Email Author Matt Preira

2011 Stories by Matt Preira

• Chest Pain Talks Short Songs, Short Sets and Gargling Gasoline

  published Jul 25, 2011

  Tomorrow night, Drugged Conscience will present an Austin invasion at Churchill's Pub as two Texas acts give us a taste of Lone Star hardcore. No genre better encapsulates the carnage of the Wil... More >>

• Amy Winehouse Dead at 27

  published Jul 23, 2011

  TMZ is reporting that Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her London apartment.Their source is a press release from the Metropolitan Police, reposted after the jump. The investigation into the cause ... More >>

• Borscht and Sweat Records Announce Rachel Goodrich Video Contest for "Na Na Na"

  published Jul 22, 2011

  Not all sequels are total garbage. Ghostbusters II, for example, needed, to happen. If we didn't have sequels, we would have never seen John Connor battle the badass, liquid-metal T-1000 in Termi... More >>

• Mindless on Fastcore, Livin' Lo-Fi, and the Austin Punk Scene

  published Jul 22, 2011

  Punk has always been about refusal. The Bowery art-scum, L.A.-glam burnouts, and British street punks that collectively defined the OG wave were all rejecting the cornball excesses (and masturbatory g... More >>

• Ten Reasons the MTV Video Music Awards Are a Total Joke

  published Jul 21, 2011

  The MTV Video Music Awards are a sham. Every year, the network interrupts its regularly scheduled scraping-the-barrel reality television programming to pretend that there are people over at MTV who ... More >>

• Will R. Kelly Ever Sing Againr The R&B Creeper Undergoes Serious Throat Surgery

  published Jul 21, 2011

  The Guadian reports that R&B creeper R Kelly is laid up "indefinitely" as he recovers from emergency throat surgery. The singer -- whose innumerable hits include "I Believe I Can Fly," "Ignition ... More >>

• Five Reasons Chris Brown Is Public Enemy Number One

  published Jul 20, 2011

  Hey, America, not sure if you got the memo or not. But Chris Brown is public enemy number one. Before 2009, Crossfade admired the young performer's vocal chops and sharp, Timberlake'd Jacko dance sw... More >>

• Toxic Holocaust Brings The Throwback Thrash To Churchills, August 10

  published Jul 20, 2011

  Joel Grind is Toxic Holocaust, a one-man metal militia that unabashedly indulges every single thrash cliche, from the speed-shred of '80s standards like Slayer and Motorhead to lyrics almost exclusive... More >>

• Ja Rule's Back Taxes and the Five Other Wimpiest Rapper Arrests Ever

  published Jul 19, 2011

  Yesterday, Top 40 hip-hop megastar and occasional actor Ja Rule was sentenced to two years in prison for failing to file his taxes. Remember the good old days when rappers were taking each other out ... More >>

• In Defense of Transcendental Black Metal: Rudo Kemper on Corpse Paint, Nihilism, and Anus

  published Jul 19, 2011

  The taunt of poserdom -- that is, a self-proclaimed authority's suggestion that you just might be a wannabe -- is a stinger. And since punk, rock 'n' roll has suffered new standards of legitimacy (be ... More >>

• Cheap Trick's Stage Collapse and Four Other Massive Onstage Mishaps

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Yesterday, Cheap Trick narrowly averted a very-public demise. The classic '80s power-pop quartet pulled the plug on its set at the Ottawa Bluesfest when an approaching storm created serious gusts of... More >>

• Chest Pain and Mindless at Churchill's Pub July 26

  published July 21, 2011

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• Juggalos, Rebecca Black, and Three Other Crappy Music Cruises We Hope Never Set Sail

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Why are music cruises all the rager Is it some kind of reactionary Great Recession diversion for those few who can actually afford itr Back in February, Miami's young-adults-in-leather-jackets got a ... More >>

• Hot Graves Talks Erotic Corpses and the Heat Index

  published Jul 15, 2011

  Hot Graves is a Gainesville-based D-beat/black metal combo making its way to Beelzebub's Cave this Saturday for a punk-and-metal meeting of the minds. Earlier today, Crossfade contributor Liz Tracy re... More >>

• Tone Loc Pleads Not Guilty to Beating His Baby Mama and Illegally Owning an Assault Rifle

  published Jul 15, 2011

  Yesterday, hip-hop pioneer Tone Loc plead not guilty to dual charges of domestic violence and unlicensed possession of an assault rifle. The rapper and cartoon voice actor was arrested after a dispu... More >>

• Nightdrive Wants To Teach You Some Body Language This Saturday at the Electric Pickle

  published Jul 15, 2011

  Nightdrive Miami is a nightlife entity proving it can stand the test of time. First it was a party - then just "Nightdrive" - at the once-popular, now-forsaken Harvey's By The Bay at the American... More >>

• "Mission: Impossible" Challenges Local Artists to Spy on Each Other

  published Jul 14, 2011

  It seems like culture is only going to get more and more obsessed with itself. More movies are going to be based on old TV shows, and, soon, movies will be based on the film remake of the original. In... More >>

• Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, and Blake Sennet Have a Nasty Breakup

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Jenny Lewis's indie-pop band, Rilo Kiley, has broken up. And girl, it's nasty. Guitarist and singer Blake Sennett told Spinner.com that he initiated the bands dissolution after "a lot of deception, ... More >>

• Chest Pain and Mindless Give a Crash Course in Brutal Music at Churchill's Pub July 26

  published Jul 14, 2011

  If Crossfade had a time machine available, the first thing we'd do is travel back to the late 1950s when everyone was up in arms over Elvis and his gyrating pelvis. We'd turn off The Milton Berle ... More >>

• Guns, Pills, and Rock 'n' Roll: Queens of the Stoneage's Nick Oliveri Busted by SWAT Team

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Earlier this week, Crossfade reported on Coheed and Cambria bassist, Mic Todd, being arrested in Massachussetts for stealing oxycontin from a Walgreens hours before his band's opening gig for Soundgar... More >>

• Torche, Big Business, and Helms Alee at Churchill's Pub, July 12

  published Jul 13, 2011

  Torche With Big Business and Helms Alee Churchill's Pub Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Better Than: Staying home and watching Easy Rider. As to be expected, most practitioners of stoner rock are pretty lazy... More >>

• Steam #2 Promises Bass, Bangers, and Booze at Fox's Sherron Inn Tonight

  published Jul 12, 2011

  A good party always has a theme. Everyone's already seen each other horrifically drunk, like, a million times. So unless you're getting folks to dress up like their favorite sun-slash-sex god to com... More >>

• Five Weezy Slow Jams Better Than "How To Love"

  published Jul 11, 2011

  There was a period of time -- from, let's say, Tha Carter II  to the first few mixtapes after Tha Carter III -- when Lil Wayne was maybe actually for serious The Best Rapper Alive. The second C... More >>

• Coheed and Cambria Bassist Arrested For Trying To Steal Oxycontin From Walgreens

  published Jul 11, 2011

  Last night, TMZ reported that Coheed and Cambria bassist Mic Todd was arrested for robbing a Walgreen's pharmacy in Attleboro, Massachussetts. Apparently, Todd wrote out a note on his cell phone dem... More >>

• Torche Drummer Rick Smith Talks Going Pro and Pissing Off Teenagers

  published Jul 11, 2011

  When word first started to spread about Torche, shortly before their first show at The Fest 3 in Gainesville, many were excited to hear the latest from Steve Brooks, guitarist and vocalist for legenda... More >>