Oscar G is up for two IDMAs.This year’s International Dance Music Awards were announced earlier this week, and there are some 305 highlights worth noting:First up, Space resident DJ Oscar G scored two nominations including Best House/Garage Track for “Back to You” and Best Full Length DJ Mix for the…
The world was watching, well, at least America was watching, well, at least a handful of American teenage girls were watching VH1’s live broadcast of the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam last night. Live from a stage at 8th and Ocean, televised and untelevised performances and appearances by Rihanna, Timbaland,…
Photo by Lex HernandezMore nightclubs should have warning labels.We spoke about Twelve Lounge earlier this week, but now for some visual proof this place has scrubbed itself clean of Hed Kandi’s douchiness. Black Betty is the lounge’s newest Tuesday night party, and with a little help from the Overthrow gang,…
The Los Angeles-based five-piece Terror formed in 2002, after the ’90s golden years when hardcore was still hard. Still, burly frontman Scott Vogel and company have from the beginning fought the good fight, keeping the music pummeling and punishing, but without any of today’s trendy death-core trappings. Whenever Terror flirts…
Flux Forces makes your favorite cassettesIt’s Friday and the radio’s reporting a current temp of 83 degrees. Your Datsun’s dash clock is busted but your Casio wristwatch reads 7:39 p.m., which means this trip is still on schedule, but barely. You’re bored, sick of the public airwaves and things like…
Busy PWe already have heard about tons of parties that are happening during Winter Music Conference, but we’ve been told to keep mum until everything is confirmed. Finally, here is one of those parties we’ve known for a while but haven’t been able to say anything about — until today.Though…
Image via Flickr / CC BY 2.0Let’s all get wasted.The big game is almost here, but even if you don’t give a shit about that, there’re plenty enough parties going on that may well prevent you from waking up before 10pm Sunday night.Here are our Top 10 Super Bowl weekend…
We gotta feeling it’s going to a jam-packed music weekend.So it’s coming: a giant tsunami of NFL athletes, super fans, and über-celebrities that’s about to engulf the magic city with over-the-top poolside parties and non-stop open bar access. And as much as Super Bowl XLIV weekend is all about tailgating…
Joshua PrezantTell us what is the best gay bar in Broward or Palm Beach county in the comments section below. Voting ends May 26.Need some suggestions? Click here to view our LGBT club guide.And click here for a master list of all Readers’ Poll items…
Blast From the Past is an occasional Crossfade column re-examining classic South Florida releases of yesteryear. Click here for past editions.This here little seven-inch record in its full Pepto Bismol-pink glory is very dear to my heart. When I moved to Miami in the early ’90s, I was fortunate enough…
Photo by Mark the CobrasnakeLet’s hope the nightlife gods were pleased.Nothing really shocks us anymore concerning Miami’s night life scene. We’ve seen it all. Whether bathrooms that double as drug dens or strippers doubling as backup dancers, this city is a cornucopia of vice. Still, when Overthrow promised a live…
Photo by Bernard HackerB.B. King & Buddy GuyHard Rock Live, HollywoodTuesday, February 2, 2010 Better Than: Hearing hip-hop and electronic music all Super Bowl week The Review: The collective age of the two performers at Hard Rock Live on Tuesday Night was 157 years. So you might think this concert was better…
For most people, a little summer lovin’ lasts two to three months, tops. Wales-born, East London-based DJ/producer Jamie Jones, however, began feeling the seasonal love last year in March, at the Winter Music Conference. It was then that his track “Summertime” (featuring Ost and Kjex) was quickly declared the deep tune of…
The Coral Springs-based act MillionYoung has been hailed as South Florida’s own bona fide entry into what is cringe-inducingly called glo fi or chillwave. (The latter word actually started as a joke on the parodic blog Hipster Runoff.) In fact, impending blog hype looms. The one-man band born Mike Diaz…
Music Is a Weapon Unplug Your Mind (self-released) musicisaweaponband.com Music Is a Weapon has already proven its chops beyond simple question, and this EP is a natural progression for the outfit. It opens with the post-industrial/hardcore track “1968 the 2-Bit Hustler” and bleeds into a rocking, danceable “Benz and Bicycle.”…
Are you on or off the bus? Thanks to constant touring by Phil Lesh and erstwhile Grateful Dead bandmate Bob Weir, generation after generation of music fans gets the opportunity to take a ride. Their newest Dead offshoot, Furthur, kicks off its latest outing Friday in Miami, at the beautifully…
Two big names in the contemporary underground techno scene converge on Parkwest nightclub in downtown Miami this Friday: Brooklyn-based DJ/producers Camea and Alexi Delano. Camea Hoffman is a classically trained musician boasting a darkly sexy and funked-up minimal techno whose releases have been spun by the likes of Richie Hawtin,…
You might be sitting in traffic listening to the radio or getting your groove on in SoBe. Or maybe you’re relaxing at home, catching the late-night circuit, when you hear a familiar, unmistakably Miami accent. There’s Pitbull, kicking out yet another jam from his fourth and latest studio album, Rebelution…
In frat houses everywhere, an acoustic cover of “Your Body Is a Wonderland” closes the deal with a Jessica Simpson look-alike 90 percent of the time. In Hollywood, John Mayer simply walks into the Ivy. The 32-year-old musician has long been recognized as the alt-bro Stevie Ray Vaughan, thanks to…
Jim Camacho’s latest album, Beachfront Defeat, marks the latest chapter in an ever-prolific career that stems from his initial involvement in the Goods some two decades back. His is a seemingly unstoppable trajectory, one that’s found him a fluent multitasker who’s also adept in musical theater and cross-collaboration. Indeed, Beachfront…
New Found Glory’s 2000 self-titled second album was what really catapulted the Coral Springs quartet into bona fide national stardom. Released before emo had become a dirty word, the mood of the album was boisterous but sensitive pop-punk. The cover collage of faded photos included images of things like videogames…
Music’s push into the digital age has, if strangely, benefited one medium: vinyl! With no more middling-quality CDs to horde, more people are realizing what the hardcore collectors have always known. Records sound warmer, there is more opportunity for interesting art work and packaging, and they’re a hell of a…
