Joan Jett 6/30/07 When we got to Dolphin Stadium and realized it was silly foam hat day; I knew it would take an awful lot of domestic, stadium-sized beers to survive until Joan Jett played. Turns out, I was right. So we roamed through the mini-mall labyrinth in search of…
At this point, I’m just bugging out on all the vintage vids you can find on-line. I came across this OLD SCHOOL joint of a very slender ?uesto and his long time band member Black Thought having a freestyle session in a dusty Philadelphia alley. It bleeds the essence of…
Anybody remember back when Lauryn Hill was still normal? You know we love you Lauryn…just keep taking thos meds girl. Anyways, while crusing the vaults I came across this old school Mona Lisa jam and had to post it. It’s a return to rare form. Wyclef, who was bald when…
Stretch out ya legs let me make ya bald/drive ya insane, drive ya up the wall. Man, I miss when they used to shoot hip-hop videos in black and white. Last time I spoke with Phife Dawg, he confirmed that Tribe was working on a brand new album, though the…
I must confess that ever since The Good, The Bad and The Queen started making music around a year ago (you know, the cross Atlantic supergroup comprised of Damon Albarn from Blur, Simon Tong of the Verve, Afro-beat legend Tony Allen and Paul Simonon of the Clash) that I’ve been…
René ”Residente” Pérez Better than: Trading in your new Daddy Yankee CD for a slightly used paddleball. Calle 13 is from Puerto Rico, but on Friday, Residente and Visitante were running on Cuban time. La Covacha’s patio/concert area was bloated with eager audience members by 1 a.m., which also happened…
DJ Goodroid Better Than: Listening to Y100’s techno hour and calling it a party. The Review: Drumwerks is back at Soho Lounge every Thursday night, only this time they’ve included a new resident DJ, Goodroid, who claims to have the only dubstep set in Miami. Either way, it’s always fun…
On his debut solo album, Raised by the People, Notch is a sonero. A songsmith. He’s confident, even boisterous. But the person sitting across from me during a recent lunch interview is humble. He might attribute his humility to his nomadic journey in music; from his days in the reggae…
Anyone accustomed to the warring side of reggae should be familiar with the joy of sound clashes. Forget about the one-love vibe that Bob Marley preached, because sometimes the best part about dancehall culture is its competitive nature. For the uninitiated, sound clashes are when two reggae sound systems square…
It was only two weeks ago that I wrote a column about how local indie/underground hangout Roxanne´s on Main was in a state of flux. The Oakland Park-based bar and popular show venue has been under new ownership and management for the past four months and steadily losing the bulk…
J-Perk ¨Lauderdale¨ (Organized Confuzion) Sometimes, rappers borrow a beat from another producer, and it all turns out wrong. Either the hook isn´t right or the lyrical flow doesn´t match the bpm´s, and the result is almost never better than the original. But local rapper J-Perk and his Organized Confuzion affiliates…
It’s good to see a local MC on the come up and we at Crossfade are going to support him any way we can. Well respected lyricist Garcia has a new album coming out this summer, and Miami music editor, Arielle Castillo, has a killer article coming out on him…
Throwback Tuesday’s is still in full-effect. This time, it’s a shout out to Trouble T-Roy from Pete Rock and CL Smooth. The song is a classic and the video is as well. For those that don’t remember it, here it is. –Jonathan Cunningham…
It’s easy to understand why fans might be cynical about the fact that the original lineup of the Bad Brains, one of the most storied acts in the history of hardcore, is back together yet again. If you haven’t already heard, they’ve got a brand new album, Build a Nation,…
“Makeda” Been digging through the global R&B vaults lately and keep landing on this little ditty from 1999. It was the first single that I ever heard from Les Nubians and it changed my perspective on Francophone soul music completely. Hope the throw back video rubs somebody the right way…
MC Sharpness Better than:Seeing pretty colors after smashing your head on a rock. The review: The drum and bass party on Saturday, wasn’t one of Studio A’s better nights. After stumbling in to use some drink tickets that I was oh so generously given, it took me about ten minutes…
Black Light Burns & Horse the Band May 23, 2007 Culture Room Better Than: Nintendo music You should always be wary of any band that promotes one member with the tagline “…formerly of the band…” as some type of attraction. It’s a bit like advertising a party with “a celebrity…
Since we’ve been jamming on J-Perk’s “Lauderdale” joint, it only seems right to play the original DJ Khaled track that producer O-Allen sampled to put “Lauderdale” together. If you don’t already know it’s called “Brown Paper Bag” and Khaled is awfully proud of it in this random studio video. –Jonathan…
Reggae isn´t the type of genre where you can fake it to make it. Plenty of musicians can try their hand at roots-rock reggae, but if they´re not familiar with playing it or singing it, the sound is going to suffer. Look no further than Snow or Matisyahu for evidence…
Johnny Tonite performs Saturday, June 23, at Alligator Alley, 1321 E. Commercial Blvd., Oakland Park, for the venue´s anniversary party. Admission costs $5, and the show starts at 8 p.m. Call 954-771-2220, or visit www.alligatoralleyflorida.com.
It´s unfortunately rare when musicians in wildly popular groups quit and form their own bands and manage to achieve similar success. I´d try to compile a list of those who have pulled it off, but who needs to think that hard? The point is, it´s usually the first step downhill,…
Oh, the joy of the digital era. It seems like every month, obscure recordings and nearly impossible to find tracks are being rereleased as independent labels scour the catalogs of defunct record companies, searching for buried treasure. Sometimes, those rereleases are filled with a few good songs and lots of…
