From Christmas Day 1986 through January 17, 1988, Mötley Crüe founder and songwriter Nikki Sixx kept a daily diary that chronicled his exploits as an unraveling drug addict. He’s not the first and won’t be the last to do this, but goddamn if the result isn’t one of the most…
The Funky Blu Roots are a Fort Lauderdale-based quartet that is part Sly and the Family Stone, part B.B. King, and part Eric Clapton. They sound as crispy-clean on their live recordings as they do on their studio productions, and their signature song, “Long Time Coming,” plays like a jacked-up…
Jah Jerry It’s come to the attention of Crossfade that Jerry Hines, founding member of legendary Jamaican group, the Skatalites, has died. The guitarist, who passed away last Monday in a Jamaican hospital, was 80-years-old. Better known as Jah Jerry, Hines helped push the sound of ska forward long before…
“I said it’s here, it’s here, it’s here, it’s here.” The dude seems to release new material every 6 months and today, Mr. Talib Kweli BK MC, has another LP for hip-hop lovers to consume. Eardrum is in record stores today and while I haven’t heard it yet, I’d love…
London’s favorite rock’n’roll screwball, Pete Doherty, of Babyshambles is escaping jail time despite being arrested for suspicion of drug use recently. Apparently the cops didn’t get him to court within 24 hours of his arrest. Not quite sure how that happened. Maybe a few extra quids in the cops pockets…
Alright…so as some of you know, R Kelly and his crazy “Trapped in the Closet” series is being released today. I have a tough time supporting that one…mainly because chapters 13-22 offer us nothing that Chapters 1-12 already haven’t. Cheap laughs and blah blah. That’s not even me hating. Scroll…
Since Nasty Nas was just here a couple of weeks ago for the Rock the Bells Tour, it only seems fitting to play some Nas today. Work day is almost over folks. It’s Halftime –Jonathan Cunningham…
The “World” section at your local music retailer is just a way to pile together all the stuff that isn’t from America or the UK. It really isn’t fair that Bossanova joints can be found right next to some Riverdance jams, but English-born Sri Lankan M.I.A.’s latest, Kala, truly deserves…
Throwing it way back once again. I came across this old school EPMD video and felt the need to drop it on a day like this when the hip-hop world is so out of focus. Everyone seems to be looking forward to Sept. 11 when 50 Cent and Kanye West…
Rachel Brown Jazziz Lounge August 15, 2007 Better Than: Listening to pillow-talk R&B on the radio Last Wednesday night, sultry singer, Rachel Brown showcased her long awaited debut CD, Love, Life & Relationships at Jazziz Lounge in front of a packed audience of fans and industry-types. The locally based R&B…
The Legendary Max Roach At work In sad news, great jazz percussionist Max Roach passed away yesterday at the age of 83. He’d been sick for some time according to reports and died on Wednesday in a Manhattan hospital. Roach was one of the well noted innovators of bebop jazz…
It’s a muggy Wednesday night in Plantation, and reggae is blaring through my car speakers. It’s a tad scratchy, as local station 101.1-FM isn’t an above-ground frequency, but the signal is strong enough that I can clearly hear the inimitable voice of selector Gary Enforcement. Enforcement’s been a staple in…
As far as South Florida is concerned, nobody else is cranking out mixtapes with the quantity and quality of Fort Lauderdale’s DJ GQ. The longtime resident mixmaster of Broward County clubs like Voodoo Lounge, Art Bar, and Whyte Noise is known within the mixtape circuit for his lush blends of…
The hard part of being a musician in love is choosing between making music and making love. One wins at the expense of the other. If you’re lucky, like Jeff and Christine Maldonado, you’ll never have to make that choice. For the Hollywood-based singer/songwriter couple, music and love are like…
One of the last times I flew on an airplane, I sat next to Kid Sister on a two-hour flight from Jacksonville to Austin for SXSW. She was the flyest-dressed girl on the plane (tight red jeans, doorknocker earrings, fresh pair of dunks on her feet) and also the most…
Don’t let the name fool you. If you show up to a Dance Gavin Dance show expecting to boogie like it’s the disco era all over again, you’ll be disappointed. The six members of the California-based group focus more on four-to-the-floor, balls-out power rock than dance music. If you happen…
Is it just me, or was LL Cool J a lot “cooler” before all the botox and lip-licking that he does now got out of control? Not sure why he’s so image conscious, but if you ask me, LL was at his best back in the day during videos like…
Anyone ever listen to Diplo’s seminal 2004 debut release, Florida, and find themselves rewinding the best frigging song on the album, “Diplo Rhythm,” endlessly trying to recapture that little snippet of Rio baile funk he slips in for the last 2 1/2 minutes of the track? It’s the one that…
If one-hit wonders the Buggles were to recut their 1979 song “Video Killed the Radio Star” today, it would need a new title — say, “Internet Killed the Music Store.” Twenty-eight years on, CD sales are in the toilet, distributors, outlets, and even major chains like Tower Records are closing…
Here’s a disc that’s somehow getting better reviews as a rerelease than it did when it first dropped in 2003. That shouldn’t be the case, obviously, but since one-half of the Jaylib duo, the almighty J-Dilla, passed away, critics, pundits, and those who slept on the project the first time…
First off, this isn’t exactly a new project by the fresh-out-of-prison Jamaican singer Jah Cure. The recently released True Reflections is more of a greatest-hits compilation of the best tunes that Cure has cranked out over the past eight years — most of which were recorded while the singer was…
So it’s Tuesday night, and you’re hungry for some British soul. MTV doesn’t have you covered, BET wouldn’t even know where to start, and the new Mark Ronson album just isn’t doing the trick. What can you do to fill the void? Head to Seminole Hard Rock to check out…
