Are we the only ones shocked it’s already the end of 2010? Damn! It’s certainly not the first time we’ve been assaulted by the sudden passage of an entire year. Still, there’s one local group for whom passage of time has been especially auspicious: Suénalo. Long one of Miami’s hottest…
Back when a president called Clinton ruled the White House, a band called Harry Pussy lorded over Miami’s tiny noise rock scene. The explosively experimental unit first emerged in 1992 when guitarist Bill Orcutt and drummer Adris Hoyos decided to cause general musical mayhem for no real reason besides their…
Ever loved your sugar pie honey bunny pookie bear soooo much that your relationship already felt like beautiful music? We guess that’s what local musicians Me She and Chris V were feeling when they decided to express it in song. The enamored couple (look, they even have similar haircuts!) formed…
Making up words is fun, but it rarely yields any expression worth keeping (unless you count Peter Griffin’s festizio). The band name Lanzallamas Monofonica is an exception. It isn’t entirely fabricated: If you speak Spanish, you know lanzallamas to mean flamethrower. Meanwhile, monofónica refers to single-channel recording. Though the band…
Intergalactic surf rock act The Gutter Queens is ensuring that every willing participant can have a very retro and ribald Christmas this year at the Monterey Club. Led by guitarist-vocalist Ryan Black, the Coconut Creek natives (currently students at USF in Tampa) do a mean rendition of Dick Dale’s “Misirlou”…
For awhile now, Toronto DJ-producers Jonny White and Kenny Glasgow have been established scene veterans. But nothing could have prepared them (or the world) for the tsunami wave of their 2010 debut release as Art Department, “Without You.” A monstrous bass-driven banger oozing with raw sex and haunting Quaalude-hazed vocals, it dominated…
What’s next on Swedish House Mafia’s to-do list? Total global takeover? Almost. This evening, word has arrived that Mafia members Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, and Axwell will challenge Ultra Music Festival’s exclusive claim to the last weekend of March by throwing one of their Masquerade Motel parties on Saturday, March…
If he hasn’t already made plans to build himself a giant geodesic disco dome atop the Fontainebleau Hotel, Swedish House Mafia member Steve Angello’s top priority in 2011 should be purchasing a prime SoBe condo. Ever since he and fellow Mafia men Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso headlined the main stage…
UPDATE: Originally scheduled for April 15, Juanes’s show at the American Airlines Arena has been changed to October 15. If you missed the special presale for Juanes’ recently announced Miami date, have no fear … Tickets are now on sale via Ticketmaster for his April 15 October 15 show at the AAA…
Rejoice freaky party people ’cause Made Event’s massive Sunday School for Degenerates throwdown is back for another year. And just as we speculated last week when announcing the Anjunabeats party, class will be convening alongside Ultra Music Festival and not WMC. Like the 2010 edition (and Above & Beyond’s Anjuna…
You can joke about Justin Bieber’s lesbianism all day. But the Biebz reigns supreme. Powered by asexual androgyny and cotton-candy songcraft, he has brainwashed tween girls, their mothers, and even, in the most extreme cases, their fathers. You could be next. Seriously, if JB didn’t look (and sound) like an…
Ultra Music Festival revealed its Phase One lineup announcement early this morning via Facebook. The lineup really shows an ambitious mix of live indie-dance bands, usual crop of house DJs, and more experimental electronic musicians. Really, it’s one of the best lineups for the festival in recent years.Previously announced acts…
Is there a broke-ass musician in your life? Well, if not, just look to your left and you’ll find a guy named Danny in a band called Dirty Cherry who can’t even afford a simple bar of soap. Now look to your right and meet Jake, a bass player with…
Holidazed 2010 Presented by 10K Islands and Discosoma With ANR, Can’t Stop, Sumsun, Plains, and Deaf PoetsChurchill’s PubThursday, December 16, 2010Better than: A lame corporate office Holiday party.When we heard 10K Islands and Discosoma Records were teaming up to have a holiday party, we half expected tacky Christmas sweaters, strings…
That old-school jacking house sound from the early ’90s made a big comeback in 2010. One of its pioneers was none other than Miami’s Oscar Gaetan, who along with DJ Ralph Falcon and their seminal Murk Records single-handedly put Miami on the house music map two decades ago. Under the…
Back when a president called Clinton ruled the White House, a band called Harry Pussy lorded over Miami’s tiny noise rock scene. The explosively experimental unit first emerged in 1992 when guitarist Bill Orcutt and drummer Adris Hoyos decided to cause general musical mayhem for no real reason besides their…
Shortly after moving into our swanky new offices at 4500 Biscayne, Crossfade saw the potential for a concert series. The premise was simple: Musicians come into our editorial suite and perform on a plush white couch overlooking the Ivax building’s parking garage. We film the performance, post the vid on…
By now, if you’re a dirty rock ‘n’ roll lover, you should know all about the Furious Dudes, a local band that proudly carries the torch of heavy-hitting, feedback-laden punk rock thrash as originated by scene stalwarts like FWA, the Fuck Boyz, and Load. Like us, you also might’ve heard…
Due to a constantly aching heart, UK pop star Leona Lewis is always singing about stuff like romatic disappointment, relationship trainwrecks, moving on. While they’re not the freshest topics, she still manages to give it a little oomph and combine powerful, soulful vocals with a catchy beat so that her…
If you’ve never made the trip, there’s only one way to enter Candyland: Get a group of festively costumed friends together, drop a tab and a little gamma-hydroxybutyrate, spin some drum ‘n’ bass (or maybe dubstep, if you’re under 21), and then dial up the nostalgic ’90s quotient. Soon a…
As opposed to rap-phobic product pushers like Hennessy, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is totally stoked that peeps be name-droppin’ its shit. In October, company spokesman Jeff Miller told Fortune that his employer was “thrilled” to hear Far East Movement’s “Like a G6” referencing the G-650 aircraft, even amid lines about sucking…
Can you believe there was a time when Pitbull (AKA Don Armando Christian Pérez) couldn’t even get his party jams played on Power 96 (WPOW-FM 96.5)? Back in the day, OG supporter and booty-bass legend Luther Campbell asked the radio station’s jocks to slip some of Pit’s early records into…
