Rap-UpShoulda been called “Lose My Innocence”Kudos to the esteemed Rap-Up for pointing out that the 32-year-old Jay Jenkins, formerly known as the rapper Young Jeezy, is now credited as just plain Jeezy on the cover for new single “Lose My Mind” featuring Florida’s own Plies. The song is from Jeezy’s…
Uffie, no more.Bad news kids: Electro Lolita Anna-Catherine Hartley, AKA Uffie, will not be stopping by Miami next week for Winter Music Conference. According to a source, the Ed Banger chanteuse decide to rehearse for her upcoming tour in support of her debut album, Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans, instead.Needless…
DJ/producer Mauricio Barembuem a.k.a. Barem has been Argentina’s number one techno export since alighting on the international scene in the mid 2000s. Having caught the ear of minimal techno magnate Richie Hawtin in 2006, Barem signed to his prestigious Minus label and remains one of its most celebrated artists in…
So by now you’ve probably heard that DJ booking agency Deckstar and LIV at the Fontainebleau Hotel is hosting a tribute for Adam Goldstein, AKA DJ AM, who died of an accidental drug overdose last summer.But who exactly will be paying tribute to the fallen DJ? Our sources wouldn’t give…
Local South Florida music bloggers unite! Well, that’s REVMiami’s idea anyhow. Yesterday, the lovely logo we see above popped up on another South Florida music staple site, Made in Miami Music. The idea is simple: so many folks are toiling away covering their local scenes around the country without a…
Photo by Bradford SchmidtLead singer Kaspar Eistrup and keys/guitar Henrik LindstrandThere are way too many bands at SXSW to catch even a small percentage of the good ones. If you were at Antone’s this afternoon, you’re good to go, because Danish rockers Kashmir played a 25 minute set that reminded…
Colombia is a country known for solid exports. And we’re not talking nose candy here. Nor are we talking super hottie hip shaker Shakira. At least not in that capacity. Colombia consistently exports quality music. The aforementioned chanteuse among them. Carlos Vives is another who comes to mind. From Joe…
David BrieskeDo not try to wrap your pretty little head around this track, “Crossing the Frozen Lands.” Nah. That is not the way art works, at least not for me and I’m only a heady guy when it involves booze and whores and narcotics… think about it baby! You’re in…
I saw Rocky Love in the parking lot across the street from Churchill’s about an hour and a half ago (it is 3:30 a.m. as I write this), and I promised him that I’d put this video up on Miami New Times, so here it is Rocky. I am a…
Unleash South Florida’s buzz band of the moment, Surfer Blood, on Austin, Texas, and the music enthusiasts will follow. Above, we see that New York Times’ Ben Sisario is spending just as much time observing the feverish thumb-typing around him as he is the band. We have compiled several notable…
Photo by Bradford SchmidtA crowd filled with sausage-eaters makes Darren Lackie green with envy on WednesdayThere have been some not-so-pleasant things said in the past about the Levi’s/Fader Fort at SXSW, like that the lines are long, it’s too corporate, whatever. But you can’t deny that it’s a damn good…
No one told Devendra Banhart he needs help with his album covers, thoughEvery week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications’ music sections. Just for kicks. Here’s last week’s entry.Devendra Banhart, in Seattle Weekly: “I had one label tell me they would love to sign…
After much blood, sweat, and tears it’s finally done and hot off the presses. In newsstands today all over Miami you will find our Winter Music Conference Guide 2010 put together by Miami New Times music editor Arielle Castillo and featuring work by regular Crossfade contributors Esther Park, Sean Levisman,…
Just a few items we cultivated from in this week’s New Times Broward-Palm Beach print edition.In Music: Alkaline Trio rolls through Revolution next week, Aretha Aretha Aretha, Miami’s Raffa & Rainer rocks a Fort Lauderdale CD release party, and there will be Jazz in the Gardens this weekend.Night Watch: “Large…
With so much buzz surrounding Conference and all the stellar international artists passing through next week it’s easy to lose sight of our local talent. But this Saturday night marks the return of DJ Inbal and Baby Sean’s beloved Retox (formerly of Wednesday nights at Blue) after a couple months’…
Bradford took a picture of this poster and said he’d be there, so it’s a good betYep, Bradford “The Meatist” Schmidt is in Austin covering SXSW. So far, we know that he didn’t catch Motorhead Tuesday night.From what we gather from Bradford’s Twitter (@boneinthefan) postings yesterday:Bradford caught New York art-rock…
photo by Omar AcostaThe alarm bells have sounded. The sirens have been set off. And those flashing strobe lights you see are meant to be a warning. Tonight People From Venus will land at Sweat Records, and no soul is safe until the alien boys depart back into the nether…
Just when you thought WMC was nothing but an out of towner fuck fest with no room for locals, in steps Public Wizard Inc. and Back 2 Basics Too: DJ Edition, a Clevelander rooftop party where homegrown talent meets tourists on work visas.Party organizer Sammy “Parable” Donado says “We scouted…
EaracheDeicideWith Kalakai, At Odds With God, Paris Is Burning, and First Born5Revolution, Fort LauderdaleSunday, March 14, 2010Schlepping to Broward from Miami-Dade isn’t too much of a task when the end product is something like metal muthas Deicide. They carry a real Floridian pedigree along the lines of say, a Hunter…
Southern California’s RX Bandits have come a long way from their ska-revivalist roots in the mid-’90s — so long a way, in fact, that it’s hard to discern the roots of their eight full-lengths. One second, there’s a full-fledged horn section; the next, there’s a knock on Yes’ psychedelic-prog door…
Josephine LeilyJon Saxx is a young saxophonist who’s been making waves in the local jazz scene for some time now. We had a little chance to catch up with him before this weekend’s Miami Gardens’ Jazz in the Gardens 2010 where he’ll be performing on a roster including Mary J…
Aretha Franklin called New Times before her gig at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood this past Tuesday to discuss her forthcoming album, A Woman Falling Out of Love, to tell us to call her “professor,” and a little bit about that hat. Yes, that one. New Times: Do you ever…
