The name kind of says it all. John McHale certainly isn’t getting rich on the backs of HC and punk bands that he brings to whatever venue will have him. He is known for being an honest, if occasionally zany, promoter of all-ages shows in South Florida. This time Breakeven…
Destinee aka Maiden Dade aka Rita N. is a Dade County Hip Hop impresario, performer, recording artist and member of the THC Crew.Crossfade recently spoke to her by email about culture, technology and the music business. All you entrepreneurs out there take note. Destinee is a focused business woman who…
Best New Electronica ArtistPanic Bomber panicbomber.comPlaying live around town for less than a year, the shadowy character known as Panic Bomber has already developed some minor lore. Legend has it that once upon a time, Richard Haig was a local rock musician who got fed up with the grind of…
No, they’re not playing together, but Animal Collective and Bon Iver are both playing tonight. Animal Collective and Black Keys Dice are set to play the Culture Room tonight starting at 8 p.m. If you don’t already have tickets, you’re in some trouble as the show is sold out. So…
The flyer for “The Bubble,” the grand opening of the IWAN Concept Production Facility located off Fourth Avenue and 8th Street in downtown Fort Lauderdale, promised a great show. But the event also marked the beginning of something that was seriously missing in Broward: a hub for local talent to…
At the entry of Kimbaracumbara, a small restaurant club hidden between an art gallery and a Chinese restaurant in Little Havana, there’s a painting of the Virgin Mary with a baby Jesus and three angels holding her afloat. Celia Cruz’s song “Quimbara” plays in the background. A massive chandelier with…
It seems as if the last time they did this it went well so on Wednesday, Live Nation is again dropping all the service fees for shows at Live Nation-sponsored venues. That means, any shows at The Cruzan, Mizner, Pompano Beach, or Bayfront Park Amphitheaters will be a few dollars…
Best Weekly Party(((Shake))) at the Vagabond30 NE 14th St.Miami 33132305-379-0508thevagabondmiami.comHipsters love irony. But don’t call the Sweat Records and ¿Que Pasa M.I.A.? crews responsible for this Thursday-night fiesta hipsters. That’s totally not what they’re trying to attract. They’re more interested in spicing the event with scrumptiously dirty 305 flavor and…
Earlier this year, the publicity machine known as PETA decided they’d get their name in the papers again by requesting the Pet Shop Boys change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys. No really, they did. The request was respectfully declined, which I’m sure was a crushing blow to animal…
Now that Heidi and Spencer have gotten married for realz, MTV has decided to give our fair city its very own week of in-depth musical coverage. This introductory article mentions the accomplishments of the usual suspects – Lil’ Wayne, Flo Rida, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Khaled, and Cool &…
Ah, to be 13 again! Do you remember what it was like? You’re still mostly innocent, but just corrupted enough by the raging hormones that puberty bring so you’re starting to have fun. If you were a boy, you just started sprouting peach fuzz around your nether regions not long…
The Sun Rises in the East is a classic hip-hop album from the early 1990s. It is chock full of great — really, really great — beats courtesy of DJ Premier and is almost flawless, other than the annoying and degrading track “Da Bichez.” Jeru takes aim at commercial rap…
And now Crossfade presents a fan-made Florida Supercon 2009 music video set to a rousing techno soundtrack that will make you want to “Here We Go Again.” If you don’t know what Florida Supercon is, picture a Star Wars Convention type environment populated by fans of cosplay, anime and…
Calling a club or a venue iconic is cliche, so instead we’ll say Churchill’s is a landmark, an institution, or just a great place to see local acts. Those of you who’ve been frequent supporters of Churchill’s may have noticed something fishy has been going on the internets when it…
The 26-year-old Fort Lauderdale singer-songwriter Travis Newbill writes tunes that are one part quirky acoustic, one part angst, and one part philosophy. With a weekly gig at the nautical pub the Jib Room, a bar off of Oakland Park Boulevard just west of Federal Highway, Newbill fuses pop hooks with…
Best Local AlbumTorche, Meanderthal Hydra Head Recordsmyspace.com/torcheThe underground metal cognoscenti revered the 2005 self-titled debut album by heavy hometown heroes Torche for its melodic take on sludgy sounds. But it was last year’s followup, Meanderthal, that won the band a wider audience and even more critical praise. (And even though…
When New Times first caught up with DJ D-Up, the DC native was bringing his no holds barred “party music” to The Rose Bar at South Beach’s infamous Delano each and every Saturday night. He also was swooping into the continually cool Mokai once a month or so.Fast forward half…
Best Club DJDanny Dazemyspace.com/djdannydaze Danny Daze has been doing the DJ/producer thing for a while now, but he has definitely been getting plenty of attention recently. He spends as much time on the decks at clubs around the nation as in Miami, and when he’s here, you can catch him…
Last summer, local musician and hip-hop activist Brimstone celebrated four successful weeks of his inaugural P.A.T.H. School of Hip-Hop Culture. As Brim told New Times last year, the camp was an outgrowth of his attempt to start a hip-hop history and culture program through Miami Dade college. That didn’t work…
Astari NiteFriday, June 5, 2009Flamingo Fridays at PS14, MiamiBetter Than: A pop goth cocktailAs my esteemed colleague (and de facto boss) Arielle Castillo so keenly wrote in these pages last September, Astari Nite singer Mychael Ghost is unquestionably “a proper frontman.” Which is to say (as she said), that he…
To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. Here it is, the rainy season. For months it was dry. So dry, that we knew global warming was upon us and our days were coming to an end. We had a cold winter with gorgeous sunsets, dry afternoons…
Here’s exclusive behind the scenes footage from the Birdman & Lil Wayne feat. Mack Maine video shoot for their song “Always Strapped.” The song is forthcoming on Birdman’s new album, Priceless. Footage shot by the “how is he everywhere at once” hip-hop photographer Derick G. Enjoy…
