Finally the moment all of you South Beach club rats have been waiting for: The Opium Group has released its official 2010 WMC lineup. With its vast real estate of glitzy big-room venues, including clubs Mansion, Louis, SET, and Cameo, the Beach’s ubiquitous nightlife conglomerate is responsible for booking most…
Fireworks, hellogoodbye, Saves the Day, and New Found GloryRevolution, Fort LauderdaleTuesday, February 9, 2010Better Than: Being forced to actually eat sardines, while packed like them?The Review:If last night’s New Found Glory show at Revolution — its second at the venue in the past year — proved anything, it’s that it’s…
The State Of The Live Studio Sessions EP (self-released) thestateofmusic.com Drummer Nabedi Osorio and vocalist/keyboard Steph Taylor have become local favorites with their work as the State Of. Both play well, and share an excellent chemistry that, though it’s kind of journalistically douchey to do so, can be compared to…
Out of all the big-name dubstep producers, Rusko is probably the one with the most obvious sense of humor. His tracks are bass-heavy, sure, but they’re also full of quirky, high-end samples, and generally harbor less of that sense of impending doom that permeates the work of people like Skream…
MillionYoungThe Vagabond, MiamiFriday, February 7, 2010Better Than: Listening to Animal Collective’s “My Girls” on repeat for an hour (probably)The Review:Alex Diaz, the man behind the rising Coral Springs act MillionYoung, makes exquisite music for earbuds. Or laptop speakers. It’s intimate, multi-textured, bittersweet, and dreamy, tailor-made for an audience of one…
Ex Norwegian, Jim Camacho, and Dreaming in StereoThe Monterey Club, Fort LauderdaleFriday, February 5, 2001Better Than: Paying $400 to hobnob with retired NFL players and B-list celebrities.The Review:Amidst all the celebrity sightings and Super Bowl pandemonium going on in Fort Lauderdale on Friday night, Broward’s one-of-kind rockabilly spot, the Monterey…
After a booming kickoff last week, organizer/DJ David Healey (a.k.a the Commissioner) was back in effect this past Wednesday night at American Rock Bar. It was the second edition of the new weekly party Smoosh. Although this week drew less of a crowd than last week’s big opening event, there…
Are you one of those people who absolutely dreads when a major event comes to town? Perhaps you’re one of many SoBe residents who stays at a friend’s when the boat show rolls in, or leaves town entirely for Memorial Day. If so, the draw of celebrity parties for Super…
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 appropriately titled DJ (Nervous Records).Also with…
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,…
We 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 cool…
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…
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…
Everyone — meaning, uh, people with too much time on their hands on the Internet — flipped their shit yesterday when word got out that Britney Spears was spotted over the weekend in Miami. She touched down with manager Larry Rudolph and boyfriend Jason Trawick. They all stayed at the…
If you were hyped up to see Lil Wayne, Sean Kingston, and Trey Songz Saturday at the Miami Big Game Extravaganza at Jungle Island, sorry to break the news to you that the event has been canceled. According to the305.com, Jungle Island issued a press releasing stating that the weekend-long…
It wasn’t long ago we gushed about how Wynwood was surpassing its nightlife neighbor South Beach thanks to some recent openings. But don’t expect the longtime nightlife kingpin to go down without a fight.First up is Twelve Lounge (1200 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach), which opened up in the space formerly…
Amateur scientists have told us that if you go too long without eating, your brain will start feeding on itself. That’s kind of how Miami is when it’s not tourist season. For local musicians it can mean ritual cannibal death. Miami thrives as a playground for the rich, famous, and…
Zach Baron, at our sister paper the Village Voice, called Surfer Blood’s million-show spate at this past fall’s CMJ a “coronation.” By now, with the glowing reviews for Astro Coast, and rumors it’s entered both the Billboard Heatseekers and Top 200 charts, that seems pretty much sealed. The band’s appearances…
Back in November we highlighted hardworking local DJ duo thenextgeneration, who you can see spinning regularly at several spots around the Beach, like Sushi Samba, Beer & Burger Joint and Hakkasan at the Fontainebleau Hotel. Mikkel Dankner a.k.a. Soulscience is one half of the duo and an accomplished producer whose…
It’s not that long ago that Miami Beach was proud to be a racist entity. Segregation meant that by law the beach was only for whites. This week, South Beach will go insane with Super Bowl parties for everybody to enjoy, but don’t forget what a fucked up place it used…
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 has…
Here’s a Dade history doc I made about Hialeah horse racing at the Hialeah Park Race Track with an original soundtrack. Frank Sinatra and a lot of other famous people used to go to the Hialeah Park Race Track. It opened in 1921 and is one of the oldest recreational…
