Q&A With DJ Craze, Playing White Room on Saturday

DJ CrazeSmall in stature, big in bass, Miami dance music legend DJ Craze chats with New Times about new projects, the rise of dubstep, and how killing the dance floor is the truest form of safe sex. He plays White Room on Saturday, at Embrace’s Arcade party.DJ Craze. Saturday, January…

Concert Review: Matisyahu at the Vagabond, January 6

Photo by Ben ThackerClick here to view a slideshow of photos from the event.MatisyahuThe Vagabond, MiamiWednesday, January 6, 2010Better Than: Your best friend’s bar mitzvah.The Review:Hassidic reggae/hip hop hero Matthew Paul Miller, a.k.a. Matisyahu, dropped into the Vagabond Wednesday night for a last minute private acoustic set, hosted by Birthright…

Of Montreal’s James Husband at Electric Pickle March 13

James Husband​Last time Of Montreal came to South Florida, the band stopped at Revolution in Fort Lauderdale. While they aren’t planning to return in the near future, guitarist James Huggins III side-project James Husband will come to South Florida on March 13.Huggins released his debut album, A Parallax I, in…

Show Announcements: OMG Wilco, Tickets on Sale Tomorrow

Between Air and this, the Fillmore Miami Beach is landing some OMG-worthy shows this spring. Yes, Jeff Tweedy and company play Miami for the first time in forever on Monday, March 2010, in support of last year’s self-titled album. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, January 8, at 10 a.m. Both…

Live Rock and Roll Tonight at Electric Pickle

Photo by Ian WitlenStonefox​It’s easy just to think of Electric Pickle as the home of Poplife and various underground techno and house events. But besides Champion Sounds Wednesdays, which focuses heavily on hip-hop, soul, and funk, there’s another night that veers from the usual four-to-the-floor program: Stop Drop N’ Roll…

Nerd Alert: How To Record Streaming Audio Free with Mac

Ever like a song on a band’s MySpace enough that you want to be able to hear it anytime, without going online?How about digitally recording live radio broadcasts as they’re streamed on a radio station’s website? Wanna do that? Wanna record streaming audio for free on a mac?All you need…

Sweet Bronco

This Fort Lauderdale-based act usually plays small Broward and Palm Beach County venues like the Bubble and Propaganda, so this outing below the Miami-Dade County line is rare. Although the band is technically a three-piece, Sweet Bronco’s driving force is curly-haired Chris Horgan, who still plays often, under the same…

Bob Sinclar

French producer/DJ Bob Sinclar (née Christophe “The French Kiss” le Friant) was Born in 69, as it says literally in the title of his most recent full-length. And you need to sample only a small cross-section from his decade-plus of throbbing tracks to understand his promotion of this double-entendre-imbued birth…

Open Mind Monday

Hey, 2010, I don’t want to start off on the wrong foot with you or anything, but what’s going on? Were the bleary-eyed shambles in which I awoke this morning really necessary? I’ve done nothing to you, buddy. This isn’t paying for my sins — I haven’t had a drink…

Cedric Gervais

Favoring a pounding prog-house sound as shiny and at times as sleazy as the city he now calls home, Paris-to-Miami transplant Cedric Gervais has a reputation as a DJ who plays it both uplifting and up-thrusting. Building his following since 2003, this big-room fixture favors blissfully breezy Ibiza-style tracks buoyed…

H.O.S.H. Plays Electric Pickle on Friday

​I first heard of Hamburg-based producer H.O.S.H. (a.k.a. Holger Behn) through a mind-blowing 2008 release called “Radar” — a collaboration with esteemed producer and Diynamic labelmate Stimming. This insidious little banger blends delectably nuanced and understated tribal rhythms with weird distended pitch crescendos and a smiting climatic jazz organ breakdown…

Cedric Gervais at Space (Of Course), This Saturday Night/Sunday Morning

Favoring a pounding prog-house sound as shiny and at times as sleazy as the city he now calls home, Paris-to-Miami transplant Cedric Gervais has a reputation as a DJ who plays it both uplifting and up-thrusting. Building up his following since 2003, this big room fixture favors blissfully breezy Ibiza-style…

Video: Anjell, “A Girl Has To Do What A Girl Has To Do”

Have you ever been on the “Plug The Band” section of Backpage.com?Today we found this amazing video of Anjell singing her future classic, “A Girl Has To Do What A Girl Has To Do.” The song is produced by Tad Sharpe for Batovision Digital Entertainment.Click here to Anjell’s full ad…

Ultra Music Festival 2010 Phase 1 Lineup Announced UPDATE

​I rarely ever take flier handouts while walking at night around South Beach, but for some reason as I was leaving Klutch I took an Ultra flier from a guy. Honestly, the first thing I felt was exhaustion because I don’t know if I can handle the fact that Winter…

Concert Review: Kid Sister at Klutch, January 1

Photo by Anthony VerrilliKid Sister performing at the Delano Hotel during Art Basel.​Kid SisterFriday, January 1, 2009Klutch, Miami BeachBetter Than: Electro-rap posers like Kesha.Here I thought LMFAO was the worst thing to happen to hipster-hop, but then came Feminem songstress Kesha. Coing to the industry’s attention when she sang on…

Concert Review: Blowfly at the Monterey Club, January 2

photo by John Twomey​Blowfly With Jacuzzi Boys and Mr. Entertainment and the PookiesmackersSaturday, January 2, 2010The Monterey Club, Fort LauderdaleBetter Than: Rotten fish cunnilingus.The Review:Happy New Year! Out with the old, in with the new. Right? Not at the Monterey Club Saturday night. The new was in, no doubt about…

Bob Sinclar Does Mansion This Saturday

French producer/DJ Bob Sinclar (neé Christophe “The French Kiss” le Friant) was Born in 69, as it says literally in the title of his most recent full-length. And you need to sample only a small cross-section from his decade-plus of throbbing tracks to understand his promotion of this double entendre-imbued…

The Best Local Albums of 2009, Part One of Four

Over the next two days, we’ll post Crossfade contributors’ favorite local albums of 2009. They’re listed in completely random order, so stay tuned as the full list rolls out. ​Panic BomberGetting On My Mind (self-released)panicbomber.comPanic Bomber is the brainchild of Miami’s one-man-dance-spectacle Richard Haig. He first gained local notoriety as showman…