Rick Ross has got lots and lots of money, and he wants to keep reminding you of that. Why else name his new single “Maybach Music Part 2” — a sequel to, well, “Maybach Music?”But damn, the unemployment rate here in Florida alone is 10.2 percent as of May. Do…
And Then There Was YouAnd Then There Was You (Indianola Records)www.myspace.com/ATTWY Powerful, melody-driven three – and – a – half – minute ditties propel this album above and beyond the muck of what has sadly become of the post-punk/hardcore scene. The extremely adept rhythm section of Alex De Renzis (drums)…
Isaac HayesHot Buttered Soul (Stax)Forget “Chef,” “South Park,” and all that Scientology bullshit. Isaac Hayes died last summer. If we’re to remember him for just one thing, let it be Hot Buttered Soul.The landmark 1969 LP has been remastered and gussied up with bonus tracks. There are also new liner…
Notes from the Soundboard is a new column appearing weekly on Crossfade, focused on pop music’s history and ongoing evolution. Lee Zimmerman shares insights and observations on how music continues to connect with the weirdness of the world. Click here to read past installments.In the coming days, this headline will…
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida’s campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the week of June 22-26:via myspace.com/ponyponyrunrunPony Pony Run Run’s latest album rose to #1 this week on WVUM’s “The…
via elireskow’s Flickr photostreamOne of the biggest shows over the past weekend was the Lynyrd Skynyrd gig this past Saturday at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. Sadly, it seems not many people have shared photos from it on Flickr. But I did find this artsy-type shot from the…
Moving Units is a column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top sellers.Top Sellers for the week of June 22-26via Amazon.comRadio-Active Records sold out of all Michael Jackson albums on Friday, making his hits the top of their chart.Uncle…
The run of Fuerza Bruta at the Adriennne Arsht Center ends next month. It’s expensive as hell — $75 per ticket — but you shouldn’t miss it. Being in a dance club will never feel the same after you attend this show. Every time you have had a few drinks,…
Gloria Estefan recently recorded a colabo with Hank Williams Jr. for the football classic, “Are You Ready For Some Football”, which will open all three nationally televised games this year (two on ESPN and a Monday Nighter against the Jets on October 12). It should be fun to hear her…
photo by Jipsy, nefariousgirl.comKayakman rocked Sushi Samba.To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. From Little Beard and Rotshit at So Raw on a Saturday, to Kayakman on Tuesday at Sushi Samba, my nights out shooting the beat brought some new music to my MP3 player this…
via myspace.com/dj_lee_orThe last time New Times caught up with DJ Lee Or, the tech-house minimalist was slamming Saturdays at South Beach’s Skyline Lounge. We dug the cat then, when he was wilding on Washington Avenue, and we dig the cat now that he has taken his Freakside Party to both…
A minute ago, still buzzing from the twin highs of payday and a certain psychotropic substance, I had the sudden realization: Green is a very good color. For a second, it seemed like a weird kind of intellectual smoke that meant precisely nothing, just floating past. Then, the rest came:…
The “Cosmic Twins” Derrick May and François K put on a spectacular show at Nocturnal last Saturday night, and sadly the turnout did not nearly do this rare booking justice. For those of us who made it, we can thank Miami’s own DJ Nova and Pornograph Events for making this…
Back in May Crossfade told you about Laurie Miller, original member of the superstar girl group Expose, who brought the world hits like “Point Of No Return.”We also found her website which details her current life as a performer and talks about her experience in the cruise ship industry. If…
Not sure how I missed the fact that Amanda Green finally finished her long-awaited album that was supposed to be finished two or three years ago. After a some stutter-steps and some botched studio experiences in Atlanta, TAPE/PARTY is finally done with a dose of production and shepherding from one…
Wow. Do we like this new look for the Postmarks? They were always pretty low-key in the hair/make-up/costume department before, but their new makeover is sharp. They look like mod assassins! Actually, frontwoman Tim looks more than a bit like a brunette Francoise Hardy here. It’s appropriate, since the bandmates…
Awesome New Republic was celebrating its most extensive national tour to date — but that’s now most definitively in the past tense. The story goes that B. Rob, half of the band’s awesomeness, was on some vaguely western body of water, and bet that he could jump from one dock…
via michaelfeinbergmusic.comMichael FeinbergEvil Geniuswww.michaelfeinbergmusic.comTo the uninitiated, jazz generally falls into one of two broad categories — that which is readily accessible and that which isn’t. That’s an unsophisticated observation to be sure, but one with which many non-aficionados will likely concur. Count Chuck Mangione, Spyro Gyra and, yes, Kenny G…
When New Times first caught up with Cat Shell last year, the Boca-based singer/songwriter was trying to accomplish that age-old dream: making enough money from music to quit her day job. But as any South Florida musician will affirm, that’s no easy task here. So it’s pretty impressive that a…
The Duck Tavern’s two large, windowed doors were open, and I could hear the faint buzz of raucous laughter and blue-collar camaraderie. I darted in and found the quaint dive packed with a friendly crowd of paunchy old gents and a couple of ladies. The evening was muggy, the bar…
As the sun sets over a courthouse parking lot, one of the best and busiest session drummers in the industry stands motionless, a pair of shearing scissors in one hand, a plastic comb in the other, poised over the head of one of his biggest fans. An overturned cardboard box…
Brooke HoganThe RedemptionSoBe EntertainmentYou’ll love Brooke Hogan’s latest, The Redemption, if your taste in music was honed while drunkenly bar hopping on Washington Avenue. The album is about as charming as pole dancing for an ass-grab-happy crowd during Calle Ocho. And it’s as sophisticated as the cover art which would…
