Ever wonder much caffeine-jacked energy drink you could suck down before totally losing your sense of rhythm? Go find out this Thursday when the Red Bull Versiones party lands at Grand Central with endless party tunes provided by local Latin acts Karina Iglesias, Flow Official, Elastic Bond, Xperimento, Bachaco, and…
Ah, the holidays … Whether you celebrate Christmas or Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or a Festivus for the rest of us, the season represents the same stuff: peace on earth, good will towards your fellow man, and totally crazy parties. Lots and lots of them. Case in point: The Recording Academy’s Florida…
Everybody loves beer, movies, and music, right? OK, well, maybe not every single human being on Planet Earth (e.g. straight-edge punks without eyes or ears), but the crowd at Roofless Records’ Cinema Sounds #7 was definitely down with the program. Fed on cheap-ish beer and table wine, roughly 120 people…
It’s no surprise that Surfer Blood is racking up the end-of-the-year listicle awards. But every now and then a curveball is thrown into the mix. This year’s odd pick: Rachel Goodrich’s “Light Bulb” snagging a place on IFC’s Best Music Videos of 2010 list.Considering the video has probably never aired on…
As you prepare to celebrate with massive amounts of alcoholic nog, hours of lyrically inaccurate Christmas caroling, and some very drunken, dirty dancing, Crossfade has been busy making helpful, funny, and seasonally appropriate lists. Today we present a local music guide, sung to the tune of the 18th-century folk classic…
Good morning, FM lovers! It looks like Cox Radio finally received our Christmas wish list. Over the weekend, it was announced live on the airwaves that the former 93 Rock (currently 93 Holiday Nightmare) will discontinue its 24/7 holly jolly programming at 11:59 p.m. on Christmas night. Really, the announcement…
Virginia Woolf once said, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the grave of Aphra Behn… for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” Had Woolf been a teen with a ‘zine during the late ’70s or early ’80s, she might have said…
It was billed as a “private” performance. But unless you’re one of those rule-watching wimps with way too much respect for authority, you snuck onto the University of Miami campus to see November 5’s free homecoming concert starring Lauryn Hill. We did. And we brought back a recap, some photos,…
The man behind Miami-based record label 10K Islands, Will Suter, is a full-time business man. He’s also a part-time jetsetter. “I technically live in Washington, D.C.,” he explains. “But I also stay in New York and Miami.” And while it seems almost impossible to run a label — organizing distribution,…
Pepvert is something of an enigma. Don’t believe me? Look him up. You won’t find that much on him (trust me, I looked). A pair of MySpaces, a website that affirms Pepvert is an “alter ego,” a link to his management, a pair to iTunes to download his music. And…
When you book Lady Gaga to perform at your New Year’s Eve event, it’s going to be very hard to top. So excuse us if we aren’t as shocked by the news that Tiësto will be headlining this year’s Fontainebleau’s New Year’s Eve poolside party, along with San Francisco DJ…
Diplo has a lot to be grateful this year. The Mad Decent label head’s career shows no signs of slowing down. And his Major Lazer side project with Switch is still going strong following the release of a new EP, Lazers Never Die, and a mixtape with La Roux. Even…
As kitschy and hardcore as I wanna keep my existence, every now and then a little crew comes out of left-field that makes me reexamine myself and my sensibilities. So much is true for the soldiering motherfuckers from the Electric Pickle’s Champion Sound Wednesday party. These cats make me wanna…
Panic Bomber has released his first-ever music video, and much like Mr. Haig’s live performances, it’s over the top, kitschy, and energetic. The video, directed by Robothands, features a mix of animation and live action sequences, with Panic Bomber surrounded by a bevy of dancers, including TM Sisters, Nicole Soden,…
Punk is a lifelong commitment. So whenever your favorite crew disbands, you can probably bet it’s just a break. Within a couple years, the gang will drift back together (even if there’s only one original member still standing), thrash through a few rehearsals, and schedule an epic comeback show at…
As if the promise of a big hipster party out at sea isn’t reason enough to pack up your favorite American Apparel swimsuit and head to sunny Miami in February … Now the Bruise Cruise (the world’s first-ever hipster cruise?) is throwing a pre-party at Grand Central February 24.The lineup reads like Pitchfork porn…
Label this as the least surprising booking for Ultra Music Festival 2011, but our sources have confirmed Carl Cox will be returning for the next edition of the annual event. His return will mark the seventh installment of the Carl Cox & Friends Arena at the festival.Festival Outlook also points…
If you’ve never attended one of Roofless Records’ Cinema Sounds soirees, then the whole concept can seem a little arty or highbrow or out there. And, duh, it’s all of those things. But at the same time, no one’s wandering around in a vintage tuxedo and monocle, reciting lines from…
In the run-up to November 2009’s release of his debut disc Attention Deficit, D.C. rapper Wale floated into pop consciousness on a thick, fast-moving cloud of accumulated hype. After hooking up with master trend-caller Mark Ronson in 2006 and then signing a million-dollar deal with Interscope Records in 2008, the…
Eminem was the name on everyone’s lips during last night’s Grammy nominations special. The Detroit rapper stole the show with ten nominations. They included nods for Record of the Year (for “Love the Way You Lie”), Album of the Year (for Recovery), Best Rap Solo Performance (for “Not Afraid”), Pop…
While certain parts of the Beach, Design District, and downtown get an exclusive, private, and totally off-camera Basel cash injection tonight, the Electric Pickle will be hosting a cheaper, open-to-the-public art party alternative — Champion Sound. Reupping in a big way, this weekly Wednesday throwdown has brought in Detroit bro,…
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for Nicki Minaj. The Sunday before Nicki dropped her highly anticipated debut album, Pink Friday, MTV aired a documentary titled My Time Now that gave us a 24/7 eye into her life. Then Team Barbie took over Time Square on Black Friday for the…
