In 1966, brothers Sérgio Dias Baptista and Arnaldo Baptista formed Os Mutantes, a Brazilian rock band that played the role of confident court jester within the folk-rock Tropicália movement. While the group’s forerunners and mentors, like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, preferred sentimentality and left-leaning ideals, the Mutants zeroed in…
Krewella With Seven Lions and Candyland Fillmore Miami Beach Friday, November 8, 2013 Better Than: A generation of fully clothed young women and their boyfriends getting drunk and starting fights at rock ‘n’ roll shows. Or a Krewella show without dad. EDM is getting old. For years now, dance music…
Israel is by no means lagging behind the electronic dance music capitals of the world. In particular, the coastal city of Tel Aviv — known as the “city that never sleeps” — boasts a world-class nightlife and voracious appetite for electronic beats. It’s no surprise then that Israel would spawn…
Fernando Perdomo was once one of South Florida’s own, an omnipresent musician, local entrepreneur, and singer-songwriter who made an indelible mark on the local scene. He relocated to L.A. in June 2012, following the death of his mother and the sale of his family home, which also housed his recording…
Classifying any musicians’s sound as simply downtempo is unfair. The term says nothing about the idiosyncrasies and stylistic nuances of the individual artist’s work. In fact, it’s merely a description of the music’s rate of speed, a suggestion that these tracks are meant for afterhours home listening instead of the…
When we here at Crossfade rang up Jon Anderson, the founding member and iconic voice of the pioneering English prog rock band Yes, we thought that we’d reached his secretary. “It’s me,” he responds, swinging the words heavenward and high. He confesses that he is grocery shopping near his home…
Drake’s Would You Like A Tour? With Future, Miguel, and others American Airlines Arena, Miami Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Better Than: Any other damn rapper/singer/sexy motherfucker out there right now. Drake the type of dude to write so many chart-topping hits that you start to forget, then jump on stage…
Twerkin’ is the best way to celebrate any holiday. Do it on a pumpkin. Do it on a Turkey. Do it atop a Christmas tree. Do it on a giant candy heart that reads “U R GR8.” Do it on a wrecking ball while naked and screaming, “We Can’t Stop!,”…
Is Basel finally moving to Wynwood? Nope. The main arty party’s still anchored out on Miami Beach. But Flaunt Magazine, 3P Production (the self-described “creative team behind Bardot”), and Mana Wynwood are bringing yet another unofficial outpost of Art Basel Miami Beach to the ‘Wood. During next month’s Basel week,…
Gwar With Band of Orcs, Iron Reagan, and Whitechapel Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale Monday, November 4, 2013 Better Than: Any Halloween party that we’ve ever attended. “So, the human race goes bald, gets ugly, and wears a stupid skirt.” — Oderus Urungus On a drizzly Monday night, Fort Lauderdale was…
Thee Oh Sees With OBN III’s and the Blind Shake The Stage Miami Monday, November 4, 2013 Better Than: Going home and waiting to work again. Waiting to die, again. If you’re like the majority of Americans, Monday nights typically involve a mind-numbing commute, a meal, and perhaps some time…
“Hey, you got to hold on…” That’s just Alabama Shakes singer and axe slinger Brittany Howard asking y’all to keep calm and exercise a lil’ patience. She and her band buds — guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, and drummer Steve Johnson — can hear you screaming, “I don’t wanna…
This weekend The Stage Miami is celebrating three years of music, and the approximately 624 parties they threw in about the past 1,000 days. Since its inception, this little club under the highway has ushered in a new era of live music and DJs in the heart of the City…
Kurt Vile & The Violators With VBA, Band in Heaven, and Beach Fossils Grand Central, Miami Friday, November 1, 2013 Kurt Vile is the unassuming anti-rock star for a new generation. As a guitarist, Vile brings an understated athleticism to his playing that perfectly suits the charming and often revealing…
Sure, Mondays are cruel and unusual punishment for us working folk, but when you have great music and concerts to look forward to, you may actually catch yourself saying something bizarre like, “I can’t wait for Tuesday.” Just check out the five best shows going down in South Florida this…
Halloween is one of the biggest party nights of the year. So if you head out on All Hallow’s Eve in Miami, prepare yourself for all kinds of spooktacular sights. Are those zombies really zombies? Or have they just drunk themselves near death? The answer, dear partier, is yes and…
“Space,” Oscar G insists, “was all I ever wanted.” No doubt, during his decades in the dance music game, the 305 house legend has achieved far more significant things (like, say, 12 top-ten hits in 17 years with Ralph Falcón on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs chart) than a residency…
Kurt Vile likes to weave a lot of subtle texture through his songs. It can be as simple as the squeak his fingertips make by rubbing the nylon strings on the neck of his acoustic guitar. Or it can be as other-worldly as an electric pulse from a Moog phaser…
Tobacco Road is so old that when it first opened way back in 1912 there were only 48 U.S. states. So old that when Abraham Lincoln turned 18, he hitchhiked to Miami and had his first beer there. (OK, that’s a lie.) So old that Miccosukees canoeing the Miami River…
In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldly declared, “Let there be house!” Thus preached the Reverend Chuck Roberts in 1987. And if the gospel…
When musicians, comedians, and Friends of Nature gather to party, you know it’s gonna be a true tree-hugging bash, especially with holistic-minded headliners like Café Tacvba. “We as humans and society belong to nature and Mother Earth, and we have to be cautious and try to take care of it…
“It’s still exciting,” insists Widespread Panic’s Domingo “Sunny” Ortiz, “even after 27 years.” That’s right … For the last quarter century, Ortiz and the rest of the outfit — vocalist/guitarist John Bell, vocalist/keyboardist John “JoJo” Hermann, guitarist Jimmy Herring, drummer Todd Nance, and bassist/vocalist Dave Schools — have been rocking…
