After releasing separate solo albums, singer Andrea Echeverri and bassist/producer Hector Buitrago reunited in 2007 to record Oye, their first CD as Aterciopelados in five years. The disc wasn’t as rambunctiously rocking as their early work in the mid-’90s. Instead, there were entrancingly lovely interludes such as the upbeat prayer…
Remember when reggaeton first blew up internationally, extending its reach far beyond the confines of Puerto Rico? Every club and radio station from Beantown to Brussels was playing that new booty music from La Isla del Encanto. Few of the cats from that first wave have survived in the industry,…
Easily contenders to top every end-of-the-year poll for the amazingly superb follow-up to 2008’s Crystal Castles, for the similarly named Crystal Castles (AKA Crystal Castles II), Ethan Kath and Alice Glass have shed the electro-house label and positioned themselves as true electronic music pioneers.Their 2009 performance at Ultra Music Festival…
On Monday we previewed the upcoming Friday night performance by Matt Tolfrey at Electric Pickle hosted by SAFE and with the date nearing, it’s already clear that this is one booking highly anticipated by the local EDM cognoscenti. The talented British DJ/producer and Leftroom label owner has taken the London…
Always been curious to see what Hayley Williams is like behind the scenes? What a real, big studio recording looks like? How Paramore really acts behind the scenes? How they see you when they’re on stage? Voila, here’s Paramore’s new video for “Careful.” It’s a behind-the-scenes view of the band’s shows, studio…
Sure, socially conscious artists are prevalent in Spanish-language music. But few acts have committed themselves so completely to fighting for the greater good than Aterciopelados, whose zeal for placing social and political causes right before the public’s eye is legendary.The band’s most recent album, last year’s Grammy-nominated Rio, is a prime…
The Velvet Underground song “After Hours” always seemed like an anomaly for the band. For one, it featured a rare vocal by the band’s usually silent, fiercely androgynous drummer, Maureen Tucker. For another, it seemed just too pop, with a cutesy melody that didn’t jibe with either the band’s guitar-drenched…
Somehow this slipped under our radar before, but here’s a seeming last-minute booking that may entice the hip-hop heads to get out to a South Beach megaclub. Jay Electronica, one of the Internet’s Favorite Rappers, is set to perform at Cameo Saturday night.While he first gained his hype status in…
We sure are glad Lauren “Lolo” Reskin was born on this day, 20-something years ago (a lady never tells). If you run into Sweat Records’ legendary proprietress around town this weekend, feel free to bow and give offerings. Or just show up at the store tonight for her actual birthday,…
On June 26, the Marlins Super Saturday event features a post-game concert by Of A Revolution, otherwise known as O.A.R. The band has toured the world for the past 14 years helping a mostly white college audience jam out and sing along to reggae-inspired tuneage. According to band saxophonist Jerry…
Ahhh, the early ’90s: A time for plaid shirts, grunge, cheesy pop hits, and rump-shaking. And, of course, Tag Team. The Atlanta duo’s hit “Whoomp (There It Is)” hit number two on the pop charts in 1993, and is certified four-times platinum in the U.S. with sales of over 4…
Once upon time it seemed like Pitbull was possibly just too Miami to make sense anywhere else. Well, we were wrong to think that. His blend of Little Havana swagger, dance beats, and lusty raps went truly global last year with the success “Calle Ocho (I Know You Want Me). His…
2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors |Hip Hop Rally Machine |Hip Hop Honors Video Despite the theme of our earlier post about last night’s VH1 Hip-Hop Honors show, the entire thing was not, in fact, about Miami. Atlanta, Virginia Beach, New Orleans, and Houston all got their due as well, represented by…
2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors |Hip Hop Rally Machine |Hip Hop Honors Video Last night’s VH1 Hip-Hop Honors show was full of hits (the return of Missy Elliott, for one), and misses (the glaring omission of Outkast, among many others). Still, much of it gave us some serious hometown pride…
Back in May, Crossfade reported that Alanis Morisette was pregnant by longtime boyfriend Souleye, a.k.a. ex-Boca resident Mario Treadway, a conscious-type hip-hop MC specializing in vaguely crunchy, spiritual lyrics. (Really crunchy — dude even once worked at Whole Foods). Yesterday, People reported that the two semi-secretly got hitched at Morisette’s…
Sloppy Seconds, Nobunny, and the Spits at Churchill’s Pub, MiamiThe Axe and the Oak at Sweat Records, Miami Saturday, June 5, 2010 Better Than: Sitting at home on a Saturday night with a $10 dollar jug of wine and having my ass handed back to me on a casual game…
Ghostwridah has risen to the forefront of the local hip-hop scene as of late. Since he dropped his Don Cannon-produced “Red Bottoms” single in February, his stock has grown and the offers from record labels just keep pouring in. Ghost announced back in late March that he did finally sign…
It seems the village of Bal Harbour is tentatively continuing to try to shake its stuffy image, and hopes again to attract some new visitors through live music. We’ll be honest, we were intrigued by the indie-rock-centric Ten-in-One Music Festival this past April, but found it a bit ill-advised. (Surfer…
¡Mira Que Lindas! continues this week, and it’ll live up to its name more than ever. So if you’ve yet to check the kick-ass exhibit of Latin pop album art paired with special showcase performances at Awarehouse, you definitely don’t want to miss this Thursday night’s show. Scratch that, if…
British DJ, producer, and A&R man Matt Tolfrey has staked his place in the international electronic dance music scene since first launching the esteemed Leftroom imprint in 2005. Home to acclaimed emerging artists like Glimpse, Inxec, and Marc Ashken, Leftroom encapsulates the sounds of a new generation bringing a deep…
Here are a few preview snippets to count down some more time until the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors broadcast tonight. Though the program debuts this evening, it was already taped this past week. (That’s somewhat disappointing — can you imagine the possible shenanigans if it were a live broadcast?) Our favorite…
Crossfade: Okay, let’s give our readers a little taste of you. Who are you, where do you come from, and where’s the best place to get pizza and score a hooker? I’m Alex, I play guitar for Remembering Never. I was born in Miami, raised a few years in St…
