Matt BarnesThis is about all you’ll be seeing of Drake for a whileCrossfade recently revealed that hip-hop star Drake will not grace Karu & Y with his presence this Friday, and we have since done some research on the situation.No young rapper in the game is hotter than Drake right…
Look out! It’s Princess Superstar.Huzzah! The DJ and performance packed Winter Music Conference event we were looking for. And surprise, it’s brought to you by semi-defunct hipster party SpiderPussy. It’s all taking place at South of Fifth spot Klutch (136 Collins Ave., Miami Beach).Scheduled to perform live are Maluca, Roxy…
Country fans, brace yourselves for the taurine-fueled Country Throwdown 2010 tour, which will overwhelm Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach on May 15. The tour, sponsored by RockStar Energy Drink, boasts country roughnecks Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, Jack Ingram, and Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses. If Bingham’s name sounds…
The Moody BluesBayfront Park Amphitheater, MiamiMarch 5, 2010 It was be easy – and excusable to a degree – for a band like the Moody Blues, whose entire history is draped in nostalgia, to coast by simply on the haze of blissful memories. After all, the majority of the band’s devotees…
Some of us judge Ultra Music Festival by the, how should we say, “chemical experiences,” yet others of us have the novel idea of actually judging it by the music. This is supposed to be America’s premier electronic and dance music festival, ain’t it? This year’s fest has all your…
BehrouzColor us shocked. We honestly expected for more hipster-oriented events booked during the week of Winter Music Conference at the Vagabond (34 NE 14th Street, Miami). But New York house-haven Cielo taking over the downtown club Wednesday, March 24, shouldn’t really come as a surprise. Owner Carmel Ophir has been…
Photo by Derrick TurnerBlowfly, unmasked at lastClarence Reid (a.k.a. Blowfly) with Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers Saturday, March 6, 2010 The Monterey Club, Fort Lauderdale “We’re all going down with the ship, at least I get to hang with the string section” — Tom Bowker The night was odd from…
Get those crisp dollar bills out for Plastician.What better primer for Winter Music Conference than a bass heavy set at a strip gentlemen’s club? If you are looking for one, North Miami Beach’s Encore (17450 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami Beach) has your answer.British dubstep master Plastician will be joined by…
As we already mentioned, Record Store Day, which falls on Saturday, April 17, is gonna be epic. Via the Guest Lab, we discovered that Dean Spunt and Randy Randall, better known as the rugged punks No Age, are gonna rock Sweat Records’ five-year birthday bash that day, dubbed Sweatstock. Also…
ticketmaster.comYou’ll pay that $32.00 service fee and like it!Oops! We just checked Ticketmaster and $249 seats, which better be good ones, are still available for Paul McCartney’s visit to South Florida April 3 at SunLife Stadium. Seats went on sale this morning, and aren’t likely to last well into the…
Goyo and Tostao, of Choc Quib TownLocos Por Juana with Choc Quib TownKukaramakara, MiamiFriday, March 5, 2010Better Than: Seven shots of aguardiente. Or perhaps even better because of them?The Review:I’m not going to lie to you. I’d been psyched about this show for some time. Curious about Choc Quib Town…
Sayre BermanNo tears on Taylor Swift’s guitar Sunday at BankAtlantic CenterClick here to view a slideshow of photos from the concert.Taylor SwiftWith Kellie Pickler and GlorianaBankAtlantic Center, SunriseSunday, March 7, 2010Simultaneously embodying adolescent pathos and empowerment, Taylor Swift swung her golden ringlets into South Florida’s BankAtlantic Center Sunday evening. While…
This week, we’ll highlight the biggest South Florida acts making the trip to Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest Music Conference March 17-21. First, Fort Lauderdale’s Every You.Stop and smell the flowers, guysEvery You is a band that makes each track count. With only a handful of recorded songs…
Kelis is bringing her milkshakes to Ultra.With Ultra Music Festival only a few weeks away, things are coming into the home stretch, and that means time for the Phase 3 announcement for the lineup. This by far has been the most underwhelming revelation of the bunch.Somewhere Ultra has forgotten its…
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…
Uffie, of course.We’ve said some not-so-nice things about Dim Mak, but when you have a lineup that features Fischerspooner, Shinichi Osawa, DJ Funk, Joachim Garraud, Pase Rock, Uffie, Autoerotique, Destructo, Rob Roy, SonicC, and more, well you are going to have to barricade the doors of Louis (2325 Collins Ave.,…
Hey guys, do you think José Saramago’s later books hold a candle to Blindness?There’s no better way to battle Friday morning’s demons than with some searing Portuguese prog-metal courtesy of Moonspell, the freshest addition to the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. If any of the hairs on the back of…
You may remember the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival. It came through last year? A whole bevy of top-shelf world music talent graced our fair shores. CuCu Diamantes participated, sharing her dulcet, neo-Cuban-cabaret-era-spliced-with-urban-NYC vibe. Quirky Mexican NuJazz songstress Ximena Sariñana also played a gig, and our own Rachel Goodrich opened. If you…
The Miami International Film Festival starts this weekend, and if you missed Miami New Times’ guide to the event, click here. Of more immediate interest to Crossfade readers, though, is the fest’s selection of music movies. Here they are. For complete screening and ticket details, visit miamifilmfestival.com. The Beatles on Recorda…
Dig out those tents, because Record Store Day is April 17, and it’s gonna be an early morning for vinyl junkies. Radio-Active Records again is offering a bounty of limited-edition albums for those of us who like good sound, as Lou Reed would say.The store’s blog lists 30 special releases,…
myspace.comAs Arielle pointed out back in February, the upcoming Lilith Fair tour lineup does not suck. Now, if they’d just tell us when the West Palm Beach date is going to happen, we can start baking the chocolate chip cookies!Aside from the seriously badass Kelly Clarkson (we will be screaming…
Photo by Ian WitlenT-Pain performing at last year’s Best of the Best.If there is one thing Memorial Day Weekend in Miami is known for is perhaps the sickest dancehall/hip-hop concert this side of Jamaica. Best of the Best’s name might seem a bit boastful but it’s hard to argue otherwise…
