Behind Bayside Marketplace’s Hard Rock Café, the Biscayne Lady enjoys a mid-afternoon hosing under the hot Florida sun. As cold water trickles down her sleek frame, we board the vessel to meet the ship’s captain and Biscayne Bay legend, James Cho. Since joining the Biscayne Lady team, Cho has skippered…
You really, really, really want to spend the night at Swedish House Mafia’s Masquerade Motel. But how do you even find the place? Well, you could always try to track the synthy cinematic overload of the club-killing triumvirate’s superhit single “One” to its source. However, here’s another (admittedly fictional) way:…
All week, everyone was talking, “Michael Cera’s here, Michael Cera’s there. Where’s Michael Cera?” On the morning of the final day of South by Southwest, we headed to a little Mexican restaurant called Mi Madre’s. After ordering breakfast tacos, there he was. Finally, Michael Cera, chatting with a young lady,…
We don’t like to admit it. But sometimes we here at Crossfade screw up. The most recent example: In an item on the Pretty Lights Showcase from last week’s special New Times Miami Music Guide 2011, we stated that Derek Vincent Smith’s party at the Fillmore Miami Beach had “sold…
See the full 30-photo Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings slideshow. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings The Fillmore Miami Beach Sunday, March 20, 2011 Better Than: Anything that’s ever happened to me. Despite the fact I previewed this show with a music feature in last week’s New Times, you’ll find more words…
By the mid 2000s, Simian Mobile Disco was among the leaders of the indie-dance crossover pack. Its in-your-face, heavily vocal pump-ups were largely responsible for getting rock kids out on the floor again, thanks to the infectious sass of monster tracks such as “Hustler,” off 2007 debut Attack Decay Sustain…
See the full 20-photo slideshow of Lauryn Hill’s Moving Target Intimate Playdate at Grand Central. Lauryn Hill’s Moving Target Intimate Playdate Series Grand Central Sunday, March 20 Better Than: Hill’s Saturday set at Jazz in the Gardens. At 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, Crossfade broke the news about Ms. Lauryn Hill’s…
The members of Above & Beyond are no strangers to celebrating in Miami. The British trance trio made up of Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, and Tony McGuinness have been throwing annual parties here for a few years now. And like previous installments, the threesome’s 2010 appearance will focus on Anjunabeats,…
The final hours of South by Southwest ended in, what else, a musically induced riot. Maybe it was the supermoon, or perhaps it was that Death From Above 1979, who hadn’t performed in five years, played an unannounced show at Beauty Bar’s back patio, making their fans completely insane. I…
Röyksopp albums, like all good things in life, come to those who wait. The duo of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland first began experimenting with synthesizers together as kids in their small, sub-Arctic hometown of Tromsø, Norway. “I remember seeing this documentary when I was seven, I think, about robots…
See the full 22-photo Jazz in the Gardens slideshow. Jazz in the Gardens With Ms. Lauryn Hill, Charlie Wilson, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Al Jarreau, Layla Hathaway, and Others Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens Saturday, March 19, 2011 Better Than: Hanging out with Kenny G in the bushes…
On her single “Youth Blood,” Josefine Jinder confesses to possessing a “late-night thirst.” But gratification has been anything but immediate for the self-described electronica girl who grew up listening to Art of Noise and Aphex Twin. Her early recordings amounted to diffident mimicry, the vocals buried in a morass of…
When, like at South by Southwest, a billion bands are playing in the same city at the same time, it’s hard to decide which ones you want to hear and the endless others you want to miss out on.As the week winds down, the music continues to blast through East…
Gary Richards wants to introduce you to your new favorite party. It’s called Hard, and since 2007 it’s been drawing thousands of electro heads together for messy free-for-alls in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Next city in Richards’s sights? Miami, of course. A DJ and record industry insider…
Nobodys Hero, To Be Hated, Enough!, and M66 Saturday, March 19, 2011 Churchill’s Pub Better Than: Ben Weasel’s punk rock mess at SXSW the night before. According to Nobodys Hero’s Joe Koontz, “Someone stole one of the urinals from the men’s bathroom.” He also politely asked, “If you have that,…
A little more than a year ago, Disco Biscuits shattered the dreams of Miami jamtronica kids when just eight days prior to the group’s Magic City debut, guitarist Jon Gutwillig broke his wrist, forcing the group to make a quick substitution for Ultra Music Festival. Sadly, the result was a…
See Crossfade’s recap, pics, and vids from Lauryn Hill’s Moving Target Intimate Playdate show at Grand Central. Just 30 minutes ago, Ms. Lauryn Hill wrapped her only officially announced Miami set of the weekend at the first night of Jazz in the Gardens music festival. After 15 songs, including deeply…
Nobody’s Hero S/T (Achála Productions) myspace.com/nobodyshero305 It would be easy to make unusual and extraordinary demands on Nobodys Hero. And it would be easy to dismiss them too, if you’re feeling like a prick. This band’s pedigree is like the Wu-Tang says: “Nothing to fuck with.” Seriously, you’re talking about…
Boomers, halt! There’s no need to spend the next 29 hours swaddling yourself in a million chiffon scarves or feathering, highlighting, mousseing, and teasing your hair in deference to Witchy Stevie and ol’ Rod the Bod. Tomorrow night’s Heart and Soul Tour nostalgia session starring Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart…
When you visit a city other than your own, it’s always important to explore that place’s unique treasures. And one of Austin’s gems is Roky Erickson. He is to Austin what Luther Campbell is to Miami. Or … He is to Austin music what the beach is to Miami. You…
Philip Glass New World Center Thursday, March 17, 2011 Better Than: The last time you raptly sat through 85 consecutive minutes of a classical concert. Philip Glass, noted minimalist composer, performed Thursday night at the fantastic new New World Center, designed by Frank Gehry. But before discussing the concert, I…
Remember when Deadmau5 was just a break from the Carl Cox tent at Ultra Music Festival back in 2008? Those were the days. By 2009, he graduated to the live stage. And last year, the rodent rager scored the first-ever sold-out solo date at the Miami megafest. Now for 2011,…
