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CrossFade - Broward

Toots and the Maytals Play the Culture Room This Saturday

Wed Aug 27, 7:34 PM

Legendary reggae artist Toots Hibbert is coming to Broward County this weekend. If you're even vaguely familiar with the history of reggae, you'll know that Toots is a long-time staple of the genre...so much so that he lays claim... More >>

Designer Drugs at White Room September 8

Wed Aug 27, 2:22 PM

Gotta love the Designer Drugs. No not those designer drugs, we're talking about Designer Drugs, the DJ duo from New York. The duo will stop by Miami September 8, as part of their mini-tour of Florida, where they will... More >>

New Track from Lazaro Casanova

Wed Aug 27, 11:16 AM

There is no denying our love for Miami's own Lazaro Casanova, so when he posted up a new track via his MySpace yesterday we were sort of excited to say the least. His first release "Venganza" was a dancefloor... More >>

Speaking of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids

Tue Aug 26, 3:57 PM

Since it's Throwback Tuesdays and the post below this one mentions local guitarist, Daisy Berkowitz, who used to play in Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, I figured I'd scour the Web for old Spooky Kids footage. The band... More >>

Features

  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Maybe it was Fay's mind-warping approach, but something fishy was going on at the Palm Grill
    Thursday, August 28
    Twas the night before Tropical Storm Fay, and already the sky looked dark and gloomy. I'd seen the advertisements for Palm Grill's drink deal... More >>
  • Fire in the Bloodlines
    Exploratory jazz band the Bendy Pastorius Group finds a deeper groove
    Thursday, August 28
    Fusion. Within music, it's practically a dirty word. Though the term is intended to suggest the magic of endless possibilities, it has an... More >>
  • Kill Miss Pretty Returns to the Stage
    Thursday, August 28
    The past 15 months have been a bit turbulent for the band Kill Miss Pretty. In 2007, the group was enjoying plenty of attention within local... More >>
  • White-Collar Blues
    Put a Pabst in the air this weekend for rock's high-class proletariat
    Thursday, August 28
    In honor of Labor Day, we pay tribute here to America's working-class heroes by recognizing the worst jobs in rock 'n' roll, the grinding gigs... More >>
  • Carnival King
    Trinidadian soca star Iwer George thrives fête after fête
    Thursday, August 28
    With names like, "The Bum Bum Master," "Mr. Hand, Hand, Hand," "The Boss," and plenty of others, it probably seems like soca star Neil "Iwer"... More >>
  • Subterranean Finds
    Exceptional sounds that reside well below the surface...
    Thursday, August 28
    Although it begins with an affable embrace, Gulf Coast Blues ambles toward darker terrain as it winds on, with songs that spin a sinewy,... More >>
  • Circus Bar
    Thursday, August 28
    With a name like Circus Bar, you'd expect all sorts of shenanigans — wild animals sipping Jäger, drunken jugglers chucking daggers... More >>
  • Toots and the Maytals
    Thursday, August 28
    Reggae owes a lot to Toots Hibbert. The ageless frontman of the classic Jamaican band Toots and the Maytals claims he's the first person to... More >>
  • Kate Voegele
    Thursday, August 28
    Even though she has barely reached legal drinking age, the cute and spry Kate Voegele has already accomplished much more than most other... More >>
  • Anthony Green
    Thursday, August 28
    Singer/songwriter Anthony Green is best-known as the emotive lead singer for Philadelphia-based prog-rock band Circa Survive. Powered by a... More >>
  • Black Tide
    Thursday, August 28
    Within a span of months, the kiddies of Black Tide have shot from totally unheard-of to total buzz band for lovers of heavy music, appearing in... More >>
  • It Must Be the Sauce
    Blues and hip-hop fusion kings G. Love and Special return with a tenth album in tow
    Thursday, August 21
    In the beginning, Philadelphia native Garrett "G. Love" Dutton — hitting the national music scene like a fourth Beastie Boy crossed with... More >>
  • Lovers' Rock Giant
    The top ten Beres Hammond tunes of all time
    Thursday, August 21
    Within reggae, few people could argue that Beres Hammond is revered as one of the greatest balladeers to ever live — if not the best. His... More >>
  • Dada Restaurant and Lounge
    Thursday, August 21
    Dada Restaurant and Lounge is dark — mysterious, even. Its shell, a renovated Jazz Age home, is an appropriate house for this random... More >>
  • Cyne
    Thursday, August 21
    Hip-hop music with a message in 2008 is like a biased voter. It has plenty of opinions but often can't see the bigger picture outside of whatever... More >>
  • Pas/Cal
    Thursday, August 21
    Detroit's Casimer Pascal is a fop-pop genius, the case being made first with three leave-'em-wanting-more EPs and now indisputable with this... More >>
  • Gata
    Thursday, August 21
    Some cats really know how to scratch at your heartstrings. A little over a year ago, Miami's popular octogenarian tango interpreter La Gata had... More >>
  • Lou Gramm
    Thursday, August 21
    When talking about Foreigner circa 2008, it's tempting to refer to the group with air quotes around its name: Lead guitarist Mick Jones —... More >>
  • J-Live
    Thursday, August 21
    If sanity in hip-hop is sexy, then J-Live might fuck around and become Denzel. The New York underground fixture's fifth indie release, Then What... More >>
  • Sonny Rollins
    Thursday, August 21
    In the 1960s, the concept of the "power trio" came into full existence. Bands of the guitar/bass/drums configuration, such as the Jimi Hendrix... More >>

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Dallas

Selfishly, But Willingly

Lately, Sarah Jaffe's outdrawn the headliners she's shared bills with, and that can mean only one thing
Well, it happened again. Sarah Jaffe upstaged yet another touring act pulling through town.... More >>

Denver

Welcome to the weird, wonderful world of Bradford Cox's Deerhunter

"Everyone shits. Honestly. And everyone has fucked up things they hide. I show mine with a... More >>

Houston

Born-Again Shock Rocker (and Golfer) Alice Cooper

Spider Man
As he writes in his highly readable autobiography, Alice Cooper, Golf Monster, the father of... More >>

Kansas City

How Fred Wickham’s quest for a Waylon Jennings T-shirt led him to ownership of the country legend’s mid-’70s tour bus

Fred Wickham has two types of friends: the ones who thought he was crazy around this time last... More >>

Miami

My Morning Jacket Might Be the Best Live Band Ever

Check these guys out at The Fillmore.
I'm not sure of the exact moment when My Morning Jacket became the best live band in the world,... More >>

Phoenix

Portugal the Man brings its unique psychedelic boogie improv to Phoenix

Portugal. The Man likes spontaneity. They also like random punctuation in the middle of their... More >>

San Francisco

Tussle offers up the cream of the beat

Tussle's willingness to break rules isn't the only thing that makes it a bona fide San... More >>

St. Louis

With a new U.S. tour alongside Aimee Mann and a fresh look at their greatest hits, U.K. pop geniuses Squeeze are reunited, reinvented — and rejuvenated

When it comes to pop songwriters from the UK, several names always crop up as inspirations:... More >>

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