Email Author Matt Preira

2011 Stories by Matt Preira

• The Taxpayers Bring "Goof Punx, DIY Music, and Jimmy Buffett" to Sweat Records

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Hare Krishna hardcorer Screamor Whatever-the-fuck-genre-Flogging-Molly-playsr There's no denying it: Punk rock has gone through some seriously bizarre permutations. And in keeping with the big-tent g... More >>

• Twin Shadow and the Redemption of Chillwave, Live at Bardot on January 14

  published Dec 28, 2011

  According to Wikipedia (The Free Encyclopedia), the term peak oil refers to "the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enter... More >>

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  Top Ten Absolute Worst Music Trends of 2011

  published Dec 26, 2011

  Every generation lampoons those that came before it. Nothing is easier to parody than the '60s: the hair, the beads, the vibes, maaan. In the '70s, everybody's pants were fucking huge, until their ha... More >>

• John Dufresne Talks Being Lonely, Misunderstood, and Sad During Christmas

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Christmas, ehr Like, holiday cheerr Good tidingsr The smell of fresh baked cookies, the embrace of eggnog as it coats your tongue and throat, the sounds of sleigh-bells and carolersr BAH HUMBUG. We u... More >>

• Beings Talk New Posthumous Single and the Potential for Future Releases (Spoiler: It's Slim)

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Meaty post-punk trio Beings was a South Florida rock crew that transcended the micro-genres -- hardcore, No Wave, metal, shoegaze, rock 'n' roll -- that influenced its high-energy, pogo-friendly anthe... More >>

• Gene Simmons vs. The World: KISS Frontman's Top Five Feuds

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Maybe we were born too late. Or in the wrong part of the country. But quintessential '80s hair-metal extravaganza rockers KISS have always come off as kinda goofy. Alice Cooper, The Stooges, Black Sa... More >>

• Social Creep at the Scumbag Party: Beings and Discosoma's Listening Party at Lester's

  published Dec 08, 2011

  No local band could better encapsulate Neil Young's doom-y axiom that "It's better to burn out/than to fade away" than defunct trio Beings, who took the SoFla scene by storm, toured with Torche, relea... More >>

• Ten of 2011's Best-Selling Albums and the Real Reasons They Sold So Well

  published Dec 07, 2011

  The Queen of All Media, Perez Hilton, is all about the latest Nielsen Soundscan totals, which feature a number of the gossip blogger's faves, like Lady GaGa and boring old Adele. For Crossfade, thoug... More >>

• GZA at The Stage December 3

  published December 1, 2011

  After the Wu-Tang mother ship crashed full force into pop culture with the release of the 1993 gangsta rap classic Enter the Wu-Tang (36... More >>

• Sweat Records' Black Friday Garage Sale Promises Deep Discounts and No Stampedes

  published Nov 22, 2011

  Oh, Black Friday! Every year after Thanksgiving, a shopping warzone breaks out as holiday cheer and good tidings soon give way to flying elbows and weeping grandmothers who scream in the deep-throate... More >>

• John of All Trades

  published November 10, 2011

  John Sayles is a Renaissance man in the truest sense of the term. He self-produced his first feature film, 1979’s Return of the... More >>

• Tyler, The Creator Is Bored With Rape: Five Totally Random Directions for His New Album

  published Nov 21, 2011

  Odd Future leader and notorious lyrical provocateur Tyler, The Creator recently explained to Spin Magazine that his signature hateful and sordid subject matter -- like rape and dismemberment -- "just ... More >>

• Moments in the Sun

  published November 10, 2011

  Postmodernism is slipperier than a greased watermelon. Society used to have simple standards and reasonable expectations: up was up, men and women... More >>

• Yo! MTV Raps is Back! Top Ten Funky Fresh Freestyles From the Yo! Studio

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Straight from the horse's mouth: MTV2 is bringing back beloved old-school MTV hip-hop showcase Yo! MTV Raps for a special thirty-minute retrospective to be aired after the first-ever Sucker Free Award... More >>

• Shaquille O'Neal Is a Schlub! Five South Beach Clubs With Dress Codes Too Strict for Shaq

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Remember when the Wade County police department teamed up with a veteran rogue enforcer named Shaquille O'Neal and the Miami Heat won the first and only NBA championship of its existencer Yeah, ther... More >>

• Top Five Rock 'n' Roll Plane Crashes

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Rock 'n' roll makes ordinary men and women immortal. Almost. They're regular people who were born unfamous and will someday die, just like us. But because they're awesome at playing the guitar or ho... More >>

• Happy Hump Day! Ten Habit-Forming Songs About Humping

  published Nov 16, 2011

  Why is Wednesday known all across the world as Hump Dayr Well, the phoney-boloney, PG explanation is that Wednesday's middle-of-the-week placement makes it something like a fleshy protuberance on the... More >>

• Lil B's Seven Best "I Got AIDS" Safe Sex Tips

  published Nov 15, 2011

  While onstage at Coachella this past April, goofball swag rapper Lil' B (AKA Brandon McCartney) announced to the world that his new album would be called I'm Gay. And everybody -- in the audience, on ... More >>

• Compact discs and four other favorite obsolete music formats

  published November 17, 2011

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• John Sayles on Historical Fiction, Playing Telephone With Reality, and Books vs. Films

  published Nov 15, 2011

  rEver wish you had taken the time to really get to know author and filmmaker John Saylesr Like, really get to know him, not just re-Tumblr his ROFLcopters or poke him on Facebookr This week, Sayles i... More >>

• The Have-Nots and Just the Funny Team Up With Comedytime TV For Cheap Laughs

  published Nov 15, 2011

  South Florida "funniest comics you've never heard of," the Have-Nots have teamed up with Just the Funny -- Coral Way's comedy clubhouse for sketch and improv. They're doing a television broadcast that... More >>

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  Jason Seife on Big Sean and Nicki Minaj, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Booty as Muse

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Miami muralist and graphic designer, Jason Seife, linked up with Big Sean and Nicki Minaj to paint the background for their extra bootylicious  "Dance (Ass) Remix." The jam is right up to date wi... More >>

• Tinariwen (and Sophie Hunger!) Speak the Universal Language of Music, November 10

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Tinariwen With Sophie Hunger Presented by Rhythm Foundation Grand Central Thursday, November 11, 2011 Better Than: Being exiled from your native land and wandering the desert in search of rock 'n'... More >>

• Five Ways Getting Punched in the Throat by Agnostic Front Will Change Your Life

  published Nov 11, 2011

  While hardcore has long been colonized by pampered yet meatheaded suburbanites, the original purveyors of NYC's first wave of punker-than-punk rock 'n' roll were actually meatheads from the unforgivin... More >>

• R.I.P. Bil Keane, Family Circus Creator

  published Nov 10, 2011

  Family Circus creator Bil Keane just passed away at the age of 89. For over 41 years, his daily one-panel comic has set and upheld the standard for innocence and wholesome all-ages wisdom within our n... More >>