Lenny, an old guy with sparkling bling who calls himself “The Granddaddy Rapper,” presented a flawless a cappella rendition of Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back,” riding onstage atop a Rascal electric wheelchair. Marlene Jenkins only started singing six years ago when her adult son started a karaoke business. When she…
These days, the term underground gets thrown around a little too easily in the electronic dance music scene. Certainly not all DJs can boast the same sort of authentic subterranean cred as Christopher Milo, AKA DJ Three. It’s a relentless comittment to the musical cutting-edge at the expense of mainstream…
Aqua Girl 2011 Aqua Beach Pool Party With DJ Just Steph and DJ Pat Pat Surfcomber Hotel, South Beach Saturday, May 14, 2011 Better Than: The series finale of The L Word. As part of the Aqua Girl foundation’s weeklong series of events, Saturday’s pool party was all about cooling…
The Axe and the Oak With Pretty Please and Fight Like Animals Grand Central Miami May 13, 2011 Better Than: Feeding ducks at the park. Last Wednesday evening, I sliced my hand open while trying to stuff some squid flukes with chopped prawns and veggies. And while that doesn’t mean…
We here at Crossfade pride ourselves on breaking new international talent ahead of their debut Miami performances. And UK disco-house sensations Death On The Balcony are one act we’ve been following closely all year in anticipation of its first apperance this side of the pond. DOTB hails from Leeds, where…
View photos from Bruno Mars and Janelle Monáe at the Fillmore Miami Beach here.Hooligans in Wondaland Tour With Bruno Mars and Janelle Monáe Fillmore Miami Beach May 11, 2011 Better Than: I thought it would be.Top 40 music has long dealt in mediocre performers who just happened to be plucked…
Sybil Gage is one of those rare chanteuses in the world of jazz who is capable of evoking some decidedly un-jazz feelings. Often compared to greats like Nina and Ella, Gage shares more with Janis Joplin, Eartha Kitt, Grace Slick, and Corinne Bailey-Rae than one would suspect. Her live engagements…
Truth at the Vagabond May 12
Del the Funky Homosapien at Churchill’s Pub May 13
Mark Knight at Space May 14
Camilo Sesto at American Airlines Arena May 14
My Chemical Romance at Revolution May 17
Few old-school DJs have stood the test of time and garnered the sort of enduring fanatical following that UK veteran Danny Howells enjoys today. Schooled during the house boom of the late ’80s, Howells would land his first major residency with John Digweed’s legendary Bedrock club night in 1991. It…
Luis Miguel is considered by many to be the handsomest man in Latin music. Nay, the handsomest man in the world! Any dude who can count among his past conquests Myrka Dellanos, Araceli Arambula, Gabriela Sabatini, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Brigitte Nielsen (way back in her hot days), Daisy Fuentes,…
Parallels’ makeup is a simple one: Two artists forming one streamlined band, lean but efficient. The Canadian synth-pop duo is comprised of Holly Dodson and Cameron Findley. Dodson is the vocalist, Findley the drummer. Both compose. Both produce. But each one is responsible for their respective parts. The band was…
After getting ripped to the tits last night on makeshift margaritas, six Coronas, a half-bottle of mezcal, two flaming tequila shots, and Michoacan moonshine at El Vagabundo’s Cinco De Mayo bash, you’re hungover and fucked up like a Mexican who ate the worm, a rancid taco, and an entire bushel…
The Getback Right About Now (IOU Records) myspace.com/thegetback When this album dropped back in January 2003, the immediate buzz that it created among our group of friends was incredibly electric. We’d already been sweaty fans, massing to the band’s gigs, and displaying the kind of riotous energy people in their…
Using Voodoo connotations might rile the wrong feathers. But the bottom line is Monvelyno Alexis studied the nuances of Voodoo rhythms in his native Haiti after taking up the guitar at the age of 18. That he’d already fiddled with wind instruments like the clarinet, flute, and trumpet are beside…
Well, it was bound to happen. After springing out of nowhere with some serious observations on ’90s retreads Live, local hip-hop boss Rick Ross, and those swell white kids behind Major Lazer, we finally managed to track down el Cubanito behind the glory. Preferring not to meet in person, I sent him…
Steve Angello at LIV May 6
King Bee at the Stage May 7
Kylie Minogue at the BankAtlantic Center May 7
