We’ve said some not-so-nice things about Dim Mak, but when you have a lineup that features Fischerspooner, Shinichi Osawa, DJ Funk, Joachim Garraud, Pase Rock, Uffie, Autoerotique, Destructo, Rob Roy, SonicC, and more, well you are going to have to barricade the doors of Louis (2325 Collins Ave., Miami Beach)…
There’s no better way to battle Friday morning’s demons than with some searing Portuguese prog-metal courtesy of Moonspell, the freshest addition to the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. If any of the hairs on the back of your neck aren’t awake after a run-through of “First Light,” it’s time to…
Sad news kids, José El Rey is gone for good. Finished. Dead. José Flores, AKA El Rey, announced via Twitter that his exaggerated Cuban persona has officially retired.This has us asking: ¿Pero porque? El Rey was hands down one of the most imaginative characters to come out of Miami’s local…
You may remember the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival. It came through last year? A whole bevy of top-shelf world music talent graced our fair shores. CuCu Diamantes participated, sharing her dulcet, neo-Cuban-cabaret-era-spliced-with-urban-NYC vibe. Quirky Mexican NuJazz songstress Ximena Sariñana also played a gig, and our own Rachel Goodrich opened. If you…
The Miami International Film Festival starts this weekend, and if you missed Miami New Times’ guide to the event, click here. Of more immediate interest to Crossfade readers, though, is the fest’s selection of music movies. Here they are. For complete screening and ticket details, visit miamifilmfestival.com. No One Knows About…
Dig out those tents, because Record Store Day is April 17, and it’s gonna be an early morning for vinyl junkies. Radio-Active Records again is offering a bounty of limited-edition albums for those of us who like good sound, as Lou Reed would say.The store’s blog lists 30 special releases,…
As Arielle pointed out back in February, the upcoming Lilith Fair tour lineup does not suck. Now, if they’d just tell us when the West Palm Beach date is going to happen, we can start baking the chocolate chip cookies!Aside from the seriously badass Kelly Clarkson (we will be screaming…
If there is one thing Memorial Day Weekend in Miami is known for is perhaps the sickest dancehall/hip-hop concert this side of Jamaica. Best of the Best’s name might seem a bit boastful but it’s hard to argue otherwise. Last year, the concert brought together Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Bounty…
There are many people in this world that know me as “Azar.” This includes Matt, who runs Roofless Records and works at Sweat Records. And Shawn, who plays bass for The Heartstrings. Sweat Records is a blessing. I stopped by the record store/art gallery/ venue/ cultural hub last night to…
We are only a few weeks away from Winter Music Conference mayhem and new events are still being announced.If you are excited to see Passion Pit live at Ultra Music Festival, but can’t make it, don’t worry there will be consolation prize when band members Ayad Al Adhamy and Jeff…
Ooh! What a treat for the kids, Johnny-come-latelys, scenesters, middle-aged fogies and record collector nerds! Anybody into South Florida punk andgarage would be wise to not let this one slip, because on the Monterey’s stage this Friday will be three bands who pretty much sum up the last 30-odd years…
The CichildsBe True To Your School (Bold/TK Records)The Cichlids’ story is one of your typical musical stories rife with intrigue, pleasure, strife, and the passing of time. The act was widely considered one of the first alternative Florida acts who could have (should have) made it, and 1980’s Be True…
The Moody Blues play Bayfront Park Amphitheater
The namesake guitarist of the Damon Fowler group might look, at first, a little too fresh-faced to really know about the blues. But the cherubic Gen Y-er already boasts more than a decade on the live circuit. Growing up in the Tampa Bay area, he picked up a guitar at…
Minnesota punks Off With Their Heads have been grinding out some of the best melodic “don’t call it pop”-punk the Twin Cities have put out in recent history. For the past seven years, the band has gone under the radar. But a stable lineup since 2007 and constant touring (15…
D.O.N.S. is best known to many clubbers as a remixer of Technotronic’s immortal “Pump Up the Jam.” Some 16 years after the original track’s release, in 2005 the Hamburg, Germany-based producer took his reworked version into the far reaches of the UK singles chart. He did so by grabbing the…
One of the longest-running roots-reggae bands, Steel Pulse boasts a list of former members twice as long as the current lineup. Only two of today’s players have appeared on all 11 of the group’s studio albums: keyboardist and backing vocalist Selwyn Brown and lead guitarist and vocalist David Hinds. That’s…
Colombian urban fusion act Choc Quib Town makes its Miami debut at Kukaramakara
Head Spins: DJ Top Feelin
Just a few items we enjoyed reading from this week’s expertly designed print edition.In Music: Taylor Swift poised to make all of South Florida stop and listen, get hit with some Steel Pulse, stomp the floor with the Dropkick Murphys, News: Heath Miller, ugh, In Film: Tim Burton’s Alice in…
It’s already painfully obvious that Lil Wayne, a South Florida resident soon to take a sabbatical at Riker’s Island, gets a lot of attention on this blog. Thanks to his Twitter developments and the unveiling of the rapper’s dentist Dr. Victor Mongalo, Crossfade can stay flowing with fresh content and…
Joshy Josh is a journeyman DJ in South Florida who skims the fine line between South Beach and downtown. Some people know him as the spectacled dude with long hair and the perpetual three-day college professor beard, but most know him for his DJ sets of fun. Crossfade caught up…
