Awesome New Republic’s popularity seems to just keep growing and growing. With Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester covering their track and the release of their EP Rational Geographic Vol. 1, the Miami duo seem to be on the cusp of making it as a national act.Speaking of Rational Geographic Vol. 1,…
It’s a punk rock extravaganza going down at Culture Room on August 8. Four Year Strong, Set Your Goals, Polar Bear Club, Fireworks, and Drive A are set to take the stage on August 8 starting at 7:30. Four Year Strong is a pop-punk band from Massachussets, Set Your Goals…
Cobra Starship are bringing their synthpop goodness to Respectable Street on August 21 in support of their upcoming album Hot Mess. The first single off the album is called “Good Girls Go Bad” and features the impossibly hot Leighton Meester singing (and in the video). Surprisingly enough, Meester more than…
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida’s campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the week of June 28- July 3via myspace.com/discoverDiscoveryDiscovery’s LP album made the top-ten on Radiate and The Voice this…
image via Miami New Times archives issue week July 6 – 12, 1988If you’ve never heard of Jimmy Smith the great jazz organ player than you’re probably like most people alive today, but he’s considered one of the best to have ever touched the keys and according to this concert…
Another Pickledelic house music soirée is on this Saturday night with Sunshine Jones and Pete Herbert booked to spin DJ sets. San Francisco-based DJ/producer Pete Jones was originally one half of live electronica duo Dubtribe Sound System in ’90s. Now he produces and tours under his own name, releasing on…
Scottish punk rawkers 4 Past Midnight deliver the kind of old-school punk anthems that used to play in rotation in your brain throughout the late ’80s and early ’90s. The first song on their MySpace playlist, “Fuck Them All,” is a gritty criticism of those destroying the punk scene, while…
Backdoor Bamby’s Fourth of July PartyFeaturing DJ Shannon and Shameless BurlesqueJuly 4, 2009The Vagabond, MiamiBetter Than: Sitting at home and watching the fireworks on TV The Review: After watching the fireworks in Miami Beach, the perfect place to do some Fourth of July dancing was the always-naughty Backdoor Bamby. That…
Danny TenagliaIndepenDance Pool PartySaturday, July 4, 2009The Surfcomber Hotel, Miami Beach Better Than: Any other Fourth of July pool party in South Florida. If dance music happens to be your thing, then the place to be this last Saturday was the IndepenDance Pool Party at the Surfcomber Hotel. The main…
Local underground all ages venue Goo is branching out into more art and film related events. This week several fixtures on the Miami scene are putting together an art show at the fledgling venue. There will be the requisite food and beverages served up as well as some music of…
Moving Units is a column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top sellers.Best-sellers for the week of June 28- July 3via Wilcoworld.comWilco’s new album made the ‘Top 5’ list at three record stores this week.Uncle Sam’s Music, South Beach1…
Try showing up at a Reverend Horton Heat show and not having a good time. It’s physically impossible. The good Reverend has been playing his signature style of rockabilly/psychobilly for about 25 years now, perfecting his over-the-top energetic stage show and the science of wowing audiences. It’s hard to describe…
Local nightlife tv channel A3 captured this freestyle wordological association from Dr. Geek the infamous Blue Blockers infomercial rapper. If you don’t know Dr. Geek’s backstory, read this exclusive New Times article on the man, the hat, and the shades that made him famous…
Jeff StrattonKevin Rudolf at Fourth on Flagler on Saturday night.Kevin RudolfSaturday, July 4, 2009Fourth on Flagler, West Palm BeachOpportunity struck for Kevin Rudolf at this Fourth of July showcase, a chance to deploy an abbreviated set of songs from In The City, his solo debut. Best known for production work…
It’s easy to look at Collie Buddz (or even just hear his name) and dismiss him as a joke or at least a novelty. He’s a white guy singing reggae, and he’s using the last name of Buddz rather than his given Harper. People who dismiss him out of hand,…
Poplife has confirmed Baltimore club-hop artist Rye Rye has canceled the remainder of her U.S. dates; no specific reason was given. She was scheduled to appear at yesterday’s Just Add Water pool party at Blade at the Fontainebleau and Wednesday at LIV’s Dirty Hairy party…
With 30 years under her belt as a singer and an actress, Paloma San Basilio is something of a Spanish icon. She’s starred in such theatrical revivals in Madrid as The Man of La Mancha, My Fair Lady, Victor/Victoria and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita and she’s released close to 30…
via nakedeyesmusic.comWith 1980s playlists all the rage these days, you don’t have to be of a certain age to appreciate the tuneful joy of Naked Eyes’ 1983 “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me.” But it helps. If only for the fact that you can count yourself among those who…
Logan FazioN.O.R.E. peforming at White Room Friday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.N.O.R.E.Friday, July 3, 2009The White Room, MiamiBetter Than: What one might expect from a world-class MC in an unfamiliar situation The Review:Whenever a formerly well-known artist dips under the radar for several years you can’t help but…
Flyer design by Eddie Rosenstock The motto is “Nothin’ but the goods.” And like some punch-drunk baby boxer beating a gong with bare bloody fists, the seven-week-old Champion Sound throwdown brings the noise in a big way. For proof of pure party acumen, just take a quick and dirty MySpace…
Here’s a music video from Blade at the Fontainebleau’s daytime nightlife party “Just Add Water.” Don’t know what the track is, and the video starts blurry, but stick with it and it’s pretty cool. It watches like an old 8mm-film home movie, but new and underwater…
The Techno Loft at Space opened in May and has so far fulfilled its promise of indulging Miami’s ever-growing taste for techno with stellar international bookings including Steve Bug, Camea and Adultnapper, plus weekly parties and afterhours by local DJs Maurizio & Danyelino, Dsan Powell, Simon Wish, and Jason Baez…
