Def Jam is calling her the “next Mary J. Blige.” At the same time, they are telling her to lose some weight for an upcoming video shoot. Her name is Shonie, and we met up over the weekend at Slip N Slide headquarters. Slip N Slide’s VP, Julian “Ju-Boy” Booth…
When the mainstream media and trendies of yore decided, in the late 1970s, that punk version 1.0 was over, the Vibrators never got the memo. Perhaps, in true spiky Brit fashion, they just ripped it up and spit on it. Either way, the London-based band boasts the unique distinction of…
Anybody been to Poprox yet? I keep hearing about it, so I’m gonna assume yes, though admittedly, I’ve yet to hit it up. I know, I know…bad music writer! Bad! I stand chastised. After all, the site itself explains quite frankly and without preamble, that Poprox is, in fact, “Miami’s…
This might be hard to believe, but you can’t go see The Beatles live anymore, unless you have some sort of resurrection or time traveling technology. If you do have said technology and are using to see The Beatles, you’ve got some problems, so let Crossfade help you out. The…
The aptly titled “Blazed and Confused Tour” is making a stop at Bicentennial Park in Miami on Saturday August 1. Snoop Dogg’s slated appearance for the canceled Langerado was one of the most anticipated of the year, so here’s your new chance to get incredibly high (on music of course)…
Saves the DaySaves the Day and Alkaline TrioWith Nightmare of YouSunday, May 10, 2009Revolution, Ft. LauderdaleBetter Than: Any of the crap under the misapplied “emo” rubric these daysThe Review:Any number of swoop-haired bands of the current Warped Tour generation may, perhaps, boast more Internet “friends,” but few can even hope…
photo by Ian WitlenTrent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails performing at the Cruzan Amphitheatre Friday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s AddictionWith Street Sweeper Social ClubFriday, May 8, 2009Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachBetter Than: Sex.The Review:Friday night in West Palm Beach marked the kick-off…
Talk about a T&A weekend! Exxxotica is in town and so is Aqua Girl, making this a great weekend to see plenty of lovely ladies around the beach. So get ready, because here is what you might want to check out this weekend:For seven days, 120 cars have travel 3,000…
@page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> What better way to spend a sweet sweet Sunday afternoon Mother’s Day than with a concert by the super super sweet Raffa and Rainer over at the tiny little joint, Shiso, around the corner from ye…
Once upon a time, you couldn’t walk down certain lower Manhattan blocks without tripping over sidewalk vendors’ card tables loaded down with cassettes. Sometimes, they’d be bootleg concert tapes, but a lot of the time, they’d be the latest hip-hop mixtapes. And in the golden age of the form, no…
Fort Myers pop-punkers After the Fact will play Area 7 after streak-attacking the performers and audience at the Girls in Bands event the night before. The boys, though seemingly naked at all other shows as well as in this corresponding photo, will be dressed up as a chipmunk, pig and…
Expose was a chart topping Miami based girl group that got caught up in a protracted legal battle involving labels, lawyers, songwriters and publishers. Eventually the original three members were replaced and the band continued, and you can find them at ‘relive the 1980s’ type concerts to this day.But what…
Indie Pop Rockers The Cab have announced an August 1st show at Culture Room. You might not have heard of The Cab quite yet (unless you play Rock Band 2), but that’s probably going to change. They’ve recently signed to Decaydance Records, aka Fall Out Boy’s Pete Pentz’s label. With…
Go ahead and take it up on that. We both know you’re easy. And besides, it’s not like you’re strangers. Whether you’ve stopped in for brunch, dinner and drinks, or just to catch a bit of live jazz, you’ve undoubtedly patronized the Van Dyke at some point during your travels…
Drop Dead, Gorgeous, who have the most well placed comma in band name history, are coming to Fort Lauderdale on June 26, and they’re not coming alone. Dubbed the “Hot N Heavy Tour”, Drop Dead, Gorgeous are joining up with He Is Legend, Before Their Eyes, What Out There’s Ghosts,…
It seems like the world can’t shut up about Twitter lately. The micro-blogging network has exploded to over 25 million users already, what with celebrities like Oprah joining along with their mindless minion hordes. But beyond providing us with the irritating mundanities of our friends’ day to day lives, it…
Photo by Charis KirchheimerUPDATE: Facebook has restored Alexis Mincolla’s privileges to upload all the Satanic-themed nightclub violence footage he wants. It appears Facebook doesn’t like what Alexis Mincolla, the mastermind behind the popular Black Sunday party at Bella Rose, is posting on his page. The social media network’s Iron Guard…
Ghostly International DJ Ryan Elliott is a busy head-spinner — in Berlin one weekend; Miami the next; all the world between. And on the odd occasion when the cat’s not on the road, he’s back in Dearborn, Michigan remixing and serving as co-A&R (with Matthew Dear) of Ghostly’s sister imprint,…
Area 7’s new Avant-Garde Series will kick off May 16 wth “Girls in Bands,” an event promoting acts that feature an experimental, noise, and/or indie sound and have at least one female member. The bands hail from across Florida, including Jacksonville, Miami, and Orlando. Curious Hair will open the show,…
Tomorrow night’s show continues Respectable Street’s recent trend of catering to the darker set. As such, headlining the bill tomorrow is the singularly pseudonymous Voltaire, flying down from his cave in New York as part of a brief national tour in support of his recent musical endeavors. Voltaire calls himself…
Haven’t taken a shower or had a job since 1969? Well you’re probably still at Greynolds Park hangin’ out and you don’t have the Internet to read this, but guess what? All the folks who grew up but wanna relive their youth are gonna come say wassup. Why? It’s almost…
JipsyWatch out for flying limbs.If you haven’t checked out, take a glimpse at the photo excerpts from the book Miami Graffiti by James and Karla Murray. In it the pair documents Miami’s street art scene gorgeously and in vivid colors. Last night, Buck 15 celebrated the book release by inviting…
