Arwen Lehman Talks Craft Brewjas, and Local Beer (Video)

Did you know women were the original brewmasters?Arwen Lehman and the Craft Brewjas crew she rolls with aren’t just consumers, they’re also secretly brewing up their own batches of fine suds.We caught up with her and friends at The Federal, The Bar, and The Local to see what she had…

Lanzallamas Monofonica Launches Three-Month European Tour at Tobacco Road

The fiery musical spearchuckers of local big band Lanzallamas Monofónica will soon take their Afro-Latin superfusion sound to the Czech Republic. They’ve recently lined up a three-month residency at Prague’s Retrokafe, a so-called “salsoteka” that may be ground zero for the exploding Latin dance trend in Europe. Lead singer Fabi…

Porntopia

We’ve been waiting for Exxxotica to return for so long that it feels like watching porn on a dial-up modem. And now that it’s finally here, we’re ready to explode from anticipation. This year, the largest freaking event in the USA is full of surprises, and all girls, guys, and…

CerveTech’s Nick Armada Talks About the Art of Brewing Beer (Video)

Craft alcohologist Nick Armada went to beer college at FIU before starting CerveTech in the Bird Road Arts district.He can tell you all about how yeast are living micro-organisms, why fungi eat sugar and excrete alcohol, and how enzymes make it all possible.Read this week’s feature on Nick’s company to…

Pablo Francisco Talks Hookers, Drugs, Booze, and, Oh Yeah, Comedy

Pablo Francisco is a hilarious comedian with more impersonations in his bag of tricks than there are rocks in the average ounce of crack.When we caught up with him, he exploded with a full-on rant filled with amazing quotes about drinking, fighting, and doin’ the nasty. He’s performing six shows…

Ziggy Marley Jammin’ at the Fillmore Miami Beach, May 9

See Crossfade’s pre-concert interview with Ziggy about the Marley clan, taxes, and country music. Ziggy Marley Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Never under any circumstances leave a car door unlocked on South Beach while grabbing a slice of pizza with your girlfriend after an awesome concert at the…

Audio Bukkake

DJ Fucked-Up is an artist of unmatched audial subtlety and a performer shrouded in a veil of mystery. Our investigations reveal he began his career as Daniel Heimenfrost, a genius with wind instruments. He achieved international notoriety for his performance of “Orificial Sacrifice,” which saw him stretch his musical boundaries…

The Aggrolites Talk Skinhead Reggae

The Aggrolites are a skinhead reggae band from Los Angeles. With a faster pace than the ska and rocksteady that came before it, the style got its name from its old-school UK fans, the black Jamaican rudeboys and white mod factory workers who pioneered the original skinhead subculture. We spoke…

Flock Of Seagulls’ Mike Score Talks New Wave Hair and Aliens

Mike Score is the mastermind behind A Flock Of Seagulls. Inspired by Bowie and Alice Cooper, he combined science fiction, hairspray, girl pants, makeup, guitars, and synths to start his band in 1979. Then he led his Flock around the world. Crossfade asked the man himself about the journey in…

Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Dead at 47

See Russell Simmons, Rev Run, and others’ Twitter reactions to the death of Adam Yauch as well as Crossfade’s memorial slideshow of Beastie Boys concert photos. Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch (AKA MCA) is dead. Details about what ultimately took his life have not yet been released. UPDATE: The rapper and…

Ten Best Cinco De Mayo 2012 Parties in Miami

¡Andale way! Once again, it’s that time of year when America gets wasted in the name of the defeat of the French in the Battle of Puebla. Whatever. Tequila rules, the city is on fire, and we don’t need no water, let the motherfucker burn. ¡Viva Miami! Here are the…

Who Wants a Free Cabin on the ShipRocked Cruise 2012? Beg Nikki Sixx!

See also ShipRocked interviews with “Gilby Clarke, Ex-Guns N’ Roses Axe Man” and “Godsmack’s Robbie Merrill.” In the non-Miami parts of America, bands like P.O.D., Godsmack, and Sevendust are still on the radio, and the ShipRocked Cruise is an alt music event of such mythical proportions that rocker chicks get…