One of the worst parts of being a celebrity is being constantly watched. See, a normal person at a normal party can get really wasted and almost no one will notice. But when you’re a celeb, there’s no dancing with your head down. Or, there might be dancing with your…
Killer Mike With Eric Biddines, Fusik, and Dynas As part of The Rising Hip-Hop Concert Series PAX Miami June 17, 2011 Better Than: Last weekend’s Lil B performance at Eve. Performing Arts Exchange, PAX for short, is a new live music venue showcasing reggae, hip-hop, and Latin fusion with a…
Lil B With O’Grime and YNG June 12, 2011 Better Than: The outcome of the NBA Finals. Last night, hip-hop cult sensation Lil B performed to a small crowd at downtown nightclub Eve. The event was announced the day before, promoted almost exclusively on Facebook, and subject to a fair…
Seth Putnam, the 43-year-old founder of long-running shock-rock grindcore band Anal Cunt, died yesterday of a heart attack. Kim Kelly, Anal Cunt’s PR rep, released a statement via Tumblr, that eulogized the notorious vocalist and preemptively defended the often instigative and offensive Putnam from critics who might enthusiastically cry, “Good…
You hear that? In the distance. That chanting. It sounds like some sort of mantra, like some sort of militaristic call to arms. It rings out from Western Hialeah, all the way to Pinecrest. What are the people saying? What is this holy refrain? Wait, wait, I can make it…
Tracy Morgan is in deep shit after Queen of celebrity gossip, Perez Hilton, relayed a message from a “Perezcious reader” that the 30 Rock star had launched into an extensive homophobic rant during a show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. The remarks and subsequent backlash is but another…
TMZ is circulating an image of 63-year-old Aerosmith frontman and American Idol judge Steven Tyler sporting extra-short daisy dukes while on vacation in Maui. The Crossfade staff has thoroughly analyzed the photo, cringed over it, and there’s even been some water cooler debate about how even though Tyler looks like…
Crossfade is a firm believer in designated drivers. Drunk driving can not only kill you, but it can kill someone else and ruin the lives of their friends and family. We also believe rappers have a lot of money. We believe this because we watch MTV Cribs. But in the…
Indiana’s TV Ghost and Seattle’s Spits battle at Churchill’s Pub
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Exxxotica 2011 has come and gone, and the New Times blogosphere pummeled you with content every steamy, dripping, latex-y step of the way. But we forgot one crucial detail: Miss Exxxotica 2011. The annual beauty pageant selects one lucky amateur participant to be the official queen of the convention. As…
Mitt Romney’s bid for the U.S. presidency was off to a rousing start last week with ’80s hair-metal frontman David Coverdale going in on the Republican presidential hopeful. Turns out Romney used Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” at his campaign kickoff rally without the band’s approval. Something felt eerily familiar…
Spend enough time at your local dive, and just about anything can seem like art. A mound of butts in an ashtray becomes worthy of the title installation. The bartenders, bouncers and drunks are performance artists, appropriating the machinations of a shithole filled with weirdos. Art Basel mania would seemingly prove…
Next Friday, The Legion of Psychedelic Doom presents Funemployment, a Thursday night rager featuring a packed lineup and open mic. The evening features Orlando garage goofs Slippery Slopes and a wide sampling of notable indie/punk/assorted local acts, including riot grrrl-ish trio Snakehole, black metal post-rockers Slashpine and no-pop ensemble Meat…
Crossfade has experienced our share of punk houses. We’ve got stories about crossword puzzle face tattoos, a dumpster literally converted into a fridge, and losing an arm-wrestling match to a dog wearing an eyepatch and a Discharge butt-flap. One time, we drove up to Gainesville to see some band no…
Twenty-two-year-old Miami native, Julian Consuegra, stands at a confluence of genres, philosophies, and methods. His clothing brand, Stray Rats, is the product of a buffet-style sampling of youth culture via digital age appropriation of various waves and trends that have become prerequisites to understanding the 2010s: hardcore punk, hip-hop, high…
In a certain way, TV Ghost is the sweet, playful jelly to the no-nonsense, peanut-buttery Spits. You could also say that TV Ghost is the pugnacious, frenetic Scrappy Doo to the Spits’ more worldly, less frilly Scooby. But most aptly, we might draw a Ralph Malph to Fonzie comparison, if…
With the formal release of Tyler the Creator’s first non-self-released full-length record, Goblin, the MC has been the focus of all the hype surrounding Los Angeles-based (and young as hell) hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. But while Tyler’s album and its lead single, “Yonkers,” have been…
This weekend, while you’re spending Memorial Day sipping a fruity mixed drink and fist pumping to the newest Ke$ha dubstep remix, take a good long hard look at the DJ. Yeah, lots of ravers and club kids have full sleeves. But there’s a good chance the person manning the decks…
Beings With Davila 666 and Artime Bardot Miami Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Better Than: The set that the band experienced. All three members kept shrugging and apologizing between songs. But everything sounded great from where we were standing…
Sean Combs used to be famous for hanging out with The Notorious B.I.G. Now he’s famous for a bunch of stupid crap like Making the Band, a show whose cultural relevance can be measured in how funny you find Dave Chapelle’s parody. In addition to tabloid fodder like gun scandals…
The Hangover II opened this week despite a lawsuit from retired boxer Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist on the grounds that the tat’s inclusion in the film constitutes copyright infringement. The tribal style ink is featured on the face of Ed Helms who, along with Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifinakis, must…
