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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Usually we save the “Flyer of the Week” accolades for Friday, but here’s a last-minute entry that we have to share before it becomes null and void. We give you the yellow-and-black job heralding, uh, “a new kind of playas ball” at Sweat on Wednesday. Back in the days of…
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…
Mary J. fans, this is your year. Not only did she release an excellent studio album, Stronger With Each Tear, but in the next six months, if you’re willing to drive across a couple counties, you can catch her twice in South Florida. Over the summer, the queen of hip-hop…
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…
courtesy of Girlie ActionOne of the most distinct trends in this year’s Ultra Music Festival lineup so far is the presence of several so-called “livetronica” acts, crossover artists from the jam scene whose experimentation is more with bleeps and bloops than guitar noodling. One of the best is Colorado’s Pretty…
courtesy of punkhouse.orgIf you spotted John Joseph on the street and didn’t know any better, you’d probably quicken your pace. Though he’s now 47 years old, the New York hardcore god is a compact, tattoo-covered package of brawn who could easily kick the ass of a poser half his age…
Pitbull had already crowned himself the king of Calle Ocho, the street (and symbolic home of just about everything he represents). So it was just a matter of time before Calle Ocho, the festival, acknowledged his coronation — and all the free advertising on “I Know You Want Me (Calle…
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…
photo by Tyler ClintonLil 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…
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…
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,…
via myspace.com/donsdjIn 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…
via myspace.com/calvinharristvAnd 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,…
via myspace.com/djmiguelmigsFor 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…
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…
