Music is a Weapon is going to Europe to play a few festivals and shows. ou may remember a few of these guys from the hugely successful projects they were involved with in the past, i.e. Al’s Not Well which became Al is Well, then All is Well, then 10…
Que bola, mi gente? It’s about that time yet again to proudly don some Cubaneo. What? You know you love it. Even if you’re not Cuban, there’s no denying that we make some great grooves for shakin’ your ass to.Providing an immediate opportunity for you to partake in some of…
Wow. Do we like this new look for the Postmarks? They were always pretty low-key in the hair/make-up/costume department before, but their new makeover is sharp. They look like mod assassins! Actually, frontwoman Tim looks more than a bit like a brunette Francoise Hardy here. It’s appropriate, since the bandmates…
Awesome New Republic was celebrating its most extensive national tour to date — but that’s now most definitively in the past tense. The story goes that B. Rob, half of the band’s awesomeness, was on some vaguely western body of water, and bet that he could jump from one dock…
Michael FeinbergEvil Geniuswww.michaelfeinbergmusic.comTo the uninitiated, jazz generally falls into one of two broad categories — that which is readily accessible and that which isn’t. That’s an unsophisticated observation to be sure, but one with which many non-aficionados will likely concur. Count Chuck Mangione, Spyro Gyra and, yes, Kenny G among…
I guess the mini feud between DJ Laz and Crossfade is over. Apparently he didn’t like what we had to say about his single “She Can Get It,” and said as much on the air a while back. (But, hey, at least he reads Crossfade!) But that’s all in the…
This week’s Live Nation Wednesday deal isn’t the greatest unless you’ve got 3-5 people you can persuade to your musical tastes. In what’s becoming a weekly event, Live Nation is dropping the service fees on four packs and six packs to a slew of events this summer (Hit the jump…
European Torche fans are being treated to a dose of Miami grind this summer. Shitstorm will be opening a few select dates for the Miami sludge-pop kings. If you haven’t heard these guys, they are what we call an extremely aggressive grind band. The lineup is Ricky and Nunez from…
University of Miami- WVUM 90.5 FM, “The Voice”The Voice is dedicated to playing music that commercial stations leave out of their broadcasts. To visit WVUM’s new web site and blog, click here.1. Wave If You’re Really There, Wave Machines2. Miike Snow, Miike Snow3. PNAU, Pnau4. Kabukimono, Rainbow Arabia5. Play Music, Thieves…
courtesy of Pryslezz’s MySpaceHip Hop groupies, and those thirsty for something new in the rap category, add another import to your list of MC’s to watch. Youngstown, Ohio native Pryslezz (read: Priceless) is making music in our lil’ city. He recently finished his debut album, “Rebirth of a King” and…
Here’s a video of 26-year-old Itzhak Perlman protege and violin virtuoso Giora Schmidt rocking with beyond-expert pianist Rohan De Silva. The concert was part of the Sunday Afternoons of Music Series at Gusman Concert Hall and was filmed Sunday, June 14. The piece they are playing is by a dude…
Kendall HC act Homestretch is finally releasing a seven-inch they have been working on since late last year. It’s finally done mastering and after all the typical delays associated with independent releases should be out this summer on Hot Air Press. The band has been making plenty of noise at…
Here’s a brand new video for Zillion Dolla Man’s “Rap, Hustle, Flour.” The video is produced by Ason Productions and appears on their Touchdown305 youtube channel. Can’t find any information on the artist, but think that’s Ramses from Chef Creole in the video. Here’s my favorite line from the song:…
Black Jail has a new cassette release coming out on Broward county’s own imprint, Acid Casualty. The act features Dub and Rick Smith (Shitstorm, Mehkago NT, Torche) and is a brutal plodding noisy assault on the senses. In addition to this release the label has a Last/Rauh split cassette and…
Know what I want to do? Coin a phrase. You know, like I’ll use it here and soon people will be employing it elsewhere, like in everyday conversation. What better way to truly indulge, or perhaps abuse, my access to the masses? Ideally, it’d be some nearly nonsensical word that defies…
I know from experience that reggaeton is one of those genres that people either love or hate. I myself have mixed feeling about reggaeton, but I admit than I’m fascinated by its cultural impact and worldwide reach. Like salsa before it, reggaeton quickly became the music of choice for a…
Local music/culture webzine Revmiami has just introduced a fun new video series called Big City Breakdown. The aim, they announced in this post, is to take favorite local acts, set them loose in the urban wilds, and tape them performing a song in one take. It’s a concept that’s been…
Sol Ruiz’s Oultander is a 6-song disc I got in a cardboard sleeve from producer Bobby Macintyre of Studio 71.He says: “Sol is the songwriter and she plays acoustic guitar. I played drums, produced, engineered, and mixed it. Jesse Jackson plays some Dobro slide guitar, and some cuatro. Lorenzo Corti,…
It seems like this is going to be a habit: This Wednesday, Live Nation is offering another special deal for a whole bunch of upcoming shows at the Cruzan Amphitheatre. Exactly $24.99 will buy you lawn tickets for the list of shows after the jump. That means no user fees,…
The P.A.T.H. School of Hip-Hop Culture, run by Brimstone and partner Amit Regev, is one of the most worthwhile homegrown music-related projects in a long time. You can read more about it in a recent Crossfade post here, but to sum up, it’s a homegrown, labor of love summer camp…
Have you ever wondered what Billy Idol’s “White Wedding” would sound like with a bossa nova makeover? No? Me neither. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a good idea. And that’s exactly the sort of thing that Liset Alea and the SeXy TRiO plan to do tonight at the Viceroy’s…
Adultnapper is the shadowy alter ego of Brooklyn-based DJ/producer Francis Harris, a philosophy PhD drop‐out, former political activist/hardcore punk rocker, and one of the darker iconoclastic figures of contemporary techno. For a man who once admitted to having originally hated dance music, Harris has emerged in the late 2000s as…
