Dialed In is a new weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists for South Florida’s campus radio stations. University of Miami – WVUM 90.5 FM, “The Voice” The Voice is dedicated to playing music that commercial stations leave out of their broadcasts.1. Begone Dull Care, Junior Boys2. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix,…
Looking for a way to save a few bucks on concert tickets? Live Nation has announced they will be waiving the service fees for lawn tickets to a slew of their summer shows starting at 12:01 am on Wednesday. This promotion only lasts for 24 hours, so you’ll have to…
One of the most important components of the critically acclaimed, thoroughly addicting series The Wire was its portrayal of the current circumstances afflicting those simply trying to survive in the inner-city. Loosely based on lead writer David Simon’s experiences as a crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, it is hailed…
Here’s a new video produced by Buggah Da Govannah’s On Point Entertainment, in conjunction with Miami residents and Hip Hop Weekly entrepreneurs Benzino and Dave Mays. The video was directed by the ICU, and the group is called 1st 48. After the jump, read what Buggah had to say about…
The Crumbs were once signed to Lookout! Records. They toured the country and wrote great songs that made the kids sing along. But times have changed. Johnny B moved on. Chuck Loose went back to his office. Emil 4 ½ isn’t doing it anymore. But the Crumbs are still pretty…
Can’t afford to shell out a couple hundred bucks to see the latest hip shaking pop diva play live at BankAtlantic Center on June 29? Beyonce feels your pain, and is actually doing something about it. Beyonce set aside 2000 tickets to each of her non-Las Vegas shows for $20…
Have you ever had one of those nights when you just wanna stay home and chill on the couch, but you don’t wanna miss out on all the action at the club? Well now there is a way you can have your cake and eat it too! Web TV channel’s…
Yes, there are more local band battles than you can shake a stick at, but the Fort Lauderdale-based Ghost of Gloria is poised, possibly, to win a big-deal national one. The Hard Rock chain has, over the past few months, sponsored its own “Ambassadors of Rock” series. Hard Rock Cafes…
This video is NSFW if you don’t want your colleagues thinking that you like to watch chihuahuas show off their stripper movies. Caution: this vid includes a red speedo, bird chest, and more tongue action than a Coldstone Creamery sees all year…
Want to see Matisyahu and Les Claypool for under $25 bucks? You can: The only catch to this deal is you’ve got to have at least three friends. Well technically they don’t have to be friends so much as they have a little cash to chip in for some cheap…
As I said last week, I don’t have anything against Brooke Hogan, and, frankly, as a fellow twentysomething female, I empathize with some of her foibles. But damn, the girl has got to get a new … aesthetic counselor. Hogan’s people have revealed an “exclusive first look” at her new…
Andrew Yeomanson a.k.a. DJ le Spam has one of the sickest vinyl collections in the swamp state. Anyone who has been to his record sales or has seen him digging in the crates, knows that the man is a walking, talking, scratching, selecting, cutting Florida-based wax Smithsonian. The scope is…
Quick reminder that the Best of Miami Readers’ Poll will be closing soon! If you haven’t had a chance yet, vote now. Our choices for this year’s winners are already in the books, so to speak, but there is still time for you, the reader, to tell us what you…
I was looking more closely at this Tron as Fuck event that is going down at the original Fat Cats next week. It’s the third in a series that apparently goes down the last Tuesday of every month and it looks like a pleasant cluster fuck of colliding styles and…
Slip N Slide Records announced earlier this week that the label had signed Jagged Edge, the Atlanta-based R&B group that clubgoers probably best remember for the 2001 hit “Where the Party At.” Of course at first glance, that’s a wise business decision for any independent label — Jagged Edge’s last…
It’s no secret I’m a fan of the PB County-based rockers the Pretty Faces. They play a blend of retro power pop not often heard in these parts (and thus, it’s no surprise they’ve shared the stage with my other new local faves Ex Norwegian). They’re hard-working, cheerful, and pretty…
It hasn’t even been a month that Scion’s House Party event brought Dopplereffekt, yet the youth-targeted car brand can’t seem to get enough of the Magic City. This time, the Scion A/V Tour celebrates the release of Scion CD Sample Vol. 25 Trouble & Bass, which features tracks by Drop…
It’s official: Poplife turns 10 next month. Last year, when we sat down and spoke with founders Aramis Lorie and Barbara Basti about the party turning 9, we thought that was a milestone, but 10 sounds so much more official, no? And to celebrate that achievement, the party is bringing…
Back in late April, Christopher Lopez wrote a 867-word article on Miami band Radioboxer. Someday they should make newspapers that come with speakers and lCD screens and the ability to hook up to the worldwide global information superhighway. Till then, you can just use your computer to check out the…
The Secondhand Outfit a.k.a. DJ Sensitive Side a.k.a. Jasper Delaini has been making steady waves on the underground side of the South Florida music scene through releases, parties, and performances. He’s making a few appearances in the next few weeks at some pretty cool jams in both Broward and Miami-Dade. …
Thanks to an infusion of younger blood (namely in the form of new and youthful producer Andrew Hevia), WLRN TV is getting on board the newfangled YouTube thing and putting some of its programming online. Yay. So if you missed its original air date earlier this week, check out this…
The highly-anticipated (read the comments, doubters) NKOTB cruise docked at the Port of Miami Monday morning and dumped a couple hundred disappointed fans onto our shores. Danny Wood, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, and 2100 of their biggest fans boarded the Carnival cruise ship Imagination under the…
