“Live fast, die young, and look good in your grave” is Mickey Avalon’s motto. He’s got that brash, absurd, and sleezy L.A. white rapper style that attracts a party crowd serious about their trucker hats and lipstick-stained, cut-all-up tank tops. Avalon was originally discovered by former MTV VJ Simon Rex…
Marc Anthony American Airlines Arena September 16, 2011 Better Than: Cafe con leche. We’re taking back anything bad we’ve ever said about Marc Anthony. No disrespect, Marc, but the one text we sent out during the show last night from the American Airlines Arena said, “This bitch can sing!” Honestly,…
When a band chooses a name as romantic and whimsical as Sirens and Sealions, you might expect a stage show that leans heavily on harps and incense. But this Miami band isn’t really a gang of hippies. So while tonight’s album release party at The Stage will involve lots of…
Are you not shocked that Miami rapper of distinction Trina does not yet have a video for her song “Long Heels Red Bottoms”? Well, when we here at Crossfade heard there was a casting call for dancers to populate a video for Da Baddest Bitch’s homage to Christian Louboutin shoes,…
Marc Anthony isn’t an especially handsome man. Sure, he’s got chiseled features. But sometimes chiseled is a euphemism for bony. And bony is what he is. Anthony has made his sexual mark on such lovely ladies as Miss Universe Dayanara Torres, J.Lo, and it’s even rumored he’s stolen Will Smith’s…
Chromeo at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 20
Some weirdos Spritzer and Furman created an item called the Divorce Ring. It looks like something you put a quarter in a machine for and which pops out of a plastic egg. This baby costs $3,200. Who buys this? Does someone get it for themselves on the anniversary of their…
DJ Mehdi died tragically and accidentally at the age of 34 on September 13. There are mixed reports on what occurred. Though it hasn’t been confirmed, Resident Advisor reported that he fell from a mezzanine with others. Three people have been hospitalized. And according to LA Late News, French reports…
There’s pretty much no better way to spend a sunny Miami Saturday afternoon than at Barnacle Historic State Park eating perfectly crispy fried chicken and enjoying lively music with a view of Biscayne Bay.Thighs and Pies, a fundraiser for Slow Food Miami, raised money to build community and school gardens…
Enter Crossfade’s contest for free Chromeo tickets! With the 2004 debut release She’s In Control, an original sense of humor, and supersexy songs, Canadian duo Chromeo managed to delight bored folks stranded on lonely dance floors in megaclubs all across the globe. Friends since high school, Patrick Gemayel (AKA P-Thugg)…
The largest Miami band packed into the smallest live music venue in town on Saturday night. Psychic Mirrors handed over 40 minutes of groove to a packed room of music fans. We counted 12 bandmates working hard together to bring the funk to Bardot. Although, it’s possible there were only…
See the full 18-photo Manu Chao at Klipsch Amphitheater slideshow. Manu Chao La Ventura Tour Hosted by Rhythm Foundation Klipsch Ampitheatre at Bayfront Park September 9, 2011 Onstage, Manu Chao is the gift that keeps on giving. With four encores and boundless energy, the diminutive multilingual artist and his three-man…
Dolly Parton is a tiny lady with great big assets. She’s got a giant voice, huge hair, plump lips, and — don’t pretend like you never noticed — massive boobs! The Southern songstress has a certain kind of lightheartedness and sense of humor about most everything, including her gifts. She’s…
The season has begun! It’s not quite cool outside. But people are getting all amped on art right now. This year, though, music shall not fall to the wayside in the huge ugly face of art! Sometimes art walks in Miami yield more white noise and tackiness than critical thinking…
It’s a Manu-mental week here in Miami. Yes, the corny joke sucks. But honestly, this town is intensely anticipating the arrival of the multilingual, genuinely cool, hyper-political artist. Besides the chatter, O Cinema even screened his tour documentary Babylon Fever earlier this week. It’s clear … We love Manu. If…
Every once in a while, a community produces a divine marriage of talents and resources. With the project Hard Poems in Space, jewelry designer Nektar De Stagni and Gallery Diet’s Nina Johnson are that perfect pair. They’ve brought together a gifted group of artists, designers, and architects for a series…
Model and wannabe mogul Tyra Banks worked really hard to be noticed for more than her ample bosom and expansive forehead. With her once popular reality show, America’s Next Top Model, she brought competitive posing and strutting to reality TV. And her Tyra Banks Show added to the questionable good…
Manu Chao at Klipsch Amphitheater September 9
In honor of the fourth Beer Snob Bicycle Pub Crawl, we caught up with the event’s beer-drinking manatee mascot. And he picked out a tasty 12-pack playlist perfect for a sweetly simple ride from the Beach, across the Venetian Causeway into downtown. Named Miami New Times’ Best Urban Bike Ride…
We don’t know her personally, but it’s safe to say Mother Earth believes eating locally grown foods is preferable to munching on stuff picked before it was ripe and shipped 2,000 miles.Slow Food Miami, a chapter of Slow Food USA, is on her side, encouraging people to eat greens harvested…
Mayer Hawthorne is a Michigan-bred dude with a genuinely soulful sound. Undoubtedly, Motown influenced the young singer’s timeless melodies. His falsetto vocals can sometimes sound straight out of 1971. But this producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist is making original tracks on Peanut Butter Wolf’s Stones Throw label in 2011. Hawthorne will…
Cris Cab is an 18-year-old heartthrob from right here in Miami. The barely-legal singer-songwriter is working very closely with Pharrell Williams to become a big star. Already a hit on YouTube with both original songs and covers like Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow,” Cab’s first EP came out this year…
