Before Pat Stacey, better known as Down Pat, moved to North Carolina and then New York, his band the Groove Thangs were a South Florida staple for lovers of blues, soul, calypso fusion funk. They toured relentlessly in the late ’80s and early ’90s, were signed and then dropped from…
Don’t tell the boys from Ghost of Gloria that South Florida isn’t a rock market. The Fort Lauderdale band’s co-manager, Brandon Young, says the foursome committed last year to making being in a band their day job in the hopes of making it big within three years. “The hope is…
Poppa E is a bad motherfucker. Find out for yourself every Wednesday night at Casa Panza, where he has a residency, and he and his band play three or more sets of jazz, blues, and R&B songs you already know the words to. Some people might think it’s strange to…
Want to see Def Leppard, Poison (with Bret Michaels, by the way) and Cheap Trick for just $15? You’re in luck as the good people at Live Nation and West Palm’s Cruzan Amphitheatre know how much it hurts to pay those taxes and want to help by hooking up your…
Everyone’s favorite Cuban electro/Miami bass/freestyle act — and part-time Crossfade columnist — José El Rey released a new music video for his track “Ladies of the Night.” From the looks of it, it was mostly filmed, where else, but in the deep bowls of west Miami.And while José has taken…
Trick Daddy, the official un-official Mayor of Miami, has been feeding the streets fresh thug music for years on top of years on top of years. Next time there’s a mayor election we’re starting a write in campaign for Trick cause Mayor Diaz might be making our city green, but Mayor…
Need a hand-made drum from Africa, China or Tibet? Go to a shop called Majestic Lips at 4600 NE 2nd Ave, next door to Lemoni Cafe, up the street from Buena Vista Bistro, blocks north of the Design District. It’s full of stuff from all over the world and definitely…
Yep, you read that correctly. The Gables-based branch of Books and Books is about to enter a world we thought gone with, well, the printing press. Yes, we mean vinyl. As in records, dig? And no, you haven’t lost your mind. And neither have they. It’s all part of a…
Anyone with even a casual eye on the Miami music scene for the past half-decade has been patiently waiting for Awesome New Republic to rightfully blow up on a national level. Well, we never quite imagined that happening with the help of Leighton Meester, aka the actress who plays Blair…
Do you wake up, smoke a bowl, bum a cigarette, drink a beer, eat some corn pops, play guitar, watch Judge Judy, Matlock and Oprah while “brainstorming” your million dollar ideas wearing dirty socks and wishing somebody would just pay your rent so you could concentrate on developing your unrecognized…
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Today The Herald is reporting on the epidemic of prescription drugs from South Florida invading the Appalachian states. If you’ve ever seen the ad section of the Broward Palm Beach New Times you know what a big business prescription drugs are, and apparently Broward county is one of the easiest…
The last show at City Limits in Delray Beach will take place on April 10, featuring the Led Zeppelin tribute band Zoso. The club announced officially yesterday that it was closing. At least Palm Beach County still has Respectable St. Cafe, in West Palm Beach, which regularly hosts touring bands,…
Screw a club or sucka lounge. Take it to the streets. Check this message from the Nightdrive crew. If it viralizes like they want, this won’t be the last you see or hear of it tonight. Can’t speak for the music, but hey it’s free and bottle specials are as cheap…
Last night Jim Jonsin, the producer behind T.I.’s “Whatever You Like,” Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop,” Trick Daddy’s “Let’s Go,” and songs by other top artists in the game, was in the studio with Alabama artists Rich Boy and Yelawolf. You may know certified gold recording artist Rich Boy from his song…
We love festivals, even the small ones. But while most of our local festivals give non-natives the limelight, So Raw Festival aims to showcase the city’s local artists and musicians to finally prove once and for all Miami possesses the rawest talent. The lineup so far includes Dan Melchior und…
Jipsy of www.nefariousgirl.com is on the interweb radio now. This is the woman who takes the pictures at parties that make everyone look like they are doing something eminently awesome, which, hopefully, at least sometimes, we are. This show highlights the stuff that makes Miami cool, focusing on items that…
Video is a few weeks old, but just in case you haven’t checked it out, here is a video of the Miami Bass Warriors — minus Otto Von Schirach who was in Germany during Calle Ocho — performing their newest track “Bro, That Chick’s a Basser.” Jose El Rey and…
Can’t get enough pop-punk? Well grab three friends and head over to Livenation, because Fall Out Boy just announced a huge sale on a four pack of tickets. Individual tickets are regularly priced at $38.50, but for just $99, you get 4 general admission tickets for the April 21 show…
With two-days worth of performers, Ultra Music Festival is still to this day the show to attend during Winter Music Conference. Our cameras were out there in full-force to give an unprecedented visual compendium of everything that went down during the festival. Check out photos from both Day 1 (part…
While the regular people were in the WMC trenches rolling ballz, Bad Boy artist/sometime pop kitten/maybe or maybe not Diddy’s current jumpoff Cassie was at chic Collins shop The Webster’s Femme Fatale DJ Series picking up some gear from Balmain, Marc Jacobs, Balenciaga and YSL. …
So after wrapping up a couple of feel-good stories about a female inmate being sexually assaulted by prison guards and the ridiculous shenanigans by some cops in a tiny place called Biscayne Park, I stepped out this past Friday to The Vagabond for a little Winter Music Conference R&R. There we caught…
