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 6-10:via journalstar.comMichael Jackson’s “Thriller” and “Number Ones” albums topped the chart at Uncle Sam’s Music this week.Uncle Sam’s Music, South Beach1…
CookieheadzCookieheadz a.k.a. Fish Boy has a new podcast out and it’s predictably dope as hell. The long-running DJ has a history of residencies that reads like a what’s-what of Miami underground parties, like Revolver, the Church, Poplife, and so on, as well as a pioneering stint hosting the Electric Kingdom…
Six months ago, when New Times gave DJ Vertigo his props, the architecturally-inclined head-spinner was holding down each and every Saturday night at Pangaea in the Hard Rock. Well, guess what? Vertigo’s still Pangaea’s go-to cat. And if the crowds that continue to throng the Hollywood hotspot mean anything at…
JipsyEnjoying cocktails at Kitchen 305.I started this diary talking about slowing down my club life, but I haven’t seemed to slow down.My Fourth of July started at the Fifth Annual IndepenDance party where I grossly ended up in the pool and was there for part of the Danny Tenaglia set…
The artist known as Matthew Dear has got some serious (but not too serious) identity issues. I mean, it’s not as if his psychic split is the acid-activated, lock-myself-away-for-30-years-and-die Syd Barrett variety. It’s more that, musically, Dear is way too complex to be merely one man. And so, like a…
I just got a message from Kris Pabon of the Southernaires who sent me this link to their newest EP Doom Years. It’s really really really amazingly good. It has frantic moments, hilarious moments (including a random electro-soca breakdown in the middle of “20 Miles”) and some hints of Beach…
Here’s a video of Miami’s own Hemlock playing a song called “Sweet Sweet Music,” and sounding like a disco version of the Allman Brothers. The movie appears to be a shoddy film to digital transfer. Click the HQ button at the bottom of the player to watch it in high…
Manuvers and Induce are part of the Hometeam series of podcasters that I blogged about last week. The current edition from Induce is a blast that really digs into some awesome soul, funk, and other classic black musical forms, highlighting the local DJ’s encyclopedic knowledge of music. In fact it’s…
Cymbals crash as the beat of Two Hyped Brothers & a Dog’s “Doo Doo Brown” resounds in the courtyard of the News Lounge, just north of Miami’s Design District. The hometown crooner on the bar’s stage sings, “It’s your birthday, bitch,” into her mic, and the crowd goes wild. It’s…
When measuring a bar, I know at least one thing: It’s a good sign when people are willing to get soaked just to soak up low-key ambiance and stellar drinks. And at Matty’s on the Drive martini bar, I found a gaggle of good-looking gentlemen milling around outside, downing drinks,…
When New Times got with DJ A-Train a few months back, the neo-classicist head spinner was holding court every Tuesday night at the Vagabond’s beat-crazy Stone Groove, and every Saturday for the same joint’s long-running Back Door Bamby. Well, guess what? He’s still holding it down at Bamby, but has…
The latest petFood podcast, petCast003, came out this week and this one is mixed by L.A.’s Shoddy Lynn. The podcast series is the brainchild of Miami natives Lazaro Casanova and Jay-You. They put out a nice stream of electronic based music that incorporates elements of Miami’s Caribbean flavor and rhythms…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Jipsy Surfcomber – when it’s good, it’s packed!To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. Some of you have a three-day weekend and will be heading out for a nice vay kay, but this chick will be sticking it out in good ol’ Miami. The weather pretty…
I was just listening to 2008’s good luck with twisted space from Swamp Valve, a.k.a. Jorge Rubiera (Down Home Southernaires), and just really enjoying the explosive high octane energy and down-right Marc Bolan-eque coolness of it. The music is sticky good straight ahead rock. You can download it for free…
As new numbers for jobs lost come out this month, everyone is filled with anxiety, anxiety about pursuing dream jobs vs. realizing responsibilities and weathering the economic storm. But at the same time everyone maintains hope, that ever-overused word that got pounded into our subconscious with Obama’s election. Musicians, however,…
DJ ManuversLong-time fixture on the Miami hip-hop scene DJ Manuvers has a new podcast up. So far it sounds like a super breezy and very dope mix of jazzy stuff, hip-hop, slow grooves and whatnot. It includes some unreleased jams as well. Really it sounds like the perfect mix for…
“It’s not full of sunshine.” Fixing his gaze out of the window, Carlos Oni could well be referring to the weather — the streets outside the Gables Diner in Coral Gables are still slick and damp from an early-morning downpour. But in fact, he is attempting to describe the type…
It was Friday, just before midnight, and I was standing on the third floor of Exit 66, a new club that overlooks the water on Fort Lauderdale Beach and is decorated around a road-trip theme. With its flashing lights, road signs, vacation paraphernalia, loud music, and a dirty catch phrase…
