Concha Buika is not your traditional flamenco singer. Originally born in Equatorial Guinea, she grew up near a gypsy community on the island of Mallorca in Spain –a perfect place for such an artist to lay her foundation. But hers is a non-traditional take on Spain’s most traditional sound. Influences…
Fatboy SlimFriday, June 19, 2009LIV at the Fontainebleau, Miami BeachBetter Than: paying $70 worth of parking tickets.The Review: Let me start off by warning Crossfade readers that this review might get a bit ugly. I’ll do my best to remain as objective as possible about the music (after all that’s…
¡Mayday! Friday, June 19, 2009 Transit Lounge, Miami Better than: A photo of yourself. The Review: Sometimes a club fills with 400 and every single one seems to be starring in his or her own personal reality show. That was the scene at Transit Friday night. The entire crowd came armed with Elphs, iPhones,…
The wheel in the sky keeps on turning, and Journey keeps on touring. Enjoying a second revival thanks in no small part to their song being used as the punctuation mark at the end of HBO’s The Soprano’s, Journey is tearing up the country, packing as many shows as possible…
How’s this for some good tour timing: Tony Bennett’s long, meandering tour which spreads 33 shows over 8 months, will be conveniently making a slew of stops in Florida throughout January 2010. On January 8, Mr. Bennett will bring his golden voice to the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, and…
Sneaky Sound SystemWednesday, June 17, 2009LIV at the Fontainebleau, Miami BeachBetter Than: Most vocal-accompanied house music.I’ve got to admit I don’t know much about Sneaky Sound System apart from what I’ve heard played at the clubs. So when the Sydney trio were scheduled to make a rare appearance at LIV’s…
Melodic and pop-driven, Jim Camacho’s music has been featured on several films including Tom Dowd & the Language of Music, Pledge This, and Fatboy and captures the catchy, soft folk-rock instincts of Elvis Costello and Jack Johnson, with occasional riffs that conjure up Oasis acoustic sessions. The Miamian songwriter, who…
Want to see something a little different in November? Try Mute Math, a new wave, post-rock, alternative hybrid band from New Orleans. I guess they’re not entirely new or undiscovered, seeing as they’ve been nominated for a Grammy for their “Typical” video (found after the jump) and they’re playing at Revolution…
Don’t sleep this weekend. Now the So Raw Festival goes all day, night, and late-night on Saturday. The first show that day goes from noon to 4 p.m. at the Upper Eastside Garden, followed by an evening show back at ‘ISM Gallery in Wynwood, starting at 7 p.m. (Check out…
The backlash against Atmosphere is puzzling. Wasn’t it just a few years ago that Slug and Ant were THE darlings of the underground hip hop movement? Anyone non-commercial hip-hop fan had an Atmosphere sticker or two on their car, or at least rocked a Lucy Ford CD. Fast forward to…
Miami Beach’s Ashworth lays low in the cut doing visuals and lighting most nights at the Vagabond. If you look under that baseball cap of his, you might recognize him as Audioid that noisy experimental electronic musician who builds and mods his own freaking instruments. At any rate, now the…
Fatboy Slim will be forever preserved in the mainstream pop culture annals as that funk-soul brother who all but left so-called electronica behind as he crafted commercial-ready dance hits. Seriously, his late-’90s/early-’00s hits are so massive they need not even be named. Oh, here are a few anyway, instantly recognizable…
Is there anything Paul Oakenfold hasn’t done? The London-born wax worker has been dubbed the world’s most successful DJ (per Guinness World Records), toured with Madonna, sold zillions of CDs, reportedly has collected as much as $41,000 or more for certain gigs and collaborated with actress Brittany Murphy on the…
Initially catching a break as an opening DJ for progressive figurehead Sasha, UK DJ/producer James Zabiela funneled an interest in acid house’s tightly pitched trills and the instant editing potential of the Pioneer CDJ decks into a blissfully slick sound that’s both sci-fi and hi-fi. Digitally assisted by MIDI controllers,…
The Plain White T’s quietly released a pop-punk album called Every Second Counts in September 2006. However, thanks to the surprise success of the ubiquitous single “Hey There Delilah” — which originally appeared on 2005’s All That We Needed — Counts was recently certified gold and the band got to…
After a final album together, 2008’s Go Away White, Peter Murphy and his former bandmates have finally hammered the last nail in the Bauhaus coffin. But that’s actually good news for the group’s rabid fans. Its erstwhile frontman is finally comfortable performing these songs on his solo tours, which have…
Next week Juan Loumiet is bringing Andy C to Black Sheep (formerly Laundry Bar). Besides being one of the first kids on the block with that drum ‘n’ bass stuff and besides the fact that he is dope on the tables, not always sticking to two decks, he is also…
Belgian producer Jona debuted in 2006 with his release of “The Learnings” EP on the prestigious Get Physical imprint and is one of the most promising young talents of the European techno scene. Originally a virtuosic guitarist with jazz/blues inclinations and a big fan of Brian Eno, he combines technical…
Scottish folk singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini has announced a summer tour with an August 31 stop at the Culture Room. Paolo has been huge across the bond (that’s fancy speak for the UK) for about 3 years now and he’s starting to pick up some serious steam in the U.S. now…
As the sun was setting on Snoop Dogg’s Sunday show at Bonnaroo and the middle fingers that were raised high in the air cheering him on only a few minutes before were put back in their pockets, a dance-funk fusion of keyboard, wailing guitar, funky bass, and steady House-music-ready bass…
Right on the heels of the Jeru show last Friday, the White Room has another performance from a dope MC, this time it’s N.O.R.E. a.k.a. Noreaga, also of Capone n Noreaga. Since his arrest earlier this year down at Fatburger on the beach, N.O.R.E. has been busy, witnessing the release…
The Orlando InvasionMumpsy, with Surfer Blood and XOXO Saturday, June 14, 2009Propaganda, Lake Worth Better Than: Drinking freshly squeezed OJ with Japanese Tourists. The Review: O-town is famed for being the primary residence of the world’s most renowned mouse, and for spewing out annoyingly cutesy boy bands. So can anything…
