image via djerok.comNew Times does its best to get with pretty much every South Florida DJ, as long as they’re active. But DJ Erok’s so damn active that we can’t seem to get a hold of him. Oh, we sat down and interviewed the Galveston, Texas native for Head Spins…
Forget about the Aqua Girl thing and that Just Add Water party. Don’t think about the Standard and that rad view of the bay they have.This is the real Pool Party. The last time Pool Party played was at Sweat Records’ COLTOBERFEST 305, last October. No one has seen or…
Believe it … There are chimps living among us. And when these wild animals aren’t busy ripping the faces off unwitting citizens, they’re insidiously hard to spot. Cleverly camouflaged in people clothes with their hair cropped and parted smartly down the middle of the skull, they’re shopping in our supermarkets…
Photo by JipsyReally original there, buddy.To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here.Jumping in and out of clubs and shooting the people posing for some lame T&A site was never me. I started my site because I wanted to shoot the party through my eyes, induced with…
Jennings and KellerAs The Universe Unfoldsjenningsandkeller.comAs the owner and proprietor of Homestead’s late, lamented Main Street Café, Laurie Jennings (uh, the musician, not the anchor lady) was adept at entertaining her guests with covers of well-worn classics from the Americana songbook. Now, paired with partner and veteran session whiz Dana…
To get to the crade of some of South Florida’s best rock ‘n’ roll, head west on Yamato Road in Boca. Drive past a few strip malls, turn past the most massive one, and keep driving until the big-box stores finally fall away, replaced by the winding, sweeping vistas of…
Some DJs wear their influences on T-shirts; others shout ’em out from the rooftops. Then there are the spinners who allow their influences to speak for themselves, in every loop, sample, edit, and beat. Not loudly, or blatantly, or garishly, mind you. But with a keen, cool discretion, so that…
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists from South Florida’s campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.via myspace.com/anewstartrockA New Start’s Loser was #1 on WNSU chart this week. The band hails from Fort Lauderdale where the in-town University is…
Rational Geographic, Vol. 1Miami’s very own Awesome New Republic continues on their steamroller release schedule with a follow up to this year’s Rational Geographic, Vol 1., the aptly named Vol. 2. This band is constantly on the move, despite a recent injury to B-Rob’s foot, with the help of the…
I kid you not. The multi-million-record-selling, Grammy-toting Nuyorican salsa singer announced in a press conference yesterday that he has bought a stake in Miami’s beloved Fins. The deal places Anthony alongside fellow Latin music royalty, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, who gave new meaning to the title ‘minority owners’ when they…
Black Moth Super Rainbow’s recently released Eating Us may not have lovingly upset as many stomachs as 2007’s eerily chewy Dandelion Gum. But that’s only because people are beginning to build up a taste for the Western Pennsylvania outfit’s trippy brand of vivid wildness. Sure, the kooky quintet’s latest longplayer…
Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.Best-sellers for the week of July 13-17:via maxwellfanforum.comMaxwell’s ‘BLACKsummers’ night’ album has shared Uncle Sam’s chart with Michael Jackson albums for two consecutive weeks.Uncle Sam’s Music, South…
Flyer design by Kent Hernandez Sometimes a party isn’t just a party. Sometimes it’s Local Motion, the annual charity electro concert benefiting the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, organized by Loscar Rodriguez, a.k.a. HenceSoLo, and presented by Lexyn Intelligence and Nocturnal. First launched in February 2006, Local Motion has…
JipsyGabby M spinning at The Standard for the KRELwear fashion show Tuesday night.To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here.This week, I am taking the streets for cocktail hour to swim shows and beyond, strapped with my camera covering the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. Music at fashion…
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the most-played albums on South Florida’s campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the week of July 6-10:via laroux.co.ukLa Roux, a London based electro-pop duo, made the top of WVUM’s chart this…
It’s been nearly 25 years since the Offspring first kicked sand in the face of pop music. Some folks called the Southern California kids punks; others said they weren’t hard enough. But no one disputed the fact that what the band brought to the mosh pit bloodied many a nose…
Q: Where’s the best place in town to get drunk while trying to think of the name of Michael Jackson’s pet chimp? The name of a nine-sided polygon? The fruit associated with Wimbledon? What a baby hippo is called? The first Heat player to have his jersey retired? Other useless,…
Notes from the Soundboard is a new column appearing weekly on Crossfade, focused on pop music’s history and ongoing evolution. Lee Zimmerman shares insights and observations on how music continues to connect with the weirdness of the world. Click here to read past installments.Okay, let me start by stating that…
On Crossfade, I’ve been following the Boca rock and rollers of Stonefox as they’ve worked in their home studio, and prepared for their upcoming July 30 CD release show at Propaganda. (For a refresher, click here for a free MP3 from that new album, Back on the Wire.)I visited them…
Miami singer/songwriter Daphna Rose sounds like a folky lounge singer, blending expressive and insightful lyrical arrangements with her brand of accessible bluesy pop. When she reaches for the chorus of this featured MP3, singing “There’s room for a miracle in my life,” she seems to channel Elvis Costello. At other times, the song plays like one of those inspirational and…
Universal Music Paulina RubioAttending an award show is a unique and often unforgettable experience. All that pomp. All those celebs. Enough sparkly, sequined and skimpy evening gowns and ice to sink the Titanic all over again. And fans of Latin music won’t want to miss this year’s Premios Juventud, one…
As we embark on another hot and sweltering summer in the M.I.A., it’s bound to get hotter with the release of local hip-hop heavyweight Billy Blue’s new mixtape, 36 Reasons. It’s a preemptive strike before his major-label debut album, The Story of My Life, due out the end of August…
