One of the most anticipated announcements of Miami’s nightlife scene has been where Saturday night indie-dance staple Poplife would be moving to. We heard rumors of the party moving to the partially Poplife-owned Ecco Restaurant & Lounge in downtown, as well as talk that the party was abandoning its mainland…
Shows by local artists, or concerts that are otherwise under-the-radar this weekend in Broward and Palm Beach. Friday: Boca-based trio The Pretty Faces create the sort of garage pop that’s dirty enough for a dive, but too tuneful to be wasted on shitty acoustics. They’re playing Friday at Propaganda with…
We’re all guilty of romanticizing the Sixties. We forget that the era defined by political struggle wasn’t always a big, naked party. Civil rights struggles, women’s rights, gay rights, and various Chicano movements battled deep-seated ignorance and hate. But the shifting social mores and revolutionary tone laid the foundation for…
Can it still be cover a tribute band if the man you’re honoring is your father? Tribute band is a more fitting moniker for Zappa Plays Zappa. Formed in 2006 by the Late Frank Zappa’s son Dweezil and a host of relatively unknown musicians (many of whom backed Frank Zappa…
Glass Candy sound like their on a space shuttle mission somewhere to the deep, dark recesses of the Galaxy Disco co-piloted by Lydia Lunch and Giorgio Moroder. Well, Ida No and Johnny Jewel will be temporarily landing the Shuttle B/E/A/T/B/O/X at the Vagabond on September 11th. Sweat Records, who’s presenting the…
The CBS affiliate in West Palm is kind of awesome for regularly featuring local acts performing live on the air, and seeming damn cheerful about it. There seems to often be some awkwardness in the introductions, though. A while back, they called the Pretty Faces “1970s punk rock” — right…
As a baby of the ’80s (well, I was actually born in ’78), John Hughes’ films played an important role in entertaining and, in all likelihood, shaping me. VHS copies of Vacation, Christmas Vacation, The Great Outdoors, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Mr. Mom…
Click here to view the full slideshow from the event.Davila 666 with Jacuzzi Boys, Electric Bunnies and Lil DaggersTuesday, August 11, 2009Churchill’s Pub, MiamiBetter than: BerlitzPuerto Rican neo-rock ‘n’ roll group Davila 666 shook things up Tuesday night for a happier-than-usual crowd at Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti. The six-piece,…
By all accounts the last soirée at The Bunker on August 1st was an exceptionally groovy affair, due in no small part to a killer lineup featuring No Regular Play, Old Wives’ Tale and Melting Mandarin, along with the sleek minimal sounds of PL0T residents Basti and Mansur. The Bunker…
What the hell is a singjay? Good question. A singjay is a reggae musician who combines a “traditional” type of singing with a rhythmic, monotone chanting.Ripton Joseph Hylton, a.k.a. Eek-a-Mouse is one of the first and biggest artist to popularize the style. What’s even cooler, according to IMDB, Hylton played…
A Sunday afternoon barbecue on South Beach is probably not the best place to interview a DJ, especially if the spinner has been knocking back mojitos for a couple of hours before you pose your questions. Then again, this is the Magic City, and a large part of its allure…
Counting Crows’ Traveling Circus Stops at Bayfront Park Amphitheater
Agent Orange at Respectable Street Proved Punk’s Not Dead
Today, most younger folks know Bret Michaels for his part-time career of bedding a colorful array of barely legal, drunken, cat-fighting, groupie tramps in a misguided search for love and reverence in the annals of VH1 superstardom. But before all of that, he was a young, skinny, androgynously pretty blond…
Altruism and philanthropy are rare things in the hedonistic world of electronic dance music and club culture, where we’re all too busy dancing away and self-indulging to care for any real world causes. That is why Musical Missionary’s Dance for a Cause charity fundraiser at the Electric Pickle this Friday…
There’s nothing like a good festival. The food. The beer. The lengthy and varied lineups of entertainers. Festivals make for an all-around damn good time. The only problem is finding a decent Latin one. Sure, if the signs along the Palmetto Expressway are any indication, there’s a Colombian fest every…
Judas Priest’s masterstroke album, British Steel, released April 14, 1980, is officially 29 years old. Still, the band is on a tour celebrating its 30th anniversary. It deserves such a celebration. With dueling lead guitars, galloping grooves, and high, squealing vocals that pushed histrionics to new levels, the album defined…
Shape Shifters: Incubus Hits Bayfront Park Amphitheater
Whatever you might have heard about the Jonas Brothers, their new album, Lines, Vines, and Trying Times, isn’t terrible at all. Sure, their first album, 2006’s It’s About Time, was a wretched, so-bad-it’s-funny collection of bubblegum pop tunes, unpalatable from the first track: “That’s what I go to school for/Even…
Watch this video for inspiration. Lil E has a show where he records interviews with underground rappers from Lighthouse Studios. It’s called Da Lighthouse Show and in this segment he interviews Shoe aka Shoebox Head a.k.a Shoehead. Shoe is from the south side of Broward County. He talks about how…
You’ve heard me gush over the grrrly bands The State Of and Bonnie Riot (previously Sno Cones) on Crossfade before. The State Of takes drum n bass out of the jungle for a dark but fun mix of piano and percussion. Word is they’re having a CD release party sometime…
The on again off again post-industrial mega band Skinny Puppy has announced a November 20 stop at Revolution Live. Nivek Ogre and cEvin Key, the band’s only two constant members, have been grinding out their brand of dark electronic music since 1982. After breaking up in 1995 and again in…
