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Last Night: Premios Juventud at the BankUnited Center

Last Night: Interpol at the BankUnited Center

Last Night: Evanescence at the BankUnited Center

Saturday Night: Freestyle Invasion II at the BankUnited Center

Freestyle Invasion IISaturday, May 30BankUnited Center, Coral GablesBetter than: Singing along to the Power 96 Traffic Jam on the 836. The Review: Saturday night at the BankUnited Center, I basked in the laser light glow of the Freestyle Invasion concert with mixed emotions. Dios, how I wish the per ... More >>

Totally Awesome!

Hooray for free local indie rock

Funny, Not Fuzzy, Kiwis

Hooray for free local indie rock

Kings of Leon to Play BankUnited Center on May 7

Concert season is beginning to take shape with some pretty big concert announcements over the last week, and Kings of Leon are the latest to announce a stop in South Florida. Fresh of their meteoric rise to stardom/sellout status thanks to their song about flaming sex, the Tennessee bred band of bro ... More >>

You Could Just Write a Check

But it’s way more fun to donate your laughter.

Celebrations in Symphony

Festival Miami brings sophisticated sounds to the city.

UM Gets More TNA

Festival Miami brings sophisticated sounds to the city.

Michael the Black Man Trashes Obama

A former cult member crashed the UM rally.

Get Infected

Catch an incurable case of disco fever!

Finally Florida

A rogue state meets presidential candidates who pine for its fickle heart.

He’s Still Your Boogie Man

Get groovy with KC and the Sunshine Band.

Caged Fury

Street-fighting legend Kimbo Slice takes to the ring tonight!

Fierce Fashion

The Ebony Fashion Fair has brought it for half a century.

Club Action

Reviewing the places I go to review the music.

It’s a Bird ... It’s a Plane ...

It’s Super Grover at the BankUnited Center!

Picking Fights

They're not your friends, punchy

Kings of Leon Rule

They're not your friends, punchy

Taylor Dayne to Appear at Miami Freestyle Invasion at BankUnited Center, May 30

Unless you slipped into a coma during the mid-eighties, you couldn't have missed dance-pop sensation and Paula-Abdul contemporary Taylor Dayne, who produced '80s gold like "Tell It to My Heart" and "Love Will Bring You Back." "All you needed back then was a blowdryer and a dream." Yes, Dayne actuall ... More >>

Countdown to Freestyle Explosion on Saturday: Q&A With Johnny O

via myspace.com/johnnyofreestyleSaturday's Freestyle Explosion features some of the biggest names in the genre, and Crossfade's own columnist, Jose El Rey, interviewed most of them. We'll be publishing one or two interviews a day in celebration of the show, which takes place this Saturday night at t ... More >>

It's a Freestyle Invasion!

Taylor Dayne, Debbie Deb, Johnny O, Judy Torres, and many others.

Countown to Freestyle Invasion II: Q&A with Judy Torres

via myspace.com/judytorresTo read yesterday's interview with Johnny O, click here. Judy Torres is the singer of the freestyle hits "No Reason to Cry" and "Please Stay Tonight." She is currently a radio host on WKTU 103.5 in New York City. And there is no doubt that she is the Queen of freestyle ... More >>

And Even More Freestyle: Q&A With Sa-Fire

Sa-Fire is the singer of the memorable Freestyle hits "Don't Break My Heart" and "Boy, I've Been Told."José el Rey: Sa-Fire, thanks for being right on time! What are you up to?Sa-Fire: I'm always very punctual. If you're ever late, you might miss a great opportunity. My new single "Exotique" is n ... More >>

Team USA Volleyball Roughs Up Costa Rica in Straight Sets

One of the many USA kill shots.Costa Rica is known for its beautiful scenery, coffee beans, and -- now -- for not practicing enough volleyball. A sparse crowd at the BankUnited Center watched the second-ranked United States team dismantle Costa Rica Friday night in the 2009 Women's Volleyball ... More >>

There Will Be Blood

One of the many USA kill shots.Costa Rica is known for its beautiful scenery, coffee beans, and -- now -- for not practicing enough volleyball. A sparse crowd at the BankUnited Center watched the second-ranked United States team dismantle Costa Rica Friday night in the 2009 Women's Volleyball ... More >>

Mr. Face Meets Mr. Fist

One of the many USA kill shots.Costa Rica is known for its beautiful scenery, coffee beans, and -- now -- for not practicing enough volleyball. A sparse crowd at the BankUnited Center watched the second-ranked United States team dismantle Costa Rica Friday night in the 2009 Women's Volleyball ... More >>

Let’s Pray a Loud-Ass Song

One of the many USA kill shots.Costa Rica is known for its beautiful scenery, coffee beans, and -- now -- for not practicing enough volleyball. A sparse crowd at the BankUnited Center watched the second-ranked United States team dismantle Costa Rica Friday night in the 2009 Women's Volleyball ... More >>

Attack of the Clones

One of the many USA kill shots.Costa Rica is known for its beautiful scenery, coffee beans, and -- now -- for not practicing enough volleyball. A sparse crowd at the BankUnited Center watched the second-ranked United States team dismantle Costa Rica Friday night in the 2009 Women's Volleyball ... More >>

Big Rims, Candy Paint

One of the many USA kill shots.Costa Rica is known for its beautiful scenery, coffee beans, and -- now -- for not practicing enough volleyball. A sparse crowd at the BankUnited Center watched the second-ranked United States team dismantle Costa Rica Friday night in the 2009 Women's Volleyball ... More >>

305 Live: Local Hip-Hop News from ArtOfficial, Rick Ross, Mayday, and More

ArtOfficial​--Local hip-hop and jazz fusion group, ArtOfficial, released a new song from their new project, The Payback, which is set to release on April 23rd via free download. The song they released is actually the title track that is also called "The Payback" and features New York City's K. Spa ... More >>

Free Bass

ArtOfficial​--Local hip-hop and jazz fusion group, ArtOfficial, released a new song from their new project, The Payback, which is set to release on April 23rd via free download. The song they released is actually the title track that is also called "The Payback" and features New York City's K. Spa ... More >>

Clinton's Global Initiative: No Security Is Good Security

Photo by Karina ChavarriaFormer President Bill Clinton at the Global Initiative Univeristy at BankUnited Center.At an event where a former U.S. president is present, you'd expect to be patted down, have your bags ripped open, and then maybe be carted away by the Secret Service because you forgot to ... More >>

305 Live: Pitbull, Rick Ross, Flo-Rida, and More in Local Hip-Hop News

Photo courtesy of Univision​-- Pitbull (pictured on the right with his artist Nayer) walked the red blue carpet and performed last night at the Premios Joventud that aired live from the BankUnited Center located at the University of Miami's Coral Gables campus. He didn't win any awards, but most o ... More >>

Thalia Releasing Deluxe Edition of Primera Fila, Shot at BankUnited Center

​Thalia has engineered a rather successful comeback post hiatus from the limelight to instead bask in the glow of motherhood and enjoy family life with husband and music mogul Tommy Mottola, followed by her commercially disappointing 2008 release Lunada (her last on EMI). We couldn't be happi ... More >>

Bloodlust at the U

​Thalia has engineered a rather successful comeback post hiatus from the limelight to instead bask in the glow of motherhood and enjoy family life with husband and music mogul Tommy Mottola, followed by her commercially disappointing 2008 release Lunada (her last on EMI). We couldn't be happi ... More >>

Barry Manilow and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra at BankUnited Center This Saturday

​Does Barry Manilow even exist? Or was the Manilow concept brewed by aesthetes in the Laboratory of Cool to give record store clerks and music snobs a clear enemy to rail against? Something like Saddam Hussein circa 2002, only instead of WMDs, we're dealing with the globally relevant threat of adu ... More >>

Prince Royce and His Pencil Mustache Swoon Into the BankUnited Center February 12

​For a certain kind of music snob, there's nothing more annoying than all that saccharine radio pop stuff called bachata. At best, it's elevator muzak. At worst, it sounds like a sad baby wailing over a karaoke tape full of stuttering guitar, bongo, and maracas. But there are millions of people ... More >>

Devil in a Blue Jersey

​For a certain kind of music snob, there's nothing more annoying than all that saccharine radio pop stuff called bachata. At best, it's elevator muzak. At worst, it sounds like a sad baby wailing over a karaoke tape full of stuttering guitar, bongo, and maracas. But there are millions of people ... More >>

Prince Royce at BankUnited Center February 12

​For a certain kind of music snob, there's nothing more annoying than all that saccharine radio pop stuff called bachata. At best, it's elevator muzak. At worst, it sounds like a sad baby wailing over a karaoke tape full of stuttering guitar, bongo, and maracas. But there are millions of people ... More >>

Five Interviews With Future Pop Stars at the X Factor Tryouts In Miami

This morning at 6 a.m., a massive group of sincere, talented singers (and a equally massive gaggle of delusional people who think they're singers) gathered at the BankUnited Center to show the world's bullies that they actually are, in fact, special. Auditions for the upcoming Simon Cowell show, X ... More >>

Eight Tips For Sneaking Into the Billboard Latin Music Awards

Slip right into Gloria Trevi's dressing room.​The Billboard Latin Music Awards are here once again -- and along with it, all the glitz, glamor, and celebrities you can stomach. There will be singers and rappers, songbirds and crooners, hip-hoppers and rockers, actors and starlets, and all manner o ... More >>

Billboard Latin Music Awards 2011: A Quick Recap Full of Stargazing, LOLZ, and Mr. 305

Victor GonzalezInside the Latin Billboards​Broadcast live across the globe to 70 countries, the Billboard Latin Music Awards were billed as música Latina's biggest night. Show hosts promised we'd see more stars at the annual gala than we would in the sky. But then again, Miami isn't known as a st ... More >>

Calle 13 Announces Rescheduled Miami Show at BankUnited Center September 24

​Originally, Calle 13 and its army of guerilla street soldiers were scheduled to invade the 305 for Memorial Day weekend. And back in April, Crossfade got so hyped up about the possibility of joining Residente and Visitante's campaign of sonic warfare and outright social rebellion that we were sc ... More >>

X Factor Taping in Coral Gables, Plus Notes for Future Reality TV Drinking Game

Photo by Ray Mickshaw / FOXPeople outside the BankUnited Center.​​At the X Factor taping in Coral Gables yesterday, judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Antonio "L.A." Reid, and Nicole Scherzinger seemed in character. Simon's still unnecessarily mean, Paula's still unnecessarily nice, L.A. is s ... More >>

Glow Away

Photo by Ray Mickshaw / FOXPeople outside the BankUnited Center.​​At the X Factor taping in Coral Gables yesterday, judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Antonio "L.A." Reid, and Nicole Scherzinger seemed in character. Simon's still unnecessarily mean, Paula's still unnecessarily nice, L.A. is s ... More >>

Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

Photo by Ray Mickshaw / FOXPeople outside the BankUnited Center.​​At the X Factor taping in Coral Gables yesterday, judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Antonio "L.A." Reid, and Nicole Scherzinger seemed in character. Simon's still unnecessarily mean, Paula's still unnecessarily nice, L.A. is s ... More >>

Drake Announces 2012 Club Paradise Tour Dates, Kicking Off in Miami on Valentine's Day

​What's overly emotional Young Money rapper Drake doin' right now? Well, if the cover of his recently released sophomore slab, Take Care, were a candid snapshot of Drizzy's private life, you'd think homeboy spent his days and nights locked alone in his billion-dollar mansion like Al Pacino in Sca ... More >>

Turtle Killers

​What's overly emotional Young Money rapper Drake doin' right now? Well, if the cover of his recently released sophomore slab, Take Care, were a candid snapshot of Drizzy's private life, you'd think homeboy spent his days and nights locked alone in his billion-dollar mansion like Al Pacino in Sca ... More >>