Stalwart South Beach record store Uncle Sam’s Music has announced a free, all-ages, and unplugged Matisyahu in-store performance that’ll take place a few hours before the Hasidic reggae superstar’s gig at the Fillmore on August 25. As the biggest name in the history of Jewish riddim’, the MC is known far…
The Gathering of the Juggalos took place over the weekend. And while Crossfade is generally disgusted by the Insane Clown Posse’s mud-, soda-, and facepaint-obsessed “music festival,” our interest was piqued, ever so slightly, by last month’s announcement that batshit drug addict of the year, Charlie Sheen, would be a…
When it comes to music from Miami, all of the big names are either Gloria Estefan or rappers. Who’s got time for rock ‘n’ roll when you’ve got a city full of people constantly blasting the trap-rap bangers of Rick Ross, dancing in the street to the Latin-tinged hip-hop of…
Earlier in the week, Crossfade reported on the new Hova-slash-Yeezy collabo “Otis” and how the track totally misses the point of the original Otis Redding song it samples. Put simply, this pair of premiere rap man-baby millionaires has, quite predictably, substituted soul for swag. Well, MTV debuted the video last…
UPDATE: Crossfade has received word from Grand Central that The Knocks show has been canceled. Brooklyn-based electro-pop duo and production team The Knocks took its name from those early days when the constant broom-thump of neighbors in adjacent apartments communicated a rhythmic command to “shut the fuck up.” Now, though,…
Yesterday, Crossfade reported on Steve Albini’s recent beef with Odd Future. Here’s the gist: After getting stuck on an airport shuttle with the rambunctious hip-hop collective, the notoriously cranky producer and musician wrote a post on his recording studio’s message board detailing the group’s rude behavior, which allegedly included shouting…
Perez Hilton believes the new Spice Girls musical will be the best thing on Broadway since Abba. Or, in the words of the Queen of All Media, it’s gonna be straight-up “phenom”! Looks like Absolutely Fabulous’s Jennifer Saunders will be in the writer’s chair while Mamma Mia!’s Judy Cramer will…
In an interview with critic Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Yoko Ono recounted her experience as a preschooler at Japan’s Jiya-Gakuen, which translates to “Learning Garden of Freedom.” At that very young age, the future sound artist, pop star, and wife of John Lennon was learning perfect pitch, harmony, piano chords, and simple…
Off With Their Heads at Churchill’s Pub August 12
The slick, jet-black spirit of cool jazz is embodied by the mythological street corner saxophonist. We picture him as a guy in fedora and shades, knees bent in ecstasy, torso shaking back and forth as his lungs push air through his pursed lips to rip forth some of the cheesiest…
Over the weekend, famed producer and seasoned independent rock veteran Steve Albini had some choice words for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. OFWGKTA and Albini’s own Shellac were both booked for Primavera Sound in Barcelona and ended up sharing some time together on an airport shuttle. A little…
Nightdrive Miami and New Times’ Best Venue winner Grand Central have announced an upcoming performance from Toronto operatic electro combo Austra. Comprised of a simple rhythm section backing up keyboardist and vocalist Katie Stelmanis, this trio harkens back to the clean-and-clear electro of the early-to-mid 2000s, before Tropical, Chillwave, and…
Punks are the ideal guests for the raunchy world of daytime talk television. They dress outlandishly. They say crazy shit. And they’re totally unapologetic. Furthermore, mosh pits lend themselves very well to quick-cuts when you’re trying to make a point about how insane these people are. Well, TV execs quickly…
Miami rapper Rick Ross has announced a new development deal with chicken franchise Wingstop. The partnership makes a lot of sense for The Boss, who, according to his single “M.C. Hammer” is quite regularly “fiending” the chain’s delicious wings. Rozay told AllHipHop.com that, “After tasting Wingstop’s signature lemon-pepper flavored wings…
TMZ is reporting that rapper and one half of OutKast, Big Boi (AKA Antwan Patton), has been arrested in the Magic City.The charges are three counts of possession of a controlled substance (MDMA, ecstasy and…Viagra?) and one count of drug paraphernalia. All four charges are felonies in Miami-Dade County.Law enforcement…
AIDS Wolf play a noise-rock variant in the grand tradition of Miami’s own Harry Pussy. That is, a blasting mix of guitar and drums that rocks as hard as it rumbles your eardrums. When you’re dealing with hippies, it’s free rock. And when you’re dealing with art-damaged drug addicts, it’s no…
How frequently, really, do you stop to smell the roses? Not necessarily literal roses. Though those could work, too, now that you mention it. We’re talking about figurative roses, where a rose and the scent it provides symbolizes a simple, free-to-all pleasure. Steve Hersh, a Librarian Assistant at University of…
In another instance of local music scenesters using Facebook to rail against the scene (see also: Fernando Perdomo Wants You To Know That Experimental Music is Crap), Crossfade was surprised to see a surly post from This Heart Electric frontman Ricardo Guerrero acerbically declaring that “All Miami venues fucking suck…
Mitchell Luna has been shrieking like a banshee and roaring like a mutant Cookie Monster since he was a teenager. As the vocalist for cult 2000s metal and hardcore bands like tech-spazz outfit Tyranny of Shaw, goof-grind supergroup Animatronic Terror Noise, and purely pummeling Last Universalist, he developed his vocal…
So everyone’s seen that video of the Mariachi band serenading a beluga whale, right? If not, do you own a computer? Holy shit … Go watch “Mariachi Conneticut Serenades a Beluga Whale” now. Also, if you haven’t seen it, that must mean you don’t use Facebook– or, really, the whole…
Under the leadership of fascist prime minister Hideki Tōjō, the Japenese military during World War II was not to be crossed. Remember, these are the crazies who invented the kamikaze, the famed suicide crash landings that the air force started to employ toward the end of the war. A particularly twisted…
Toxic Holocaust at Churchill’s Pub August 10
