On Saturday, Mother Nature was no friend to the inaugural Friends of Nature Music & Arts Festival as an almost Biblical downpour forced the cancelation of all acts — including headliner Matisyahu — scheduled to go on stage after 7 p.m., by order of the fire department. On Sunday, though,…
The first five days of the work week are the hardest. Good thing we have music from Bonobo’s downtempo beats to Alejandro Fernández’s Latin hits to some good ‘ol jazz to help us get through the misery. Just check out the five best concerts going down in Miami this week…
In 1966, brothers Sérgio Dias Baptista and Arnaldo Baptista formed Os Mutantes, a Brazilian rock band that played the role of confident court jester within the folk-rock Tropicália movement. While the group’s forerunners and mentors, like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, preferred sentimentality and left-leaning ideals, the Mutants zeroed in…
Krewella With Seven Lions and Candyland Fillmore Miami Beach Friday, November 8, 2013 Better Than: A generation of fully clothed young women and their boyfriends getting drunk and starting fights at rock ‘n’ roll shows. Or a Krewella show without dad. EDM is getting old. For years now, dance music…
Ah, little Justin Bieber. He’s little no more. Our heart Biebz with joy every time he makes a headline, and these days, every headline is dirtier than the last. Because he’s a man, he can’t twerk his way into adulthood. He could probably get Terry Richardson to take his nudie…
The birds are chirping. The sun is shining. The shrooms are sprouting. The palms are swaying. The breeze is blowing. The butterflies are fluttering. The whales are reearrr-ing. The waves are crashing onto the shores of Virginia Key Beach Park. And some roadie who works for the Friends of Nature…
Israel is by no means lagging behind the electronic dance music capitals of the world. In particular, the coastal city of Tel Aviv — known as the “city that never sleeps” — boasts a world-class nightlife and voracious appetite for electronic beats. It’s no surprise then that Israel would spawn…
The average white-collar American spends 200 hours a week typing away on their keyboard, tirelessly filing paperwork, dealing with pesky coworkers, and answering countless emails and phone calls. That leaves us with only 48 hours to let loose and relive those college frat days. And since we spend a huge…
Fernando Perdomo was once one of South Florida’s own, an omnipresent musician, local entrepreneur, and singer-songwriter who made an indelible mark on the local scene. He relocated to L.A. in June 2012, following the death of his mother and the sale of his family home, which also housed his recording…
Every Monday, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Miami’s airwaves — historically reserved for the musical accompaniment to bumpin’, shakin’, grindin’, twerkin’, tweakin’, and getting stuck in traffic on the 836 — are regularly seized by sounds and scores typically reserved for marines fighting aliens, plumbers fighting dragons, and wizards…
Classifying any musicians’s sound as simply downtempo is unfair. The term says nothing about the idiosyncrasies and stylistic nuances of the individual artist’s work. In fact, it’s merely a description of the music’s rate of speed, a suggestion that these tracks are meant for afterhours home listening instead of the…
We can never get enough of the dudes in skeleton tees, ladies in leopard-print body suits, sculptures of perfectly-chiseled naked men, and unicorns made out of red and white buttons that overrun the streets, bars, and galleries of Wynwood during Second Saturday Art Walk. That’s why hundreds of us crowd…
Free expensive shit for doing next to nothing? That’s Brisk, baby! The good people of Brisk want to brainwash you develop your economic loyalty by giving away nice swag like the DNA headphones pictured above. They come with two cords, a drawstring bag, and a pack of silica to keep…
When we here at Crossfade rang up Jon Anderson, the founding member and iconic voice of the pioneering English prog rock band Yes, we thought that we’d reached his secretary. “It’s me,” he responds, swinging the words heavenward and high. He confesses that he is grocery shopping near his home…
There is no effing way you haven’t heard of Krewella by now. The EDM trio’s song “Alive” is inescapable. And even in March, the group’s Jahan Yousaf, her sister Yasmine, and their homie Rain Man had Ultra Music Festival’s beat freaks begging to “get wet!” New Times caught up with…
Drake’s Would You Like A Tour? With Future, Miguel, and others American Airlines Arena, Miami Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Better Than: Any other damn rapper/singer/sexy motherfucker out there right now. Drake the type of dude to write so many chart-topping hits that you start to forget, then jump on stage…
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…
It’s always warm, sunny, and green in Florida. Even in February. And that’s why the Virginia Key Grassroots Festival is coming back for a third straight year. “It’s getting cold up north, chilly in NC, and settling around 80 degrees in Miami,” the Grassroots folks and fest founders Donna the…
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…
You can’t possibly attend all of the flashy, A-list-celebrity-frequented bashes that go down in Miami every weekend. That’s why the Magic City throws so many of ’em almost every night of the week. Just check out the six best parties to crash on South Beach. See also: Five Best Concerts…
