The Aggrolites are a skinhead reggae band from Los Angeles. With a faster pace than the ska and rocksteady that came before it, the style got its name from its old-school UK fans, the black Jamaican rudeboys and white mod factory workers who pioneered the original skinhead subculture. We spoke…
While you may think you’ve seen all that electronic music has to offer, there is Ray Sabater, Miami’s own DJ Stingray the Tribal King. For 30 years, Sabater has used drumming in his live performances, incorporating a variety of percussion instruments, from the tambourine to congas. So when you come…
Justin Bieber may be a high school graduate. But don’t think that means he’ll be reading books anytime soon. The 18-year-old tween-pop heartthrob recently told the Daily Telegraph that he reluctantly completed his education, earning a high school diploma after passing a test. “[Finishing high school] was something my mom…
Miami is slowly but surely emerging as an underground EDM capital. And it’s thanks in no small part to locals like Lazaro Casanova who are building musical bridges to sister cities such as London and Los Angeles. No music scene is an island, and collaboration between artists and labels is…
Under dark clouds and a “monster-sized extraterrestrial spider looming over center field,” Florence Welch performed that catchy song from the Eat Pray Love trailer to close her opening set at last year’s U2 concert at Sun Life Stadium. The boisterous reception following the final note of “Dog Days Are Over”…
See Crossfade’s review of Drake’s Club Paradise tour in Miami. Drake is a really sweet guy. Yesterday, the YMCMB member announced he’s teaming up with OurStage and the Real Hip Hop Network to give one lucky up-and-comer the chance to open for 20 dates on Drake’s ongoing Club Paradise Tour…
Win free meet-and-greet tickets for Mayer Hawthorne’s Miami show at Grand Central. Before he was a soul-powered party starter, Mayer Hawthorne was a hip-hop producer with a love of finding obscure records for his samples and DJ sets. So leading up to his show on May 8 at Grand Central,…
Born to a French social worker momma and a Chileno father escaping a tyrannical regime, Ana Tijoux is a golden-era hip-hop superfan, rapid-fire lyricist, musical activist, party girl, and pop star. Her youth was spent running wild in the streets of Paris to a rap soundtrack. But at the age…
If Swedish music were a piece of furniture, it’d be a Bestå/Framstå set-up, Ikea’s top-of-the-line entertainment storage combo. Like the Bestå/Framstå, Swedish acts come in several sizes and variations — ABBA, The Cardigans, The Tallest Man on Earth, Lykke Li, and Peter, Bjorn and John, just to name a few…
Win free tickets to Maná’s concert at the AAA on May 11. In 2006, Latin pop-rock powerhouse Maná had been recording and touring non-stop for more than 20 years. And it was time for a break. So the band took a five-year hiatus to prepare 2011’s Drama y Luz (Drama…
See also “Shakira’s ‘Addicted to You’ Video May Result in Sex Rehab.” A couple of weeks ago, Shakira walked away with four Billboard Latin Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year in both the songs and album categories, all despite the fact that her last record, Sale el Sol,…
It’s a classic rock theme vacation of titanic proportions. And fittingly enough, it’s going down on a cruise ship. The Rock Legends Cruise II is a four-night celebration of 1970s rock ‘n’ roll with the likes of Foreigner, Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, and Foghat that’ll be departing from…
Mike Score is the mastermind behind A Flock Of Seagulls. Inspired by Bowie and Alice Cooper, he combined science fiction, hairspray, girl pants, makeup, guitars, and synths to start his band in 1979. Then he led his Flock around the world. Crossfade asked the man himself about the journey in…
Miami in the ’80s was coked up, flashy, and fueled by freestyle. It is considered the greatest decade by some longtime Miamians, especially the type of folks who made a killing laundering Colombian booger sugar money while avoiding serious jail time by ratting on their friends. For them, life was…
See the full 20-photo of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at the Electric Pickle. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Electric Pickle, Miami Saturday, May 5, 2012 Better Than: The dinosaur DJs of Ultra Music Festival. It’s always exciting at the beginnings of things. One of the greatest joys of being a music…
Yes, Ted Nugent may be “repulsed at the concept of man-on-man sex.” But Uncle Ted offered to blow a male CBS reporter in return for a favor. “I’m an extremely loving and passionate man, and people who investigate me honestly, without the baggage of political correctness, ascertain the conclusion that…
See Crossfade’s obituary for Adam Yauch as well as Crossfade’s memorial slideshow of Beastie Boys concert photos. The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch is dead. But the Beastie Boys live forever. The rap crew’s global cultural influence was cemented the moment they dropped the atomic boulder of musicality known as 1984’s…
Quirky, sexy, and cool, St. Vincent’s Annie Clark may just be the Zooey Deschanel of rock ‘n’ roll, i.e. she’s adorable, she’s legitimate, and she’s totally impossible to avoid. Yesterday, St. Vincent was named by Spin Magazine as the 93rd best guitar player ever. And today, we here at Crossfade…
See Russell Simmons, Rev Run, and others’ Twitter reactions to the death of Adam Yauch as well as Crossfade’s memorial slideshow of Beastie Boys concert photos. Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch (AKA MCA) is dead. Details about what ultimately took his life have not yet been released. UPDATE: The rapper and…
Justin Bieber has been such a little tease lately. He got us all worked up with his new grown-and-sexy single “Boyfriend.” But until yesterday, all we could do was fantasize about his new barely-legal moves and watch a few 20-second video clips. Finally, though, the official “Boyfriend” video has been…
WTF, Pepsi? We told you yesterday about PepsiCo’s decision to partner up with the estate of Michael Jackson for a “global marketing push.” Like a homeless man recycling aluminum cans for a ten-cent refund, the carbonated conglomerate that nearly killed Jacko in 1984 is milking the King of Pop’s lifeless…
Wilco is many things. But the Chicago-based band is not a one-hit wonder. Nor is it a group seeking quick fame and fortune. Over the last two decades, Wilco has proven itself to be a highly successful, occasionally stubborn, and extremely resilient musical outfit, releasing eight studio albums; earning critical…
