To understand up-and-coming MC Termanology’s commitment to the golden age of hip-hop, just take a look at the production credits on his new album, Time Machine. It’s enough to make you cry: the Alchemist, Large Professor, Pete Rock, and even the untouchable DJ Premier all lend beats to this sophomore…
The singer of The Great Tribulation has a bit of a name, so he’d rather you not know it. The rest of the band members may have something of a name too, but we don’t know, because they’re not saying. We do know that the name of the band itself…
Rat Bastard is unquestionably one of the most ubiquitous presences in the local music scene. And he has been for well over two decades. When Rat’s not fronting conflagrations such as Laundry Room Squelchers or Scraping Teeth, he’s heading up The International Noise Conference, a weeklong racket of cacophony that’s…
From the land of the pisco sour comes a new, and even more intoxicating Peruvian export–FatKingBulla. Okay, perhaps that’s a bit of a bold statement. Pisco sours are some strong stuff. Just ask my ex-neighbor about that morning I woke up on his lawn cradling his garden gnome (nothing happened…
Jacob KatelThe LastCrossfade met Miramar’s The Last at PPR101 music conference in downtown Miami where they were taking notes on the industry and performing in a showcase.We shot a quick video clip of them performing acapella in the upstairs lobby of the Hilton (freeze frame at right), and their message…
Swedish electronic dance music has, for the most part, become synonymous with the hopelessly über-commercial and stale sound of big room players like Steve Angello, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso. Stockholm’s John Dahlbäck, however, may very well be an exception, not just in his own work as an internationally-acclaimed DJ/producer, but…
Did you know 311 has released nine albums? Seriously, nine! Chances are, if you already knew that, you’re a family member or the creator of their fan club and already know they’ll be playing Bayfront Park Amphitheater on December 1. Tickets will be available through Live Nation.The hits keep on…
Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Marco Argiro was a precocious talent on the local rock scene. As frontman of the Screeching Weasel-style pop-punk act the Outrights, Argiro was headlining at local clubs by the time he was barely old enough to drive. After relocating to New York City, he started…
Churchill’s Pub, the storied, gentrification-repellent venue in Miami’s Little Haiti, is a real institution in an institutionless town. Like time itself, it seems to have no beginning and no end in sight; it’s just there, always, changing little. But Churchill’s did, of course, have a beginning – back in 1979,…
These days, it’s rare to find a new reggae act that embodies the genre’s traditional roots. But such is the case with Rootz Underground, a six-man band formed ten years ago out of “di yard” — Jamaica. They not only sound right but act right, singing conscious lyrics of justice…
It seemed for a while that Miami could play host to multiple music festivals. But after the rapid demise of Bang! (we hardly knew ye) and the sudden cancellation of Langerado, it seems like nobody will be able to match the success of Ultra, so far the city’s only music…
Calling an artist a living legend in print can be a tricky business, with the risk of vocal naysayer upheaval very real. It requires either a certain disregard for reader opinion or a subject whose trajectory speaks so loudly for itself that the writer’s words become less an affirmation than mere…
Yo, WTF’s up with Jorge Moreno? It seems that, aside from a seemingly isolated performance on last December’s Victoria Secret Fashion Show, we haven’t heard from the talented Cuban-American singer-songwriter in some time. The release of his Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated debut record Moreno showed incredible promise, spawning tracks…
via Flickr user EvilMutentPersistence pays for bands such as AFI. Originally formed in 1991 as a DIY punk rock band, it took 12 years before it released an album that non-hardcore fans paid attention to. Sing the Sorrow (2003) sold more than a million albums, and Decemberunderground is well on its way…
You no doubt remember the ultra-cool group Yerba Buena, the kick-ass group founded by producer Andres Levin. Its 2003 debut album, President Alien, earned it a Grammy nod, in part because of the smash success of the band’s catchy first single, “Guajira.” The group’s female vocalist, CuCu Diamantes, has had a…
Steven Ford, alias Bruno Pronsato, is one of those rare but increasingly ubiquitous contemporary techno producers with a background in some disparate instrumentalist music genre (see Adultnapper, who started out as a hardcore punk rocker, or No Regular Play, whose Greg Paulus hails from indie folk outfit Beirut, or [a]pendics.shuffle,…
The State OfWe’ll have to wait until 2010 to see if Lilith Fair makes it to these parts, but in the meantime, Tobacco Road is putting out the call for its third annual November celebration of all things XX-chromosomed, Femme Fest. The Miami venue is currently taking submissions to stack its lineup, so those interested should send a…
via myspace.com/tkfrocksGrowing up in Fort Lauderdale, Marco Argiro was a precocious talent on the local rock scene. As frontman of the Screeching-Weasel-style pop-punk act the Outrights, Argiro was headlining at local clubs by the time he was barely old enough to drive. A few years later, after relocating to New…
Depeche ModeWith Peter, Bjorn & JohnBankAtlantic Center, SunriseSaturday, September 5, 2009Better Than: Any other show I’ve been to this year — seriously.The Review:There are reasons why Depeche Mode is so often called “critic-proof.” The group’s performance this past Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise was, in a word,…
Bunny WailerDubFest Featuring Bunny Wailer, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, and othersHollywood ArtsPark at Young CircleSaturday, September 5, 2009 Better Than: Anything that has come to the ArtsPark in a very long time.The Review:Last Saturday, the rain just wouldn’t let up. By the time 2:00 p.m. rolled around,…
via myspace.com/prettyprettypleasePretty PleaseThe Jean Marie, Arboles Libres, Pretty Please, and Static MoonChurchill’s Pub, MiamiFriday, September 4, 2009 Better Than: Paying 20 bucks to loiter at your favorite lackluster South Beach club and end up holding your best friend’s hair back in the WCThe Review:Despite a pretty stellar local lineup, this…
Lil WayneMy friend and I wandered into the BAC’s backstage area, hoping to find Lil Wayne. I had my video camera and was able to interview DJ Khaled and T-Streets before being escorted out of the area by a very large security guard. “Just go put your camera away and…
