Photo by EMNo, Calahoney won’t take your dinner order, then wash the dishes. (Although, they might consider it, if you ask nice and promise to buy their album.) Truth is, Josue Cruz and Laura Askins don’t even run a restaurant. They’re a husband-and-wife duo who “teach in the winter and…
Photo by Ben ThackerDavila 666 at Churchill’s Pub Tuesday night.Click here to view the full slideshow from the event.Davila 666 with Jacuzzi Boys, Electric Bunnies and Lil DaggersTuesday, August 11, 2009Churchill’s Pub, MiamiBetter than: BerlitzPuerto Rican neo-rock ‘n’ roll group Davila 666 shook things up Tuesday night for a happier-than-usual…
By all accounts the last soirée at The Bunker on August 1st was an exceptionally groovy affair, due in no small part to a killer lineup featuring No Regular Play, Old Wives’ Tale and Melting Mandarin, along with the sleek minimal sounds of PL0T residents Basti and Mansur. The Bunker…
What the hell is a singjay? Good question. A singjay is a reggae musician who combines a “traditional” type of singing with a rhythmic, monotone chanting.Ripton Joseph Hylton, a.k.a. Eek-a-Mouse is one of the first and biggest artist to popularize the style. What’s even cooler, according to IMDB, Hylton played…
The always awesome Respectable Street Café hosted a classic Southern California trifecta Saturday, August 8, featuring: Agent Orange, D.I., and Fear. Younger punk acts Bloodhook and Total Chaos also played. The end result: Bloodhook good; Total Chaos not so much. D.I. took the stage early, tearing up their set with…
The music business is one arena where absence definitely does not make the heart grow fonder. So although the Orange County act Sugar Ray dominated the charts in the ’90s — hits like “Fly,” “Every Morning,” “Someday,” “Falls Apart,” and “When It’s Over” — still have serious brain-sticking power. Still,…
Once the waiters start clearing the tables away from the front entrance of Delray hotspot Dada, it’s clear that it’s no longer tuna tartare time. (Well, the kitchen does stay open pretty darn late.) Local psychobilly trio Viva Le Vox has been maintaining a semi-regular first Friday residency at the…
Today, most younger folks know Bret Michaels for his part-time career of bedding a colorful array of barely legal, drunken, cat-fighting, groupie tramps in a misguided search for love and reverence in the annals of VH1 superstardom. But before all that, he was a young, skinny, androgynously pretty blond rock…
Ever wondered what happened to ’80s piano-man cheeseball Richard “Right Here Waiting” Marx? Well, he shared the 2003 “Song of the Year Grammy” for co-writing Luther Vandross’ “Dance with My Father,” and, perhaps even odder, co-wrote two songs with Travis Tritt on the Georgia-born longhaired outlaw’s 2007 LP The Storm…
Let’s go back, for a minute, to the year 1991. America seems like a much different place — except it really isn’t. The nation finds itself entrenched in war in the Middle East, with oil prices spiking and consumers scrambling. Everyone teeters on the brink of a vast and ominous…
The days of block parties characterized by rancid potato salad and screaming children have come to a timely end. The Sunset Blue Block Party is putting a new twist on the old-fashioned neighborhood soiree —one that involves cool blues and chilled booze. Sunday night, I sojourned deep into the humid…
There’s nothing like a good festival. The food. The beer. The lengthy and varied lineups of entertainers. Festivals make for an all-around damn good time. The only problem is finding a decent Latin festivals. Sure, if the signs along the Palmetto are any indication, there’s a Colombian festival every other…
Judas Priest’s masterstroke album British Steel is officially 29 years old — it was released on April 14, 1980. Still, the band is currently on a tour celebrating its 30th anniversary. It deserves such a celebration. With dueling lead guitars, galloping grooves and high, squealing vocals that pushed histrionics to…
Whatever you may have heard about the Jonas Brothers, their new album, Lines, Vines, and Trying Times, isn’t too bad at all. To be sure, their first album, 2006’s It’s About Time, was a wretched, so-bad-it’s-funny collection of bubble-gum pop tunes, unpalatable from the first track: “That’s what I go…
Watch this video for inspiration. Lil E has a show where he records interviews with underground rappers from Lighthouse Studios. It’s called Da Lighthouse Show and in this segment he interviews Shoe aka Shoebox Head a.k.a Shoehead. Shoe is from the south side of Broward County. He talks about how…
You’ve heard me gush over the grrrly bands The State Of and Bonnie Riot (previously Sno Cones) on Crossfade before. The State Of takes drum n bass out of the jungle for a dark but fun mix of piano and percussion. Word is they’re having a CD release party sometime…
The on again off again post-industrial mega band Skinny Puppy has announced a November 20 stop at Revolution Live. Nivek Ogre and cEvin Key, the band’s only two constant members, have been grinding out their brand of dark electronic music since 1982. After breaking up in 1995 and again in…
OMG! You’re so, so ecstatic. It’s crazy that you’re actually gonna be there for Mos Def’s brainy hip-hop throwdown this Saturday at the Arsht. The anticipation is enormous. It’s like pretty, little butterflies dropping happy bombs in your belly every hour on the hour. And, to be honest, you’ve been…
Just got this link in my Facebook inbox regarding a track for free download from Blu Jemz and Induce. The track is definitely a little off the beaten path. It features a plodding, eight-bit-style bass line and some funny and ridiculous spoken entreaties to a lost love. The chorus is…
South Florida artists — with the exception of Rick Ross — continue to get high marks on the notoriously difficult-to-please music site Pitchfork. This time it is The Postmarks who manage to snag a 7.6 rating from reviewer Matthew Solarski. In the review for their latest album, Memoirs at the…
Summer is almost over, and Live Nation is offering (at least) one more deal to heat it up. From now until midnight tonight, Live Nation is offering all inclusive $10 lawn tickets and select $15 reserved seat tickets to shows at the Cruzan and Bayfront Park Amphitheaters. That means no…
Afro-Cubano seduced by New Orleans soul. That’s not an indictment of your cousin’s last trip to Mardi Gras, and the subsequent case of the crabs that ensued following said seduction. It’s the term Oriente uses to describe their sound. And a damn good description it is. The six-piece orchestra’s deep…
