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CrossFade - Miami

Karma Records is Having a Blowout Sale

Tue Jul 8, 5:48 PM

Hey vinyl lovers and electronic fans, the highly under publicized Karma Records in Fort Lauderdale just announced that they're having a huge sale for the rest of the summer. I normally wouldn't advertise a business specifically on the blog,... More >>

Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis--Two Men With the Blues

Tue Jul 8, 1:33 PM

Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Two Men with the Blues (Blue Note) Did music really use to be less complicated, or does it just seem that way? Maybe it's just that life used to be less complicated, and music... More >>

Cute is What We Aim For Tonight at the Culture Room

Tue Jul 8, 11:18 AM

Based on looks, I think they failed. Cute Is What We Aim For is likely the perfect 21st-century pop band. Almost purpose built for short-attention-span marketing campaigns, the four gents in CIWWAF focus so heavily on pop sheen, hooks,... More >>

Thursday: Gravy Train!!!! at White Room

Tue Jul 8, 8:40 AM

Gravy Train!!!! I was debating whether to start this post with "All aboard the Gravy Train!!!!" But, er, I resisted the temptation. But don't resist on checking out the California quartet Gravy Train!!!! (yes, the exclamation points are part... More >>

Features

  • 2 Live Crew Returns
    The original members bounce back. And without Uncle Luke, thankyouverymuch.
    Thursday, July 03
    "Life is life. There's only X amount of time to shine," says Chris Wongwon, a.k.a. Fresh Kid Ice, a.k.a. Chinaman, on a recent Wednesday... More >>
  • Common Is in Rare Form
    The MC-turned-actor looks to the movie biz to expand his musical freedom.
    Thursday, July 03
    "Put it this way: I want to not only be the leading man, I want you to be able to say, 'Common's one of the great actors of our time,'" the... More >>
  • Head Spins: Mark Leventhal
    This keen-eared classicist boasts a mental musical encyclopedia.
    Thursday, July 03
    If you've been to any club on South Beach over the past decade, you've swung to the beat of Mark Leventhal. Okay, maybe not any club, but any... More >>
  • They Won't Go Quietly
    Not even death can stop Foghat's slow ride.
    Thursday, July 03
    As much as some of us might fantasize about it, becoming a household name obviously has cruel consequences. This is particularly true for artists... More >>
  • For the Red, White, and Blue
    A patriotic mixtape for July 4.
    Thursday, July 03
    With Independence Day around the corner, we've been debating what songs qualify as the most patriotic ever recorded in these here United States.... More >>
  • N.E.R.D.
    Seeing Sounds (Star Trak/Interscope)
    Thursday, July 03
    Seeing Sounds is the third album from N.E.R.D., the "artist" project from Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of production team the Neptunes, along... More >>
  • The Electric Bunnies
    Chewing Gum (Florida's Dying Records)
    Thursday, July 03
    The Electric Bunnies' music makes me feel like I'm beating off to pornography while my wife sleeps in the same room. Good thing I ain't married... More >>
  • Silver Jews
    Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)
    Thursday, July 03
    Singer-songwriter David Berman is as much of an ironist in life as he is in art. After landing in rehab following a Xanax overdose (an act with... More >>
  • The Virgins
    The Virgins (Atlantic)
    Thursday, July 03
    The Virgins may be inexperienced, but on their debut album, naiveté proves to be an asset. Where the Strokes (to whom the NYC foursome is... More >>
  • Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
    Thursday, July 03
    Joan Jett never seemed overly concerned with glass ceilings. A very tough girl in a very male-centric industry, Jett simply showed up, rocked her... More >>
  • Fourth of José and Nastie Fourth of July
    Thursday, July 03
    We have come a long way since July 4, 1776. A real long way. But pseudo-commentary on the Bush administration aside, one thing a bunch of dead,... More >>
  • Gilberto Gil
    Thursday, July 03
    "I have a hard time with modern technology," Brazilian icon Gilberto Gil says, describing the theme of his latest CD, Banda Larga Cordel. "I... More >>
  • Peter Murphy
    Thursday, July 03
    The pale, delicately boned wraith known as Peter Murphy gained his seat as an anointed dark king in the Seventies and Eighties as frontman of the... More >>
  • Kill the Noise
    Thursday, July 03
    Ewun, hailing from Rochester, New York, has made a lot of drum 'n' bass hay out of his love for hip-hop, distortion, and glitchy breakbeats.... More >>
  • Sane in the Membrane
    Believe it or not, Lil Wayne is cool, calm, and calculating.
    Thursday, June 26
    Lil Wayne is not batshit insane. Let's be clear about that. Okay, he regularly refers to himself as an extraterrestrial and seems to have an... More >>
  • Shooting Stars
    Wisin & Yandel aim for crossover staying power.
    Thursday, June 26
    I first met Wisin & Yandel a year ago, in the swank lobby of a San Juan hotel in their native Puerto Rico. At the time, they were the most... More >>
  • Metal Rules
    My iPhone says Buckcherry is worthy of rocking with the Crüe.
    Thursday, June 26
    I first discovered my iPhone's musical taste this past March, at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Watching a very epic metal bill at the outdoor barbecue... More >>
  • Head Spins: DJ Irie
    The king of clubs, and official Miami Heat DJ, now boasts a namesake party weekend.
    Thursday, June 26
    How Miami's own DJ Irie handles his heavy schedule is anybody's guess. He boasts residencies at the Delano, the Forge, the Ganesvoort, Cameo, the... More >>
  • The Gardis Say Adios
    Local Argentine rock stalwarts play their last show at Finnegan's.
    Thursday, June 26
    It's hard to hold an interview with Argentine rock band the Gardis at Finnegan's Pub on Lincoln Road. Each question is interrupted by a... More >>
  • Power Pop Rocks
    Rooney and Locksley snap and crackle at Revolution.
    Thursday, June 26
    The L.A. quintet Rooney has not exactly suffered from its Hollywood connections or good looks. Frontman Robert Schwartzman is the brother of... More >>

National

Music from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

30-Somethings

Even after three decades, the Radiators can still turn up the heat
Here's some trivia to bandy about when you're having conversation over cocktails. Ask who can... More >>

Cleveland

Scene celebrates the Fourth of July with some of America’s most rocked-out moments

Rock and roll has had a mighty impact on American culture and, consequently, the nation's... More >>

Dallas

Rock On

Centro-matic's balls-out show at the Granada topped off a big week for the local scene
There's a reason Centro-matic has such a rock-solid reputation 'round these parts, and the... More >>

Denver

Meet Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Which is made up of his whole Fam Damnily.
The morning after playing a party for his high-school graduation, Josh "Reverend" Peyton woke... More >>

Houston

Andrew W.K., Messiah-in-Waiting

Fun Night
"Would anyone like to share this beer with me?" asks Andrew W.K., just another gracious and... More >>

Kansas City

Becky Barta has been playing Patsy Cline for 13 years. Now she’s got a record, too

“Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad” performed by Becky Barta, from Crazy … and... More >>

Phoenix

Let freedom rock: Ten musical moments that shaped who we are as a country

Rock 'n' roll has had a hefty impact on American pop culture and identity for the past 50 years... More >>

San Francisco

Matmos find inspiration in the Armpit, USA

Electronic duo Matmos always seems to be switching gears. Supreme Balloon, its latest record,... More >>

St. Louis

What Girls Want: Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville turns fifteen years old this year, but remains as relevant as ever

Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville is a personal document as poignant in 2008 as it was when it... More >>

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