The last time we checked in with Black Bobby, he was celebrating Lebron James in song and getting ready to release his latest album, Presidential Shit. Shortly after, though, he announced he was taking a break from music for the winter, to concentrate on promoting all the music he had…
Much talk is being made in local hip-hop circles of the “new Miami,” a widening circle of not necessarily similar-sounding, but similarly minded hungry local MCs. Among some of these diverse rising artists are Phresh James, Ghostwridah, LMS, Dynas, Saheed, Garcia — and a million others entertaining on Twitter that…
As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010. Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation October 26, 2010 Bayfront Park Amphitheater Even before the actual music started, the Massive Attack/Thievery Corporation double bill at…
As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami’s Best Concerts of 2010. LCD Soundsystem October 6, 2010 The Fillmore Miami Beach Imagine going to the best dance party of your life with the best band playing,…
To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami’s Best Albums of 2010 here.John HancockAntenna Death (St. Ives/10K Islands)The end of 2010 again belonged to Awesome New Republic. On the strength of its latest full-length, Stay Kids, the duo…
Ever loved your sugar pie honey bunny pookie bear soooo much that your relationship already felt like beautiful music? We guess that’s what local musicians Me She and Chris V were feeling when they decided to express it in song. The enamored couple (look, they even have similar haircuts!) formed…
Punk rock auteur and zinester legend Erick Lyle focused most of his last book for Microcosm Publishing, On the Lower Frequencies, on his then-adopted hometown of San Francisco. Part investigative journalism, academic research, first-person narration, and oral history, the slim but thorough volume wove together radical action in San Francisco’s…
To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami’s Best Albums of 2010 here.Lil WayneI Am Not a Human Being (Young Money/Cash Money)Lil Wayne will never stop repping his hometown of New Orleans — just count the references…
When the guys first landed on planet Miami a couple years back, People From Venus were sort of the dark horses of the local scene. They started off slowly, preferring to perfect their blend of British glam-influenced power pop in the studio rather than trotting it out endlessly on the…
When the guys first landed on planet Miami a couple years back, People From Venus were sort of the dark horses of the local scene. They started off slowly, preferring to perfect their blend of British glam-influenced power pop in the studio rather than trotting it out endlessly on the…
Punk rock auteur and zinester legend Erick Lyle focused most of his last book for Microcosm Press, On the Lower Frequencies, on his then-adopted hometown of San Francisco. Part investigative journalism, academic research, first-person narration, and oral history, the slim but thorough volume wove together radical action in San Francisco’s…
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…
To get full disclosure out of the way: Jose Flores is an occasional contributor to Crossfade. Miami’s music community is small so it’s kind of hard to avoid that incestuousness. You’ll probably better recognize, though, the alter ego for which he became best known around town in recent years: Jose…
By now, Black Bobby’s a recurring character here on Crossfade. Last month we caught him on “Miami Ave,” and before that he was sparking a mini-war in our comments section with a Waka Flocka Flame dis. But if he shows up often here, it’s because he’s been hustling hard releasing mixtapes…
For a heady period from about 2006 to 2008, My Chemical Romance seemed ready to truly run the mainstream-crossover rock world. Their third album, The Black Parade, proved a commercial megasuccess despite its unlikely form — a concept album — about some depressing substance — a regretful cancer patient mourning…
Young Money engineer Mike Banger talks Lil Wayne and Tha Carter IV
Despite forecasts of economic and music industry gloom and doom, for the talented and lucky the good times still roll. So it went that last night’s launch for songwriter/producer Rico Love’s new label, Division 1, was a relaxed but still definitely upscale affair. Industry luminaries and wheelers-and-dealers hit South Beach…
Unlike with punk rock, at the height of drum ‘n’ bass’ near-mainstream crossover, there was never much of a debate over its country of origin. The skittering, ragga-inflected, bass-heavy electronic music was, at least at its inception, purely a product of the U.K. Singles only made it to our shores…
Behind every good chart-topping song is a good producer, usually — but behind all that, and often sticking longer-term with the artist him- or herself, is a good engineer. In honor of today, the Biggest Day In Hip-Hop History of 2010, the day Lil Wayne finally goes free, Crossfade brings…
Rico Love and Usher at the Division 1 label launch November 5
Massive Attack and Thievery CorporationBayfront Park Amphitheatre, MiamiTuesday, October 26, 2010Better Than: No doubt the MGMT show was probably awesome, but if I could have split myself and watched both, I’m pretty sure this is where my betting money would still have gone….Before even a note was played at last…
Rick Diaz has counted Ryan Oh as his best pal “forever,” and as his right-hand man in local noise-pop weirdos hahahelp! for the past five years. So the soft-spoken Diaz probably deserves a hug these days. Ryan, who also plays around town as Flux Forces, has been M.I.A. in the M.I.A…
