Shitstorm European Dates and Upcoming Releases

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…

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

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…

Inside the Rapper’s Studio: Pryslezz

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…

Kendall’s Homestretch to Release 7″

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…

Video: Miami’s Own Unsigned Zillion Dolla Man “Rap Hustle Flour”

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 Release Coming Out on Acid Casualty

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…

Transit Lounge Turns 5!

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…

No Service Fee Wednesday Continues with All-In Tickets

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,…

Check Out the Trailer for the P.A.T.H. Documentary

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…

Adultnapper Plays Space This Saturday

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…

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists for South Florida’s campus radio stations. Click here to read past installments.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…

Follow Crossfade on Twitter

…What, like you thought that wasn’t coming? Yes, Crossfade has had one of these newfangled Twitter things for a while now, but now we would really like to join you in a 140-character back-and-forth.Follow us at @Crossfade_SFL and we will follow you back. I promise it is definitely not a…