In the midst of South Beach Wine & Food taking over the beach, new lounge The Strip (330 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) was suppose to open this weekend in the old Rumi/O Asian space. Sorry to say, it ain’t happening. At least not until next weekend. The opening has been…
One of the longest-running roots reggae bands around, Steel Pulse now boasts a list of former members as twice as long as that of its current lineup. Only two of its current players have appeared on all 11 of the band’s studio albums: keyboardist and backing vocalist Selwyn Brown, and…
We get to see an awful lot of Locos Por Juana around town, as they gig consistently, giving localvores frequent opportunities to catch them at favorite watering holes. But one shouldn’t overlook the fact that, while they’re extremely proud to rep the 305, they’ve extended their reach far beyond our…
In what may be a somewhat dubious distinction, 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 managed to take his reworked version high into the reaches of…
Current NPR darlings Surfer Blood already got a co-sign from Brooklyn electro-house producer Drop the Lime when he spoke about the bands he spins when not spinning for cash in an interview last year. Now the DJ, who rolled through Miami last month, has taken his adoration to the next…
And to think it was only a year two years ago that Calvin Harris was playing for the Poplife crowd at White Room. Early tracks like “Acceptable in the ’80s” and “All the Girls” may have been hipster dance jams, but his latest album, last year’s Ready For the Weekend, pushed…
For a town so obsessed with dance music, Miami has very few nights devoted to straight-up house. Not electro-, not tech-, just house. And so, besides Aquabooty’s epic events, Backdoor Bamby at the Vagabond has become a required stop for hungry house heads. Titans like Louie Vega and Jellybean Benitez…
Honeyboy Edwards destroyed a sold out house at Miami Beach’s Colony Theatre last Saturday night with a set so full of Delta you could feel it in your bones. The 94-year-old Edwards, who just won 2010’s Life Time Achievement Award at the Grammys, played with backing by Steve Arvey on…
Miami New Times is looking for freelance writers and photographers familiar with the local Latin music scene to contribute to both the print edition and our music blog, Crossfade. Candidates must be local to Miami-Dade county, and should ideally have some professional journalism experience. Please send your five best clips…
Sweat Records announced the winners of their “Make A Rachel Goodrich Video and Win $500” contest this past Saturday night, which was followed by an in-store performance by the local superstar folk diva. (Read Crossfade’s recap of the event here.)In my humble opinion, Lucas Leyva’s entry, above, should have taken…
To view a slideshow of photos from the show, click here.Holly MirandaWith Tegan and SaraSunset Cove AmphitheaterFebruary 21, 2010Better Than: Having to brave a bunch of Brooklyn hipsters for some true New York cool The Review:Had Holly Miranda heard that I came to catch her Sunset Cove show straight from…
Click here to view photos from this event.Amanda Blank with special guest Spank RockSaturday, February 20, 2010Electric Pickle, MiamiBetter than: That other white faux hipster hop singer Ke$ha.She may be just some white girl from Philly, but Amanda Blank has been doing her thing since 2005. Her rhyming skills come…
One+One, James Zabiela’s beloved collaboration with Nic Fanciulli, is long done. But Zabiela, the flaxen-maned, one-time-wunderkind, is doing more than fine as a solo star. Only 30 years old, but already a pro for the last 10 years, each year sees him developing his technical wizardry further. His musical background…
There are seven dirty words that got George Carlin arrested for disturbing the peace while doing a stand up comedy routine in 1972. In the ’90s, Luther Campbell, or Uncle Luke to you, white boy. who put them into action and made a world famous career out of them.Obscenity? Fuck…
For going on two decades, German DJ/producer Marc Romboy has established himself as one of the preeminent figures of electronic dance music through a rare combination of innovative vision and heartfelt reverence for the classic forms. A childhood fascination with synthesized sounds, via the likes of Kraftwerk, got Romboy hooked…
Since Grass got a much-heralded makeover, including new expanded indoor seating, it was unclear what was going to happen to its lounge-within-a-lounge, The King is Dead. Well, the King is very much still alive (horrible, but I couldn’t resist, sorry). It’s just getting a major entertainment revamp. Past offerings there…
Back in 2007, when the Box officially opened in New York, the racket could be heard all the way down to Miami. “It’s a bawdy house,” said some. “A place soaked in sex,” said others. “Burlesque just got reborn,” said the rest. The Box was tops because it pulled out…
Spank Rock at MansionPhiladelphia MC Spank Rock played a rather odd booking at Mansion Friday night. We are used to seeing the man perform in downtown venues not South Beach megaclubs. Click here to view the full slideshow.Jay- Z at BankAtlantic CenterTemporarily renamed the Jay-Z Center, the rapper superstar kicked…
Rachel GoodrichSweat Records, Miami Saturday, February 20, 2010 Better Than: Listening to old Raffi CDs as an adult. The Review: More than 100 fans crammed into Sweat Records Saturday night for a performance by Miami’s own “shake-a-billy” star, Rachel Goodrich. The event was part video contest award ceremony, part in-store dance…
Click here to view a slideshow of photos from the show.Jay-ZWith Trey Songz and Young JeezyBankAtlantic Center, SunriseSaturday, February 20, 2010Better Than: Listening to the AutoTuned train-wreck on “We Are the World 25 for Haiti.” The Review:Jay-Z’s last two appearances in South Florida, both in 2008, were each in downtown Miami…
Last time Milwaukee hipster hop MC Juiceboxxx performed in Miami, he got everybody sweating at Poplife. This time he returns to the city in the midst of Winter Music Conference along with Puppy Hearts.The 23-year-old is on the road in support of his debut mixtape, Thunder Zone Volume One, which…
Before he was crashing live news coverage to get himself on TV, Lyrikill Dot Com already had a sophisticated viral marketing strategy in place. See the above video of the Lyrikill song “You Done Messed Up” intercut with celebrity gossip photos and titled “Chris Brown Beat Rihanna [Picture Rihanna on…
