Dialed In: Last Week’s Top Ten From FIU Radio

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…

Live Nation Deal of the Week: $10, $20, $30 Tickets at Cruzan — That Includes Blink-182

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Local Motion: The Crumbs, Sire Esq., and Jacuzzi Boys

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…

Local(ish) Album Review: Ed Hale – Ballad on Third Avenue

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…

Video: Casual Sax & The Saxual Revolution “24’s & More”

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…

Tobacco Road Taking Submissions for Femme Fest on November 6

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,…

Bruce Springsteen Ticket Four-Packs Available

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…

Bella Rose Says Goodbye to Its 16th Street Locale

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…

Labor Day Must Be Miamian for “Get Down”

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…

Party Like a Brazilian, Tonight at Tapas y Tintos

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…

National Media Weighs in on Pitbull’s Rebelution

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…