It’s absolutely fitting that in a three-minute promotional clip running on Blind Melon’s MySpace page, new singer Travis Warren is wearing a Layne Staley memorial T-shirt as he talks about joining the band last year. One has to wonder if the early-2006 (and moderately successful) re-formation of Alice in Chains,…
It’s almost guaranteed when you pursue a career in sports that you better have a backup plan in mind. For six-foot-nine former NBA power forward Wayman Tisdale, his plan B was a music career, and it’s gaining him just as much acclaim now as he garnered on the basketball court…
One of the coolest music venues in Delray Beach, City Limits, is having a blowout music event over the next four days to celebrate their one-year anniversary. It’s actually their second one-year anniversary, but that’s a story that’s briefly explained below. This should be a rocking good time for anyone…
In case you missed Otto von Schirach’s awesome performance last week at Studio A, now you can at least check it out in shaky video. (And in case you missed the Miami New Times’ recent article on Otto, click here.) The other acts were Juan Montoya of Torche and Chris…
We’ve got high hopes for the Black Kids. We admit it — we’re always a little skeptical when the Internet gets to buzzing about some hot new indie rock band out of Florida. Not skeptical because of the wide pool of talent our state has to offer. No, we’re skeptical…
With her deep, gritty voice, twangy country accent, and hell-raisin’-and-heartache subject matter, Wynonna Judd just might be the quintessential honky-tonk country songstress. Wynonna spent her formative years in the Kentucky mountains with only a radio whose dial was stuck on country as entertainment. Doing as all good country girls do,…
While all of you are waiting breathlessly for a mediocre dance-pop album from your favorite glitter-and-Cheeto-dusted “starlet,” none of you seem to care that the world’s first right-wing screamo-metal album just hit the shelves. I finagled an advance copy of the new self-titled Avenged Sevenfold record. No, it wasn’t from…
Long before blue-eyed soul singers like Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake took over the airwaves with hints of black vocal stylings, St. Louis-born crooner Michael McDonald was the master of that territory. The sultry baritone and five-time Grammy Award winner composed soul-inflected songs that Americans ate up with fervor 30…
You’re probably excited this week to accumulate more fat cells in places you don’t want them to be. But on November 23rd, the boys from the Autonomous Bassheads, in conjunction with Voodoo lounge and Culture Productions, will be presenting the 2nd Battle of the Bass showdown against Dade County and…
Don’t ask. So we at CrossFade just got hip to the fact that beatboxer extraordinaire and hip-hop jokester Biz Markie is coming to town for a couple of shows. He’ll be DJing for free at 11 pm at Nectar Lounge in Seminole Casino Coconut Creek this Wednesday, Nov 21. So…
Some people love DJ Khaled. The brash Palestinian-American DJ represents Miami to the fullest in whatever he does. He’s worked alongside some of our city’s grimiest, grittiest, most talented rappers to successfully put our city on the musical map with his all-star collaborations. Some people can’t stand DJ Khaled –…
Youssou N’Dour November 16, 2007 Gusman Theater Better Than: Being at S.O.B.’s in the Eighties The Review: If it makes sense that Youssou N’Dour kicked-off his current North American tour in the polyglot melting pot that is Miami, it makes even more sense that he did it at the behest…
Bonnie Raitt Thursday, Nov 13 Hard Rock Live The people who show up at Bonnie Raitt shows these days are white, married, and between the ages of 40 and 60. The only teenagers I saw were two blond chicks that sat next to me and left after the third song…
That1Guy Thursday November 15th 2007 Dada, Delray Beach Better Than: Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas The Review: I had no idea what to expect out of this performance. It turns out that nothing really could have prepared me for what was about to happen. It started out with That1Guy bringing…
Tegan and Sara November 13, 2007 The Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale Better Than: An aimless drive – but not by much. The Review:I didn’t wanna dig Tegan and Sara’s Culture Room show Tuesday night – I expected to. In fact, I’d never even considered anything otherwise. I mean, I dug…
Nightwish November 14, 2007 Culture Room Better Than: Staring at the cleavage of a hot European rocker chick stuffed into a tight, leather corset. Okay, so maybe that’s not so bad. When the lights went down and the guitars came up in the Culture Room last night, Nightwish, the melodic…
We can all easily think of 25 reasons Vanilla Ice should stop making music. After his song “Ice Ice Baby” came out in 1990, the first hip-hop single to hit number one on the pop charts, he became the butt of a million jokes. America took back its love with…
The bands Drop Dead, Gorgeous; Alesana; The Number Twelve Looks Like You; and Idiot Pilot are touring as a package titled “Fathers Guard Your Daughters.” As most of the metal-core musicians here are just past the age of consent themselves, the implication is clear: They want you to think they’re…
Music fans of every stripe, from klezmer to rock, should be satisfied in South Florida the night before Thanksgiving, but reggae fans may get the most love as some of the hottest sound systems in dancehall gather for just one night. Renowned DJ crew Stone Love, going strong for 34-plus…
“Say it to my face, look me in the eyes and say what you have to say,” Toryn Green sings on Fuel’s latest album, Angels and Devils. This has to rank right up there with Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney’s staged spat on “The Girl Is Mine” for all-time least…
I walked into the Miami Elks Lodge 948 (10301 SW 72nd St., Miami) ballroom last Saturday night, amidst a sea of silver hair, and the scent of ultra-sweet perfume. The song “Blue Velvet” blared as the 55-and-over crowd danced ever so slowly on the dance floor. “She wore bluuuuuuee…vellllvetttt….” I…
Get Ready Less than an hour ago, the organizers of Langerado Music Festival just announced their line-up for 2008, and let me be the first to say, it’s killer. Don’t expect a good festival like last year…expect a great one. I don’t want to write it all out, but check…
