Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida’s campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the Week of September 6-12Florida International University- WRGP 88.1 FM & 95.3 FM, “Radiate”Radiate 95.3 FM transmits from the…
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The CrumbsInsubordination Fest ’08: Live From Baltimore (Insubordination Records)insubordinationrecords.com Here are the Crumbs down to a three-piece, rocking harder than most of their contemporaries in an excellent live document of one of their retrospective gigs. (The Crumbs have 16 years in the game, baby!) The DVD gives them the full…
Picketing, boycotts, sit-ins, marching; protests can take many forms, though most, with the exception of the bumper sticker, involve some sort of action-oriented defiance. But in 1969 Yoko Ono and John Lennon proved yet another advantage of being famous. While the rest of us risk contending with pepper spray and…
Ed Hale Ballad on Third Avenue (Dying Van Gogh)Ed Hale’s outfit Transcendence was the kind of band that allowed ambition and extravagance to find equal footing. Progressive by design, its sumptuous arrangements often overshadowed Hale’s skills as a songwriter, which featured some great melodies at the core. Hale seems to…
A woman was shot Monday night outside of the White Room, near downtown Miami. Allegedly an encounter between passengers of two cars escalated into gun violence, with the suspect fleeing the scene after firing three shots into a vehicle containing two women. Eyewitnesses dispute the account so far that the…
If you haven’t heard of Casual Sax & The Saxual Revolution, you’ve probably been in some kind of soap operatic coma for the last few years. Induce and Sven Barth compromise the duo that found viral success after Perez Hilton featured their video for “Baby I’m Black (From the Waist…
In this economy, people are struggling to keep their homes and jobs, and businesses are closing. If people are investing, they’re doing so conservatively. So it may not have seemed especially prudent when promoters Garo Gallo and Yvonne Colon opened the Bubble four months ago. Outside of the rock-club trifecta…
Songstress and Miami native Sol Ruiz seems to go by a lot of monikers–Neo Hippie Rain Maker of Cuban decent and flower child of Psychedelic Cuban Blues, just a few of them (though admittedly the most catchy). The later is probably the closest thing to pass for a description of…
Jacob Jeffries Band …Waiting for the Piano Movers…Eleven:11 Entertainment Jacob Jeffries is absurdly young — barely out of his teens — to be so abundantly talented. And despite his age, he’s clawed his way to the top strata of South Florida’s pop elite, thanks to last year’s aptly titled debut…
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida’s campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the week of August 30 – September 4University of Miami- WVUM 90.5 FM, “The Voice”The voice is not your…
We’ll have to wait until 2010 to see if Lilith Fair makes it to these parts, but in the meantime, Tobacco Road is putting out the call for its third annual November celebration of all things XX-chromosomed, Femme Fest. The Miami venue is currently taking submissions to stack its lineup, so those interested should send a bio, picture,…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A Peruvian, two Cubans, an Argentine, a kid from Bean Town and a guy from the Heartland walk into a bar. Okay, it’s not actually a joke, but you’ve got to admit there’s crazy potential right there in the setup. Instead of…
This is video of Young Porta and Fish from the BMB Family (Black Made Boss) live on stage at an undisclosed location representing South Dade goon music. The song is called “Lil Nigga Standin Tall.” Look out for more exclusive Crossfade videos featuring raps from Perrine and Richmond Heights. Check…
Friday, September 4*For those of you down south, prog-pop band Dreaming in Stereo plays an early (8 p.m.) free gig at the Apple Store in Dadeland Mall, Miami. Click here for full details.*West Palm-based up-and-comers Surfer Blood return from a recent spate of NYC gigs to play a CD release…
Eight days from today, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are playing the BankAtlantic Center. If you haven’t picked up tickets yet, you might be in luck if you act quickly. Despite some tickets going for over $200 a pop at online auction sites, Ticketmaster and Big 105.9 have…
This news comes to us as quite a shock: After only 16 months, Bella Rose is closing it doors at its 16th Street and Washington Avenue space in Miami Beach. Owners Alfred Spellman and Keith Paciello broke the news early this morning via bellarosemiami.com.But there is good news. They say…
Well, it’s Labor Day, ladies and gentlemen. That time of year that pretty much waves adios to the summer and renders your collection of white clothes useless (unless you’re a santero in the process of haciendote un santo). Kids are back in school and the fall weather is right around…
Looking for some live music in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend? Here are a few of the highlights.Tonight, Surfer Blood is releasing their CD at Propaganda. SB is picking up a whole lot of heat, so this could be the beginning of something huge. If you’re looking check out…
You know who’s really got their shit together when it comes to having a good time? Brazilians. I mean think about it. Carnaval, caipirinhas, Brazilian steakhouses, those Brazilian bikinis, Brazilian waxing…ok, maybe that last one is only fun in the post stages. But you get my drift.Now offering you yet…
Pitbull’s new album, Rebelution, officially came out yesterday, though in these parts we’ve been hearing lead singles “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” and “Hotel Room Service” (and even “Krazy”) for what seems like forever already. And because Pitbull seems like such a Miami phenomenon, it’s almsot hard to…
New Times Broward-Palm Beach is excited to announce our newly-established Amplitude Academy of Musical Arts MasterMind awards! We’re giving away $1,000 to four local artists. Fashion designers, filmmakers, visual artists, performance artists, tattoo artists, and more are invited to apply. Alternately, individuals can nominate an artist whose work they admire…
