Richard Vission is the perfect musical complement to Jersey Shore. And it’s not just that he looks like a cast member. His party-time take on house is the perfect soundtrack to which to fist-pump, fist-bump, and Jäger-bomb. Hell, the guy even used to have a sweet nickname (Humpty) like everyone…
Mark Knight is on an upward trajectory in the DJ world. Last year, he broke the top half of the DJ Magazine Top 100. As head of the Toolroom label, he’s put plenty of records in DJs’ boxes from artists such as David Guetta, Deadmau5, and Audiofly. His own hits…
In the dance music world, Deadmau5 has a Midas touch that works even indirectly. Two years ago, his remix of L.A. producer Morgan Page’s track “The Longest Road” scored a Grammy nomination, and of course that pointed the spotlight back to the track’s creator. Page was ready to bask in…
For every phrase that results in someone gasping, “That would make a great band name,” there’s an equally lazy epiphany that happens when bands wind up with names such as the Devil Wears Prada, !!!, and Gringo Star. Luckily, the last, a group of Atlanta-based rising indie stars, boasts more…
International techno giant Mathew Jonson is back in Miami on Saturday to play at the Space Techno Loft, and be advised that this will be a party of epic proportions. Canadian-born/Berlin-based producer Jonson heads the esteemed Wagon Repair label and is one of the more virtuosic and boldly innovative figures…
“Fuck the art scene, bunch of boojie motherfuckers. I do this shit cause I need it to live, not for the money.” Those were the words of Fabio Destroyio on the front steps of the Freedom Tower after losing the Miami New Times Mastermind Awards at Artopia. The label would…
Poor Chris Carrabba. In the early-00s, when his project Dashboard Confessional first appeared, he was hailed as the bard of the overly-self-analyzing generatio, an acoustic troubadour reviewed in the pages of too-hip mags like Nylon. But that was before “emo” — which, arguably, he didn’t really play — became a…
The International Noise Conference, organized yearly by Miami’s resident sonic-fucking legend Rat Basterd, is secretly the best music conference the city has to offer. It’s spun off international tours, and events across the globe, but the center piece will always be the Miami original.Featuring over 100 performers delivering 15 minute…
Jon SecadaFairchild Tropical Garden, MiamiSunday, February 14, 2010 Better Than: Being stuck in an elevator. The Review:Hialeah’s own golden boy Jon Secada, the famed Miami crooner known for his dentist office waiting-room standards like “Just Another Day,” “Angel,” and “If You Go,” performed at the beautiful Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens on Sunday…
Electric Pickle must have some serious staff rotations lined up for WMC, because its daily roster doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for sleep. (See, for instance, the 14-hour Crosstown Rebels Get Lost gig, which lasts from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 27).Here’s another daytime gig,…
DJ/producer Martin Landsky is the quintessential Berlin techno artist, his work embodying that Teutonic icy minimalism infused with warm Afro-soul that has made German-bred electronic dance music the sound of the international zeitgeist. A veteran of the ’80s breakdance scene in Hamburg with an early interest in funk and other…
Who’da thunk they’d even heard about dubstep up in West Palm Beach, let alone been in on the action? But it’s true. The U.K.-birthed electronic music phenomenon is alive and kicking up in South Florida’s third county. That either means those folks are hipper than we think, or we’ve been…
It seems that South Florida is recovering from a post-Super Bowl hangover as things seemed to slow down this week — or maybe it was the drop in temperature. Still, there were a few events worth highlighting, so here is what you missed over the weekend:Love is Magic at Friends…
Yonder Mountain String BandRevolution, Fort LauderdaleFebruary 12, 2010 The Review: If there’s one thing that hippies love more than bluegrass, it’s far-out bluegrass played by hippies, for hippies. That’s why Yonder Mountain String Band is as precious as a magic topaz crystal mined from the caverns of Tim Leary’s wisdom-mind (wooooaaah). The…
State Radio With Big D and the Kids’ TableCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleWednesday, February 10, 2010 Better Than: Watching your live Dispatch: Zimbabwe DVD for the 12th time. State Radio plays smart rock.More specifically, it’s educated, punk-infused alt-reggae with socially conscious lyrics. And the band plays it damn well. The trio — Chad…
Welcome to our second edition of Crossfade Live, where we bring you streams and downloads of our original high fidelity concert recordings from bands and venues all over South Florida. We will prove live music thrives here, and hand it to you for playback at your leisure.Last night Shake at…
The impromptu Sunday afternoon sessions at Electric Pickle are becoming Miami clubland’s number one guilty pleasure, and PL0T’s Valentine’s Day throwdown this Sunday is just too good to pass up. Esteemed DJ/producer and Wagon Repair label head Konrad Black will be reloading last year’s “Black Valentine’s” party and congregating Miami’s…
The handsome Canadian transplant Tristan Clopet is something of a musical anomaly on the local scene. With his band, the Juice, he skips both the indie flavors of the week and the super-commercial aspirations of others around town. Instead, his music recalls those heady days of the early ’90s, when…
Aholsniffsglue is all over the fuckin place; street signs, corner walls, toilet seats, gas pumps. We heard he owns his own trucking company, Ahol Dumps. People say he’s the one been killing all those horses in the Redlands. Some lady in line at the store told us that Aholsniffsglue is…
Paleface is an archetypal musician’s musician, the kind of fiercely talented guy whose friends all go on to surpass him in fame, but never stop singing his praises. Known as one of the originators of so-called “anti-folk,” he got his musical start more than 20 years ago thanks to a…
In support of its fifth studio release, 2009’s The Show, Yonder Mountain String Band is deep into the aptly named Cabin Fever Tour. Considering the group hails from the mountains outside Boulder, Colorado, it’s a no-brainer why this four-piece renegade act makes a sunny Florida stop during its annual winter…
There are few artists as quintessentially representative of Cuban culture in the United States as Willy Chirino (and Celia, que en paz descanse). The man is a hero to the exile community not only in South Florida but also nationwide. Whether you came from Cuba or were born here first…
