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Michael Stipe

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Cults on Yo Gabba Gabba! and Our Five Other Favorite Musical Guests on Children's Television

    ​Cults were one of indie music's biggest breakout acts of 2011, landing on several Best of 2011 lists and cementing their spot among the blogosphere's buzz-worthiest bands. But what's an indie-pop group to do between albums? Sing holiday songs on children's television. Our internet friends over ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Miguel Bose at the Knight Center November 7

    ​Cults were one of indie music's biggest breakout acts of 2011, landing on several Best of 2011 lists and cementing their spot among the blogosphere's buzz-worthiest bands. But what's an indie-pop group to do between albums? Sing holiday songs on children's television. Our internet friends over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Miguel Bosé the Living Freakin' Legend Comes to Miami November 7

    The cover of Miguel Bosé's auto-cover collection, Papito.​Miguel Bosé is a living freakin' legend. Maybe it was simply his fate, or maybe it comes from being gifted progeny. (Bosé's mother was a famous Italian actress, and his father a celebrated Spanish bullfighter.) Or maybe it's the sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Courtney Love Becomes a Cartoon, Drowns in Shame, and Kicks It With Karl Lagerfeld

    Image by Michael Mouris​Picture this: Courtney Love spins down a shame spiral, gets trapped by her fashion choices and confronted by über-designer Karl Lagerfeld, admits she wants to be "dignified like Chris Martin from Coldplay," and hangs out with Michael Stipe. We never thought this would happ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Meatless in Miami: Vegetarians in Popular Song

    ​A couple of months ago, Sweat Records booked L.A. punk rock duo No Age. I knew they're vegan, so I made sure we were stocked with an array of sumptuous goodies to feed them. After their insanely high-energy show, the fact that they could replenish with local songstress Raffa's vegan chili nearly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    The Best Under-the-Radar Rock of 2009, Part One

    Hit the jump to see why this was one of the year's best.​Over the next few blog posts, Crossfade contributor Lee Zimmerman gives his top picks of the best unheralded rock releases of the past year.Lee Alexander & Co., Mayhaw Vaudeville Retro never sounded so remorseful, but thanks to Lee Alexa ... More >>

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    Top Classic Albums of 2008

    Ranking the best of what went around and came around again.

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2008

    R.E.M. Disappoints at Langerado

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

  • Music

    March 6, 2008

    Spanish Empire

    Miguel Bosé is no run-of-the-mill Latin heartthrob.

  • Music

    January 3, 2008

    2007 Music Year in Review

    It's all in the stars.

  • Music

    February 23, 2006

    Critical Fatwa

    It's all in the stars.

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    Ocean Thrive

    Call it what you will -- mindless fluff, starstruck drivel -- but Ocean Drive has perfected a formula that's the envy of the publishing world

  • Year End

    December 23, 2004

    Marrying the Mainstream

    White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.

  • Music

    June 10, 2004

    Screaming Fidelities

    This fan has her own Dashboard Confessional to give

  • Music

    September 19, 2002

    1 Giant Leap

    1 Giant Leap "Palm Pictures"

  • Culture

    December 6, 2001

    Hunger Strike

    Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

  • Music

    July 19, 2001

    Lonely Little Diatribe

    Miami blows the opportunity to hear Mark Eitzel

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    Kulchur

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    April 22, 1999

    Rotations

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    February 11, 1999

    The Levity of the Situation

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    February 11, 1999

    Rotations

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    December 31, 1998

    Grown Up

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    August 27, 1998

    Rotations

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    May 15, 1997

    Mourn Free

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    May 8, 1997

    Rotations

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    October 17, 1996

    Amos 'n' Indulgence

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    September 26, 1996

    Rotations

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    September 26, 1996

    A Different Kind of Monster

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Calendar

    September 12, 1996

    Calendar for the week

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    June 13, 1996

    Rotations

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    May 23, 1996

    Favorite Thing

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    January 4, 1996

    Rotations

    Guerillas in the mix

  • Music

    September 21, 1995

    Unlisted Numbers

    Guerillas in the mix

  • News

    April 13, 1995

    Program Notes

    Guerillas in the mix

  • News

    July 26, 1994

    Bring the Noise

    Cover your ears or bask in the blare. Miami avant-skronkers Harry Pussy, Rat Bastard, and Tom Smith's To Live and Shave in L.A. have launched an audacious aural assault on the senses. But is anyone out there listening?

  • Music

    July 13, 1994

    Rotations 13

    Cover your ears or bask in the blare. Miami avant-skronkers Harry Pussy, Rat Bastard, and Tom Smith's To Live and Shave in L.A. have launched an audacious aural assault on the senses. But is anyone out there listening?

  • Music

    June 15, 1994

    Pretty Persuasive

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

  • News

    November 17, 1993

    Program Notes 31

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

  • News

    October 20, 1993

    Program Notes 27

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

  • News

    August 4, 1993

    Program Notes 16

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

  • Music

    January 20, 1993

    Wild Bill's Big List

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

  • News

    November 11, 1992

    Program Notes

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

  • News

    May 27, 1992

    Program Notes

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

  • News

    May 20, 1992

    Program Notes

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

  • Music

    September 18, 1991

    They Right the Songs

    Hey! That song there is about gay people!

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