Although The Galactic Effect has only been around since early 2014, his impact on Miami’s music scene has already been felt. Determined not to be another faceless producer in a sea of EDM-crazed Miamians, he combines aspects of classical music with futuristic bass and old-school hip-hop. His unique mix of…
Teengirl Fantasy With Hoody Pérez Art Museum Miami Thursday, June 19, 2014 It was a grey, rainy Thursday evening, and garbage bags dangled precariously from the keyboards, mixers, and samplers of avant-pop duo Teengirl Fantasy. Setting up under a small alcove where rain and wind threatened to destroy the equipment…
Seventeen years after keyboardist Sarah Barthel and guitarist Josh Carter met in junior high in upstate New York, the duo are still making music together as Phantogram. “I was listening to boy bands, a lot of Top 40 stuff, but also Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Missy Elliott, and Outkast,” Barthel says,…
The weekend has finally arrived, party people! So bring out the bottles, pop the André, and get ready for back-to-back nights of endless debauchery with fresh beats from Donnie Lowe at the Pickle, rumba from Palo! at The Stage, and poolside tunes at the Congress Hotel. Here are the ten…
Cut Copy With Classixx Grand Central, Miami Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Better Than: Yes. No. Maybe. Cut Copy’s Dan Whitford really gets into his music. His voice is always studio quality, as he pumps his fist and jabs the air with every beat. It’s hard not to follow his lead…
The Crumbs have been around for almost 20 years in one shape or another. Fronted by Raf Classic, whose Latin-inflected nasal snarl is widely recognized as one of the best voices in the realm of punk rock ‘n’ roll, The Crumbs have been relatively quiet since he relocated to Los…
When we were kids, our dads made us listen to a lot of classic rock and heavy metal. Of course, electronic producer Eats Everything of the Dirtybird crew has his own priorities. “I’d been playing techno into my wife’s belly all the way through the pregnancy,” says the proud father…
Game on! We did it! Best of Miami 2014 is complete! Places to eat, places to meet people, places to go pee in public… This annual issue has got it all. Of course, though, New Times’ music department is most hyped to discuss the 305’s top tuneage and party spots…
Feeling cuckoo? Well, for all of you wistful pop fans feeling excessively chuffed that the gentlemen and lady of Scottish sextet Belle & Sebastian are finally set to grace the Magic City with cheeky ditties about failed love, twisted emotions, and “funny shoes” … Here’s some even sweeter news. The…
Everyone knows summertime in Miami is hot, sweaty, and steamy. While the blazing sun and scorching weather may have something to do with it, our hardcore party rep, endless nights, and flawless looks are actually most to blame. Just check out the six best club parties going down this week…
“North America, I am coming for you!” That’s Hardwell. And this morning, the superstar DJ hijacked massive LED screens in New York City’s Times Square to announce “the last chapter” of his I Am Hardwell world tour. The EDM megashow has already sold out in 19 countries, from Singapore to…
Game On! We did it! The Best of Miami 2014 is complete! Places to eat, places to meet people, places to go pee in public … This annual issue’s got it all. Of course, though, we here at Crossfade are most hyped to discuss the 305’s top tuneage and party…
For over 40 years, Tavares has been one of the best Northern Soul acts in America, smoothest R&B groups in Europe, and most celebrated disco bands in the world. The live show has always impressed, and the five brothers who make up this band continue to harmonize for packed concerts…
If you got a dollar, then you got a dream. And enough scratch for a Seagram’s and 7. For the second straight summer, Southern spitter, Born Sinner, Jay Z protege, and Grammy nominee J. Cole will be staging his Dollar & A Dream Tour. There will be semi-secret shows in…
Sure, two high-school girls can make a “Chonga Song” with an old PC and a USB mic, and go viral. But there’s still nothing like a professionally recorded song produced with quality gear and a dedicated engineer in an acoustically sound environment. Miami’s great musical history is proof. Outside of…
Deafheaven Churchill’s Pub, Miami Sunday, June 15, 2014 By this point, we’ve heard the lamentations, death knells, and obituaries for ye olde Churchill’s Pub, the alternative hub in the heart of Little Haiti, where a punk and experimental scene has flourished for decades on end. The club was recently sold…
El_Txef_A (pronounced elchefa) is quite the odd moniker. But it turns out to be a play on words based on the last name of its owner, Aitor Etxebarria, which means “new house” in his native Basque — rather fitting, considering this celebrated young producer’s decidedly new house music sound. Of…
YACHT With Otto Von Schriach and a DJ set by Juan MacLean Desperados’ #SeizeTheNight Friday, June 13, 2014 Toejam Backlot, Wynwood, Miami Better Than: Free beer. Before the recession hit, it seemed parties thrown by beer and spirits companies were the norm in Miami. They would put on these extremely…
Have a case of the Monday blues? Well, get over it! You live in Miami. That means there’s always a pretty good party comin’ up. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week, from Futro’s Oscar G and Lazaro Casanova at Bardot to Cut Copy and Classixx…
¿Que es un “Tipo Tropical”? Well, just ask Cuban puppet and Miami media mogul Pepe Billete: “Imagine it like this … If you went to sleep tonight and were visited by the morronga fairy and tomorrow you woke up with five additional inches added to both the length and diameter…
Little Dragon With Lawrence Rothman Grand Central, Miami Thursday, June 12, 2014 Better Than: Watching the Miami Heat lose … Sob. On a night when parking was hard to come by (as a few blocks away an NBA Finals game was being played), a sold-out crowd still managed to pack…
Freaky shit happens in the Magic City come Friday the 13th. Full moon bashes are thrown, free parties appear out of thin air, and regular lounges transform into mystical gardens like some sort of magic. Yeah, it’s weird. But instead of being all superstitious about it, go and get your…
