Back in 2002, Ike Reilly released what should have been regarded as a rock and roll masterpiece. Salesman and Racists wed the punky passion of mid-Seventies Clash to the restless lyrical brilliance of pre-Christ Dylan. Reilly has released three albums since, all packed with catchy songs you wouldn’t want to…
It’s good to see a local MC on the come up and we at Crossfade are going to support him any way we can. Well respected lyricist Garcia has a new album coming out this summer, and Miami music editor, Arielle Castillo, has a killer article coming out on him…
It’s easy to understand why fans might be cynical about the fact that the original lineup of the Bad Brains, one of the most storied acts in the history of hardcore, is back together yet again. If you haven’t already heard, they’ve got a brand new album, Build a Nation,…
MC Sharpness Better than:Seeing pretty colors after smashing your head on a rock. The review: The drum and bass party on Saturday, wasn’t one of Studio A’s better nights. After stumbling in to use some drink tickets that I was oh so generously given, it took me about ten minutes…
Jacob Miller and Longwave June 23, 2007 Studio A Photo by Jeffrey Delannoy Better Than: Waiting around for prime Saturday going-out time; the show got going around 10:00 and was over by about midnight. The club doors opened at 8:00, and opener Jacob Miller took the stage at nearly 10:00…
Black Light Burns & Horse the Band May 23, 2007 Culture Room Better Than: Nintendo music You should always be wary of any band that promotes one member with the tagline “…formerly of the band…” as some type of attraction. It’s a bit like advertising a party with “a celebrity…
Issac Delgado June 23, 2007 Knight Center An energetic and from-the-heart Cuban rumbón broke out Saturday night as a delirious and receptive crowd welcomed one of the island’s grandest and most innovative musicians ever at the James L. Knight Center. As a result the man responsible for keeping close to…
Whole Wheat Bread June 22, 2007 Churchill’s Pub Better Than: Being hit in the face with brass knuckles. Barely. With too few good punk bands to cleave to, I hoped this show would provide a miracle. Beginning with Ft. Lauderdale natives Skuff’d Shoes, a ska-reggae-punk hybrid, the night opened to…
Martini Bar, at the Shops of Sunset Place (5701 Sunset Dr, South Miami) has become the unofficial spot for a freestyle revival. Check it, in the last few months they’ve had Stevie B. and Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam! (And on the non-freestyle, but still late-Eighties/early-Nineties tip, Jordan Knight, of…
Hey, you get a key chain! “In order to give fans the best possible experience for both The Police and the Miami club show, the Maroon 5 show at Studio A has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 11 at 3:00pm. Maroon5 will offer fans a rare and intimate acoustic performance…
Issac Delgado isn’t letting anybody in on what to expect tomorrow night when he performs in Miami for the first time since leaving Cuba late last year. About the only thing the multi-talented Cuban bandleader/sonero/songwriter is promising is ‘tremendo rumbon Cubano’ (‘one hell of a Cuban fest’) while adding that…
Aptly titled En Primera Plana (“On the Front Page”) Issac Delgado’s first U.S.-produced album is a mix of old and new as the Cuban vocalist/bandleader rehashes longstanding classics in addition to puling all the right strings alongside a mega salsa star. “La Mujer Que Mas Me Duele” (“The Women That…
Since we’ve been jamming on J-Perk’s “Lauderdale” joint, it only seems right to play the original DJ Khaled track that producer O-Allen sampled to put “Lauderdale” together. If you don’t already know it’s called “Brown Paper Bag” and Khaled is awfully proud of it in this random studio video. –Jonathan…
Elf Power, Man Man, and Summer Birds in the Cellar
perform at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at Studio A,
60 NE 11 St, Miami. Call 305-358-7625, or visit www.studioamiami.com.
Nearly 45 minutes late for a confirmed sit-down on a recent balmy afternoon, Issac Delgado speeds through the glass doors of a Miami hotel, sunglasses still on and car keys dangling. Wearing jeans, a loose dress shirt, and loafers, he doesn’t tender much of an explanation for his tardiness as…
Does he or doesn’t he? Chances are he does, and then some. Dig her, that is. The real question then: Does she dig him? Probably. But she’s not sure. She is damn certain of one thing: He’s no good for her. No damn good at all. And he knows it,…
If there were a Grammy for Most Urbane American International Vocalist, it would go to Jane Monheit. The New Yorker could be the stateside soul sister of Germany’s Ute Lemper, minus the Kurt Weill repertoire. Monheit, though, does have the necessary grit to sing Weill or any other dramatic songs…
On its third album, this Chicago quartet continues its quest to incorporate the best bits of shoegaze, stoner rock, and heavy music — and then flip the bird at the genre conventions of all three. Since debut album Australasia, the staunch road dogs have progressively drifted away from their earliest,…
The title of this superb anthology of rare furious grooves from Florida speaks for itself. There are tons of righteous soul, hard-kickin’ drum breaks, James Brown-influenced grooves, and a whole lot of unheard funky goodness. For those new to the funk, according to the scrupulously detailed liner notes, funk music…
After a number of adventuresome jazz albums on Blue Note, the Miami-based trumpeter returns to his pre-Irakere roots on this disc. These original songs bear an Afro-Cuban feel not far from Buena Vista Social Club turf, with Sandoval even sporadically abandoning the mouthpiece to sing. His trademark high-register squeal is…
While the rest of hipsterdom in their native London was going flashy neon, the Horrors did what any endearingly bratty, contrary children would do. They looked inside themselves and saw their hearts were black. Well, not really, but the quartet kicked aside the dance-rock trend in favor of raw, throat-ripping…
Sure, the drummer sets the pace in most bands, but if you’ve got two wild stallions on guitars, let them run. Vocalist/guitarist Steve Shiltz and guitarist Shannon Ferguson, of Longwave, have been playing together since the 1999 release of the group’s first album, Endsongs. That album’s success got them signed…
