When people argue about genres, it’s usually on the basis of authenticity. Pop-punk deviates from that tendency in a big way. Not only is it rare to find anyone parsing hairs over what does or does not qualify as catchy, melodic punk rock but the term is shared among a…
Better than: Anything Jerry Only or John Christ have done in years. It’s nearly impossible to read anything regarding Glenn Danzig these days that isn’t either a mockery of the man’s entirely polarizing personality or bits of cynical repartee. Truth be told, Danzig welcomes the attention with his complete inability…
Each music festival has its “highlights.” The reason we describe the best moments this way is to make you feel like you missed out. You can’t have it all, and we want you to know that life is cruel. This past weekend at Wynwood’s inaugural III Points Festival, YACHT mastered…
It’s rare to come across truly humble musicians. Even some local music-makers act like they’re the next Gene Simmons when, frankly, their sound leaves much to be desired. Enter powerhouse couple Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton. These Florida natives are currently competing on the Fox network singing show The X…
Courtesy of X Rated Mud RunCan you conquer the G-String Crawl? Dare you enter the Dominatrix Dungeon? Will you slide into the Honey Tunnel or tackle the Blue Balls Dash? Don’t worry — you didn’t fall asleep in front of the phone sex infomercials again. These are just a few…
Photo by Ian WitlenCheck out Crossfade’s full 73-photo slideshow from III Points Festival Day Two. “This is the weirdest scenario.” That’s how DFA Records founder and former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy half-laughingly reacted to Bardot Miami’s (almost claustrophobic) living-room-like setting for his Red Bull Music Academy Couch Session at…
Photo by Ian WitlenCheck out Crossfade’s full 51-photo slideshow from III Points Festival Day One. Back in December, DJ Shadow had kind of a weird experience in Miami. He took the booth at Mansion, just to be kicked off for not playing enough big-room house music. It’s been this great…
I was a couple of months away from being a dad when my girlfriend and I received unsolicited lessons on how to be parents. The teachers for the class we didn’t sign up for had a cute 6-month-old. My girlfriend got to hear horror stories about delivery and breastfeeding. And…
South Florida is full of pretentious clubs, jam-packed with run-of-the-mill guidos and walking implants that have a “I know someone in VIP” attitude. Although it’s fun to be one of the beautiful people, it’s also nice to sit back with a $2 beer, not giving a flying “what” about what…
Ian Witlen After sweating out last night’s booze in the oppressive Saturday afternoon sun for about 30 minutes, a few handfuls of III Points attendees were allowed into Bardot to see James Murphy speak. At first, there was a small crowd, but the room filled and anticipation built as we…
It’s Thursday afternoon at Wonder Root in Atlanta. Palm Beach’s Croosh, Phil Sebastien, and Shay J have just finished their set for Golden Underground’s show at the 5-day A3C Hip-Hop Festival. The festival attracts dozens of big name rappers like Ghostface Killah, A$AP Ferg, 2 Chainz, Talib Kweli, and Meek…
It was all boots, flashing lights, and deep Southern vocals at Hard Rock Live last night. This, cowboys and cowgirls, was all thanks to Gary Allan. It started out with impressive sound effects: the sounds of rain, thunder, and lightning, and the eery sight of gray smoke. Once the color…
Mondays. No matter what you do, they just keep on coming. The only logical way to handle this situation is to trick your body, stop listening to your brain, and party like the weekend never ended. That’s the plan behind the newest West Palm Beach reggae night on the most…
America’s got a lot right now. America’s got shut down. America’s got Miley Cyrus on SNL. But what’s the one thing we can count own to make us proud? America’s Got Talent. The top contenders from the show’s eighth season rolled into the Kravis Center on Saturday and showed off…
DAT Politics is “the weirdest band Poplife ever brought to Miami.” Or at least that’s what fellow electronic musician Otto Von Schirach said about his current houseguests. Now a duo, French dance party veterans Claude Pailliot and Gaëtan Collet were only in Miami for one day in 2007 for that…
Tropical Storm Karen’s got nothing on this weekend. With the monsoons seemingly behind us and a sweet hint of fall breeze sweeping through our flatlands, things are looking up for our first weekend of October. And now that front yards are filling up with pumpkins, ghouls, and other conspicuous reminders…
Artist and arts impresario Rolando Chang Barrero has another lively show opening this weekend at his Boynton Beach exhibition space, ActivistArtistA Gallery. (Un)Common Traces is a fresh effort by four artists from Dwelling Projects, a Dade County artists’ collective. Just two years along, Dwelling Projects grew out of the arts…
If you only heard snippets of the profanity-laced open letters Sinead O’Connor wrote to Miley Cyrus and you typed into Google “Sinead O’Connor open letter,” you would discover the former Hannah Montana is not the only person the Irish chanteuse has slammed in an open forum. In the past couple…
Gary Allan’s “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)” would make a dead man cry. But the California-bred crooner is not just a sad sack. His music displays a range of expression; “Nothing on but the Radio” is a perfect two-step ditty, and “Tough Little Boys” is good for a deep…
Meaghan Gasch and Sarah Galvan are the Bows and Ties. When we met up with the multi-instrumentalist folk duo, each were adorned with at least one bow, but we didn’t notice too many ties between the two. The two songstresses hail from very different backgrounds, but both are music therapists…
It’s not unusual for dedicated artists to play under different monikers or with different bands at the same time. Sometimes you need different projects to get out the different sounds in your brain, to flex your musical muscles — but for one band to have two names? Aright, it’s not…
Kevin Burns, proprietor of the Talent Farm in Pembroke Pines, is not a masochist as far as we can tell. Burns was the owner of a successful business installing security systems prior to starting the Talent Farm. What has become the only true all-ages venue in South Florida was built…
