Twerkin’ is the best way to celebrate any holiday. Do it on a pumpkin. Do it on a Turkey. Do it atop a Christmas tree. Do it on a giant candy heart that reads “U R GR8.” Do it on a wrecking ball while naked and screaming, “We Can’t Stop!,”…
Is Basel finally moving to Wynwood? Nope. The main arty party’s still anchored out on Miami Beach. But Flaunt Magazine, 3P Production (the self-described “creative team behind Bardot”), and Mana Wynwood are bringing yet another unofficial outpost of Art Basel Miami Beach to the ‘Wood. During next month’s Basel week,…
Gwar With Band of Orcs, Iron Reagan, and Whitechapel Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale Monday, November 4, 2013 Better Than: Any Halloween party that we’ve ever attended. “So, the human race goes bald, gets ugly, and wears a stupid skirt.” — Oderus Urungus On a drizzly Monday night, Fort Lauderdale was…
Thee Oh Sees With OBN III’s and the Blind Shake The Stage Miami Monday, November 4, 2013 Better Than: Going home and waiting to work again. Waiting to die, again. If you’re like the majority of Americans, Monday nights typically involve a mind-numbing commute, a meal, and perhaps some time…
“Hey, you got to hold on…” That’s just Alabama Shakes singer and axe slinger Brittany Howard asking y’all to keep calm and exercise a lil’ patience. She and her band buds — guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, and drummer Steve Johnson — can hear you screaming, “I don’t wanna…
This weekend The Stage Miami is celebrating three years of music, and the approximately 624 parties they threw in about the past 1,000 days. Since its inception, this little club under the highway has ushered in a new era of live music and DJs in the heart of the City…
Kurt Vile & The Violators With VBA, Band in Heaven, and Beach Fossils Grand Central, Miami Friday, November 1, 2013 Kurt Vile is the unassuming anti-rock star for a new generation. As a guitarist, Vile brings an understated athleticism to his playing that perfectly suits the charming and often revealing…
Sure, Mondays are cruel and unusual punishment for us working folk, but when you have great music and concerts to look forward to, you may actually catch yourself saying something bizarre like, “I can’t wait for Tuesday.” Just check out the five best shows going down in South Florida this…
Halloween is one of the biggest party nights of the year. So if you head out on All Hallow’s Eve in Miami, prepare yourself for all kinds of spooktacular sights. Are those zombies really zombies? Or have they just drunk themselves near death? The answer, dear partier, is yes and…
“Space,” Oscar G insists, “was all I ever wanted.” No doubt, during his decades in the dance music game, the 305 house legend has achieved far more significant things (like, say, 12 top-ten hits in 17 years with Ralph Falcón on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs chart) than a residency…
Kurt Vile likes to weave a lot of subtle texture through his songs. It can be as simple as the squeak his fingertips make by rubbing the nylon strings on the neck of his acoustic guitar. Or it can be as other-worldly as an electric pulse from a Moog phaser…
Tobacco Road is so old that when it first opened way back in 1912 there were only 48 U.S. states. So old that when Abraham Lincoln turned 18, he hitchhiked to Miami and had his first beer there. (OK, that’s a lie.) So old that Miccosukees canoeing the Miami River…
In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldly declared, “Let there be house!” Thus preached the Reverend Chuck Roberts in 1987. And if the gospel…
When musicians, comedians, and Friends of Nature gather to party, you know it’s gonna be a true tree-hugging bash, especially with holistic-minded headliners like Café Tacvba. “We as humans and society belong to nature and Mother Earth, and we have to be cautious and try to take care of it…
“It’s still exciting,” insists Widespread Panic’s Domingo “Sunny” Ortiz, “even after 27 years.” That’s right … For the last quarter century, Ortiz and the rest of the outfit — vocalist/guitarist John Bell, vocalist/keyboardist John “JoJo” Hermann, guitarist Jimmy Herring, drummer Todd Nance, and bassist/vocalist Dave Schools — have been rocking…
Kurt Vile has to be one of the more down-to-earth musicians currently working the indie rock scene. From his Philadelphia home, tending to his 1-year-old baby girl, the youngest of his two daughters, he is a breeze to talk with. The 33-year-old Vile has no problem entertaining questions about creative…
Forget the candy … Halloween in Miami is all about getting drunk and laid. That’s why we here at Crossfade advise against wearing ultra-creepy costumes. ‘Cause almost no one (except maybe that family member whose 4Chan screename is “Uncle Fester”) wants to have sex with a dead nun or killer…
Draco Rosa’s Vida Tour Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, October 26, 2013 Over the weekend, Draco Rosa, the multiple Grammy- and Latin Grammy-winning artist, composer, producer, entrepreneur, and cancer survivor arrived at the Fillmore Miami Beach. He had come to celebrate Vida, his latest (and first post-cancer) album. It was a…
Yo, Mahomies! Only a week and a half ago, Austin Mahone — your fave Texas-bred, Miami-based, Cash Money-signed 17-year-old pop sensation — was forced to postpone his entire MTV Artist to Watch Tour because “I’ve never felt so bad.” But like a true teenage dreamboat, Ameezy (and yes, that’s an…
Weird things happen in the 305 come Halloween. Men disguise themselves as giant, live-sized lollipops, ladies roam the streets in lace corsets, leather shorts, fishnet stalkings, and whips, and concerts appear out of thin air, like some sort of black magic. Just check out the five best shows going down…
By his own admission, Domingo “Sunny” Ortiz has a great gig. While most working Americans are quick to grouse about their jobs, Ortiz, the percussionist for Atlanta-based band Widespread Panic, exudes a level of enthusiasm that would likely make most people bitter with envy. “I can’t think of anything better,”…
“We’ll be back soon.” Those were the words spoken by Arcade Fire’s Win Butler near the end of last night’s Reflektors show in Little Haiti. Now, normally, the vague assurance of a local concert at some point in the future is just an offhanded nicety, a tease, an empty promise…
