Nah you don’t know nann ho, who cancel a show like me, who cost a hefty fee and will walk away with all your money. That’s the accusation being flung at our girl Trina over a no-show in St. Louis last Saturday. According to a promoter, the Baddest Bitch had…
OK, Justin Bieber may be an uneducated twerp-derp who barely graduated high school. But damn, he’s traveling all over the world and making more money every day than we’ll ever see in our entire freaking lifetime. And just to run this fact in our face, the Biebster brat just announced…
You know who gets a bad rap? Goth kids. Everyone picks on them because of the funny clothes and pale skin. But they’ve actually got great taste in music, y’all. That’s why today, we here at Crossfade are taking time out of our day to celebrate World Goth Day in…
Disco is dead. Sure, this boogie music is experiencing a popular resurgence. But the woman whose voice characterized a movement and influenced artists like Duran Duran and David Bowie has sadly passed away. Donna Summer, queen of disco, was 63. She died this morning, here in Florida, after a battle…
See also “Deadmau5 on DJ Pauly D: Has No Talent, ‘Typical Bottle-Popping, Play-Pressing Garbage.'” You know why non-EDM fans don’t take DJing seriously as an art form? It’s because celebrities keep ruining everything. When shit went digital in the mid 2000s, it was the coolest thing to happen since Grandmaster…
Steve Aoki at Grand Central May 17
Rusko at Fillmore Miami Beach May 19
Miamians are addicts. They can’t get enough bottle poppin’. They can’t get enough of lookin’ pretty. And they certainly can’t get enough fist-pumpin’. Thankfully, they live in the dance music capital of the United States. So there’s a never-ending onslaught of sets from the best of the best in house,…
Win free tickets to Afrojack’s Jacked Summer Tour at Mansion Miami on June 15 and 16. Hey, Afrojack. Remember when we found out that Paris Hilton is debuting her DJ career at Pop Music Festival next month in Brazil, and we thought it was stupid? Then we were like, “Wait,…
See also “Afrojack Says He ‘Didn’t Know Shit’ About Paris Hilton’s DJ Debut” — plus “Paris Hilton’s DJ Debut Sucked Balls,” “Jane Bang’s Diss Track: ‘Keep Sucking on That Afrojack Dick,'” and “DJ Paris Hilton Pisses Off Samantha Ronson and Deadmau5.” Electro is so dead. When Madonna jumped on the…
Ricky Rozay is back and sexier than ever. Seems like all that baby talk with Rihanna has got his mind in the gutter. ‘Cause his new single from upcoming album God Forgives, I Don’t is a bedroom anthem for the ladies. It features a bump-n-grind chorus from the always tantalizing…
All hail Annie Clark, indie rock’s patron saint of distortion and raw spirit. Clark, known by fans as St. Vincent, is set to make her Miami debut at The Stage on May 31. But just because she’s new to our city by the sea doesn’t mean this lady hasn’t been…
Miami’s own SpaceGhostPurrp won us over with his swaggy slab Blvcklvnd Rvdix 66.6, which we hailed as one of the best albums of 2011. Now, he’s back with a new video, showing off the streets that raised him for new single, “Tha Black God.” The video is sorta standard, hitting…
View the full 37-photo slideshow of A Flock of Seagulls at Grand Central here.A Flock of Seagulls Grand Central Friday, May 11, 2012 Better Than: A real ’80s dance party, because we’ve got smart phones. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was 1982…
Did you guys just feel that rip in the space-time continuum? Literally the two shittiest musical artists of all time, Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne, are in the studio, making an album together. These two Canadian hacks are combining their talents as the world’s most-hated musicians to create the…
Rusko is the man. This English-born, Los Angeles-based DJ-producer is a veteran of the dubstep sound. He basically invented the upbeat wobble known as brostep. But that doesn’t mean he’s a fan. In a world full of bangers, Rusko just wants to bring the funk and the fairy wings. Recently,…
Despite all that “swag, swag, swag” talk, we always knew Justin Bieber was soft. But now we know he’s a totally wimpy, blubbering mess of a mama’s boy. And last night, he released a saccharinely sweet love song to his single mom, titled “Turn to You,” just in time for…
Twelve is a strange age. It’s a year full of awkward changes and uncomfortable levels of self-awareness. Pretty much no one’s got their shit together. Unless we’re talking about Space. This mainland nightclub has spent the past decade-plus perfecting its party mojo, working hard to become the embodiment of the…
Nicki Minaj is cool and everything. But when it comes to raw rapper women, there’s an even newer bad bitch in town. The sexy and slick-witted Australian import Iggy Azalea has been going viral with “Pu$$y”, her hit single and music video. Recently signed to Interscope, T. I. is even…
Ne-Yo at Fontainebleau Miami Beach May 11
See Crossfade’s review of Drake’s Club Paradise tour in Miami. Drake is a really sweet guy. Yesterday, the YMCMB member announced he’s teaming up with OurStage and the Real Hip Hop Network to give one lucky up-and-comer the chance to open for 20 dates on Drake’s ongoing Club Paradise Tour…
See the full 20-photo of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at the Electric Pickle. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Electric Pickle, Miami Saturday, May 5, 2012 Better Than: The dinosaur DJs of Ultra Music Festival. It’s always exciting at the beginnings of things. One of the greatest joys of being a music…
