Calvin Harris Tomorrow Night at LIV, Plus WMC 2010 Dates

And to think it was only a year two years ago that Calvin Harris was playing for the Poplife crowd at White Room. Early tracks like “Acceptable in the ’80s” and “All the Girls” may have been hipster dance jams, but his latest album, last year’s Ready For the Weekend, pushed…

Crossfade is Seeking Latin Music Writers and Photographers

Miami New Times is looking for freelance writers and photographers familiar with the local Latin music scene to contribute to both the print edition and our music blog, Crossfade. Candidates must be local to Miami-Dade county, and should ideally have some professional journalism experience. Please send your five best clips…

WMC 2010: James Zabiela at the Shelborne and the Gansevoort

One+One, James Zabiela’s beloved collaboration with Nic Fanciulli, is long done. But Zabiela, the flaxen-maned, one-time-wunderkind, is doing more than fine as a solo star. Only 30 years old, but already a pro for the last 10 years, each year sees him developing his technical wizardry further. His musical background…

Live Music Comes to The King Is Dead, Starting This Weekend

Since Grass got a much-heralded makeover, including new expanded indoor seating, it was unclear what was going to happen to its lounge-within-a-lounge, The King is Dead. Well, the King is very much still alive (horrible, but I couldn’t resist, sorry). It’s just getting a major entertainment revamp. Past offerings there…

Concert Review: Jay-Z at BankAtlantic Center, February 20

Click here to view a slideshow of photos from the show.Jay-ZWith Trey Songz and Young JeezyBankAtlantic Center, SunriseSaturday, February 20, 2010Better Than: Listening to the AutoTuned train-wreck on “We Are the World 25 for Haiti.” The Review:Jay-Z’s last two appearances in South Florida, both in 2008, were each in downtown Miami…

Morgan Page

In the dance music world, Deadmau5 has a Midas touch that works even indirectly. Two years ago, his remix of L.A. producer Morgan Page’s track “The Longest Road” scored a Grammy nomination, and of course that pointed the spotlight back to the track’s creator. Page was ready to bask in…

Wish You Were There: Artopia in Video, Again

Okay, okay, so this is the last time we’ll blog about Artopia for now — we just really want you to come to the next one, if you missed this time. (We’ll give you presents.) Miami New Times’ event last Thursday at the Freedom Tower was packed — who knew…

Video: Dashboard Confessional on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Poor Chris Carrabba. In the early-00s, when his project Dashboard Confessional first appeared, he was hailed as the bard of the overly-self-analyzing generatio, an acoustic troubadour reviewed in the pages of too-hip mags like Nylon. But that was before “emo” — which, arguably, he didn’t really play — became a…

WMC 2010: Mixed Doubles Daytime Party at Electric Pickle

Electric Pickle must have some serious staff rotations lined up for WMC, because its daily roster doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for sleep. (See, for instance, the 14-hour Crosstown Rebels Get Lost gig, which lasts from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 27).Here’s another daytime gig,…

MP3 of the Day: “Stampede” by Rebel

Miami trio Rebel has one of those band names that’s maddening to Google. Luckily, New Times summed up everything you need to know about this Anglophilic trio in a recent feature. In short, it’s been a long road to the band’s current sound. The threesome, who trace their own roots…

Ten Under 10 For the Weekend of February 12 – 14

Friday, February 12*Navegante has been called “the Latin Gnarls Barkley,” and he plays this Friday night at Jazid, in Miami Beach, with local trio Penelope Sky. No exact word on cover but it should be under $10. Click here for more details. *Guess what kind of music Timba Swing plays?…

Valentine’s Day Nightlife Ideas For Laughter and Forgetting

If you’re single on V-Day, don’t feel weird — South Florida is full of the similarly unattached and possibly disillusioned! Join them and be alone, together, at these V-Day alternative parties…. Or if you’re in one of those couples that eschews commercial “holiday” traditions, pass go, collect 100 punk points,…

WMC 2010: Crosstown Rebels Get Lost Five-Year Anniversary

​Sure, all the big Crosstown Rebels stars were just here for the Rebel Rave tour at Space this past Saturday. A WMC stop, though, with a Crosstown Rebels Get Lost party, is an absolute requirement. (Besides, sounds like some fans, and even DJs, weren’t too thrilled about how the night…