In the early ’80s, the guys of L.A. Guns were proudly members of the dirtier subset of Sunset Strip denizens. Acts like Poison tarted themselves up in blush and aimed for pop crossover from the beginning, but the Guns and their fellow sleaze-rockers were almost more punk-inspired. The L.A. Guns…
Click here to view a full slideshow of photos from the show.Adult Swim Presents the Dethklok Tour 2009With High on Fire, Converge, Mastodon, and DethklokPompano Beach AmphitheaterSunday, November 8, 2009Better Than: Getting home in time for Robot Chicken.The Review: The current Dethklok tour, which landed at Pompano Beach Amphitheater this past…
Thursday’s show was meant to be a huge booking coup for Miami all-ages venue the Dugout; warehouse drama has now shifted the show to Ground Control, a similarly bare-bones venue in West Palm Beach. Evergreen Terrace is arguably Jacksonville’s most famous musical export in recent years, a mega-popular heavy band…
For most, the thought of Southern California in the ’80s just brings to mind a Less Than Zero-style existence full of cocaine and Ray-Bans. But the sun-baked swath of turf from L.A. south became, at the beginning of the decade, the cradle of searing underground punk. London’s punk had its…
Friday, November 6*Like we recommended earlier today, the Jacobs Ladder EP release party at Churchill’s in Miami tonight, where $10 entry also gets you a copy of the band’s new disc. Click here for full details. *And the similarly recommended Astari Nite, plus a million other bands, at White Room in…
We checked them out in the studio and then followed their adventures on their latest national tour… So Crossfade fully recommends Jacobs Ladder’s EP release party tonight at, of course, Churchill’s. Yes, this kicks off another tour, this time around the Southeast and a little bit up the East Coat,…
The Miami-based, 26-year-old Rico Love is quietly becoming one of the industry’s most sought-after R&B and pop arrangers and songwriters. Starting out in his early 20s as a rapper in Atlanta, he got his real boost when, as a performer, Usher signed him to his J Records imprint. And while…
We loved the So Raw festival, and it’s heartening to know the cool people behind it have organized a couple shows since then. I’m happy to report this small trend is combining with that of the latest re-discovery of the American Legion Bar, in Legion Park on Biscayne and 64th…
Sleepless Night returns this Saturday to Miami Beach. Staying up all night there is nothing new, but the event is way more high-falutin’, asking you to stay awake for things like opera and experimental dance. That can seem like a tall order in this town, but the last edition was…
And so continues DIY punks’ fascination with bluegrass. Among a subset of youth that patches its own pants and enjoys hitchhiking to places such as Pensacola, the fiddle and jug have sparked a frisson of authentic Americanness. This explains why almost every college town has bearded types sitting on a…
Massachusetts hardcore band Converge at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
Last week, we introduced you to Mixhell, the husband-and-wife DJ / remix / production team of Iggor Calavera and Laima Leyton. Metal fans will, of course, recognize Calavera’s name instantly — with his brother, Max, as a teenager he helped found Sepultura, one of the most influential metal bands, well,…
Friday, November 6 *Like we recommended earlier today, the Jacobs Ladder EP release party at Churchill’s in Miami tonight, where $10 entry also gets you a copy of the band’s new disc. *And the similarly recommended Astari Nite, plus a million other bands, at White Room in Miami tonight. We’re…
It’s enough to make metal purists wail and gnash their teeth. Half of the producer/DJ duo Mixhell, Iggor Cavalera cofounded seminal Brazilian groove-metal act Sepultura when he was just 15 years old. For the next 20 years, he toured the world and sold out stadiums as the band’s drummer, until…
The 2009 Miami Book Fair offers a strange brew of talent
*Lots of fun stuff over at the Sweat Records site, but act fast on this first one. You can get that new JESP record that we wrote about last week, for free, from this download link. Or, you can also bite the bullet and support a local artist and, ahem, do…
A.F.I. is playing in South Florida on November 18, at Pompano Beach Amphitheater. Longtime fans of the band are in for a treat, as recent fan reviews show the band’s set list has spanned its (long!) career. Also excellent is the opening band, Gallows, probably the best straight-up hardcore act…
Last week, we introduced you to Mixhell, the husband-and-wife DJ / remix / production team of Iggor Calavera and Laima Leyton. (Click here to read that intro, which included a link to the pair’s most recent mix). Metal fans will, of course, recognize Calavera’s name instantly — with his brother,…
If you missed it, and it’s your kind of thing, you missed out: NeckFace’s Devil’s Disciple opening at O.H.W.O.W. was one of the best parties on Halloween. And Busy P’s set at the afterparty at Poplife didn’t disappoint, either. As much as we wanted to hate on it and find…
A joint project by FUNDarte and the Miami Light Project, the Global Cuba Fest returns for its third annual edition this weekend. But where last year it was a multiple-day, stand-alone event with daily concerts that weren’t cheap, organizers have wised up this year. It’s now being mounted in one…
Lady Gaga’s New Year’s Eve show at the Knight Center is going to be one hell of a 2009 send-off. So, while tickets are available, all the good ones are long gone (what remains, basically is a bunch of side-view seats). South Florida is full of the pop diva’s biggest…
The upcoming national outing headlined by New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional was going to be a showcase of ’90s Broward and Palm Beach County heroes made good. But this past Friday, Dashboard had to suddenly drop off the tour, which was scheduled to land locally at Pompano Beach Amphitheater…
