Yngwie Malmsteen at Grand Central May 25
Yngwie Malmsteen at Grand Central May 25
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Imagine 2 Chainz and French Montana in the parking lot of the world’s largest custom car show and concert tour. They just performed and are ready for some high-stakes fun, so they’re gambling their own cars at the DUB Show. In each of their hands is the pink slip to…
Innasense at Jazid May 17
Innasense was founded in 1990 by A Man Named Scratch, last seen in Belize after saying, “Screw the tour! Let’s stay here forever.” (He did, however, help the band win its coveted 1991 Best Reggae Band award from Miami New Times.) Today, the group still soldiers on with core members…
Haitian Compas Festival at Klipsch Amphitheater May 18
Since 1955, Haiti has offered the world a uniquely danceable and infectiously sexy music known as compas, konpa, or kompa. The Kreyol language has been standardized in written form since only 1979, so there are several ways to spell everything. But what has hindered Kreyol’s literal documentation has strengthened its…
Guitar Master Yngwie Malmsteen on Miami Heat: “LeBron James Is a F#$%in’ Virtuoso”
Yngwie Malmsteen is a six-foot, three-inch guitar monster from Sweden. He left the dark and bitter cold of Stockholm at age 19 and moved to L.A. for a record deal, got famous, and drunkenly crashed a Jaguar E-Type V12 convertible into a tree, breaking the steering wheel with his head…
Miami’s Haitian Compas Festival 2013: A Four-Part Guide, From DJ Griot to Djakout
Since 1955, Haiti has offered the world a uniquely danceable and infectiously sexy music known as compas, konpa, and kompa. The Kreyol language has only been standardized in written form since 1979, so there are several ways to spell everything. But what has hindered Kreyol’s literal documentation has strengthened its…
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Innasense’s Jimi Dred Talks Reggae, Miami, and Selling Out to Boy Band Manager Lou Pearlman
Innasense was founded in 1990 by A Man Named Scratch, last seen in Belize after saying, “Screw the tour! Let’s stay here forever.” (He did, however, help the band win its coveted 1991 Best Reggae Band award from Miami New Times.) Today, the group still soldiers on with core members…
Skanko de Mayo, With Die Trying and Askultura, at Churchill’s Pub May 4
For decades, Dade County has been caught up in a tide of grime and blood that rolls across the concrete wastelands of the city and its suburbs. But that’s also the cesspool from which punk-rock bands are born. Such as Die Trying, a Miami crew whose members — Charlie, Matt,…
Naughty by Nature at Brew at the Zoo May 4
Who’s down with O.P.P.? Everybody. For more than 20 years, Naughty by Nature has been touring the world off the strength of that crossover hit on its first album. Now fully independent, the group has a new album, Anthem Inc., in stores and is prepping to party at New Times’…
Uncle Luke, as Part of Brew at the Zoo, May 4
Before Luther Campbell was Uncle Luke, he was Luke Skyywalker. But George Lucas sued him for violating copyright. And that’s how the nasty boy went from Star Wars to car wars. The Lucas lawsuit was just the beginning of his infamy. Soon, Miami bass became the trunk rattle heard ’round…
Uncle Luke’s Top Ten Booty Jams of All Time
Before Luther Campbell was Uncle Luke, he was Luke Skyywalker. But George Lucas sued him for violating copyright. And that’s how the nasty boy went from car wars to Star Wars. The Lucas lawsuit was just the beginning of his infamy. Soon, Miami bass became the trunk rattle heard ’round…
The Top Ten Movies Shot in Miami
LA sucks. There’s so much smog there you can hardly shoot a movie in the sunshine. That’s why all the great films of our time shot in golden quality natural UV come to South Florida. The latest, Pain & Gain, opens in theaters tonight. But it’s just one of many…
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Die Trying on Flatlands and a Prostitute: “Who’s She Feeding With That Money?”
For decades, Dade County has been caught up in a tide of grime and blood that rolls across across the concrete wastelands of the city and its suburbs. But this toxic waste is also the cesspool from which punk rock bands are born. Like Die Trying, a Miami crew whose…
Win Free Tickets to Inner Circle’s 4/20 Show with Steel Pulse
Inner Circle are the Bad Boys of reggae. Every you time watch an episode of COPS, they’re the first thing you hear. They also make you “sweat, a la la la la long long li long long long.” And this Saturday, they’ll be headlining the CDXX 420 Celebration at Sunset…
Inner Circle’s Roger Lewis Talks Reggae, Legal Weed, and 4/20: “Marijuana Is A Good Herb”
“Like we say in Jamaica,” Inner Circle founding guitarist Roger Lewis tells Crossfade, “it’s a gladdy good thing for some smoke.” This Saturday (AKA 4/20), Roger and his bruddas will be bringing the “Mary Mary” and “Boom Shaka Laka” to Sunset Cove Amphitheater with Steel Pulse. And it’ll be a…
The Top Ten Ways to Celebrate 4/20 in Miami
Just cause Snoop Dogg says “smoke weed everyday,” doesn’t mean that some days are not more special than the rest.4/20 is that day.So roll up your five gram blunts, pack up your space bong, rewire your grandma’s vaccum cleaner into a reverse polarity smoke machine, and prepare for the greatest…
Problem Kids’ “Useful Idiot” About Jay-Z: “The Real Cuba Is Not What He Portrayed”
Problem Kids are Miami Cubans with a message for Jay-Z about his trip to Cuba. Their response to his “Open Letter” is a new track called “Useful Idiot.” “He looks like he’s praising the Castro regime, and we wanna give him a history lesson,” say MCs Mario Obregon and Christian…
The Artists of Philanthrofest: X-Rated Collages, Naked Cuban Chicks, and Totally Legal Photography
Philanthrofest 2013 was an awesome assortment of pro-social community based organizations, tech startups, grassroots efforts, entrepreneurs of all kinds, true musical variety, and a great batch of local artists. The MDC Wolfson Campus opened its arms to the people, and the sun shined brightly on them.Here’s a look at some…
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Born To Run
A 1967 Mustang Fastback with Forgiato Ito wheels screeches around a downtown corner and cuts north onto Biscayne Boulevard. The driver takes a quick look in his rearview. There are five cop cars all screaming red and blue, so he mashes the gas down to the floor of his performance…
Inspecter 7, Immoral Discipline, Askultura, and Die Trying in Miami: A 36-Photo Recap
As Rev Sinister of Inspecter 7 explained, there’s one place in America that gives Miami a run for its money in being dark and sordid. That’s Asbury Park, New Jersey, the grimey land that the band basically comes from. And from the first horn blow, guitar chop, kick drum, bass…
An Open Letter to Snoop Lion About Ultra 2013, Weekend Two: That Shit Was Weak
Snoop Dogg, for getting high on stage at Ultra Music Festival, tossing blunts into the crowd, and almost maxing out the capacity of Klipsch Amphitheater, I salute you. For bringing your crew, running through the hits, testing new material, and throwing in a couple of covers, I salute you. For…
Ultra 2013: Ten Best Reasons to Wake Up Early for UMF’s Last Day
Sure, Ultra ends at midnight. And by the last day of the two-weekend fest, you may be tired and feel like sleeping in. Well, don’t. ‘Cause then you will miss all the killer daytime sets. And a ton of other awesome stuff. Like Crossfade’s 13 best reasons to wake up…