Jorge Marquez a.k.a. Pluck from Ink Music Group is in the middle of brokering the deal between Diddy and Xplicit for his role in the song Diddy Bop, produced by Isaac Opus. I asked him some questions about what he and his company do.This interview is an excellent resource for…
If you missed Fool’s Gold co-founder, Nick Catchdubs, during Winter Music Conference, don’t make the same mistake twice. Not going to rehash too much on why Catchdubs holds a special place amongst many blog-house (electro-house/nu-rave/whathaveyou) fans, except that he is genius when in control of the decks.Contributor John Hood did…
I found this video of Lina Marquez playing the streets of South Beach. She performs there every Friday and Saturday at 13th and Ocean at 4 p.m. She hails originally from Barranquilla, Colombia. Her dad used to be embarassed to play his guitar in public, she took that as a…
It’s been a little over a year since the release of Light From Above, the debut LP by the young Miami metal quartet Black Tide. (For more background, click here to read an article I wrote last year about the history of the band). But the recording process for the…
Last year, the $400 million music-themed Hard Rock Park opened in Myrtle Beach, marking “the largest tourist investment in South Carolina history.” But seems like while dropping all that dough, nobody bothered to think that oops, the Hard Rock chain of hotels, restaurants, and casinos might care. And beyond this,…
PG-13’s a busy man. He put out his debut EP, 7 Songs for my Friends in 2007. Followed it up in 2008 with the debut of his hip-hop project Junc Ops and Silicon Graffiti, the first compilation from his Circuitree Records. This May 1st will see the release of his…
If you’ve ever gone on YouTube and searched for Miami bum footage then you’ve probably seen a SmokeNProfits video. For the past few years this group of friends from Miami Springs has been documenting South Beach bum culture, hip-hop music, parties, festivals and holidays and putting ’em online for the…
Dino Felipe is one of those Miami guys who has a nice little national rep for himself. People who are in the know about underground currents of off-kilter sounds know what’s up. This is wrong. This shouldn’t be the case. In a just universe he would be touring the world,…
Ft. Lauderdale-based record label Teggno has announced the release of its first artist compilation this month. Teggno was founded in 2007 by Lance Blaise a.k.a. Tattoo Detectives with the goal of putting out “quality techno music for the 21st century” and has so far gained support from some of the…
Okay, I’ll admit: I like Louis — a lot. It completely goes everything I believe a nightclub should be (drinks are too expensive and the door policy is frustrating), but dammit it’s an awesome venue! It’s cavernous, the lighting is crazy and the bookings at times are unbelievable. I spent…
If you missed out on Iron Maiden’s recent triumphant show at the BankAtlantic Center — the band’s first in the area in 13 years — well, you know what we’re going to tell you. (Click here to read New Times’ review of the show, and click here to view a…
Well, today is April 20. If you need any explaining why Crossfade is featuring a Miami weed music video, you oughta smoke a joint and think about it. This video is for the song Ganja Shop by Shifta, a Miami via Jamaica artist. Click here for Shiftas myspace. …
Dance-punker The Juan MacLean is going on tour to promote the release of his latest effort, The Future Will Come, which was released about a week ago. The album has received fairly positive reviews from Rolling Stone and The Guardian for its electro disco-revivalist grooves and Nancy Whang’s breezy vocals…
If you’re toying with the idea of seeing New Kids On The Block at Cruzan Amphitheatre on May 31, you should buy your tickets this week. For $10, it’s harder to find an excuse not to check them out. Seriously, even if you hate boy bands and all they stand…
Like a quartet of massive underwater explosions, the next four nights of REV Miami’s 420 Fest carry enough combined payload (80 bands total!) that a tsunami of awesome noise looks inevitable. And after Thursday’s pre-festival Kickoff Party at Black Sheep Bar–superpacked with local weirdos such as Oceanaire, Dyslexic Postcards, and…
Remember record stores? They were the place you bought those plastic silvery things called CDs and also where you could pick up vinyl if you were trying to be über-authentic. Ah, yes the days before iTunes. But while Sam Goodys and FYEs might not be commonplace anymore, local records stores…
Nothing adds megawatts of hype to a South Florida appearance by tabloid twink Pete Wentz like a last-minute Boca ban. Initially, he and his fellow Fall Out Boys were planning to publicly flash their musical junk from the stage at Mizner Park. But now, their pop-punk exhibitionism has been relocated…
Before Pat Stacey, better known as Down Pat, moved to North Carolina and then New York, his band the Groove Thangs were a South Florida staple for lovers of blues, soul, calypso fusion funk. They toured relentlessly in the late ’80s and early ’90s, were signed and then dropped from…
Don’t tell the boys from Ghost of Gloria that South Florida isn’t a rock market. The Fort Lauderdale band’s co-manager, Brandon Young, says the foursome committed last year to making being in a band their day job in the hopes of making it big within three years. “The hope is…
Poppa E is a bad motherfucker. Find out for yourself every Wednesday night at Casa Panza, where he has a residency, and he and his band play three or more sets of jazz, blues, and R&B songs you already know the words to. Some people might think it’s strange to…
Want to see Def Leppard, Poison (with Bret Michaels, by the way) and Cheap Trick for just $15? You’re in luck as the good people at Live Nation and West Palm’s Cruzan Amphitheatre know how much it hurts to pay those taxes and want to help by hooking up your…
Everyone’s favorite Cuban electro/Miami bass/freestyle act — and part-time Crossfade columnist — José El Rey released a new music video for his track “Ladies of the Night.” From the looks of it, it was mostly filmed, where else, but in the deep bowls of west Miami.And while José has taken…
