This isn’t an intentional effort to get you out of the lines at the Muvico or Dolphin Mall to clear the way and hedge the odds of getting a better seat for Planet 51, Ninja Assassin or The Road, all opening this weekend. I’m the one person who skipped New…
Goodfellas cover the Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” at Titanic Brewery & Restaurant in Miami.This is the Godfellas’ description of theirselves on their Facebook page: “GOODFELLAS IS THE GROOVIESTTitanic continues its tradition of showcasing live, local music. Log on to titanicbrewery.com for more info…
What makes a party America’s Best Party? We’re not entirely sure, but if you have a strong desire to give show some hometown love, Miami’s own Poplife is nominated for the title in Paper Magazine’s Fifth Annual Nightlife Awards. The uber-hipster publication has pitted the party against other hipster nights…
Miami hip hop group Flow Official has just released a new album, the Architects LP, which features Itagui from Locos Por Juana, Malverde, !Mayday!, and L.M.S. What Up Kid is a song off the new album. The members of Flow Official are Omniscient, Emo, A Priest Classik, and Sic Vic,…
Well, Thanksgiving is finally upon us. I know I’m not alone when I say that I start getting antsy for this holiday right around the end of summer. After all, I no longer need to fit into my bikini, so why not gorge myself on copious amounts of sweet potatoes,…
Here’s video of Pitbull’s recent performance in Istanbul, Turkey, where he’s famous, and where he claims he had the album of the year for 2009, “Not 305. Not Miami. Not Dade County. Not none of that shit. Turkey. Pa que sepa. Internacional.”…
As usual, there’s plenty of music to hear in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend. If you’re in the mood for some indie rock AND comedy, you should head out to Propaganda to hear John Ralston, Sweet Bronco, and the Beards of Comedy. If you want your comedy more hard-edged,…
Mark this as a must: Annie, who is best known for her tracks “Chewing Gum” and “I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me,” will be making a quick stop at LIV in Miami Beach November 25 for a DJ set alongside Ross One and Contra. We’d really like for this to…
Can you hear that faint thump? It’s the heads of turntable purists smacking their heads against their desks. Still, like it or not, what constitutes “DJing” has forever changed with technology — it’s only a matter of time before somebody figures out how to use the DJ Hero controller in…
If you’re still reading, author/actress (Seriously. She’s on IMDB.) and Elvis’s cousin Edie Hand will be at Borders Saturday to sign copies of her latest novellas A Christmas Ride: The Miracle of Lights and The Soldier’s Ride. Although those don’t have anything to do with Elvis, she has paid homage to…
Beware! Strange European techno dancing may erupt in the streets of West Palm Beach for Dynamix II at the Respectable Street Cafe on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.According to the YouTube description for the above video, “The Techno Vikings themselves return to our local stomping ground after a well deserved break…
If time between shows is any indication, you may have to wait another 76 years to catch Cuba’s legendary Septeto Nacional on yanqui shores again. The band made its last U.S. appearance at the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago, where it won a Gold Medal by spreading the Afro-Cuban music…
On its MySpace page Sunday, English punk band Gallows unfortunately announced it would be canceling the rest of its tour with AFI, explaining:”We’re sorry to announce that we have had to cancel our remaining dates on the AFI tour due to illness. We’re sorry to disappoint anyone who bought tickets…
Christmas music ain’t for everybody. Some people even think it sucks. But, a lot of people like it, even Bob Dylan, who just cut a whole album of Christmas songs.One thing’s for sure, there are plenty of places in South Florida where a guitar-playing, holiday-music strumming, Santa-hat wearing drunk is…
We’re just going to come out and say it: The only reason OK Go has enjoyed any kind of popularity is because of that darn “quirky” music video. Their songs are okay at best, so we’re a little shocked that they’ve been tapped by forward-thinking fair Design Miami/ for a…
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida’s campus radio stations.2. Life of Leisure [EP], Washed Out3. Ayrton Senna [EP], Delorean 4. A Strange Arrangement, Mayer Hawthorne 5. East of Eden, Taken by Trees 6. My Guilty Pleasure, Sally Shapiro 7. Milky Ways,…
Local funnyman Dave Barry usually introduces him as “The only guy I know who’s been a minister and a coke dealer.” That’s according to Sam Barry, his brother, a guy who used to ruin lives, save souls, and is now working for book publisher HarperOne and sidegigging as an author.Sam…
Getting old sucks. I mean seriously. Remember what it was like being able to stay up all night drinking, then rolling into work the next day with nothing more than a cup of Starbucks and mixed visions of the previous one’s debauchery and those of the one to come dancing…
She calls herself Ms. Jones, Broward County First Lady and according to her Myspace page “A fake bitch will take you were you need to go – A real bitch throws you her keys and says it needs gas!”She has a song called “Ice Cream” that follows the South Florida…
Bebel Gilberto is considered by many to be at the forefront of modern Brazilian music. Though she was actually born in New York City, she was born into all-star lineage, her mother being Brazilian singer Miucha and her father Joao Gilberto, considered by many to be the “Father of Bossa…
Yes, you read it correctly. Just in time for Art Basel Miami Beach, Mansion is bringing French electrohouse duo Justice to Miami Friday, December 4.The pair haven’t really played a proper club set since Winter Music Conference 2007 when they spun at the Fixed/Ed Banger party at Studio A. They’ve…
DJ Purfiya is on the streets grinding.Not only is the team Slip-N-Slide DJ from southwest Florida not dead, he’s living with purpose.Last week we brought you news of the Purfiya death hoax that was circulated via Twitter.We also interviewed his former boss, Howard Roberts, CEO and founder of Firmlife Entertainment,…
