Baby Anne Studio A August 25, 2007 Better Than: Paying $80 to watch break-beat sessions at Ultra Music Festival. The Review: Florida’s own legendary bass queen, DJ Baby Anne, headlined the Clash of the Titans electro breaks session at Studio A on Saturday August 25th along with Darling Nikki, vocalist…
There’s a big reggae concert happening on Randall’s Island in New York this weekend that even state politicians are trying to get shut down due to the homophobic lyrics of some of its artists. Typically, I would say, FORWARRDDDD!!!! And big up to anyone willing to put all of that…
Autumn To Ashes Holding a Wolf By The Ears Vagrant Note to all you would-be rock scribes. When you’re reviewing a group fronted by the band’s drummer, have your earplugs handy. Drummers tend to crank up the volume and you don’t want premature hearing loss to hamper your career. Okay,…
What do you get when you grab the Au Pairs, ´80s-era King Crimson, Mungo Jerry, and the guy who mixes the harmonies for The Scissor Sisters, stick them in a blender, and hit “frappe”? Goo. You get goo. It’s disgusting. Never try it. But! If you take those same ingredients,…
From Christmas Day 1986 through January 17, 1987, Mötley Crüe founder and songwriter Nikki Sixx kept a daily diary that chronicled his exploits as an unraveling cocaine and heroin addict. He’s not the first, and won’t be the last, to do this, but goddamn if this isn’t one of the…
Jah Jerry It’s come to the attention of Crossfade that Jerry Hines, founding member of legendary Jamaican group, the Skatalites, has died. The guitarist, who passed away last Monday in a Jamaican hospital, was 80-years-old. Better known as Jah Jerry, Hines helped push the sound of ska forward long before…
“I said it’s here, it’s here, it’s here, it’s here.” The dude seems to release new material every 6 months and today, Mr. Talib Kweli BK MC, has another LP for hip-hop lovers to consume. Eardrum is in record stores today and while I haven’t heard it yet, I’d love…
London’s favorite rock’n’roll screwball, Pete Doherty, of Babyshambles is escaping jail time despite being arrested for suspicion of drug use recently. Apparently the cops didn’t get him to court within 24 hours of his arrest. Not quite sure how that happened. Maybe a few extra quids in the cops pockets…
Alright…so as some of you know, R Kelly and his crazy “Trapped in the Closet” series is being released today. I have a tough time supporting that one…mainly because chapters 13-22 offer us nothing that Chapters 1-12 already haven’t. Cheap laughs and blah blah. That’s not even me hating. Scroll…
Since Nasty Nas was just here a couple of weeks ago for the Rock the Bells Tour, it only seems fitting to play some Nas today. Work day is almost over folks. It’s Halftime –Jonathan Cunningham…
The “World” section at your local music retailer is just a way to pile together all the stuff that isn’t from America or the UK. It really isn’t fair that Bossanova joints can be found right next to some Riverdance jams, but English-born Sri Lankan M.I.A.’s latest, Kala, truly deserves…
Throwing it way back once again. I came across this old school EPMD video and felt the need to drop it on a day like this when the hip-hop world is so out of focus. Everyone seems to be looking forward to Sept. 11 when 50 Cent and Kanye West…
Rachel Brown Jazziz Lounge August 15, 2007 Better Than: Listening to pillow-talk R&B on the radio Last Wednesday night, sultry singer, Rachel Brown showcased her long awaited debut CD, Love, Life & Relationships at Jazziz Lounge in front of a packed audience of fans and industry-types. The locally based R&B…
The Legendary Max Roach At work In sad news, great jazz percussionist Max Roach passed away yesterday at the age of 83. He’d been sick for some time according to reports and died on Wednesday in a Manhattan hospital. Roach was one of the well noted innovators of bebop jazz…
First off, this isn’t exactly a new project by the fresh-out-of-prison Jamaican singer Jah Cure. The recently released True Reflections is more of a greatest-hits compilation of tunes that Cure has cranked out over the past eight years — most of which he recorded while behind bars. True Jah Cure…
Is it just me, or was LL Cool J a lot “cooler” before all the botox and lip-licking that he does now got out of control? Not sure why he’s so image conscious, but if you ask me, LL was at his best back in the day during videos like…
Anyone ever listen to Diplo’s seminal 2004 debut release, Florida, and find themselves rewinding the best frigging song on the album, “Diplo Rhythm,” endlessly trying to recapture that little snippet of Rio baile funk he slips in for the last 2 1/2 minutes of the track? It’s the one that…
Hip-hop junkies and beat heads need to familiarize themselves with DJ Houseshoes. He’s one of the foremost experts on all things Dilla related, which is a technical way of saying the two came up together in the same gritty Detroit night clubs and vibed outside of the typical DJ/MC relationship…
Say it ain’t so! First, rumors keep popping up that Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa are getting a divorce–which entitles the soon-to-be ex Mrs. Bryant to HALF of everything Kobe is worth. It’s California and they had no pre-nup. No sympathy there… fools and their money always part. You…
This little disc just landed at the New Times office today–straight from Osaka, Japan and it’s already got a few of us dancing. Of course, it’s past 6pm and those of us still here are minutes away from cracking beers and laughing the night away so we might as well…
Don’t even get me started on this outfit. According to this news story, R. Kelly may finally be heading to trial to face charges on child pornography…which is a really spruced up way of saying “this jackass not only peed on a 14-year-old girl then slept with her, he also…
Now here’s a show I would watch. It appears that Miami’s Luther Campbell, better known as Uncle Luke is getting his own reality TV show. Not sure when it’s scheduled to air, but I came across a pilot for the series yesterday that’s just hilarious. If anyone knows more about…
