The Romance in a Can European Film Festival commenced last Thursday at the Tower Theater (1508 SW 8 St), and while we’re not huge lovey-dovey advocates on Crossfade (romance, shromance!), there are two films on the slate this week that involve music directly in the plot. Here they are. For…
Miami-alt rockers Alukard toy with Walt Disney’s animation and Salvador Dalí in their latest video incarnation for “Doubtful Optimism.” First started in 1946 and not completed until just a few years ago, the collaboration between two legendary artists seemed the perfect intermingling for the band’s latest track…
OrionEsperanza(O.E. Entertainment) www.orionhiphop.com Gauging from his work with Elastic Bond I could tell that Orion is the type of rapper who “gets it.” There is something innately eclectic from this young man that is refreshing and exciting and in his debut solo effort it comes through like an eighteen wheeler…
Remember indie-dance parties like Revolver, Spider-Pussy, and Vice? Well, Poplife may soon be joining them in the ranks of parties of clubland past. Poplife, the party, will official come to a close next Saturday, May 8 at Electric Pickle, while Poplife as a events and promotions company will continue to…
There is little that’s revolutionary, either politically or musically, about Buena Fe, the Cuban duo of Rojas Fiel and Yoel Martinez Rodriguez. Perhaps that’s because the pair are truly products of the studiously apolitical pop music scene in late Castro Cuba; they formed as a musical act in 1999 and…
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 democratic strategist with no party affiliation. From time to time, we will surrender our space for his thoughts on the music industry and how they…
Electric Bunnies have been disappointingly quiet lately, but while the band hibernates, erstwhile member Teepee, has taken flight as a solo artist. Born Eric Lopez-Zareno, he’s also sometimes known as That Guy Who Seems to Play In Every Band That Ever Plays at the American Legion. His solo work, however,…
— DJ Khaled continues to ride the wave of success that his song “All I Do Is Win” has garnered. Since releasing the song, he’s received tons of iTunes downloads for it. So I guess as a thank you of sorts, Khaled recruits pretty much all of the most relevant…
Among the many fine things going on this weekend, the Bubble is hosting a massive birthday bash this weekend in Fort Lauderdale. The experimental art space, which is located at 810 NE 4th Ave. in the Flagler Village section of town, has become the lifeblood of a passionate group of…
In spite of what some commenters told us earlier today, Iggy Pop will not be making a surprise appearance at SunFest tonight to replace the Flaming Lips.SunFest media rep Melissa Sullivan says regarding the flamboyant Miami resident, who theoretically could be in West Palm Beach tonight before starting a European…
Fuacata! Spam Allstars are getting it in tonight at their weekly residency at Hoy Como Ayer in the heart of Little Havana alongside Rumberos De La 8, a bangin’ Miami percussion group with members from Cuba and Puerto Rico produced by DJ Le Spam. Doors open at 9 p.m. and…
If the big, gorgeous shot of Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo in front of an 80-foot “=w=” didn’t already get your attention, feast your eyes on two of SunFest’s most passionate fans featured in Ian Witlen’s colorful slideshow detailing everything that went on during Wednesday’s New Music Night.A few more crowd shots…
Following yesterday’s announcement that the Flaming Lips will not perform at SunFest today, the band has announced that it will also miss a May 1 stop at the 2010 Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis.We already were aware that Flaming Lips’ multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd was recently hospitalized with an unknown…
SunFest New Music Night With Weezer, We Are Scientists, Constellations, Crash Kings Gringo Star, Locksley, and These United States West Palm Beach Waterfront Check out Ian Witlen’s slideshow of photos from SunFest’s New Music Night here. Better than: Mud balls in your face Considering all the rain we’ve had the…
It was the end of the ’90s and I found myself without a car and relying on Miami’s public transportation. It was Sunset Drive, a couple doors down from the liquor store and across from the Winn-Dixie and the sun was at its blistering best and I was on a…
Band of HorsesThe Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterApril 28, 2010Better than: A hot, endless afternoon of barbecue and horseshoes off the Carolina coast.Somewhere in the middle of “Ode to the LRC,” a revelation hit. My head was nodding along and my eyes were closed as Ben Bridwell’s…
The Dan Band Plays Brew at the Zoo
Local superindie label Destroyio Records made it all the way to the finals of Miami New Times’ recent Mastermind Awards contest this past winter. That was no small feat, considering the artsy-fartsy, more “establishment”-type entries in the pool. The one-man operation deserves plenty of credit for keeping proper punk rock…
A cappella music is a strange thing. It conjures images of either old-man barbershop quartets or, more likely, those overeager, overly animated dudes on your freshman dorm floor. Yes, these days, single-sex a cappella groups are largely confined to campus life, but every so often, a group breaks through to…
Just a couple of weeks before an extensive national tour that will keep them on the road for two months, the Jacuzzi Boys released a new video for their song “Smells Dead.” In a sign of the band’s growing national cred, the director here is John McSwain, a young filmographer…
The latest full-length album by Long Island band As Tall as Lions, You Can’t Take It With You, might seem pretty high-concept at first listen. That’s because it is. The band name-checks influences such as performance art piece Fuerza Bruta, for example, along the literary insights of Daniel Quinn’s mythological…
Nocturnal, the other major superclub on NE Eleventh Street, has suffered ups and downs, surviving through its share of closing and re-opening rumors over the years. But that’s just par for the course in nightlife, where longevity is rare and a fifth birthday, which the dance warehouse celebrates this weekend,…
