Email Author Matt Preira

2012 Stories by Matt Preira

• No Name #2 at the Electric Pickle March 1

  published March 1, 2012

  No genre has been more ripped off, watered down, and straight-up bastardized than techno. To the layperson, say a classic-rock... More >>

• The Hood Internet at Mansion March 2

  published March 1, 2012

  Though obviously rooted in the beat matching and live mixing of the disc jockey, the mashup, as we know it today, is a distinctly '00s... More >>

• Bands for Dance III Benefit at Churchill's Pub March 2

  published March 1, 2012

  Art and politics can make strange, confusing bedfellows. German playwright and all-around commie Bertolt Brecht would say: Unless your... More >>

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  Radiohead's U.S. Tour Kickoff at American Airlines Arena in Miami, February 27

  published Feb 28, 2012

  See the full 28-photo Radiohead at the American Airlines Arena slideshow.Radiohead American Airlines Arena Monday, February 27, 2012 Better Than: Doing whatever one does on Spotify, with Radiohead. ... More >>

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  Adele's Middle-Finger Fiasco and the Top Five Pop Star "F#%& You" Flip Offs

  published Feb 22, 2012

  Big ups to British siren Adele for keeping it seriously real at last night's Brit Awards. The "Rolling In The Deep" singer was in the process of accepting the award for Album of the Year when, second... More >>

• The Hood Internet's Gonna Mash All Night Long at Mansion on March 2

  published Feb 21, 2012

  rThough obviously rooted in the beat matching and live mixing of the disc jockey, the mash-up, as we know it today, is a distinctly 2000s phenomenon that revealed itself at the very beginning of the d... More >>

• Askultura, Michele Vargas Fund, and Bands For Dance Benefit at Churchill's Pub on March 2

  published Feb 20, 2012

  Art and politics can make strange, confusing bedfellows. German playwright (and all around Commie) Bertolt Brecht would tell you that unless your work directly protests the global capitalist hegemony... More >>

• Tommy Trash at Amnesia Miami February 24

  published February 23, 2012

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• Moombahton Over Miami V at the Vagabond February 23

  published February 23, 2012

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• Radiohead at American Airlines Arena February 24

  published February 23, 2012

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  Top Ten Animals Dancing to Dubstep

  published Feb 20, 2012

  Dubstep is officially one of those genres that started out as one thing, ended up another, and now nobody can tell if music (as a whole) is even good. Maybe it's greatr But it's probably terrible. Wi... More >>

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  Scott Storch's Top Ten Cocaine Bangers and Blow Ballads

  published Feb 17, 2012

  Yesterday, Crossfade reported on prolific pop/rap producer Scott Storch's recent arrest for cocaine possession in a Las Vegas hotel. The story was simple: Homeboy didn't want to pay his bill (probably... More >>

• Tommy Trash Prevents the Dance Music Apocalypse at Amnesia on February 27

  published Feb 17, 2012

  Compare the Sarah Connor in the original Terminator to the Sarah Connor in Terminator 2.The formerr Straight chillin' in the '80s, teasing her hair and shrieking like a useless wench whenever murderou... More >>

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  Scott Storch Arrested for Cocaine ... Again

  published Feb 16, 2012

  Back in 2010, Miami New Times ran a no-holds-barred expose on the life and lavish times of prolific hip-hop producer (and South Florida native) Scott Storch. As subtly alluded to via our front page i... More >>

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  Diplo, Sleigh Bells, and Liturgy Get 'Em Sweaty at Miami's Grand Central, February 14

  published Feb 15, 2012

  See the full 35-photo Sleigh Bells and Diplo at Grand Central slideshow. Diplo, Sleigh Bells, and Liturgy Grand Central Miami Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Better Than: A Valentine's Day spent home alo... More >>

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  Destroyio Records Says "F$#% Valentine's Day!" at Churchill's Pub on February 17

  published Feb 08, 2012

  Every Valentine's Day is exactly the same -- the candy, the flowers, the teddy bears, and some slutty lingerie. Don't people ever get sick of spending a bunch of money on a bunch of stupid crap so so... More >>

• Weird Wives and Luma Junger Square Off Against Alligator Alley, Wise Wizards, and Gulf Coast Fauna (Plus Free Music!)

  published Feb 07, 2012

  Alligator Alley, the artery connecting lower Southwest Florida with the Gulf Coast b/w The Everglades, is so flat, straight and strikingly unremarkable that it takes on the vertiginous qualities of th... More >>

• Sol Ruiz's album fundraiser at PAX February 10

  published February 9, 2012

  Sol Ruiz's Album Fundraiser at PAX February 10 More >>

• International Noise Conference 2012 at Churchill's Pub February 8-11

  published February 9, 2012

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• Shake's Moombahton Over Miami Returns to The Vagabond on February 23

  published Feb 06, 2012

  "We're always trying to stir up Miami's musical melting pot," says prolific party promoter, Sweat Records manager, and bass music aficionado Jason Jimenez, talking about his now-institutional weekly h... More >>

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  Demi Moore Loves Miley Cyrus's Penis (Cake)

  published Feb 03, 2012

  Just when you thought the fact that Miley Cyrus loves penis cake was officially too hot to handle ... TMZ has revealed that Miley ain't the only one who's got a need for desserts fashioned after garga... More >>

• R.I.P. Mike Kelley, Artist and Founding Member of '70s Freak Rock Band Destroy All Monsters

  published Feb 02, 2012

  Not only is the world mourning the death of Soul Train's Don Cornelius. But Crossfade is sad to report the passing of another iconic figure in music -- Mike Kelley, prolific visual artist and founding... More >>

• Neil Young: I Hate MP3s and So Did Steve Jobs

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Neil Young's extreme audiophilia -- that is, his obsession with acoustics -- sometimes borders on insanity. For example, every minute of his 2010 album, Le Noise, produced with acclaimed rock technic... More >>

• Paco de Lucia, Flamenco Master Shredder, at Fillmore Miami Beach on April 5

  published Feb 01, 2012

  The concept of shredding -- that is, achieving an enlightened and evolved state of being via guitar -- is almost exclusively discussed in the context of metal. You have the righteously soloing heavy ... More >>

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  Nine Noisiest Acts at International Noise Conference 2012

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Some people really get their panties in a twist over noise music. Every year, producer-musician Rat Bastard throws his globally acclaimed International Noise Conference at Churchill's Pub. And, every... More >>