MI-VI, Gerry Kelly’s vaunted megaclub at Gulfstream Park, has closed its doors indefinitely. The news began trickling in last week, when the club’s much-publicized South Florida Facebook Bash was moved to the neighboring Ten Palms.Apparently, the closure came as a surprise to the organizers of the event, too. Notified that…
A week ago today, Tr3s — formerly known as MTV Tr3s — celebrated its upcoming relaunch by reviving that great MTV franchise, the Unplugged series. While its parent channel long ago gave up on such strictly, uh, music-oriented programming, its foreign spin-offs, notably MTV Latin America, have taken up Unplugged…
It’s been called a “sexy fast and fabulous hit,” “spectacular” and “amazing”. Now, to help celebrate our nation’s Independence, for just $17.76 (instead of $40) you can judge Tap Dogs for yourself. Miami New Times is offering a big price break for the hit musical from down under that has…
Pioneering a movement isn’t easy work, especially in an age when everything’s been done. But Sleepy Vikings are king-hell committed to blazing a trail. “Well, we’re trying to invent our own genre right now,” says guitar-and-vocal guy Julian Conner. “Probably unsuccessfully … But we’re telling people it’s ‘southern shoegaze,’ for…
We reported earlier this morning on the passing of industry legend Bill Aucoin, best known as the mastermind for Kiss’ massive success in the ’70s. What the national obituaries fail to mention, though, is that in recent years, Aucoin had re-started an artist management business based in South Florida. Among his…
We were impressed by Grand Central’s quiet bookings of some great Latin alternative acts in upcoming months. We say quiet, because while the Poplife-branded events there get a lot of shine (from this blog included), whoever else is behind the scenes has been scheduling some very interesting performers en español. Recent…
Crossfade looooves the Florida Room and its hidden, Art Deco, ’30s-gangster vibe. Sure, the cocktails are expensive but 1) they’re delicious (especially if someone else is buying), and 2) you can always perfect the cheapskate’s art of pre-gaming and then treating yourself to one or two, to be sipped slo-o-o-o-wly. The…
Dark Night of the Soul may sound familiar to you. Danger Mouse and iconic filmmaker David Lynch displayed photographs from the illustrated companion book to the album at the O.H.W.O.W. gallery this past Art Basel.The album was set for release last May, but never made it out to record stores…
Ever since Gustavo Cerati suffered a stroke this past May 15 after a performance in Caracas, Venezuela, his family has been extremely protective of news regarding his health. Even after he was transferred to a hospital in Buenos Aires on June 7, the only real fact they’ve confirmed is that…
After causing quite a comment stir with his unique sense of humor on this post last week, Induce is out to prove to the nonbelievers that he, indeed, has some musical prowess of his own to showcase. In that post, Induce mentioned his new solo album, Halfway Between You and…
Bill Aucoin, a music industry legend most famous for discovering Kiss, passed away yesterday at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center. A family spokesperson told the Associated Press it was due to complications from prostate cancer. He was 66 years old.While Aucoin didn’t give Kiss the idea for the makeup and…
Hip-house meets techno this Friday when DJs Rich Medina and Konrad Black take over the Electric Pickle for a night of eclectic dance grooves. With a decades-long career firmly rooted in the Philly and New York City underground scenes, Rich Medina is a veritable renaissance man of hip culture, juggling the…
In the Nicki Minaj vs. Lil Kim war, the Queen Bee hasn’t exactly been acting regal. As the younger femcee’s star has risen, Kim seems to be taking more and more potshots at Nicki. First, there was that incident in early June where she appeared onstage with a Nicki-style candy-colored wig,…
Raheem DeVaughn did not, in fact, win the award for Best Male R&B artist at the BET Awards last night. Also up for the nod was fellow soulful singer Maxwell — but in our heart of hearts, as much as we hoped, we knew neither would win. Each category always…
We were surprised, but excited to see a show announcement pop up in our inbox for a newish venue called the New Vintage Music Hall. For the downtown hipsters, this is not (that’s okay, there are a million shows coming up at Grand Central to keep them occupied.) This place is,…
Click here to view photos from Kid Sister at Grand Central.Kid Sister and MalucaGrand Central, MiamiSaturday, June 26, 2010Local DJ/producer Induce cause quit a stir last week when he was quoted saying, “Uhmmmmm. We have a music scene?” when referring to Miami’s local music scene. Commenters quickly pounced on him…
We love music awards season this year, largely thanks to Twitter — the real-time discussion and dissection of the county’s pop-stars makes for an entertaining way to spend a few hours “working.” (Plus, some of you all on our Twitter feed, at @Crossfade_SFL, are hilarious).Anyways, we glued ourselves to the…
This could possibly be the weirdest sex scandal ever released. As you may have heard, according to the Washington Post, a police report has just been found which lists Al Gore (yes, that Al Gore) as the suspect in a complaint reporting unwanted sexual contact.Apparently, the former Vice President of…
Rahsaan “A Fly Guy” Alexander — better known simply as Rahsaan — must be one of Miami’s hardest-working individuals.The MC released his new album, Georgetown, earlier this year (get it now on iTunes.) But overall, saying that Rahsaan is “driven” is a real understatement. When he’s not in the studio working on…
Have you checked out the Tuesday night party Jazz at Jazid? It’s a novel-again concept for the club, which began as a jazz-centric venue but in recent years has expanded its musical offerings far beyond those limits. Not that I’m complaining about the many frequent offerings of non-jazz jamming that…
Well, it happens every year and this year is no different. The official DJ of the Miami Heat, DJ Irie, kicks off his annual Irie Weekend festivities at LIV tonight. The event is slated to start at 11 p.m. and will feature DJ Irie himself and fellow Artist Related DJ Jessica…
Yes, feel old — it’s already been a whole year since Michael Jackson passed on to the great big Thriller cemetery in the sky. We’re a bit disappointed to see, however, that there aren’t too many official local events tonight at which you can celebrate MJ’s life in the way…
