With Art Basel looming, the masses are already buzzing with barely controlled excitement about the country’s most enormous and important art event of the year. So we here at New Times have been ear-deep for weeks, gathering intel on both official and unofficial arty parties. Off-the-grid case in point: Transit Lounge’s December…
If the news of Rökysopp or Crystal Castles didn’t get you excited about this year’s three-day Ultra Music Festival, the news of UK big beat legends, the Chemical Brothers, being added to the lineup will. An inside source at the festival confirmed that the duo will be headlining next year’s…
German DJ-producer Timo Maas has been in the EDM game since long before it was the mainstream soundtrack for weekend clubgoers around the world. As a child of the early ’90s rave generation, he soaked up the era’s variety of cutting-edge new electronic music styles, emerging as a master of…
Greil Marcus and Alex Rossat the Miami Book FairSaturday, November 20, 2010Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, MiamiBetter than: Watching an Almost Famous meets Ray meets I’m Not There hybrid. Unless you’re an avid, anal-retentive reader, you’re probably not familiar with Greil Marcus and Alex Ross. The music critics — Marcus…
Bayside Rocks Festival Featuring Toots and the Maytals, Steel Pulse, Bunny Wailer, Marcia Griffiths, Cultura Profética, Midnite, and many others Bayside Park Ampitheater Saturday, November 20, 2010 Better than: An overpriced reggae cruise heading to Montego Bay. Downtown was abuzz as local book nerds and wandering teenage ravers flooded Biscayne…
Never heard of UK DJ-producer Chris Lake? Then you’re hopelessly out of the loop, because he’s one of the greatest EDM stars in the world. Some notable stats: Two Billboard Dance Airplay Chart number ones, several US Dance Chart top tens, and “the best thing to come out of Scotland…
See the full Iron and Wine slideshow. With Nomo The Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday, November 18, 2010 Better than: Cheap beer chilled in the river and chugged at noon. Unlike weak revivalists, fourth-generation freaky folks, and other bullshitters, Sam Beam’s version of Americana has never lapsed into studied “authenticity” or…
To get full disclosure out of the way: Jose Flores is an occasional contributor to Crossfade. Miami’s music community is small so it’s kind of hard to avoid that incestuousness. You’ll probably better recognize, though, the alter ego for which he became best known around town in recent years: Jose…
Juliette LewisSpecial Guest Joe PerrySun Life Stadium, Miami Dolphins TailgateThursday, November 18, 2010Better Than: The DolphinsLast night, the Miami Dolphins lost–the Bears shut them out, actually. And believe it or not, Crossfade was at the game. However, nothing about the NFL’s Thursday night marketing scheme felt like football. We mingled…
I guess we usually forget about Miami Lakes and muddle it with neighboring Hialeah or think of it as that place we must make the Palmetto curve on our way to Joe Robbie Stadium (or whatever the hell it’s called this year). Turns out that Miami Lakes and its citizenry…
Sure, you know the guy with the devilishly good looks at right. And well you should. Chayanne’s a living legend in Latin pop, a heartthrob who’s wooed masses of female (and probably some male) fans. We could easily attempt to fill this post with facts and figures, listing a near-endless…
Norwegian duo Röyksopp just released upcoming list of North American tour dates. On that list is a scheduled stop at Ultra Music Festival on Friday, March 25. This is in addition to an already confirmed appearance by Crystal Castles the following day on March 26. Festival Outlook says Erick Morillo,…
Onstage, Dino Felipe is all chaos and mayhem. His live show usually starts off with high energy, which sometimes turns into antagonism, which often spirals into self-directed violence. As a performer he can really polarize the crowd. It’s unfortunate that the thing most people take away from the live show…
When you think Puerto Rico, reggae may not be the first thing to spring to mind. More likely it’d be rum, hot girls, and salsa. But if that’s the case, then you’d be overlooking one particular reggae band that’s managed to sow some deep roots — Cultura Profética.A decade and a…
If you think that innovation in house music has already hit the roof, then you need to lend an ear to Brooklyn’s No Regular Play for some of the freshest, most forward-thinking sounds to rock a machine drum beat. Since joining the Wolf + Lamb label-collective in 2009, Nick DeBruyn…
Los Aldeanos With Silvito el Libre Miami-Dade County Auditorium Sunday, November 14, 2010Better than: Living in Cuba.Across the street from the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, Vigila Mambisa protesters held up signs and screamed into a bullhorn against the “Salsa Sangre” being passed off as a concert. Who knew old people could…
Iron and Wine at Fillmore Miami Beach November 18
Toubab Krewe at Electric Pickle November 18
Big Sam’s Funky Nation at Tobacco Road November 19
Diana Ross at Hard Rock Live November 21
Timo Maas and Lee Burridge at Nocturnal November 24
Chayanne at Hard Rock Live November 19
