Photo by Sayre Berman

​As the show review and slideshow clearly demonstrate, Manu Chao brought that fire to Klipsch Amphitheater on Saturday night.

But while the Rhythm Foundation was busy doling out free box seats to official reviewer personnel, we were livin' clandestino and (not) sneaking into the show. Hey, it's a park, we didn't take anybody's seat.

Manu Chao brought a heavy dose of punk rock to their set, which saw at least six encores, lots of improvisation, plenty of crowd interaction, and an obvious kinship with the people of Miami.

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​Twenty years in the game and the Slackers are still sharper than a stepping razor.

On Sunday night, hundreds of people came out for the NYC ska rockers, the Duppies, and Miami's own Askultura at Churchill's Pub.

The sound man was on point, the room was full, the booze was flowing, and we got it all recorded. See the cut for a stream of "Attitude" (Misfits cover), and a download link for 16 tracks of the Slackers live at Churchill's.

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​Tobacco Road trivia: Al Capone used to get so wasted there that he'd have to take the night off from shooting people. You ever tried to hold onto a submachine gun after twenty shots of whiskey?

Not only is Tobacco Road the oldest active bar and music venue in Miami, but they make a great fuckin' hamburger, have a ton of drink specials, and host live bands seven days a week.

We checked in for a few hours last night, had a couple brews, smoked one with Heron and Oski, and then sat back and enjoyed the tunes from Birdman's Clambake, Garcia, and some cover band with a smokin' hot blonde.



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​Shortly after moving into our swanky new offices at 4500 Biscayne, Crossfade saw the potential for a concert series.

The premise was simple: Musicians come into our editorial suite and perform on a plush white couch overlooking the Ivax building's parking garage. We film the performance, post the vid on YouTube, and then embed it into a corresponding blog post. We call it the Sectional Sofa Series.

And earlier this week, Colombian pop-punk princess Marre popped our concert series cherry. To commemorate the event, she signed a copy of her album, which we're giving away. Just be the first to post a comment and you win. It's that simple.

Now check out Marre performing "Llore" after the jump.

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Photo by Ben Thacker

​Crossfade Live presents live concert audio from the last nine minutes of Agnostic Front's set from Friday's show at Churchill's. They were celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of their first album, Victim In Pain. They closed out their all old-school set with "Gotta Go," "Crucified," and then Vinnie Stigma led the crowd through "Pauly The Beer Drinking Dog." The band is an anti-racist New York City hardcore band who promote unity in the underground. Lead singer Roger Miret is of Cuban descent and has family in South Florida.

Agnostic Front (live) - Gotta Go, Crucified, Pauly The Beer Drinking Dog by crossfadelive

Jacob Katel

​Any given Saturday in Miami the bass, sweat, sex, liquor, music, and dancing flood the concrete tropics like a hurricane on South Beach. This year a bigger, better Swamp Stomp shook the wooden floorboards at The Bayside Hut to their core with more local soul than the Miami section in Heaven.

We got there late so we didn't catch every act, but here are high quality streams and downloads of Jahfe and The Lee Boys' sets complete with hooting, hollering, and of course stomping from the crowd.

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Jacob Katel

​Were you one of the 75,000 ticket holders at ULTRA 2010 on Saturday? If so, then you may recognize the following clip from a major and influential electronic act. Correctly name the artist and DJ and you can win a random prize from Crossfade. Here's the audio we recorded, good luck.

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Crossfade Live at Shake at The Vagabond February 11.

​Welcome to our second edition of Crossfade Live, where we bring you streams and downloads of our original high fidelity concert recordings from bands and venues all over South Florida. We will prove live music thrives here, and hand it to you for playback at your leisure.

Last night Shake at The Vagabond held the official afterparty for Artopia, but that's not all that was being celebrated. It was also a birthday party (Ms. Goobs), a Valentines celebration, an album release for Alukard, and a tour launch for The Cornerstoners, who are winging their way to Cuba today for a national tour.

That's right, Cuba. Fuckin' awesome. Check the stream and get the download link after the jump.
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