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Kendrick Lamar at Revolution Live October 28

Odd Future Signs Rebecca Black and Four Other Headlines You'll Read When The World's Ending

​Signs that the world is coming to end continue to pour in through our Google Alert, the latest involving a totally twisted collaboration between two hip-hop heavyweights and a Canadian minor. Kanye West and Drake are teaming up with Justin Bieber for his forthcoming record Believe. The 17-year ... More >>

Taylor Swift: A Song Guide to the Country-Pop Princess's Love Life

Taylorswift.com​Taylor Swift has been banging out county-pop winners since she was just sweet 16. It all began with 2006's "Tim McGraw," a love song, not for country singer Tim McGraw, but her high school romance. And through allusion or direct name-calling, Swift has been announcing her dedicat ... More >>

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at Bardot November 3

Taylorswift.com​Taylor Swift has been banging out county-pop winners since she was just sweet 16. It all began with 2006's "Tim McGraw," a love song, not for country singer Tim McGraw, but her high school romance. And through allusion or direct name-calling, Swift has been announcing her dedicat ... More >>

Chris Cornell unplugged at Fillmore Miami Beach November 6

Taylorswift.com​Taylor Swift has been banging out county-pop winners since she was just sweet 16. It all began with 2006's "Tim McGraw," a love song, not for country singer Tim McGraw, but her high school romance. And through allusion or direct name-calling, Swift has been announcing her dedicat ... More >>

Wu-Tang's GZA Announces Art Basel Performance of Liquid Swords at The Stage

After the Wu-Tang mothership crashed full force into pop culture with the release of the 1993 gangsta rap classic Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the first order of business was to send out the pods. Method Man was the first to strike out solo with 1994's stellar and intensely hardcore Tical. But ... More >>

Radiohead Kicks Off U.S. Tour in Miami on February 27

Photo by Sebastian EdgeRadiohead​Radiohead just released the first 10 dates of its 2012 US tour and we couldn't be any happier. Thom Yorke and his mates from Oxfordshire will be kicking things off at the American Airlines Arena on Monday, February 27. Since releasing its eighth studio album, The ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Birdman, and DJ Khaled Performing at MTV's Sucker Free Awards in Miami

Photo by Sayre BermanLil Wayne ain't no sucker.​Admittedly, we here at Crossfade have gotten into the habit of hatin' on Lil Wayne. We ragged on "How to Love" for months. We insisted on enumerating the top five signs that the Young Money maniac's finally gone soft. We called Tha Carter IV crap. W ... More >>

Architecture in Helsinki at Grand Central November 11

Photo by Sayre BermanLil Wayne ain't no sucker.​Admittedly, we here at Crossfade have gotten into the habit of hatin' on Lil Wayne. We ragged on "How to Love" for months. We insisted on enumerating the top five signs that the Young Money maniac's finally gone soft. We called Tha Carter IV crap. W ... More >>

Taylor Swift at the American Airlines Arena November 13

Photo by Sayre BermanLil Wayne ain't no sucker.​Admittedly, we here at Crossfade have gotten into the habit of hatin' on Lil Wayne. We ragged on "How to Love" for months. We insisted on enumerating the top five signs that the Young Money maniac's finally gone soft. We called Tha Carter IV crap. W ... More >>

Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne Tour at BankAtlantic Center and American Airlines Arena November 14 and 15

Photo by Sayre BermanLil Wayne ain't no sucker.​Admittedly, we here at Crossfade have gotten into the habit of hatin' on Lil Wayne. We ragged on "How to Love" for months. We insisted on enumerating the top five signs that the Young Money maniac's finally gone soft. We called Tha Carter IV crap. W ... More >>

Five Really Old Rock Stars We'd Like to $#*%

We don't wanna be Robert Plant's groupie.​TMZ has got us playing a lil' game called, Who'd You Rather? Of course, the implied last half of that question is: "...do it with?" And by it, we mean da nasty. Yesterday, the gossip site asked us if we'd rather rub private parts with Led Zep shrieker ... More >>

Tinariwen (and Sophie Hunger!) Speak the Universal Language of Music, November 10

Via facebook.com/TinariwenMusic​Tinariwen With Sophie Hunger Presented by Rhythm Foundation Grand Central Thursday, November 11, 2011 Better Than: Being exiled from your native land and wandering the desert in search of rock 'n' roll. In the past month Grand Central has treated us to eye-cros ... More >>

Luisa Fernanda at the Ziff Ballet Opera House through November 26

Via facebook.com/TinariwenMusic​Tinariwen With Sophie Hunger Presented by Rhythm Foundation Grand Central Thursday, November 11, 2011 Better Than: Being exiled from your native land and wandering the desert in search of rock 'n' roll. In the past month Grand Central has treated us to eye-cros ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas at Sun Life Stadium November 23

Via facebook.com/TinariwenMusic​Tinariwen With Sophie Hunger Presented by Rhythm Foundation Grand Central Thursday, November 11, 2011 Better Than: Being exiled from your native land and wandering the desert in search of rock 'n' roll. In the past month Grand Central has treated us to eye-cros ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival's Russell Faibisch on WMC: There Was Never a Rift With Conference

Via Ultra Music Festival's Flickr​Almost exactly one year ago, Ultra Music Festival and Winter Music Conference suffered a "deeply complicated and very public breakup" after 13 years of peaceful, symbiotic coexistence. A few months later, just before Ultra 2011, we asked the fest's cofounder and ... More >>

Top Five Rock 'n' Roll Plane Crashes

Blink 182's Travis Barker defies death. ​Rock 'n' roll makes ordinary men and women immortal. Almost. They're regular people who were born unfamous and will someday die, just like us. But because they're awesome at playing the guitar or howling into a mike (you know, rocking), they become the ce ... More >>

Master Mentoring

Blink 182's Travis Barker defies death. ​Rock 'n' roll makes ordinary men and women immortal. Almost. They're regular people who were born unfamous and will someday die, just like us. But because they're awesome at playing the guitar or howling into a mike (you know, rocking), they become the ce ... More >>

Michael Tilson Thomas: A Modern Classic

Blink 182's Travis Barker defies death. ​Rock 'n' roll makes ordinary men and women immortal. Almost. They're regular people who were born unfamous and will someday die, just like us. But because they're awesome at playing the guitar or howling into a mike (you know, rocking), they become the ce ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas' Final Concert in Miami With Cee Lo, Trick Daddy, and Queen Latifah

Photo by Sayre Berman​See the full 36-photo Black Eyed Peas at Sun Life Stadium slideshow. Black Eyed Peas With Cee Lo Green, T-Pain, Jason Derulo, and Sean Kingston Sun Life Stadium Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Better Than: A nice nap on the beach that ends in a blistering burn. In th ... More >>

GZA at The Stage December 3

Photo by Sayre Berman​See the full 36-photo Black Eyed Peas at Sun Life Stadium slideshow. Black Eyed Peas With Cee Lo Green, T-Pain, Jason Derulo, and Sean Kingston Sun Life Stadium Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Better Than: A nice nap on the beach that ends in a blistering burn. In th ... More >>

Daddy Yankee Does the "Lovumba" at 90 Degree in Miami on December 10

​It's been five full years since Time Magazine named Daddy Yankee to its list of the 100 most influential people on the planet. And using the mag's metaphor, the recording industry's registers were ringing like mad over reggaeton in 2006. "Yankee has sold 2 million copies of his album Barrio ... More >>

Meet Araabmuzik, the MVP of the MPC, at Eve Miami on December 14

​Invented in the late '80s by electronics wizard Roger Linn, the Music Production Center is a pimped-out drum machine on steroids, usually equipped with eight to 16 pressure- and velocity-sensitive pads, multiple MIDI inputs and outputs, a superpowered sequencer, advanced sampling systems, and an ... More >>

Art Basel Music: Basel Castle With Pharrell Williams and Yelawolf, December 3

Photo by Ian WitlenPharrell dropped by Basel Castle to hang with The Overthrow.​See the full 38-photo Basel Castle 2011 at Overthrow Castle slideshow. Basel Castle With Pharrell Williams, Yelawolf, Penguin Prison, Caligula, Heroes x Villains, Tamara Sky, and a million others The Castle Saturday, ... More >>

Coldplay Announces Mylo Xyloto 2012 North American Tour With Miami Show on June 29

Photo by Sarah LeeColdplay's Chris Martin.​Even though cranky American music snobs like Crossfade might dismiss Chris Martin and Coldplay as foreign providers of "safe and sentimental sonic wallpaper," there's no denying that this Brit pop-rock crew stands to inherit the proverbial arena whenever ... More >>

Blueprint at Propaganda December 20

Photo by Sarah LeeColdplay's Chris Martin.​Even though cranky American music snobs like Crossfade might dismiss Chris Martin and Coldplay as foreign providers of "safe and sentimental sonic wallpaper," there's no denying that this Brit pop-rock crew stands to inherit the proverbial arena whenever ... More >>

Skrillex, 12th Planet, Two Fresh, and Nadastrom at the Fillmore Miami Beach December 17

Photo by Sarah LeeColdplay's Chris Martin.​Even though cranky American music snobs like Crossfade might dismiss Chris Martin and Coldplay as foreign providers of "safe and sentimental sonic wallpaper," there's no denying that this Brit pop-rock crew stands to inherit the proverbial arena whenever ... More >>

Scenes From Hopelandia

Photo by Sarah LeeColdplay's Chris Martin.​Even though cranky American music snobs like Crossfade might dismiss Chris Martin and Coldplay as foreign providers of "safe and sentimental sonic wallpaper," there's no denying that this Brit pop-rock crew stands to inherit the proverbial arena whenever ... More >>

Steve Lawler at Wall Lounge December 28

Photo by Sarah LeeColdplay's Chris Martin.​Even though cranky American music snobs like Crossfade might dismiss Chris Martin and Coldplay as foreign providers of "safe and sentimental sonic wallpaper," there's no denying that this Brit pop-rock crew stands to inherit the proverbial arena whenever ... More >>

Candyland 2011 at Revolution Live December 23

Photo by Sarah LeeColdplay's Chris Martin.​Even though cranky American music snobs like Crossfade might dismiss Chris Martin and Coldplay as foreign providers of "safe and sentimental sonic wallpaper," there's no denying that this Brit pop-rock crew stands to inherit the proverbial arena whenever ... More >>

Miami's Twelve Best New Year's 2012 Parties

Soar like a half-naked angel this NYE with Bob Sinclar.​Forget your personal trainer, chartered accountant, and life coach. We here at Crossfade are the highest authority on how to spend New Year's in Miami. And we say: "This is no time for moderation!" Go live out the dying days of 2011 in a ... More >>

Certified Diva Mary J. Blige Added to Jazz in the Gardens 2012; But Where's Our R&B Pervs?

​Just before Christmas, Chanukkah, and Kwanzaa hijacked our editorial focus, we here at Crossfade checked up on the annual Jazz in the Gardens music fest. And unfortunately, we were kinda bummed. We referred to the lineup as "lackluster." We complained about Kenny G's saxophone sucking. We called ... More >>

Miami's ten best New Year's 2012 parties

​Just before Christmas, Chanukkah, and Kwanzaa hijacked our editorial focus, we here at Crossfade checked up on the annual Jazz in the Gardens music fest. And unfortunately, we were kinda bummed. We referred to the lineup as "lackluster." We complained about Kenny G's saxophone sucking. We called ... More >>

In 2011, Luther Campbell ran for mayor, sued Nevin Shapiro, and called out rappers

​Just before Christmas, Chanukkah, and Kwanzaa hijacked our editorial focus, we here at Crossfade checked up on the annual Jazz in the Gardens music fest. And unfortunately, we were kinda bummed. We referred to the lineup as "lackluster." We complained about Kenny G's saxophone sucking. We called ... More >>

Lil Wayne and DMX's Best Quotes From New Year's Day 2012 at LIV (Video)

Via DJ Irie TVWayne and DMX at LIV New Year's Day 2012​DMX may be the Marion Barry of the rap game. Like the former Washington D.C. mayor, Earl "DMX" Simmons has overcome drug charges and prison time to remain a fan favorite in the world of urban entertainment. He proved it on New Year's Day at ... More >>

The Taxpayers at Sweat Records January 5

Via DJ Irie TVWayne and DMX at LIV New Year's Day 2012​DMX may be the Marion Barry of the rap game. Like the former Washington D.C. mayor, Earl "DMX" Simmons has overcome drug charges and prison time to remain a fan favorite in the world of urban entertainment. He proved it on New Year's Day at ... More >>

Black Violin at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center January 15

Via DJ Irie TVWayne and DMX at LIV New Year's Day 2012​DMX may be the Marion Barry of the rap game. Like the former Washington D.C. mayor, Earl "DMX" Simmons has overcome drug charges and prison time to remain a fan favorite in the world of urban entertainment. He proved it on New Year's Day at ... More >>

Nickelback Hate Group Triggers Comment War, Majority Sides With Crossfade

​The "N" word ... Nickelback. Just writing it makes us want to vomit. While many of you can't stomach Chad Kroeger's crappy alt-rock crew either, Crossfade's recent petition to stop Nickelback from playing the BankAtlantic Center on May 5 has triggered a vicious comment war. Nickelback supporte ... More >>

Is Punk Rock the New Dad Rock? Ten Signs That Going Soft Is the New Hardcore

When punk rock sneeringly ejaculated onto the music scene in the 1970s, it was all about volume, attitude and, most importantly, the rebellious nihilism of young disillusionment. But in 2012, self-proclaimed punk rockers look like massage therapists at a Winnie the Pooh spa. Just take a look at The ... More >>

Cannibal Corpse at Culture Room January 22

When punk rock sneeringly ejaculated onto the music scene in the 1970s, it was all about volume, attitude and, most importantly, the rebellious nihilism of young disillusionment. But in 2012, self-proclaimed punk rockers look like massage therapists at a Winnie the Pooh spa. Just take a look at The ... More >>

"You'll Have to Leave Miami to Make It" and More Wisdom From Florida Music Get Together

Photo by teajayphotoChurchill's Pub owner and local music legend Dave Daniels.​It's not easy being a musician in Vice City. The geographical challenge alone is enough to make any band go crazy. Miami may never be called a musical epicenter. But when Radioboxer's Jota Dazza put out the call for fe ... More >>

Etta James Dead at 73, R.I.P. to a Queen of Rhythm & Blues

Etta James in her prime.​Etta James, may her vocal chords be dipped in platinum and preserved for future generations, has died at 73 due to complications from leukemia as well as alzheimers, dementia, and Hepatitis C. James won six Grammys and 17 Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock ... More >>

Miami's 12 Bands, Producers, and Promoters Set to Take Over the Scene in 2012

O'Grime: Miami's crown princes of swag.​With the first month of 2012 dead and gone, it's time to take a survey of up-and-coming South Florida music and maybe try to predict what the rest of the year has in store. This is not a best-of list. Nor is it a complete appraisal of South Florida's expa ... More >>

2 Live Crew Is Reuniting Because Our Fans Want To Shake That Booty

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains why a 2 Live Crew reunion tour will prove booty music desegregated hip-hop.After 2 Live Crew and I performed at the ... More >>

2 Live Crew will reunite to save Miami booty music

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains why a 2 Live Crew reunion tour will prove booty music desegregated hip-hop.After 2 Live Crew and I performed at the ... More >>

Jay-Z, Eminem, and Rick Ross Are Never Too Old For Rap

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says hip-hop artists are never too old to stop rapping.Rick Ross recently celebrated his 36th birthday. Some folks might ... More >>

2 Live Crew's Uncle Luke: No Mandatory Retirement for Rappers!

​A memo from Uncle Luke to all y'all haters who seem to think the hip-hop industry should institute some sorta superstrict mandatory retirement policy ... Screw you. That shit's ageist. In today's edition of Luke's Gospel, entitled "Jay-Z, Eminem, and Rick Ross Are Never Too Old For Rap," New Tim ... More >>

Drake's Club Paradise Tour at BankUnited Center February 14

​A memo from Uncle Luke to all y'all haters who seem to think the hip-hop industry should institute some sorta superstrict mandatory retirement policy ... Screw you. That shit's ageist. In today's edition of Luke's Gospel, entitled "Jay-Z, Eminem, and Rick Ross Are Never Too Old For Rap," New Tim ... More >>

Aging rappers such as Rick Ross and Jay-Z are still on top

​A memo from Uncle Luke to all y'all haters who seem to think the hip-hop industry should institute some sorta superstrict mandatory retirement policy ... Screw you. That shit's ageist. In today's edition of Luke's Gospel, entitled "Jay-Z, Eminem, and Rick Ross Are Never Too Old For Rap," New Tim ... More >>

Buju Banton is innocent

​A memo from Uncle Luke to all y'all haters who seem to think the hip-hop industry should institute some sorta superstrict mandatory retirement policy ... Screw you. That shit's ageist. In today's edition of Luke's Gospel, entitled "Jay-Z, Eminem, and Rick Ross Are Never Too Old For Rap," New Tim ... More >>