Ghostface Killah, member and producer of The Wu-Tang clan, is stepping out on a solo tour promoting his upcoming album Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City. He’ll be making a stop at Revolution Live on October 7. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.Singer/songwriter/actress Jewel has announced an…
Alejandra LemusJohn Vale in Rock ActionIt looks like John Vale and company are putting out a CD. The Furious Dudes! have been rocking around SoFl for at least the last year or so, dominating dance floors and sonic passages with their death-punk stylings and vicious ways. Fans of Turbonegro, the…
What would members of Dethklok and Tool do if they had to create a music video for the most brutal band in Broward with a $20 budget? Raise its lead singer from the dead, have him sacrifice a baby doll, and make blood flow backwards. Fort Lauderdale’s Murderous Rampage, fronted by baby-doll killer Tommy…
San Francisco’s Sunshine Jones is something of a 21st-century house music troubadour. Originally half of ’90s pioneering live electronica duo Dubtribe Sound System (which disbanded in 2005), Jones now produces and performs under his own name, using his DJ/MC persona as a forum for transgressive yet inspirational political and spiritual…
via ArtOfficial Music’s FlickrLocal live hip-hop favorites ArtOfficial are officially on the verge. Part of this is because the band is all over the social network, on just about every site you can think of. Even Flickr. While looking for Flickr photos of shows from the past weekend, I found…
To read the previous installment of Jacobs Ladder’s tour diary, click here. These are the on-the-road chronicles of Miami band Jacobs Ladder as it completes its ninth national tour, brought to you by bassist Sammy Gonzalez.Bands, if you’re heading out on the road and want to share your own tour…
outrockedI just came across this thanks to Rob Elba of the Holy Terrors. He seems to be orchestrating this project dedicated to the life and times of Rat Bastard, AKA Frank Falestra, the longtime noise artist, studio owner, producer, performer, promoter, and all-around impresario. Rat’s been making waves in the…
photo by Ian WitlenTo view a slideshow of photos from the event, click here.CP Rocks Presents: Can I Say-Sunday II With Tongues of the Heartworm and AnchormanCinema Paradiso, Fort LauderdaleSunday, August 30, 2009Better Than: An hour-long sermon The Review:This past Sunday marked the second installment of longtime local promoter Mark…
photo by Michael MaryanoffJellybean BenitezThe Vagabond, MiamiSaturday, August 30, 2009Better Than: Any other house music night in town.The Review:In the realm of cool and soulful DJs there will always be a warm place reserved for the fantastic Jellybean Benitez. As one of the most influential producers/DJs from the anything-goes ’80s…
Enough has already been said about Kaskade’s Mormon upbringing in Salt Lake City. Blah, blah, blah – a little faith never prevented anyone from making good music, even if that music was meant to be played in the decadent world of nightclubs. But Kaskade, born Ryan Raddon, has always listed…
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 August 23 – 28La Roux is a British-electropop-synth duo that has been holding steady at the…
Jacob KatelWalking the red carpet. Last week Crossfade got invited to Greenwich Studios in North Miami where Univision is filming their new mega reality talent competition Viva El Sueño. Univision was holding an industry preview of the program for big-wig executives, rich, important and famous people.The show premiered last night…
When legendary label Stax Records signs an artist to its roster, you can be sure that they’re not thinking about ring tone sales — but pure soul and the type of music with the power to unhinge and incite, much like artists Isaac Hayes, Moms Mabley and RIchard Pryor did for the…
via physical-music.comLet’s just get this out of the way first: Heidi absolutely, never, ever fails to straight-up kill it on the dancefloor. As one of the leading lights of the Get Physical label stable — home of M.A.N.D.Y., Booka Shade, et. al. – she was also their first female signing…
It’s time to gear up for what’s going to be one of the most explosive, high energy CD release parties in South Florida this year. Delray-based psychobilly badasses Viva Le Vox are unleashing their brand new EP on October 3 at Propaganda. Viva Le Vox is famous (around these parts…
Summer is soon coming to close. The end of the season means more than just saying goodbye to the infernal heat, it also means things tend to liven up again as more and more events start happening around South Florida. So while we start anticipating things to come, here is…
photo by Mitchell ZachsThe Harder They ComeSaturday, August 29, 2009The Ziff Ballet Opera House at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, MiamiBetter Than: Hanging with the Rude Boys at Vagabond’s Stone Groove. Or just as good anyway.The film will be familiar to just about anyone who’s ever gone to…
Perhaps you’re not an avid follower of the vast array of traditional styles that generally get lumped together under the banner Regional Mexican. And I won’t lie to you, neither am I. But millions upon millions of record sales annually (and the fact they’re playing the AAA) indicate that there…
Mathew JonsonFriday, August 28, 2009Electric Pickle, MiamiBetter than: Any mere DJ set (as in records being spun) or any other “live PA”, for that matter, in recent memory. I really can’t sing enough praise for the Electric Pickle’s consistent quality of electronic dance bookings since the venue opened in March,…
Ever since wandering away from the pseudo-industrial barrios of their native Uruguay almost a half-decade ago, the dark, druggy boys of Monoblock — Martin TC and Guikle — have survived and thrived by zigzagging through the secret underground tunnels that connect all international party meccas. Thus far, the techno-house experimentalists…
PL0T resident DJ Alejandro Sab has been quite active in the last couple years, playing along some of the finest underground EDM talent we’ve had in Miami, such as Konrad Black, Ryan Elliot, Alexi Delano, and Camea. Besides his DJ accolades, Sab has also delved head-on into collaborative production work…
Chris “Ludacris” Bridges has his own, new, Cognac brand called Conjure. Here’s a video of Ludacris at Ft. Lauderdale’s J & L Liquor Store (3875 NW 19th St.) promoting the bottle, taking pictures, and signing autographs. The real star of the video, though, is the J&L Liquor Store theme song…
