Summerfest 2009 is going down next month at the American Airlines Arena, and it has some of hip-hop and R&B’s biggest names on the bill. Ne-Yo, Akon, Flo Rida, and T-Pain are all confirmed to perform on August 22. If you’re looking to get good seats, you’d better prepare to shell…
Give She Wants Revenge’s self-titled debut album a listen. You’ll probably hear a few New Order or Interpol influences, but what you won’t hear is more than two people making all that racket. Sure the album is thick with synthesizers and effects, but the soundscape is so lush it’s hard…
Photo by Ben ThackerEvery Thursday, Miami Wings hosts a jazz jam event.Click here to view the full slideshow from this event.Miami Wings Jazz JamThursday, July 23, 2009Better Than: Bedtime on a Thursday night.Miami Wings is a wings joint(duh)/sports bar way down in B.F.E that hosts a weekly underground jazz jam…
Yep, you read correctly — this week it was announced that Black Sheep Bar has officially been sold to new owners and its last hurrah will be this Saturday night. Far from being a cause for concern to loyal patrons, however, current owner and resident DJ/tastemaker Juan “BassHead” Loumiet assures…
Earlier, Crossfade told you all about how Victor Wooten, one of the best bass players ever, is playing the Culture Room, but the date was unknown. It’s time to clear your calendar starting at 8 p.m. on September 25, because that’s when you’ll be standing in a darkened room, mouth…
Next Friday, the indomitable Ricardo Arjona kicks off a 19-show US tour here in Miami, named 5o Piso for his most recent album, which dropped late last year. The Guatemalan-born singer-songwriter endured a failed attempt at recording as a young man and abandoned his dreams of the stage to become…
The Microdots at The BubbleShows this weekend by local artists, or concerts that are otherwise under-the-radar in Broward and Palm Beach. Friday:Grammy nominee Brian Stoltz, of Neville Brothers, Funky Meters, and Porter Batiste Stoltz fame, will make his way through South Florida this weekend, beginning with a stop at Alligator…
Fort Lauderdale-based foursome Fantastic 5 blend indie rock and ’90s alternative with echoing guitars, stripped down rock, and grungy vocals, and name The Pixies, Weezer, The Strokes, and Velvet Underground among their musical influences. Their songs vacillate from Nirvana-inspired opening tempos to Bloodhound Gang-style vocal antics; and sometimes the vocalist…
In the Venn diagram of modern electro, fidget and hip-house, Milan-based DJ duo Crookers resides in the overlap. The pairing of producers Phra and Bot, Crookers is often mentioned alongside the Bloody Beetroots, a similarly beat-saturated set of Italian DJs that rose to prominence through blogs. But Crookers differentiates its …
So the Miami Herald finally got a YouTube channel. They’ve had a talented team putting out high-quality, award-winning videos for a while now (big up Chuck Fadely) but somebody oughtta tell corporate that with sites like keepvid.com all their content can now be downloaded with the click of a button…
Every young co-ed that I knew when I was a young man in college loved Leonard Cohen. I’m not sure if he fit some weird Elektra complex type of role in their lives or what, but they couldn’t get enough of his deep monotone vocals and sung-spoken verses. Of course,…
Locally born and bred songstress Karina Iglesias has got more soul than a sock with a hole — one listen to her music gives that away. Songs from the singer-songwriter’s repertoire traverse R&B, funk, and beyond, while remaining smooth but down to earth. Her sultry, throaty vocal style easily navigates…
The very definition of modern country music, Mr. Alan Jackson, has announced an October 1 stop at Hard Rock Live. Jackson is touring in support of his latest album Good Time which unfortunately has nothing to do with the ’70s television show starring Esther Rolle. Instead, Good Time is a…
As anyone who has eaten an Asian party mix will tell you, rice crackers are delicious, a condensed indulgence balancing salty, spicy, and sweet. But more than anything, the real pleasure of this snack is in the texture – its ingredients are satisfyingly crunchy, whether shaped like spheres, crescents, or…
As ASG pumps out stoner metal/hard rock, the Raleigh-rooted outfit’s album covers lay bare its interests. The 2002 self-titled effort features a woodcut of a topless woman. The Amplification of Self-Gratification, from 2003, spits at subtlety: Here a near-naked harlot leans on an amp dressed in Old Glory and cools…
Gogol Bordello’s pulsing Mediterranean sound and sljivovica-drenched stage presence have found eager listeners from around the globe. Gogol centers on frontman Eugene Hütz, who first assembled a motley crew of Eastern European expats (himself a refugee from Ukraine and the Chernobyl disaster) from various New York City bars and loft…
Tori Amos’ previous album, 2007’s American Doll Posse, brought back the rebellious-outsider attitude that attracted her legions of fans in the first place. And on her latest record, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Amos throws another full-on middle finger in the face of her suspected post-childbirth mellowing. There’s not a weak track…
How time flies. I first caught Bad Religion as a very young teenager at the 1998 edition of the Warped Tour, and they were a classic act then. The genres represented on this tour have widened a whooooole lot since then, and the face of punk and its offshoots has…
Here’s the video for a new song from Chaos of Grind Mode, the group that gave the streets such hits as “I’m So High,” and “Ecstasy Floating.” This track is less on the party bullshit and more on the benefits of a positive mental attitude, encouraging people to do something…
Planning on hitting up a show at the Cruzan or Bayfront Park Amphitheaters soon? Today is the day to pick up your tickets. Live Nation’s Wednesday deal of the day is buy one lawn ticket get one free. Sure you’ll still have to pay service and parking fees (unlike previous…
Say what you will about Kelly Clarkson, there’s little denying she’s got a set of pipes most singers would kill for. American Idol’s very first (and most successful) winner has announced a fall/winter tour with a stop at Hard Rock Live on December 13. Despite what the naysayers believed, Clarkson…
A couple months ago, I would have called watching Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance a guilty pleasure. Now, after watching poetry in motion for more than half a season, the guilty part is gone and it’s exciting to see the top 12 contestants from this season will be…
