via their MySpace pageUnfortunately Metallica won’t be joining Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer for their October 3 performance at Bayfront Park. But they’re still a band that always comes to mind when thinking of classic metal. And what’s more “metal” than a band putting together an EP filled with fan bootlegs?The…
I got a text from my friend Tamar the other day, saying, “You wanna go to a Pitbull video shoot?” Hell yeah! I love Pitbull! I grabbed the Kodak and drove to a studio near Coconut Grove. Some of the hottest women I have ever seen were walking around in…
The name Philip Selway probably sounds familiar: He’s been the drummer for Radiohead since the band’s inception, but a lot of people don’t know that he often did backup vocals for the band, too. Selway decided to branch out on his own to make his first solo album, Familial, but…
Local MC and heavy-hitter Dynas has been doing his hip-hop thing for years. And when we mean “years,” we’re talking well over 14, grinding both in his birthplace of New York City and his current place of residence, Miami.With over 50 releases under his belt as well as a sleuth…
We weren’t really sure what to make of the announcement that French pop duo Daft Punk scoring the Disney film Tron. Would they stick to their trademark dance worthy beats, or compromise it all for those cute and memorable mouse ears?Once we got a peek of some of the track…
We all freaked out when we heard tickets for Saturday’s Crystal Castles show at Grand Central sold out everywhere. But alas, our prayers have been answered. A new batch of $40 tickets have been made available for purchase.Only about 200 of them were released, so once those are gone, there…
Stop, drop, shut ’em down, and open up shop: We all remember jamming to a little DMX back in the day. He’s no stranger to drama, and loves himself a little controversy. Stints in jail, feuds with Ja Rule, and his latest: Picking on our local Florida talent. DMX spoke…
I don’t usually go around spouting the hip-hop Gospel, but I’ll be damned if I don’t happen to cross paths with some hot shit. Here’s a home-made video by my holmes Orion for Thousand’s track “Acid Trips” and in true form, it is found footage from some arcane Japanese arcade…
When we last left our viral hooker-cum-rappers heroines Memphis Blac and Smokahontas Jones, they explained to us what all the hoopla surrounding the YouTube sensation “Got Dat Work” was about. The Dallas aunt-and-niece team had experienced a bit of a backlash, but Blac insisted they were only rapping about what…
Beings Self-titled (Amnesian Records) www.amnesianrecords.com Beings is Miami’s newest power trio and in its short span of time it has been creating some serious waves across the land with this nifty eight-track album and their recent high profile touring with hometown darlings Torche. But it should come as no surprise,…
For many years I’ve regressed into the darkness of my home armed solely with the music these fuckers make. Why? Because it is good. It is ambient, it is paranoid, it comes from left-field, and it is made by some of the most unsung of unsung heroes we have here…
The MTV Video Music Awards have morphed into somewhat of a spectacle recently. Some groundbreaking pop culture news is usually broken, some rapper embarrasses a pop starlet, and some cheesy comedian always has a tendency to tell a joke that’s borderline too far.The VMAs are trying to class it up…
We’re finding this really hard to admit, but yeah, we watch Jersey Shore. Sure, it’s kind of a train wreck, but aside from the predictable cat fights and nonstop drama, there’s now at least one other reason we can think of to not change the channel: The music. MTV has…
Furious Dudes Florida Sucks (Livid Records) www.lividrecords.com There’s a special place in punk rock hell reserved for these motherfuckers. It’s somewhere between Miami and Chattanooga, but it certainly is within the swampy wastelands of Florida because contrary to their furiously incorrigible beliefs, Florida does not suck. And these “dudes” make…
It’s been a while since we’ve heard any new music news from the Coldplay camp. There have been talks of a new album to be released sometime in 2010, but as frontman Chris Martin said at yesterday’s Apple Music Conference in San Francisco, they’re “working on it.”Good news for die-hard…
The Crumbs Gator Kicks (Livid Records) www.lividrecords.com The Crumbs have been one of my favorite local outfits since the early ’90s. The amount of stories, beers and down-right bizarre situations that I have shared with these guys over the years are too many to fit into these digital pages, but…
The President LeBron (Roofless Records) www.rooflessrex.com I blame my suspicions on authoritative persons based on my pseudo-socialist Latin American upbringing. Did I believe those bozos (namely Hugo “Monkey-Ass-for-Brains” Chavez) when they said they were in charge? No! Do I believe in Junior’s second term? No! Do I believe in The…
We’d like to apologize in advance for getting the above song stuck in your head. But it was the early ’90s, and just like everybody else, we were afraid to “turn around” and wanted to find out “all that she wanted.” Ace of Base was the Swedish pop band that…
This week on Crossfade, we’ve been taking a look at a number of recent releases from local label Forward Motion Records, headed by Fernando Perdomo. Here’s the last of the round-up.Jorge Moreno”Thank You” (single)This single is culled from his upcoming English-language debut, Grammy Award-winner Jorge Moreno makes a powerful case…
If you’ve never been to a Radiohead show but have always wanted to see the mastery behind Thom Yorke’s softly echoing falsetto, you’re in luck. More than 50 devoted Radiohead fans that attended last year’s show in Prague on August 23 filmed the show from different angles in the crowd,…
Michael Arcos is one of Miami’s most gifted sons. As a filmmaker he makes movies that make people confused, giddy and sometimes a little upset. As a musician he makes music that elicits the same gut reactions. There’s something innocent about him and his art. Sometimes. There’s something dark and…
This week, Crossfade is taking a look at a number of recent releases from Fernando Perdomo’s new local-centric label, Forward Motion.Kingsley and PerdomoFake Smiles(Forward Motion)Judging by the cover photo, these bearded, shaggy-haired minstrels could pass themselves off as twin sons from different mothers. In fact, one listen to this superb…
