Sean Paul’s dancers are the ones you’ll really be watching while he’s onstage at the Hard Rock. That’s because, as reggae fans know, Paul is not the most, well, vivacious performer. But he is wicked in the studio, as his new album, Imperial Blaze, proves yet again. So even if…
In the past couple of years, DJ/producer Simon Baker has enjoyed a steady ascent to international fame through a slew of infectious releases on high-profile labels, countless global tour dates, and a firm grasp on what makes people get down on a dance floor. As a DJ on the ’90s…
Rest assured, dedicated Web 2.0’ers: D.C. rapper Wale has not forsaken Twitter. One of the most committed tweeters this side of Japanese schoolchildren, Wale earlier this year swore off the message-posting website after a particular tweet got him in trouble with the influential UK journalist and blogger DJ Semtex. While…
Half of internationally renowned Spanish twosome Chus and Ceballos, DJ/producer Chus Esteban has garnered worldwide recognition through the duo’s Stereo Productions label, in addition to chart-topping releases on the esteemed Yoshitoshi, Shinichi, and Defected imprints. High-profile remixes for the likes of Madonna, Danny Tenaglia, and Deep Dish have garnered Chus…
A guide to the inaugural Miami Music Festival
Old-school South Beach DJ Ruben Pagan returns as King Domino
South Florida native Jason DeRulo plays the Y100 Jingle Ball
December 17 at Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti (5501 NE Second Avenue) punks not dead and hardcore lives when O.P.S., Beltbuckle Death Sentence, Nobody’s Hero, Johnny Sex Fuck and the Flesh Rockets, Unit Six, and DJ Skidmark take the stage for only $5. Are you easily offended? “The picture is…
When Air’s Moon Safari came out in 1998, I was 15 years old and still in my teenage ska/punk phase. But here was an album with lush electronic soundscapes and minimal beats that really spoke to me. Air is responsible for introducing me to electronic music and the entire Astralwerks…
The PL0T and LINK crews have been busy this year hosting some of the top international techno talent at downtown venues like White Room, Electric Pickle and Space. Now they’ve embarked on an entirely new collaborative effort that aims to showcase Miami’s own local talent in the intimate patio setting…
Wow! Another day of concert announcements without jam bands. Don’t worry, they’ll be back tomorrow. For today it’s all about rock and roll. If you like your rock of the progressive persuasion, you’ll be happy to hear Yes is coming to Boca on February 28. Yes is taking a page…
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida’s campus radio stations. Top Albums for the Week of November 30 – December 5University of Miami- WVUM 90.5 FM, “The Voice” The voice is not your typical college radio station. They pride themselves on introducing…
Miami New Times Best Hip-Hop Artist ¡Mayday! recently got down with Lil Wayne for a video shoot and some well deserved national attention. Check out the video below. Thanks to the305.com for the heads up…
Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these funky-named places you’ve never heard of are subdivisions of real venues, with made-up names just for festival purposes. Others venues are tents; Transit Lounge alone…
Here’s a video of Diablo Dimes performing Friday night, December 5th, at Fountain Art Fair 2009 opening for G. Love. Diablo Dimes is a an old-style blues character complete with torn hat, busted old guitar, harmonica, and kazoo, who plays gutbucket, Dixieland, rag time, swamp-ugly music about drinking, fighting, fucking,…
Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these funky-named places you’ve never heard of are subdivisions of real venues, with made-up names just for festival purposes. Others venues are tents; Transit Lounge alone will host…
Here are a few randomly selected recommendations among the many acts playing the Miami Music Festival. Visit MiamiMusicFestival.org for individual venue details. Many of these funky-named places you’ve never heard of are subdivisions of real venues, with made-up names just for festival purposes. Others venues are tents; Transit Lounge alone…
If you aren’t aware yet, it’s the holiday season, which means the advertisements on television are focusing heavily on toys kids don’t really need and will probably forget about a month after unwrapping. Still, that didn’t stop Crayola from brainwashing children into thinking they need a silly contraption called a…
In an either extremely clever or just brave bit of scheduling, the inaugural edition of the Miami Music Festival launches this Thursday, less than a week after the onslaught of Art Basel Miami Beach. Despite the lack of a long recuperation lag, though, if you truly want to support South…
If you missed it last week, please read our post last week on Help Mend a Heart, the social network effort to help save the life of Maureen Waters. After battling a flu for several days, the day after Thanksgiving, she was rushed to the hospital with what turned out…
Oh, you thought the slideshows we posted up yesterday was the end of our Art Basel Miami Beach coverage? Hahaha! Oh, sweet Jesus! Absolutely not. Seriously, we could close out the month of December and still not cover everything we saw and did last week.So here are a few bonus…
To view a full slideshow of this event, click here. OK GoDesign Miami/December 3, 2009Better Than: Stan Brakhage chewing bubblegum — or just as good, anyway.With all the mad dash that was Art Basel, I sadly only had time enough to catch OK Go perform one song in their five-day Design…
