Five Under $10 in Miami For the Weekend of March 5 – 7

​Friday, March 5*Tonight at Transit Lounge, the home of many fun, free things, check out a screening of the new Serj Takian DVD, Elect the Dead Symphony. (Elect the Dead is his new huge project wherein he plays every single instrument). Click here to visit Transit Lounge’s page.*Carnaval on the…

A Quick Rundown on Some Miami Acts Playing at SXSW

A few Miami acts are playing official (and semi-official) showcases at SXSW in Austin in a couple weeks. If you’re lucky enough to make it over to Texas for this, here’s who they are and where you can catch them.​DJ CrazeNicaragua-born, Miami-rased DJ Craze has had as many lives as…

Music In This Week’s Print Edition of Miami New Times

Courtesy of Nacional RecordsCheck out a feature on ChocQuibTown.​While we update Crossfade a bunch of times a day, the Miami New Times still features a fresh crop of music news weekly, including features that go into more depth than the usual blog post. This week, Christopher Lopez gives the run-down…

Steel Pulse Mellows Out Revolution on Wednesday

One of the longest-running roots reggae bands around, Steel Pulse now boasts a list of former members 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 lead…

D.O.N.S. Drops New Album at B.E.D. on Tuesday

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.” In 2005, some 16 years after the original track’s release, the Hamburg, Germany-based producer managed to take his reworked version high into the reaches of the…

Damon Fowler Group Hits Tobacco Road on Thursday

The namesake guitarist of the Damon Fowler group may look, at first, a little too fresh-faced to really know about the blues. And yes, Fowler is a cherubic Gen Y-er, but he already boasts more than a decade on the live circuit. Growing up in the Tampa Bay area, he…

New Must-Read Web Site For Florida Dubsteppers

​In a recent Head Spins column here on Crossfade, we marveled at the rise of South Forida dubstep as far out of Miami’s epicenter as West Palm Beach. (Props to the Reazin for holding things down at Respectable Street and Propaganda). Here’s more proof the low-end sound is sweeping the…

More Live Acts Announced For the King is Dead

Suenalo plays March 13.​Last week, we announced a retooling of the music policy at the King is Dead’s. Though the polished, grown-up-boho vibe continues there unabated, every Friday and Saturday night, the lounge is bringing in some live music for added flavor. (DJs will still spin in between sets). There…

Ten Under $10 in Miami For the Weekend of February 26 to 28

​Friday, February 26*Crossfade favorites Arboles Libres play Fridays at the Vagabond tonight. Cover is free before 11 p.m., $5 after. Click here to visit the Vagabond’s web site.*BFGF, This Heart Electric, and Melting Mandarin play the Born Electric one-off party tonight at the Guest Lab, a cool warehouse spot on…

MP3 of the Day: “Self-Sabotage” by Crimson

​Miami’s hard rock scene is pitifully low on estrogen. Enter Crimson, a local six-piece that’s been playing together in one form or another for the past few years, but only recently has started kicking it into high gear. The backbone of the band are the married couple (awww) of guitarist…

Lil Jon Plays Dirty Hairy at LIV on March 3

photo by Tyler Clinton​Lil Jon may be famously over-the-top, but he’s no buffoon. And so, with his beloved crunk approaching punchline status in the past couple years, he wisely noted it was time to retool. Enter Crunk Rock, a term that’s the title of his upcoming album, a term for…

Steel Pulse Brings Proper Roots Reggae to Revolution on March 10

via facebook.com/pages/Steel-PulseOne 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,…

Calvin Harris Tomorrow Night at LIV, Plus WMC 2010 Dates

via myspace.com/calvinharristv​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,…

More Free Music From Miguel Migs, Playing the Vagabond This Saturday

via myspace.com/djmiguelmigs​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…

Crossfade is Seeking Latin Music Writers and Photographers

​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…