saturday. Well, that’s his intention at least. Fresh off a South American tour, the New York City native began a rare, two-week North American DJ tour in D.C. mid-May, with other stops including Chicago, New York City, San…
Next Wednesday, amid the glide and slide that signifies mainland Miami, the Electric Pickle will go off with a soul-stirring spectacle courtesy of the cats known as Champion Sound. It’ll be a birthday of sorts, because Champion has been sounding off at the Pickle for one full year. But it’ll…
