Every revolution has its heroes. You know, the legendary figures, poster children for their given cause. They usually get T-shirts, eventually to be worn by teenaged mall-dwellers who were nowhere near the revolution in the first place and who have little notion of what it all meant. Then there are…
Imagine for a moment what it would be like to grow up on a 40-foot boat, sailing around the Caribbean, taking in the various island cultures, and soaking up their sounds. By day, you study — math and geography by charting courses on maps, history by talking to the natives,…
Few frontmen are as wildly energetic as the Legendary J.C.s’ Eugene Snowden. Backed by a fierce, taut eight-piece, he adroitly re-creates the soul-revue sensations of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Snowden brings his own endearing quirks to the indelible personas created by such greats as James Brown and Al…
Hippies of South Florida, unite! Grab that favorite tie-dyed T-shirt from the pile of clothes in the corner of your room — you know, the one composed of stuff too dirty for the closet but not quite ready for a wash. Shine up your Birkenstocks, break out your hacky sacks,…
Carlton “King” Coleman is one of the most musically influential dudes to ever set foot in Dade County. Read this great New Times profile on him from 2003 to find out how some say he invented rap music, but first enjoy “The Boo Boo Song.”…
Yesterday I posted an introduction to Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, and a link to a free Amazon download of the band’s excellent song “Sugarfoot.” Forgive me for waxing ecstatic, but this is one of my favorite new acts to come along in a while. In the music there’s…
Mark Pollack is expanding his involvement with Cinema Paradiso, at least for one night, bringing back memories of Sunday nights at Tavern 213. The record collector, promoter, personal trainer and walking musical encyclopedia is staging a record swap, punk show and movie screening at the awesome downtown Fort Lauderdale space…
Los StraitjacketsThe Hukilau is a little slice of tiki culture a.k.a. the best current approximation of a mid-century approximation of Polynesian culture. Think aloha shirts, high socks, flip-up sunglasses, wood carvings, fruity drinks of uncommon potency and lots of music. In this specific instance we are talking about surf music,…
…What, like you thought that wasn’t coming? Yes, Crossfade has had one of these newfangled Twitter things for a while now, but now we would really like to join you in a 140-character back-and-forth.Follow us at @Crossfade_SFL and we will follow you back. I promise it is definitely not a…
photo by Ian WitlenView New Times’ full slideshow of the show here. Animal CollectiveWith Black DiceTuesday, June 9, 2009Culture Room, Ft. LauderdaleBetter Than: Eating Terry Riley’s leftover mushrooms and listening to a Diplo mashup of the Beach Boys.The Review:”Harry Belafonte! Harry Belafonte!” That’s what the girl next to me last…
So much for getting your ambient-house chill on. The Orb’s June 30 date at Culture Room has been cancelled along with the rest of the tour. The Orb’s MySpace page only cites “personal reasons” for the cancellation, but the message boards below seem to blame poor ticket sales. Their personal…
So you can’t afford $400 or so to see the Jonas Brothers on August 19, but you still have to get your fill of live manufactured boy band music on that very night. Sir or Madame, the gods are smiling upon you this day: Honor Society has announced an August…
Danielle ParsonsThe name kind of says it all. John McHale certainly isn’t getting rich on the backs of HC and punk bands that he brings to whatever venue will have him. He is known for being an honest, if occasionally zany, promoter of all-ages shows in South Florida. This time…
image via Destinee”If you plan to be successful in ANYTHING you do, be prepared to live for it, breathe it, and die for it, if need be.”Destinee aka Maiden Dade aka Rita N. is a Dade County Hip Hop impresario, performer, recording artist and member of the THC Crew.Crossfade recently…
Black Joe Lewis, the elusive, effusive frontman of, well, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, boasts only one studio album to his credit. And already, the myth-making has commenced — because, really, how could such an otherworldly blend of punk-fueled raw soul come from an ordinary human?Lewis picked up the…
No, they’re not playing together, but Animal Collective and Bon Iver are both playing tonight. Animal Collective and Black Keys Dice are set to play the Culture Room tonight starting at 8 p.m. If you don’t already have tickets, you’re in some trouble as the show is sold out. So…
The flyer for “The Bubble,” the grand opening of the IWAN Concept Production Facility located off Fourth Avenue and 8th Street in downtown Fort Lauderdale, promised a great show. But the event also marked the beginning of something that was seriously missing in Broward: a hub for local talent to…
Juan “Buddah Funk” GomezAt the entry of Kimbaracumbara, a small restaurant club hidden between an art gallery and a Chinese restaurant in Little Havana, there’s a painting of the Virgin Mary with a baby Jesus and three angels holding her afloat. Celia Cruz’s song “Quimbara” plays in the background. A…
It seems as if the last time they did this it went well so on Wednesday, Live Nation is again dropping all the service fees for shows at Live Nation-sponsored venues. That means, any shows at The Cruzan, Mizner, Pompano Beach, or Bayfront Park Amphitheaters will be a few dollars…
Earlier this year, the publicity machine known as PETA decided they’d get their name in the papers again by requesting the Pet Shop Boys change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys. No really, they did. The request was respectfully declined, which I’m sure was a crushing blow to animal…
The Sun Rises in the East is a classic hip-hop album from the early 1990s. It is chock full of great — really, really great — beats courtesy of DJ Premier and is almost flawless, other than the annoying and degrading track “Da Bichez.” Jeru takes aim at commercial rap…
Damian Lazarus came to performing music from the enemy side: He started out as a music journalist, a notorious profession in his native England. Still, even as he worked as an editor at the legendary lifestyle mag Dazed and Confused, it was all part of a planned gradual move into…
