After only three nights occupying part of Miami, a committed group of activists managed to throw together quite the successful concert in under 24 hours. In order to keep the movement’s momentum up in this truly offensive weather, organizers set up a covered stage outside Stephen P. Clark Government Center…
“I can’t imagine making a more difficult album,” says Battles drummer John Stanier when asked to describe the process behind Gloss Drop, the first full-length in four years from the recently downsized (once a quartet, now a trio) post-math-rock ensemble. While the band’s 2007 record, Mirrored, catapulted the previously cult…
Calle 13 Entren Los Que Quieran Tour With Mr. Pauer The Plaza at the American Airlines Arena Saturday, October 15, 2011 Better Than: Storming the border with a boombox on blast. Over the last six months, we here at Crossfade have been rabidly anticipating the arrival of Puerto Rican rappers…
Even if Tunde Adebimpe has never been a household name, TV on the Radio, the band he formed with David Sitek in 2001, has persevered and thrived longer than many of their more conventional brethren. By putting out one fully realized musical art project after another, the New York group…
Last week, we here at Crossfade spoke with the Rapture’s drummer Vito Roccoforte, discussing the band’s new album, In the Grace of Your Love, as well as the dubious genre term dance-punk and the indie dramatics of the last decade. We also chatted with Roccoforte about the spiky meaning of…
See the full 32-photo DWNTWN Concert Series with Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park slideshow. Surfer Blood With Spam Allstars and Ketchy Shuby As part of the DWNTWN Concert Series Bayfront Park Friday, October 14, 2011 Better Than: A falafel on a cold night. Under an almost full, waning moon, on…
If you wanna pop your “Bon Bon” on the Beach with Pitbull for free, you’re gonna have to pay your way by running 13 miles over a period of several hours in sweltering, heatstroke-inducing SoFla heat. The deal: On Sunday, December 11, Mr. Worldwide will be giving a performance on…
Earlier this week, New Times caught up with Vito Roccoforte, drummer of the influential New York dance-rock act the Rapture. After some five years largely out of the American spotlight, the Roccoforte and crew are back with a new album, In the Grace of Your Love, and a headlining tour…
Some DJs were raised with all the spoils of Western capitalism, weaned on Tower Records and Top 40 radio. Others, like Uros Umek, grew up in the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War era, cut off from the West and deprived of even basic commodities like music on vinyl. For…
Every weekend, you finish work, catch dinner and drinks with friends, catch some more drinks, and maybe some pills at the club … And before you know it, you’re waking up Sunday morning (uh, afternoon) and you’re passed out under a car. On Halloween, it’s pretty much the same deal,…
Norwegian party rockers Turbonegro get down like their lives depend on it. And next Tuesday night, Churchill’s Pub will host the latest edition of its monthly cover shows with a tribute to the denim demons themselves. You can expect lampshades worn like helmets, drinks hurled like grenades, and miserable corner-of-the-room…
Anoraak and Teen Daze at Bardot October 13
Big Brass Juke at the Stage October 14
Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park October 14
Electric Beer Pong Battle of the Bands at Churchill’s Pub October 16
Dolly Parton at Hard Rock Live October 18
House music heads are always talking about the rare timeless quality of certain records. You know, tracks that stand the test of time and still sound as fresh today as they did twenty years ago. Only one in a handful of releases ever delivers that quality, especially in this age…
Wynwood-based synth-pop quartet Krisp has emerged from the Miami music-and-arts ether to gig around town like an old-school classic rock workhorse. Of course, the band’s done its requisite time at Little Haiti’s portal to seedy England — and Miami’s widest open door for booking — Churchill’s Pub. It’s braved the…
Boyz II Men have announced a Miami stop on their latest tour, along with fellow 90s smooth-crooner Keith Sweat and gangsta diva Faith Evans. And Crossfade anticipates the concert will be a top-shelf seminar in panty droppin’. Yeah, yeah, yeah … Boyz II Men can sing. They broke Billboard records…
See the full 30-photo Das Racist at Grand Central slideshow. Das Racist With Danny Brown and Despot Grand Central Miami Sunday, October 9, 2011 Better Than: The graveyard shift at a combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. A Lot Better Than: Langerado. About a month ago, Langerado organizers announced that…
There are few artists more beloved on the transatlantic house and techno scene than Cassy Britton. But why? Ask most fans why they love Cassy so much, and they’ll most likely say you have to experience one of her live sets to understand. And that’s true. It’s no coincidence she’s…
If you’re into electronica, chances are you’ll be riding that chillwave of excitement into Bardot for the club’s second installment of its Living Room Sessions. The speakeasy’s new Thursday-night concert series kicked off last night with Junior Boys. And now we’re all set to indulge in a dose of superrelaxed,…
