Any moment now, it will be dubbed prog-disco or sexy-cheese-disco or even chamber-disco. Whatever the case, the “-disco” must be appended and heeded, for it is back. Hercules & Love Affair’s version of disco can make you wish it had never gone away — really. A former Denver leather-bar DJ…
Classic Albums Live performs the Doors’ self-titled debut album
When U2 first came onto the international scene in 1980 with its debut album, Boy, it had yet to grow into the ungainly behemoth that audiences know and love today. Arena-rock ambitions aside, the album captures a more down-to-Earth if painfully earnest band. Luckily, U2 was also able to keep…
Eric Stinnett Chocolate Soul (SMG Music Group) www.ericstinnett.com Chocolate Soul is exactly that. Well, it’s Eric Stinnett’s chocolate soul, and that means jazz-driven R&B ditties peppered with hip-hop-oriented sprechgesang. The arrangements are jazzy throughout, relying minimally on computerized effects, which I can respect. The six tracks on this album will…
Okay, so not all of the members in Pretty Ricky got nekkid for the photo shoot, but at least one member did. And as you’ll be able to see from the picture below, it’s done really tasteful. The latest issue of VIBE magazine has a rather informative article on the…
In the spirit of CrossFade’s occasional glimpses at the local musician ads on Craigslist, I’m passing on this plea I received by e-mail from Vicky, a member of a start-up indie band called CabinAffair. The core members recently relocated from their native Venezuela to study and play music, but alas,…
Last year, Langerado Music Festival got plenty of national attention, particularly because of its strong lineup which included R.E.M., Beastie Boys, Matisyahu, 311, The Roots and Ani DiFranco. However, the festival couldn’t escape the logistical nightmare that was Big Cypress Indian Reservation. The 15-mile single lane highway leading up to…
South Florida, but Miamians in particular, always whine that the area never gets it fair share of national acts coming into town. So when CrossFade received an e-mail announcing a free — yes, free — performance by New York indie rock band The Walkmen, we couldn’t help to feel a…
Coral Springs pop-punk diehards New Found Glory (remember when their name started with “A”?) have announced that they’re turning more to the “punk” part of their roots, kind of. As of yesterday, the band has officially signed with punk-centric indie-major Epitaph, with which it’ll release its forthcoming seventh studio album…
Yes, you could say we have a small obsession with local DJ/producer Lazaro Casanova, so we’ll keep it short this time. Casanova has a new Perfect 10 mix available for download. When describing the mix series via his blog he says, “I take 10 songs I’m adamant about currently and…
The screaming voice for hip-hop on the South Florida airwaves has been on the road promoting his newest album, We Global, for many days now. But this afternoon DJ Khaled is making a pit stop in Broward signing as many copies of his album as you want to purchase Starting…
So I just got off the phone with blues singer Shemekia Copeland, who’ll be performing at the Hollywood Clambake on September 26 and, as far as I could tell, she’s really looking forward to coming down to South Florida. She’s going to be working out some new songs off of…
It’s Throwback Tuesdays and with the release of Death Magnetic this past Friday, I’m sort of in an old-school Metallica mood. This song off the “Black Album” has always been one of my favorites because of the raw honesty and emotion behind it. I know some metal fans think it’s…
Since the economy of South Florida is in the toilet, here’s a discounted ticket deal for two upcoming concerts that’s definitely worth taking note of. For today only, you can purchase lawn tickets for the 3 Doors Down concert coming up on September 25, and the Maroon 5/Counting Crows show…
Remember Nonpoint, the local groove-based hard rock act? They had that hit single, “Bullet With a Name,” a couple years back? Well, they may be forgetting their lil’ ol’ fans in South Florida at the moment. The band boasts real mainstream success, having landed on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart some…
In what we will hence forth refer to as the final nail in Miami’s rock venue coffin, Colombian nightclub chain Kukaramakara opens its first U.S. outpost in Miami in Studio A’s former digs. Our hopes of someone coming to the venue’s rescue and keeping it as the city’s only mid-size…
Well, longtime South Florida tech/death/whatever metal stalwarts Wykked Wytch are at it again — they’ve released a new single, and it’s yet another cover. The last one was their version of the overdone “Sweet Dreams,” and now, for whatever reason, they’ve decided to attack “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence…
Metallica released its ninth studio album on Friday, five years after the release of its last album, St. Anger. I want to believe, but I’ve been disappointed by the last, oh, five albums and seventeen years. But despite all logic, Death Magnetic is finally here, according to Metallica, and I…
Lolo Reskin A gang of local thugs broke in, burgled and trashed our beloved Sweat Records over the weekend, stealing almost everything of value and destroying nearly everything else. According to Sweat’s site, gone are the “store computer, credit card terminal, video projector, entire DJ/sound setup, cash drawer and more.”…
This past Thursday, R&B singer Kelis was found not guilty in Miami on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. She was initially arrested last march for allegedly harassing two undercover police officers who were posed as prostitutes outside of a local club. On Thursday, a judge determined that there…
Finch Finch Sunday, September 14, 2008 Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Better Than: having the biggest kid in the club stage dive into your face. They say all good things must come to an end. Well, that may be so, but perhaps good things can start up again, too. Take, for…
Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner, the husband-and-wife duo better known as Mates of State. Mates of State Friday, September 12, 2008 Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Better Than: Handsome Furs and Matt & Kim, I think. One of music’s greatest enigmas has to be the husband-wife duo. Sometimes an audience’s –…
