Photo by Richie WiremanJeff Tweedy’s Shaggy Mop set as the opening actWilco doesn’t demand that much from its listeners. The band’s name stands for “will comply,” and listening to music this melodic, depressing, sleepy, and disarming can feel like popping a Valium. Much like the drug, the band has loads…
Photo by Brandon ChesbroThe Honda Civic Tour has just announced its summer tour itinerary, and it includes a balmy stop in South Florida. Paramore, fronted by the red-haired siren Hayley Williams, will ensure that a large assortment of teens and tweens are gonna be at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater in…
photo by Jipsy / Nefariousgirl.comThe Big Bounce album release showThe Colony Theater, Miami BeachFriday, March 19, 2010Better Than: Many of the popular artists that The Big Bounce hopes to play alongside. The Review:A few hundred people turned out to the CD release show for the Big Bounce’s debut album, Champagne and…
Over the last 5 years, Miami Gardens’ annual Jazz In The Gardens festival has become a premier concert event and tourist attraction for South Florida and is helping to build a positive national reputation for the largest majority-black city in all of Florida.The two-day event featured performances by Mary J…
Ever find the cumbersome Ultra Music Festival maps given to attendees at the entrance a hassle and unnecessary? Wish you could pull all that information via your iPhone? Are you rolling so hard on Ecstasy you barely know where you are? Well, Ultra organizers have the solution for you! A…
Ice Palace StudiosIt was about fucking time. According to a press release, the on-life-support venue known as Karu & Y has ceased to exist. In fact, Ice Palace Studios, which owns the lease to the building, is taking it back and reclaiming it as part of the complex, henceforth known…
Benny BenassiWith the long (and still growing) list of Winter Music Conference events happening next week, we are sure you are feeling a bit overwhelmed. It’s tough to decide where to spend your hard-earn money. Fret not! Here at Crossfade we’ve simplified things for you, as music editor Arielle Castillo…
Ok, we’re just posting this because Bradford didn’t take a photoBackstage after Thursday night’s Kashmir show at Maggie Mae’s, an awfully tall fellow could be seen laughing with Kashmir’s lead singer, Kaspar Eistrup. Turns out it was Paul Dempsey, lead crooner and guitarist of Australian band Something for Kate. SFK…
Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records has just posted its flyer for its Record Store Day in-store performers. In addition to the many, many exclusive releases, and FREE FREAKING CUPCAKES, all merchandise will be discounted by 10 percent (there is an asterisk on the flyer, so be sure to ask).On April 17,…
What does it say about scorching three-piece Lavola that within a month of their first live show they’ve booked gigs in Miami, Boca, West Palm, Palm Beach Gardens, Pompano, and Lake Worth? Not just that they are on their hustle, but that they kill it live, which you can find…
In a nutshell, the adorable folk duo Raffa & Rainer will perform tunes from their new album, No Mercy, at the Bubble (810 NE Fourth Ave., Fort Lauderdale) with with Sweet Bronco and Bridget + Luke. Our dedicated writer, Travis Newbill, caught up with R&R recently:”We needed to make up…
Of the 17 acts set to perform during the fifth running of Jazz in the Gardens at Sun Life Stadium, only about half are jazz artists by the genre’s strictest definition. When it comes to headliners Mary J. Blige (featured in the jam “Be Without You” above that you should…
Uffie, no more.Bad news kids: Electro Lolita Anna-Catherine Hartley, AKA Uffie, will not be stopping by Miami next week for Winter Music Conference. According to a source, the Ed Banger chanteuse decide to rehearse for her upcoming tour in support of her debut album, Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans, instead.Needless…
So by now you’ve probably heard that DJ booking agency Deckstar and LIV at the Fontainebleau Hotel is hosting a tribute for Adam Goldstein, AKA DJ AM, who died of an accidental drug overdose last summer.But who exactly will be paying tribute to the fallen DJ? Our sources wouldn’t give…
Photo by Bradford SchmidtLead singer Kaspar Eistrup and keys/guitar Henrik LindstrandThere are way too many bands at SXSW to catch even a small percentage of the good ones. If you were at Antone’s this afternoon, you’re good to go, because Danish rockers Kashmir played a 25 minute set that reminded…
Colombia is a country known for solid exports. And we’re not talking nose candy here. Nor are we talking super hottie hip shaker Shakira. At least not in that capacity. Colombia consistently exports quality music. The aforementioned chanteuse among them. Carlos Vives is another who comes to mind. From Joe…
Unleash South Florida’s buzz band of the moment, Surfer Blood, on Austin, Texas, and the music enthusiasts will follow. Above, we see that New York Times’ Ben Sisario is spending just as much time observing the feverish thumb-typing around him as he is the band. We have compiled several notable…
Photo by Bradford SchmidtA crowd filled with sausage-eaters makes Darren Lackie green with envy on WednesdayThere have been some not-so-pleasant things said in the past about the Levi’s/Fader Fort at SXSW, like that the lines are long, it’s too corporate, whatever. But you can’t deny that it’s a damn good…
After much blood, sweat, and tears it’s finally done and hot off the presses. In newsstands today all over Miami you will find our Winter Music Conference Guide 2010 put together by Miami New Times music editor Arielle Castillo and featuring work by regular Crossfade contributors Esther Park, Sean Levisman,…
Bradford took a picture of this poster and said he’d be there, so it’s a good betYep, Bradford “The Meatist” Schmidt is in Austin covering SXSW. So far, we know that he didn’t catch Motorhead Tuesday night.From what we gather from Bradford’s Twitter (@boneinthefan) postings yesterday:Bradford caught New York art-rock…
EaracheDeicideWith Kalakai, At Odds With God, Paris Is Burning, and First Born5Revolution, Fort LauderdaleSunday, March 14, 2010Schlepping to Broward from Miami-Dade isn’t too much of a task when the end product is something like metal muthas Deicide. They carry a real Floridian pedigree along the lines of say, a Hunter…
Southern California’s RX Bandits have come a long way from their ska-revivalist roots in the mid-’90s — so long a way, in fact, that it’s hard to discern the roots of their eight full-lengths. One second, there’s a full-fledged horn section; the next, there’s a knock on Yes’ psychedelic-prog door…
