Kinky With Feneiva and Mr. Pauer La Covacha, Doral Saturday, April 6, 2013 Kinkier Than: A swinger’s party en La Saguesera. Over the weekend, La Covacha welcomed Mexican rock band Kinky, after an absence of seven years from Miami. In a city where reggaeton, salsa, and merengue are the constant,…
The traditional rock ‘n’ roll laser show just got a reboot. A quick scan of the repertoire reveals your standard-issue Planetarium jams: Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Grateful Dead, and, of course, Pink Floyd. But Saturday night, Planetarium Krautrock (presented by Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum in collaboration with…
South Beach can be a dangerous place. Everyone is too sexy. The rich VIPs run the clubs. And even though electronic dance music is currently the biggest thing in pop culture, famous DJs still get kicked off the decks. Obviously, though, clubbing in Miami isn’t as hazardous as grappling with…
Bomba Estéreo With Zuzuka Poderosa & Kush Arora Heineken TransAtlantic Festival 2013 North Beach Bandshell Saturday, April 6, 2013 Better Than: An aguardiente-drenched wedding in Bogotá. Man or woman, if Bomba Estéreo’s Liliana “Li” Saumet doesn’t make some part of your anatomy hum with strange, sensual electricity, then you need…
Those darn Kitsuné kids are always trying to turn you on to new music. And wouldn’t you know it, they have a knack for picking out real talent. Last November, the Parisian electro label brought Oliver and the Twelves to Grand Central for their 10th Anniversary Club Tour. And even…
You know something’s up when legendary South Florida-slash-Gainesville metal group Floor is playing a local show and it’s not even the band we’re most excited about. We love Floor, its signature metallic hum, and bright pop flourishes. But next weekend, that beloved heavy-tuneage outfit will share the Churchill’s Pub stage…
Suffering from uhntz-uhntz withdrawal? Well, your BFFs at Ultra Music Festival are hurting too. They’re just wracked with the painful physical and psychological symptoms of craving the lost companionship of 330,000 beat freaks. Even tweeting, “We miss you guys so much ;(” Desperate to alleviate the pain of silence and…
Some bands try to snag some buzz with a catchy name. Others become legends with their music alone. But when your band’s name is Kinky and you have been nominated for several Latin Grammys, you’ve definitely made it. We here at Crossfade caught up with guitarist Carlos Chairez just in…
The Río de la Plata (or River Plate) is a 140 mile-wide estuary that separates Argentina and Uruguay. It’s also the place of confluence for the diverse folk music styles Latin Grammy Award-winning Argentinian-Uruguayan collective Bajofondo began blending into their idiosyncratic Rioplantense electronic world fusion in the early 2000s. “What…
Genderqueer rapper Mykki Blanco will bite the head off a harpy, steal that bitch’s wings, and work ’em harder than any regular rap dame ever could. That’s because Blanco is no regular rap dame, and she certainly ain’t no regular rap dude. She is hip-hop’s new in-between, the great white…
So Microsoft hasn’t been cool since Windows 95 went obsolete on December 31, 2001, right? All the hip kids have been buying Macs and MacBooks and Mac OS and iPods and iPads for over a decade. Basically, ever since Steve Jobs (RIP) and company started building desktops that looked like…
How did the Stage suddenly become the best rap club in downtown Miami? Over the next month, this two-and-a-half-year-old Design District bunker that’s built its rep on roots, rock, and reggae will serve as the staging place for classic-era shows by former LOX member Styles P, booty bass pioneer Uncle…
“Give me a Borgasm!” No doubt, the youth of America are just a bunch of desperate beat freaks begging for the kinda “bass makes bitches cum.” And Israeli dubstepper Borgore is the dude with the deep rumble. After attracting ratchet pussy, doing jumpkicks, and climbing speakers at Ultra Music Festival…
A wise man once said, “Ain’t no party like a New Times party ’cause a New Times party don’t stop.” But why are our parties so awesome? The two-pronged answer is part of a longstanding tradition of histrionic revelry, dating back to the Socratic orgies of Ancient Greece: Dank food…
Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st Century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers, and laptops as with drums and flutes. That’s one of the ideas behind the Rhythm Foundation’s Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, whose 2013 headliners include Argentine-Uruguayan electro-tango group Bajofondo…
April has just begun, and no doubt you fell for some embarrassing news clip about Daft Punk’s album release being canceled or a zombie apocalypse — wait, never mind. But rest assured that the good music in this post is not a lie, trick, or gimmick. These incoming jazz musicians,…
How weird was it to wake up this past weekend and not immediately jump on the Metrorail bound for Ultra Music Festival? After two consecutive weeks of fist-pumping, (almost) naked raver bros, nipple pasties, and Molly, the earliest stages of rave withdrawal were starting to creep into our central nervous…
When Kendrick Lamar throws a college kegger, there’s gonna be “Swimming Pools” filled to the brim with drank. Everybody’ll be wilding out like they’re “A.D.H.D.” And Karmaloop, eMuze, and Neff Headwear will be footing the bill. This Thursday, Kendrick and Karmaloop’s Verge Campus Tour 2013 kicks off at Florida Atlantic…
The international electronic dance music scene in 2013 is deeply divided. On one hand, you have the fans of “EDM” or generic, commercial dance-pop designed for festivals and stadium arenas. And on the other hand, you have the underground electronic dance music snobs, bitching and moaning because their precious subculture…
Photo by Jacob KatelWhile the bass shook the pool water at the Raleigh Hotel, booties in short shorts bounced up and down. And so did Steve Aoki, who looked like a little kid at Christmas behind the decks. His Dim Mak label’s Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week day…
Some 30 years after “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the Internet is destroying the CD business, systematically bombing away at the brick-and-mortar retailers that still carry compact discs. By 2016, record sales will have dropped by over 75 percent, according the Wall Street Journal. “Times have changed,” admits Day Music…
The ancient art of the laser show (much like figure skating and the intentional spread of infectious diseases) is a sorely underutilized medium in rock ‘n’ roll. Why did the synesthetic experience of fusing music and amplified beams of light hit its peak with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the…
