Kudos to South Florida chillwave act MillionYoung, AKA Mike Diaz, for snagging a very respectable 7.6 rating for the Be So True EP from the golden pens of Pitchfork. The review, penned by Zach Kelly, is all positive, so we are left wondering what caused the 2.4 deduction. Maybe the…
After voyaging to Portugal last week, the 70,000 Tons of Metal tanker returns to American shores to welcome Tampa-based Obituary aboard. Now there are 13 bands confirmed for the cruise, which sets sail from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico, and heads back to Miami, Jan. 24-28, 2011. The self-proclaimed “heaviest band…
Just a few items we tackled in this week’s New Times Broward-Palm Beach print edition.In Music: Pitbull is throwing a party on Sunday. Carnaval Miami and Calle Ocho’s guest list includes T-Pain, Flo Rida, Sean Paul, Spam Allstars and a million or so of their closest friends. Someone was also…
The headline is misleading because I’m already quietly judging you. In any case, your tireless Broward-Palm Beach Music Editor will be on hand March 27 at America’s Backyard (200 E. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale) to help judge a Battle of the Bands competition between 6 and 9:30 p.m. The best…
Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications’ music sections. Just for kicks. Here’s last week’s entry.In the Dallas Observer’s bumper crop of content: Surfer Blood mourns the loss of Jay Reatard and confirms that even Pitchfork has its limitations, and Wayne Coyne calls…
Radio-Active Records’ expanded list of Record Store Day exclusives is as long as Joanna Newsom’s new triple album! It’s April 17, folks. (Ohmygosh, John Fahey’s brilliant folk classic Yellow Princess LP!) See also: Radio-Active Records’ Record Store Day Specials Include Fela Kuti, Drive By Truckers and Owl City(?), Record Store…
Wednesday is like the pre-Dr. Virgil Mongalo teeth day of the week over here at Crossfade (the sad news of Corey Haim’s death is not helping). So, special thanks to sister blog Sound of the City for pointing our cranky mouse hand to Dean of American Rock Critics Robert Christgau’s…
Just a reminder that Steel Pulse is in South Florida this evening at Revolution. Arielle has more to say about the legendary reggae group here. This morning, we would merely like to mention that Biblical figures “Daniel, King David and Abraham Israel were all black men,” which is the crux…
Crossfade recently revealed that hip-hop star Drake will not grace Karu & Y with his presence this Friday, and we have since done some research on the situation.No young rapper in the game is hotter than Drake right now, and no segment of his fan base is more hot-headed currently…
Country fans, brace yourselves for the taurine-fueled Country Throwdown 2010 tour, which will overwhelm Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach on May 15. The tour, sponsored by RockStar Energy Drink, boasts country roughnecks Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, Jack Ingram, and Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses. If Bingham’s name sounds…
We knew that the day would come that Lil Wayne would have to finally go to Riker’s Island prison in New York, and no amount of dentistry or fire or social networking could ultimately change that fact. According to TMZ.com, Monday was indeed that day. Weezy was jovial in a…
Find out what your neighbors are listening to without putting your ear up to the keyhole by reading our Moving Units column. Mike Ramirez over at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Radio-Active’s Top 5 Releases for March…
As we already mentioned, Record Store Day, which falls on Saturday, April 17, is gonna be epic. Via the Guest Lab, we discovered that Dean Spunt and Randy Randall, better known as the rugged punks No Age, are gonna rock Sweat Records’ five-year birthday bash that day, dubbed Sweatstock. Also…
Oops! We just checked Ticketmaster and $249 seats, which better be good ones, are still available for Paul McCartney’s visit to South Florida April 3 at SunLife Stadium. Seats went on sale this morning, and aren’t likely to last well into the afternoon if the appliance repairman I spoke to…
Click here to view a slideshow of photos from the concert.Taylor SwiftWith Kellie Pickler and GlorianaBankAtlantic Center, SunriseSunday, March 7, 2010Simultaneously embodying adolescent pathos and empowerment, Taylor Swift swung her golden ringlets into South Florida’s BankAtlantic Center Sunday evening. While many folks around the country watched their office Oscars pool…
Yet another installment of MP3 of the Day, which ideally appears on a daily basis here at Crossfade. If you’re in a South Florida act, or know one we at the New Times Broward-Palm Beach office should co-sign for, please drop a line to mp3ofthedaysofla@gmail.com.On the single, “Phone Home,” West…
Freaknik: The Musical – T-Pain & DJ Drama clipT Pain | MySpace Music VideosGood afternoon! Broward-Palm Beach’s contributions to Crossfade this week were greatly enhanced by Lil Wayne (and his dentist) but we can’t ride that pony forever.Nas is coming! Plus, local art-punks Alexander took over Poor House on Saturday…
In our sister print publications this week:Ex-Pedro the Lion David Bazan tells the OC Weekly: “I don’t ever see myself pandering.”LA Weekly profiles movie soundtrack badass Lalo Schifrin, who indirectly made Portishead’s “Sour Times” a possibility.In Houston Press, Ben Westhoff gets Geto Boy Big Mike to spill about his criminal…
There’s no better way to battle Friday morning’s demons than with some searing Portuguese prog-metal courtesy of Moonspell, the freshest addition to the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. If any of the hairs on the back of your neck aren’t awake after a run-through of “First Light,” it’s time to…
Dig out those tents, because Record Store Day is April 17, and it’s gonna be an early morning for vinyl junkies. Radio-Active Records again is offering a bounty of limited-edition albums for those of us who like good sound, as Lou Reed would say.The store’s blog lists 30 special releases,…
As Arielle pointed out back in February, the upcoming Lilith Fair tour lineup does not suck. Now, if they’d just tell us when the West Palm Beach date is going to happen, we can start baking the chocolate chip cookies!Aside from the seriously badass Kelly Clarkson (we will be screaming…
Even if our readers won’t be able to make it to Vancouver’s Biltmore Cabaret in April, special props to graphic artist Vincent Parker for his lobster-y lettered Surfer Blood/Turbo Fruits poster design. Check out a lot more eye-melting concert art, including another SoFla fave Blowfly, the Ruby Suns, Why?, and…
