Deftly switching between straight-forward rock harmonies and hardcore inspired growling, Senses Fail have cemented their place among the finest post-hardcore acts today. More than their layered guitar work and blast beat drumming, Senses Fail distinguish themselves from the hard indie rock crowd by actually putting thought behind their lyrics. SF…
Tori AmosThursday, July 29, 2009The Fillmore Miami BeachBetter Than: You can imagine — twiceHard to say which was better: sitting in the front row next to a dynamite dame for Tori Amos’s Fillmore Gleason show, or catching her earlier that day, when Tori performed what was basically a private concert…
Actor/Hip Hop artist extraordinaire Mos Def has announced an August 15 stop at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Mos Def, a.k.a. Dante Terrell Smith, is taking off from his busy acting schedule and touring in support of his latest album The Ecstatic, which hit in June. Jay…
The name Switchfoot sounds like the moniker for an awful pop punk band trying to capitalize on skateboarding culture. Instead, Switchfoot is an alternative/grunge band from San Diego whose name is capitalizing on surfing culture. They’re touring in support of their upcoming “Hello Hurricane” album, set to release on October…
In the Venn diagram of modern electro, fidget, and hip-house, Milan-based DJ duo Crookers resides in the overlap. The pairing of producers Phra and Bot, Crookers is often mentioned alongside the Bloody Beetroots, a similarly beat-saturated set of Italian DJs that rose to prominence through blogs. But Crookers differentiates its…
Atmosphere MC Slug has gained some much-needed perspective since the release of 2005’s You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having. “The identity that comes with [being a rapper] carries a lot of self-entitlement,” Slug (AKA Sean Daley) says from his South Minneapolis home. “That’s a good thing. It’s part…
Locally born and bred songstress Karina Iglesias has more soul than a sock with a hole — one listen to her music gives that away. Songs from the singer-songwriter’s repertoire traverse R&B, funk, and beyond while remaining smooth but down-to-earth. Her sultry, throaty vocal style easily navigates the crisp, funk-infused…
Black Moth Super Rainbow’s recently released Eating Us might not lovingly upset as many stomachs as 2007’s eerily chewy Dandelion Gum. But that’s only because people are acquiring a taste for the western Pennsylvania outfit’s trippy brand of vivid wildness. Sure, the kooky quintet’s latest LP seems almost sedate compared…
Black Sheep as we know it may be extinct, but its erstwhile proprietor, Juan Basshead, is still dedicated to the low frequencies. As such, he’s got a hand in a number of wall-rattling events around town, and on Thursday, August 6, he and the Shake crew reunite for Get Low,…
The Miami Bass Warriors, a sort of supergroup featuring Otto von Schirach, Debbie D (Avenue D.) Jose el Rey and El Tigre, has been getting the remix treatment courtesy of the Nome and Chris Video of BF GF.MP3: Miami Bass Warriors – “Going Back to Calle Ocho” (the Nome remix)…
No Regular Play is the Brooklyn-based production duo of Nick DeBruyn and Greg Paulus (originally of indie darlings Beirut). Part of a new American generation of EDM producers rooted in more instrumentalist-based music forms, their experimental genre-bending take on house and techno defies all expectations of what dance music can…
Lake Worth’s Propaganda and the affiliated music newsletter sent via TheHoneyComb.com have been preeminent sources for finding out about local talent. The constant rotation of local bands on various nights of the week make the chic small space one of the best clubs in Broward and Palm Beach counties.For the…
Kurt Cobain was a huge fan. Beck named his album Mutations in their honor. David Byrne personally curated a 1999 retrospective album on the band for his Luaka Bop label, but it seemed like nothing could convince legendary Brazilian Tropicalia band Os Mutantes to return to stage. Then in 2007 two-thirds of the band’s original core, brothers Arnaldo Baptista and…
Big Sam’s Funky NationTransit Lounge, MiamiFriday, July 24, 2009Better Than: JambalayaThe Review:New Orleans funkmeister Big Sam Williams brought the bayou to Brickell Friday night, for a regular old boot-stompin’, booty-shakin’ hootenanny at a bustling Transit Lounge. The band of six, led by large – and – in – charge Williams…
Redeye ’09With Dooms De Pop, Astari Nite, and Confused as EverArtserve Fort LauderdaleFriday, July 24, 2009Better Than: Guy Harvey paintings and seashell collectionsThe Review: Fort Lauderdale is perhaps better known for its nickel slots and three-for-one drink specials than its cultural pursuits. But you could have fooled the hundreds of…
Midwestern DJ/producer Andrew Rasse a.k.a. Butane is one of the more cerebral and pragmatic figures of contemporary techno. This is a guy who cites the philosophers Martin Heidegger and Thomas Kuhn as influences, and whose new artist album Endless Forms (on Crosstown Rebels) is a self-described homage to Charles Darwin…
Days of the New is a hard band to classify nowadays. 10 or 15 years ago, it’d have easily sat in the same group as Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. But now that ‘alternative/grunge’ doesn’t seem to be a genre anymore, Days of the New seems, well new. Lead singer…
Summerfest 2009 is going down next month at the American Airlines Arena, and it has some of hip-hop and R&B’s biggest names on the bill. Ne-Yo, Akon, Flo Rida, and T-Pain are all confirmed to perform on August 22. If you’re looking to get good seats, you’d better prepare to shell…
Give She Wants Revenge’s self-titled debut album a listen. You’ll probably hear a few New Order or Interpol influences, but what you won’t hear is more than two people making all that racket. Sure the album is thick with synthesizers and effects, but the soundscape is so lush it’s hard…
Click here to view the full slideshow from this event.Miami Wings Jazz JamThursday, July 23, 2009Better Than: Bedtime on a Thursday night.Miami Wings is a wings joint(duh)/sports bar way down in B.F.E that hosts a weekly underground jazz jam with the help of local serious jazz radio station 88.9 FM…
Earlier, Crossfade told you all about how Victor Wooten, one of the best bass players ever, is playing the Culture Room, but the date was unknown. It’s time to clear your calendar starting at 8 p.m. on September 25, because that’s when you’ll be standing in a darkened room, mouth…
Next Friday, the indomitable Ricardo Arjona kicks off a 19-show US tour here in Miami, named 5o Piso for his most recent album, which dropped late last year. The Guatemalan-born singer-songwriter endured a failed attempt at recording as a young man and abandoned his dreams of the stage to become…
