NYE 2010: Lady Gaga at Fontainebleau Hotel

Let’s just put this out there first: Lady Gaga is a hack who thinks she’s doing the world a favor by making an “artistic statement.” Sorry, her music and performances are about as artistic as something our 5-year-old niece drew. We’d just like her to admit she’s doing straight-up commercial…

Bougainvillea’s Will Have Its Last Call in February

No women no cry might have been Bob Marley’s anthem but come February 28, 2010 “No Bougie’s, I’ll cry” is what regulars in the South Miami bar scene will be sniffling. That’s right, folks, South Miami’s chillest dive, Bougainvillea’s, will be shutting its doors for good leaving locals, UM students,…

NYE 2010: Rye Rye at the Delano

All the best things in life are free. So wouldn’t it be nice if there were a free New Year’s Eve event to go to? Wait, there is! Thanks to Giant Step — the same people who brought Kid Sister to the Delano for Art Basel — Baltimore’s Rye Rye…

NYE 2010: Simian Mobile Disco at the Shore Club

Is it Winter Music Conference yet? No? How odd. Because that seems to be the only time British electro-house duo Simian Mobile Disco ever make it down to Miami. Not that we are complaining. When we heard they were on the bill for Shore Club’s New Year’s Eve celebration we…

Pitchfork Shows Surfer Blood More Love

Pitchfork’s love affair with West Palm Beach’s Surfer Blood continued this week when the online music site picked “Swim” as the one of the top singles of 2009. It came in at number 37 out of 100. Pitchfork says, “Any self-respecting ‘pop craftsman’ would’ve whittled away at that ‘Needles in…

Chelley (Who?) at LIV Tomorrow

Actual conversation over iChat:”Are you going to Chelley tomorrow?”Who the fuck is Chelley?”Here.”Oh, THAT SONG!”So, are you coming tomorrow?”What’s in it for me?”A really bad performance for you to publicly hate.”Check out, Chelley tomorrow at LIV for its Dirty Hairy party. For more information, visit livnightclub.com or call 305-674-4680…

Getting Rowdy With Rusko at White Room Saturday

If dubstep was a kingdom, then Rusko would surely be its king. The British born, L.A. transplant has been damaging speakers worldwide with his hard hitting beats. But limiting him to the genre of dubstep would be underestimating the 23-year-old. He easily mixes electro, hip-hop, and even pop, within his…

Buju Banton Busted for Trying to Buy Cocaine

Last Thursday, controversial reggae star Buju Banton (aka Mark Anthony Myrie) was busted for trying to buy nearly 15 7 kilos of cocaine from an undercover DEA informant. Myrie is as notorious for unapologetic, anti-gay lyrics as he is for his wine-worthy music, but according to the AP he could be looking at…

Pulp Live in Fort Lauderdale Closes, Everyone Shrugs

Pulp Live announced last week, via its various social networking pages, that it had closed until the venue “finds a new location.” Well, that’s always the way closing establishments try to put a nice face on it. The club’s web site, as I post this, is totally offline.We say, good…

Giveaway: Name That Max Fish Band, Win 20 Free CDs

Here’s video from a New York band playing Max Fish Miami on December 4. Leave a comment telling us who they are, really, we don’t know, and provide web evidence that proves it, and we’ll send you 20 free random music CDs…

What to Hear in Broward and Palm Beach This Weekend

Plenty of things to hear in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend, one of them will even make you feel good about yourself! Tonight, the Help Mend A Heart Benefit Show is happening at The Talent Farm. The $10 cover charge goes to the Maureen Waters Medical Fund (read all…

DJ Duo Classixx Spinning at the Vagabond Tonight

If you’ve hit up the downtown/Wynwood nightlife scene, you most likely are familiar with LA DJ duo Classixx, even if you aren’t aware of it. They are partly responsible for turning tracks into dancefloor gold through the art of remixing, including Phoenix’s “Lisztomania” and the Ting Tings’ “Shut Up and…

Air Making Miami Debut at the Fillmore Miami Beach March 13

When Air’s Moon Safari came out in 1998, I was 15 years old and still in my teenage ska/punk phase. But here was an album with lush electronic soundscapes and minimal beats that really spoke to me. Air is responsible for introducing me to electronic music and the entire Astralwerks…

Dialed In: Last Week’s Top Ten From UM Radio “The Voice”

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida’s campus radio stations. Top Albums for the Week of November 30 – December 5University of Miami- WVUM 90.5 FM, “The Voice” The voice is not your typical college radio station. They pride themselves on introducing…

¡Mayday! Films Video with Lil Wayne

Miami New Times Best Hip-Hop Artist ¡Mayday! recently got down with Lil Wayne for a video shoot and some well deserved national attention. Check out the video below. Thanks to the305.com for the heads up…

Video: Diablo Dimes Live From Fountain Art Fair 2009

Here’s a video of Diablo Dimes performing Friday night, December 5th, at Fountain Art Fair 2009 opening for G. Love. Diablo Dimes is a an old-style blues character complete with torn hat, busted old guitar, harmonica, and kazoo, who plays gutbucket, Dixieland, rag time, swamp-ugly music about drinking, fighting, fucking,…

Rachel Goodrich’s “Light Bulb” Used to Sell Crayola Glow Dome

If you aren’t aware yet, it’s the holiday season, which means the advertisements on television are focusing heavily on toys kids don’t really need and will probably forget about a month after unwrapping. Still, that didn’t stop Crayola from brainwashing children into thinking they need a silly contraption called a…

Minimal Tonight! …at Bougie’s On The Beach???

You may or may not have heard the (tragic) rumor that fav south Miami watering hole and all around wonder-dive Bougainvillea’s is closing. It’s been going around for some time, and billings like “Bougie’s Last Thanksgiving Eve Block Party” and “Bougie’s Last New Years Eve Party ever” seem to corroborate…