Aretha Franklin called New Times before tonight’s gig at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood to discuss her forthcoming album (A Woman Falling Out of Love), to tell us to call her “professor” and a little bit about that hat. Yes, that one.New Times: Do you ever vacation in Florida? Franklin:…
Lansing, Michigan’s Cheap Girls sure live up to their name when it comes to music video budgets. We kid, that pig mask wasn’t cheap! Even if the lyrics are the most vivid part of “Ft. Lauderdale,” it still has all of its power-pop elements as sweetly condensed as vintage Sugar…
After Beach House topped sales last week, are we seeing a theme?In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.This week, Ramirez, Crossfade and record buyers all agreed that a…
Props to Crown the South for pointing out a new song from West Palm’s own Karbeen Mafia, “Getting to the Money,” that popped up over the weekend. Karbeen frontman Schife, whose production work with Fat Joe caught Crossfade’s attention in the fall, has also cooked tracks recently for Trina, Rick…
Like the view?Normally when a press release arrives with approximately 198 exclamation marks after the subject, we’ll chop it down to about two or three. In this rare case, we’ll print “KINGS OF LEON @ CRUZAN AMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Whew.On Friday, September 17, the Followill family will indeed turn Cruzan Amphitheatre into…
Photo by Ian WitlenAOL’s music blog Spinner tracked down Surfer Blood lead singer J.P. Pitts (center) as part of their project to interview every single freaking band playing SXSW’s music festival, which begins this week. We weren’t afraid to mention that SB will be in Austin either. Now, for the…
Much like Akon’s “I’m So Paid” clip, South Florida’s “baddest bitch” Trina wants people to know that the current economic climate is not affecting her lavish lifestyle in her “Million Dollar Girl” video. In addition to the private jet, pink sportscars and stewardess outfits, there’s a little bit of that…
Even if Jack Johnson’s mellow, acoustic slices of unbridled happiness aren’t for everyone, at least when he comes to Cruzan Amphitheatre August 26 as part of his just-announced U.S. tour, he won’t be screwing with our lungs. (We have a feeling that Lady GaGa fans will need more of a…
Our esteemed colleague Michael J. Mooney has posted the initial results of his conversation with Connie Francis, an actress, singer and all-around symbol of what has become the Spring Break beach culture in South Florida. Over at the Juice, Mooney identifies what effect Francis’ film Where the Boys Are had…
Kudos to South Florida chillwave act MillionYoung, AKA Mike Diaz, for snagging a very respectable 7.6 rating for the Be So True EP from the golden pens of Pitchfork. The review, penned by Zach Kelly, is all positive, so we are left wondering what caused the 2.4 deduction. Maybe the…
After voyaging to Portugal last week, the 70,000 Tons of Metal tanker returns to American shores to welcome Tampa-based Obituary aboard. Now there are 13 bands confirmed for the cruise, which sets sail from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico, and heads back to Miami, Jan. 24-28, 2011. The self-proclaimed “heaviest band…
Just a few items we tackled in this week’s New Times Broward-Palm Beach print edition.In Music: Pitbull is throwing a party on Sunday. Carnaval Miami and Calle Ocho’s guest list includes T-Pain, Flo Rida, Sean Paul, Spam Allstars and a million or so of their closest friends. Someone was also…
The headline is misleading because I’m already quietly judging you. In any case, your tireless Broward-Palm Beach Music Editor will be on hand March 27 at America’s Backyard (200 E. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale) to help judge a Battle of the Bands competition between 6 and 9:30 p.m. The best…
Wait, he’s not new here?Every week, we gather some interesting stuff from our sister Village Voice Media publications’ music sections. Just for kicks. Here’s last week’s entry.In the Dallas Observer’s bumper crop of content: Surfer Blood mourns the loss of Jay Reatard and confirms that even Pitchfork has its limitations,…
Becoming the Queen of Soul was hard work for Aretha Franklin. Pregnancy derailed her gospel career before she reached her midteens, and a six-year stint in jazz-pop followed with little fanfare. Then, with the help of producer Jerry Wexler and Atlantic Records, her successful soul persona emerged with R&B hits…
No young rapper in the game is hotter than Drake right now, and no segment of his fan base is more hot-headed currently than those in South Florida. It was with great consternation that New Times confirmed that an upcoming date featuring the clean-cut Toronto native — a March 12…
Radio-Active Records’ expanded list of Record Store Day exclusives is as long as Joanna Newsom’s new triple album! It’s April 17, folks. (Ohmygosh, John Fahey’s brilliant folk classic Yellow Princess LP!) See also: Radio-Active Records’ Record Store Day Specials Include Fela Kuti, Drive By Truckers and Owl City(?), Record Store…
This man has as many Lil Wayne MP3s as your 14-year-old cousinWednesday is like the pre-Dr. Virgil Mongalo teeth day of the week over here at Crossfade (the sad news of Corey Haim’s death is not helping). So, special thanks to sister blog Sound of the City for pointing our…
Just a reminder that Steel Pulse is in South Florida this evening at Revolution. Arielle has more to say about the legendary reggae group here. This morning, we would merely like to mention that Biblical figures “Daniel, King David and Abraham Israel were all black men,” which is the crux…
Matt BarnesThis is about all you’ll be seeing of Drake for a whileCrossfade recently revealed that hip-hop star Drake will not grace Karu & Y with his presence this Friday, and we have since done some research on the situation.No young rapper in the game is hotter than Drake right…
Country fans, brace yourselves for the taurine-fueled Country Throwdown 2010 tour, which will overwhelm Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach on May 15. The tour, sponsored by RockStar Energy Drink, boasts country roughnecks Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, Jack Ingram, and Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses. If Bingham’s name sounds…
We knew that the day would come that Lil Wayne would have to finally go to Riker’s Island prison in New York, and no amount of dentistry or fire or social networking could ultimately change that fact. According to TMZ.com, Monday was indeed that day. Weezy was jovial in a…
