No amount of bloggy rapture from here or other local outlets can save a promising local band from the usual frustration and wanderlust. And so it goes that Stonefox, the Boca-based trio (and sometimes foursome) over which I’ve publicly geeked out, is likely no more. The band has already been a…
Snobby, indie music site Pitchfork awarded Surfer Blood’s debut album, Astro Coast, an 8.2 rating, also tagging as “Best New Music.” However, if you’ve followed the bands meteoric rise, thanks in large part to Pitchfork, this doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise. The site has shown its love for the…
Looking to score $500? Are you handy with a camera? Do you enjoy local music? Well, Sweat Records has got a contest for you. The Little Haiti record store is calling for aspiring music video directors to act, animate or whatever Rachel Goodrich’s track “Light Bulb,” which as we know…
Yep, another Tamara Sky post. I’m not going to say much except she’s spinning at Louis tomorrow night for its Misfit party. She’ll loved my other post about the Sloppy Seconds event at White Room that she took of part of that she gave me a big hug when she…
If you’ve been paying attention to the news–and it’s almost impossible not to at a time like this–you’ve no doubt witnessed the horrors our poor Caribbean neighbors in Haiti have endured since a major earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter mag scale all but obliterated the small impoverished country sharing…
You guys all know all about Jazid and MiamiAlterLatino.com’s International Thursdays parties, right? Here’s hoping you’ve even partaken of the good times to be had at Fiesta Colombiana two weeks back and the Argentine shindig last Thursday. Well, the series continues tonight with a third installment paying homage to a…
…Speaking of DJ Craze (check the previous post on this blog for an un-missable nugget of joy he passed along), Miami’s finest DJ champ will head to the desert this summer to play Coachella for the first time. On the mega-festival’s second day, Saturday, April 17, he’ll take the stage…
It’s January, which means it’s time for another edition of the Village Voice’s annual Pazz and Jop poll of music critics. Yes, it’s probably the latest, high-profile wrap-up of the best music of 2009, but it’s also the biggest in sheer number of voices — some 697 voters submitted ballots…
Don’t let anyone tell you DJing isn’t an art form. Being able to control a crowd of people — most who are probably drugged out of their minds — takes skill. Not everybody can DJing, no matter what W Magazine says. So why not prove your prowess on the decks…
Music is a WeaponUnplug Your Mind (Self-released)musicisaweaponband.com Music Is A Weapon has already proven its chops beyond simple question, and this EP is a natural progression for the outfit. It opens with the post – industrial – hardcore track “1968 the 2-Bit Hustler,” and bleeds into a rocking, danceable “Benz and…
Suck down as much beer as you can at the Bierbrunnen-New Times Help for Haiti event on Saturday, because half of the profits from sales of Corona, Heineken, and Miller will go to the American Red Cross. Gold Coast Beverage Distributors Inc. is donating the beer and New Times’ Street…
South Beach should be worried — very worried. As the years pass, the area is becoming more homogeneous, with little difference from venue to venue. Opium Group keeps gobbling up every property that goes up for sale with the same focus on bottle service and VIP experience. Not that there…
New Times and Gibson Musical Instruments are pleased to announce that we’ve put up for auction a Special Edition Reverse Flying V Gibson Guitar designed by South Florida artist Lebo. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the auction will go toward Partners in Health’s relief efforts in Haiti. Bidding…
Okay, we all know and understand that your in-boxes, Facebook message centers, fax machines, pagers, texts, and mailboxes have been flooded with information as to how help our brothers and sisters in Haiti following the devastating earthquake last week. So let’s be honest, is there really too much relief aid?…
Brother Bean’s final performance and Aura Music FestivalSeratoma Youth Ranch, Brooksville, FloridaJanuary 15 through 17, 2010Better Than: Crossing paths with a crazy redneck on a shooting rampage. The Review:This past weekend was a holiday for some, but not for me. I was only able to attend 24 hours of the three-day…
What kind of person drunkenly slams into a biker on the Rickenbacker Causeway and then speeds away while the cyclist bleeds to death on the road?In the case of this Sunday’s horrific crash, its the same kind of person who can rack up more than 40 traffic violations in twelve…
In a surprising change from its usual high-falutin’ programming, this Broward Center-affiliated venue on the Nova campus gives itself over Friday night to local hip-hop. The star of the event is 954 rapper Breyan Isaac, who celebrates the release of his album Extraordinarily Average. Luckily, the disc is more than…
An up-and-coming Miami pop singer with slick looks and a Sony recording contract has been charged with vehicular homicide in a horrific hit-and-run crash near Key Biscayne yesterday.Carlos Bertonatti, a 28-year-old who lives on Key Biscayne, was arrested yesterday near his battered Volkswagen after a short police chase.Police say Bertonatti…
Here is an incomplete list so far of Haiti benefit music/club events scheduled in the coming days. If you would like your event added to this list, please e-mail me.Tonight, Friday, January 15*Mayday plays its monthly jam at Transit Lounge tonight. Transit Lounge never charges a cover, but the band…
You may be sitting there saying, “this guy is NOT writing ANOTHER post about Locos Por Juana already!” And you’d be wrong. Because I am very clearly doing just that. And you’re reading it. So there. True, we show an awful lot of love for LPJ here on Crossfade. I’ve…
By now you’ve heard of the multitude of ways you can provide much needed aid to devastated Haiti. Maybe you’ve tweeted, texted, or donated supplies or blood. But this Sunday it’s time to get together with some of the most generous degenerates in town and dance.The Electric Pickle and Musical…
If there is one party that never fails to attract the masses during Winter Music Conference, it’s Juicy Beach. The event, spearheaded by house DJ/producer Robbie Rivera, takes over Nikki Beach (1 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach) for over 16 hours of non-stop partying , and this year it will be…
