At a time when most bands were either grunge, punk, or nu-metal, Los Amigos Invisibles took a different route -- danceable Latin funk -- and it was a path that led them to becoming the premier party band in Venezuela. Over the last 20 years, these chamos musicales have definitively proved that Lat ... More >>
Not to knock films as fantastic as his Rachel Getting Married, The Silence of the Lambs, and Something Wild, but there's something wilder -- or at least, more directly stimulating and pure -- about Jonathan Demme's live-performance docs. The 68-year-old auteur immortalized a Talking Heads show (an ... More >>
The members of New Orleans sludge metal band Eyehategod don't worship Satan. They don't kill virgins, hang them upside down over a tub, and wash themselves in blood. They don't dance inside circles of fire during full moons at midnight. They don't castrate babies, put hamsters in blenders, or m ... More >>
For 31 years, the numerous, ever-increasing stages at gritty, surreal, and spectacular Churchill's Pub in Little Haiti has been where Miami rock music goes to define itself. A quick scan of the assorted press and awards (including endless clippings for Miami New Times Best Rock Club nods) reveal ... More >>
Every Friday, Crossfade scrambles to find you cheapskates the ten best music-related things to do over the weekend under $10. But because we're feeling extra generous this week (plus we're suckers for numerology), Crossfade is commemorating the once-in-100-years 11/11/11 occurrence by adding an ... More >>
Image by Travis KotzebueMusic blog Stereogum has posted some teaser tracks from the forthcoming Muppets movie soundtrack and the songs feature two of indie rock's leading ladies: Joanna Newsom and Feist. You'd figure the Muppets would either hit their core demographic with whatever 11-year-old ... More >>
According to totally reliable online resource Wikipedia, a bromance is "a close but non-sexual relationship between two (or more) men, a form of homosocial intimacy." Musical history is sprinkled with fruitful and creative bromances. There was David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Gram Pa ... More >>
Yesterday, it seemed both sides had come to a pretty amiable resolution in the lawsuit between former Gov. Charlie Crist and the Talking Heads' David Byrne. The exact settlement details weren't released, but apparently they involve Crist issuing a video statement supporting artists' intellectual ... More >>
A few local venues get it right. Their nights of live music, even when there are DJs interspersed throughout, are crafted to create a specific vibe. Genre-appropriate music is played between sets to keep the momentum going, and if there's dancing before or after, it all seems to work in tandem.&n ... More >>
Veteran British DJ Greg Wilson is an authentic original. His career spans over three decades, preceding the birth of house music. On the late-'70s and early-'80s UK dance music scene, the mixing pioneer introduced that era's generation to the new post-disco sounds coming out of New York City. Wat ... More >>
Gov. Charlie Crist is being sued by the Talking Heads' David Byrne for copyright infringement, and no it's not for rocking the same style of gentlemanly premature white hair. Crist's campaign used the Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere" in an attack ad against Marco Rubio without bothering to ge ... More >>
The season for spooking is here, and to help awaken your inner ghoul who's been lying dormant, here is a list of ten songs to celebrate the holiday. Some are obvious, some have loose, vague, or quirky affiliations with Halloween themes (you'll be hard-pressed to find some of these on other Ha ... More >>
The rock 'n' roll-loving un-DJ.
The Talking Heads mastermind sings the tunes of his latest collaboration with Brian Eno.
Norway's Datarock creates dance anthems for freaks and geeks.
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
A pop culture piñata on exhibit
Agit Pop
Talking jibber jabber with Bling Bling in the indie rock parking lot
Perú Negro tells the history of its country through music and dance
For Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the old photography ways are still best
Get excited about Jonathan Richman
Tom Tom Club's Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth find fun in the future
Southern Hostility and Eat More Possum
Man's Ruin
Welcome to the world of David Byrne
A re-release reopens old wounds for the Talking Heads
The Watcha Tour serves up fresh Latin grooves
Muse Makes the Majors
This local band makes musical news by doing things differently
Picasso Trigger puts on its Halo and opens Heaven's gate
