Here’s a video of Vicki Raye performing at Chrystal Hartigan’s Songwriter’s Showcase at Broward Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Ft. Lauderdale in collaboration with Daniel Pearl World Music Days on October 20.Vicki Raye is a country music artist born in Puerto Rico, adopted, and raised in South Florida…
Watch out Zombie Strippers, Murderous Rampage has just released a video for their song “Programmed to Kill.” And the topless zombie chicks are way more brutal than Jenna Jameson (no matter how much Nietzsche she reads). They don’t strip, they just want to kill you. Or maybe just kill their…
We’re about a month away from Art Basel Miami Beach, and yes, the art tends to be the bigger focus, but a great bonus is usually the influx of musical performers during the week. Last year alone, we saw performances by Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, Panda Bear, The Gossip,…
Friday, October 23*Local live hip-hop-ish duo the Big Bounce — made up of piano man Brendan O’Hara and beatboxer Komakozie — play tonight at the mod Moonchine in Miami. It’s a restaurant, so admission is technically free, but you’ll have to buy dinner. Luckily the place is super inexpensive. Click…
Seriously, there’s really not a whole lot more praise I could pay Locos Por Juana without seeming gushy. If you read Crossfade even twice a year, there’s like a 50/50 chance you’ve read something I wrote about them before. Sooo…instead, I’ve opted to share a few of my all-time favorite…
You never appreciate what you have until its gone. Sorry to report that downtown Miami dive bar/lounge PS14 (28 NE 14th Street) will be graduating from its 14th Street locale after October 31. But it’s not because of any financial troubles, the owners have simply decided not to renew the…
Every day, RollingStone.com publishes news on the music industry as part of its Rock and Roll Daily blog. Each day averages about 25 stories. And yesterday, between “Led Zepplin II Turns 40” and “Lenny Kravitz: I Want to Work With Jack White,” the site’s Hype Monitor recommended West Palm Beach’s…
Alligator Alley is unfortunately closing its doors for good. So if you’re looking for some live music, you should spend the last two nights there. Tonight, Albert Castiglia and friends hit the stage, tomorrow Stonefox headlines.Rock ‘n’ Roll inductee Bonnie Raitt is playing the Pompano Beach Amphitheater tonight at 7:30…
OrganicArma is one of a handful local bands who won a spot to play an official CMJ showcase through SonicBids. Their CMJ debut took place last Tuesday at the Ace of Clubs, on Great Jones Street in the East-ish Vilage. Here’s a quick video probided by the folks at SonicBids,…
For those who have been lamenting the lost of Laundry Bar, and its short lived incarnation Black Sheep Bar, count this as the nail in the coffin of any possible return of the beloved spot. We received a press release yesterday stating that Bar 721 (721 Lincoln Lane, Miami Beach)…
Sarah JacobDamask(Reppertoire) According to the Merriam-Webster, Damask is a firm lustrous fabric make with flat patterns in a satin weave on a plain-woven ground on jacquard looms. After listening through Miami’s own Sarah Jacob’s Damask, I can say the title is fitting. It’s filled with flat patterns, plain-woven lyrics, and…
Here goes a video of Miami live-band-hip-hop-improvisation group The Cornerstoners playing a party at the 2am Warehouse.The audio is mastered low on this video so you’ll have to turn your speakers up, but the mix is nice, with a great stereo field. Listen with headphones, you’ll be right there with…
CMJ is in the full swing in New York and reports are already coming back from our sister paper, the Village Voice. Zach Baron, in particular, reports on Surfer Blood’s performance at Cake Shop. Unfortunately, the West Palm Beach band seems to be getting some heat for accepting so many…
There’s not a whole lot of information out there on local one-man act Audio Lobo, so I’ll have to talk out my ass. Then again, you should be used to it by now. Lobo, an obvious play on the musician’s real name (Brian Wolfe) plays sax, keyboards, drums and uses…
If you crave live music, but you’re broke and didn’t grab the two for one deal on tickets last week, Live Nation is back with another (although not quite as good) deal this week. Anytime from now until midnight tonight, log on to Live Nation’s website to grab some all…
The finals for the 2009 edition of New Times’ Summer Spin series were held at Gryphon nightclub last Friday Night. DJs Edgar G., Alej Varez, and Cristi 10Hagen went head to head after each winning their respective contests over the last three months.When the smoke cleared at midnight, DJ Alej…
Last time Peaches was in our swampy parts, she was busy turning Mansion into a freakshow during Winter Music Conference 2007. But she’ll be back soon — November 6 to be exact — in support of her latest album I Feel Cream.But if for some, hopefully, very good reason you…
You know those Michael Jackson tributes that have been popping up on the web recently, where there’s a random group of people that randomly bust out with the “Thriller” dance at a random place in a random time? Well, those are called flash mobs, and this Wednesday, Mansion (1235 Washington…
Bardot isn’t even a month old and it already finds itself in some legal trouble. It seems our assumption that Bardot Hollywood and its Miami counterpart were related was wrong. We received an email from the Hollywood establishment’s publicist Stephanie Fessler saying, “While imitation is the highest form of flattery,…
Yo P-Lo, this is C-Lo. I just want to say, I dig your groove.For those of you as yet unfamiliar with the P-Lo in question, he is none other than Patrick Lopez (no relation), the man behind the P-Lo Project, a super smooth sampling of some seriously cool jazz with…
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. Radiate 95.3 FM transmits from the University Park location and 88.1 FM transmits from the Redlands, near Homestead. Both broadcasts play the…
If you haven’t been following the meteoric rise of West Palm Beach’s Surfer Blood, it’s definitely not too late to start. The band, who will be all over CMJ in New York this week, including the Brooklyn Vegan’s showcase on October 22, make great indie-pop music, it’s as simple as…
