Via facebook.com/anrmiami Immaterial music formats will take over. Vinyl will disappear. (Or become contraband in some dystopian future.) And still, the world will survive. “But,” says Michael-John Hancock of ANR (otherwise known as Awesome New Republic), “there are physical artifacts that have history to them, that keep you connected to…
Inner Circle are the Bad Boys of reggae. Every you time watch an episode of COPS, they’re the first thing you hear. They also make you “sweat, a la la la la long long li long long long.” And this Saturday, they’ll be headlining the CDXX 420 Celebration at Sunset…
Go wild in the streets! Score swag! Mosh! In exactly 49 hours, everyone’s favorite Little Haiti music shop, Sweat Records, will be celebrating Sweatstock 2013, its third annual one-day music fest, anniversary party, and Record Store Day bonanza. There will be limited-edition RSD releases, indie music, sweet munchies, indie music,…
“Like we say in Jamaica,” Inner Circle founding guitarist Roger Lewis tells Crossfade, “it’s a gladdy good thing for some smoke.” This Saturday (AKA 4/20), Roger and his bruddas will be bringing the “Mary Mary” and “Boom Shaka Laka” to Sunset Cove Amphitheater with Steel Pulse. And it’ll be a…
Hey Lolo, why bother rescuing music shops? 1. “Service you’ll never, ever get at a Best Buy.” 2. “We’re one of the only all-ages event spaces in town, we’re a vegan-friendly coffee bar, a meeting place.” 3. “Anyone who cares about culture in general should support record shops.” OK. Sweat…
If you’re a regular on Miami’s dance music scene, then you’ve probably caught Induce (AKA Ryan Smith) spinning records at any number of local hotspots over the years. Or maybe you remember him as half of DJ-production duos Midnight Moroders with Danny Daze and Casual Sax with Sven Barth. In…
Sure, Record Store Day is usually a day when indie rock enthusiasts take the spotlight. But maybe you prefer BPMs to bands. That’s alright. There are still plenty of bottle-poppin’ moments to look forward to this week. And the underground’s in for a treat too. Get ready for some trap,…
Openly not gay Puerto Rican reggaetonero Daddy Yankee and two male friends, fellow countryman J Alvarez and “Cubatón” pioneer Osmani Garcia, recently announced their upcoming three-way at Miami’s Fuchs Pavilion at the Dade County Youth Fair and Expo grounds. And they’re encouraging others to come watch! Billed as “El Concierto…
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Amid the crazy sea of hipsters, hippies, old folks, pre-teens, and babies(!), Coachella’s weekend one was also packed with EDM revelers ready to get their fist-pumping music fix. In fact, it seems that dance music lovers are growing in numbers so much that every other car in line at the…
It’s finally here! Record Store Day (and cough, 4/20) is right around the corner. And that means tons of great acts are ready to get down and dirty with all y’all Miami music lovers. Whether you’re looking for rock, punk, hip-hop, jazz, synth-pop, booty bass, or Latin, there’s the perfect…
The Prez and Hova “got a little bond there.” But Obama insists he didn’t help his pals, Jay-Z and Beyonce (AKA The Carters), secure clearance from the Treasury Department for their fifth anniversary vacay to Cuba. “This is not something the White House was involved with,” POTUS tells the Today…
“Holy fucking shit … Is this Meshuggah?” That’s how Carol City creep rapper SpaceGhostPurrp reacts when Canadian weirdo interviewer Nardwuar bestows a fine slab of Swedish metal upon him. Why? Because SGP is the rare hip-hopper with a deep and abiding fanaticism for dark and heavy death-obsessed rock. “This shit…
Oh yeah, naked mind, whack frack attack … Enter the world of Cog Nomen’s Ulysses Perez and Buffalo Brown, where everyone’s shimmying to that “Indietronic Psychedelic” sound. “Kind of Pink Floydish,” Mr. Brown explains, “with some songs without words that are just about transporting you.” We here at Crossfade recently…
Latin Grammy-winning songwriter and international advocate of peace Juan Fernando Fonseca, known to fans simply as Fonseca, will be bringing Colombian tropipop to the house Jackie Gleason built. Named after Ilusión, the singer’s fourth record, Fonseca’s latest tour will make the second of three Florida stops at the Fillmore Miami…
Bieber-free and de-Disneyfied, post-teen pop star Selena Gomez is begging all y’all to “Come and Get It.” She just broke up with the Biebz. She just starred in Harmony Korine’s weirdo art blockbuster Spring Breakers. And she just performed her new sexed-up single at the MTV Movie Awards. Now Selena’s…
The Coachella campgrounds are the Wild West of the festival. They are the sort of place you can imagine Hunter S. Thompson running around with his pants around his ankles. Drugs are more plentiful than food. And going to bed before 4 a.m. is considered an early night. Here are…
Skeptics predict the local music shop is going extinct like the penny arcade. But for the last six years, so-called “independently owned, stand-alone brick-and-mortar retailers” around the U.S. (and the world) have been banding together under the Record Store Day banner to, paraphrasing the immortal Beastie Boys, fight for their…
Timothy NorrisThis dude is actually drug-free. But he still knows his rights. Hate to say it, but some of you at Coachella will be approached by police officers assuming you have drugs. Well, you just may, but guess what? You still have rights, man. Cameron Bowman is here to help!…
