Wynwood … It’s the kinda place where hip-hop power couples chow down on exotic pizza pie. We here at Crossfade can say so with confidence ’cause our pal, Broward-Palm Beach New Times music editor Liz Tracy, just caught Jay Z and Beyoncé coming out of Joey’s Italian Café and snapped…
R.I.P., PAX. After two and a half years, Crossfade’s favorite little club under I-95 (and the Miami New Times’ Best Latin Club of 2013) has closed. Over the weekend, the Performing Arts Exchange held a final show and said goodbye to the 305 scene. “THANK YOU MIAMI!!!” PAX tweeted just…
“I believe that fate has brought us here.” That’s Ms. Macy Gray, the inimitably and charmingly croaky soul singer. And no, she’s not talking about love and stuff. The lady is saying, “We should be together, babe, for NYE 2014 at Casino Miami Jai-Alai.” Especially since the tix are free…
“Clap that ass, light our blunt, baby, let’s get ig’nant.” We here at Crossfade and former Three Six Mafia frontdude Juicy J are straight celebrating the latest adds to Soulfrito Festival 2014’s party plan. It all started with two headliners, Nas and Don Omar, last month. But now the fest’s…
Only 13 parties? That’s sooo last year. With the passing of NYE after NYE, it becomes necessary, if you’re just as addicted to bubbly and ball drops as New Times, to increase the number of hotel galas, megaclub blowouts, and downtown throwdowns on your personal end-of-year itinerary. It’s called self-improvement,…
Another year, another 365 ragers. In Miami, though, the New Year’s Eve getdown doesn’t last just one night. It’s a weeklong bender of pachangas con Pitbull, tiki-tiki tunes with Tiësto, stripping and singing along with Robin Thicke and Pharrell, drankin’ in the VIP with Lil Wayne, and chasing that cheese…
JIG gonna knock you out. Huhhh. Last month, the annual Jazz in the Gardens announced its jazzin’, slow jammin’, bumpin’ ‘n’ grindin’ preliminary lineup, headlined by R&B sex machine Trey Songz and ex-Destiny’s Child diva Kelly Rowland, not to mention a certified King of Comedy, funnyman host D.L. Hughley. But…
“Truuuuu!” as 2 Chainz says. “Free is always gooooood.” In a couple of months, the rapper formerly known as Tity Boy and his G.O.O.D. labelmate Pusha T will be setting off on the 2 G.O.O.D. 2 Be T.R.U. tour, a 21-date North American trek that’s gonna be turning up at…
“It’s lineup day!” For the last 21 hours, Ultra Music Festival has been taunting and teasing international beat freaks with its 2014 Phase One reveal. But now it’s finally here … A 105-act roster packed with big-name DJs (Avicii, Eric Prydz, Diplo, Hardwell, Tiësto) and a killer live contingent (M.I.A.,…
Our empty nug pouches have been hung from the chimney with care. Our palm trees are tinseled up like sexier, skinnier white pines. And our glowstick menorahs are ablaze. That’s right — it’s holiday season in the MIA. And we, the party people, aren’t about to celebrate with family, fruitcake,…
Scream! In just a couple of days, Jerry Only and the Misfits will slither into Grand Central Miami. We already feel a telltale tingle in our vestigial demon tail. That’s called excitement. Or as the ‘Fits prefer: “A chill runs up your spine …The freezing touch of fear.” Now tix…
Less than 48 hours left to get your arty party fix, friends. That’s right … It is the next-to-last day of Art Basel Miami Beach 2013. And you’ve done four straight afternoons at the fairs. But if you’re not already laid up in a SoBe hotel bed (or crumpled on…
Ghostface Killah With secret guest Raekwon Plus Tha Lox’s Sheek Louch DJs Heron, Self Born, Klassik, and Exes The Stage Miami Friday, December 6, 2013 There were patdowns at the door. And a bouncer forewarned “tonight’s a different crowd.” On Thursday, De La Soul’s Maseo, Dave, and Pos did Art…
Basel is bonkers. Day after day after day after day after day, we all get to arty party with the famous, infamous, and unfamous. Some of the fun you’re not invited to. And some of it’s totally free. Tonight’s just as awesomely all over the place. Check the cut for…
De La Soul With DJs Heron, Self Born, and Ynot Opening set by Problem Kids The Stage Miami Thursday, December 5, 2013 “We are De La Soul! And we been doin’ this a long fuckin’ time,” MC Dave, AKA Trugoy the Dove, hollered, smiling and bouncing around the stage at…
Welcome to the weekend, friends. Oh yeah, it’s Thursday. (Don’t worry. You did not fall into an art- and booze-induced coma. Yet.) We here at Crossfade simply prefer to get the party started approximately 24 hours earlier than usual during Art Basel Miami Beach. Why? Partly because we’re still drunk…
To paraphase Yeezus: “They said because I’m known for music that no one would believe in me if I put on some weird masks and called it performance art.” These days, especially during Art Basel Miami Beach week, musicians aren’t satisfied with Billboard number ones and platinum records and a…
Whoa, guys. Basel hasn’t even officially begun. And we here at Crossfade are already hungover. Even though the actual art fair opens tomorrow, the cruising and boozing and schmoozing’s been in full effect since Monday afternoon, when the early-bird, invite-only charity fundraisers starting serving free drinks and finger foods to…
Hey, Arcade Fire! So, uh, like, you guys wouldn’t lie to us, right? ‘Cause we really believed Win (perhaps naively and too eagerly) when he teased us with yet another Miami show during October’s special two-night stand as the Reflektors at downtown’s Mekka Nightclub and the Little Haiti Cultural Center…
What’s that boom-bap? Just the thump of golden-era rap legends De La Soul, Wu-Tang mic mangler Ghostface Killah, and fiddle-wielding hip-hop duo Black Violin rolling up to The Stage Miami for three straight days of real beats and even realer rhymes, all in honor of Art Basel Miami Beach week…
Who’s ready to arty party? Oh yes, you beautiful and brainy bastards, we’re about to begin another edition of Art Basel Miami Beach week. But as we all know, four whole days spent wandering through exhibition after exhibition of world-class cultural artifacts just ain’t enough. We also need four whole…
“I’ve heard music,” Oscar G says, “my whole life.” Born in Miami to Cuban parents, he took piano lessons, learned to play drums, and joined the church choir. But it was those slabs of black plastic that eventually obsessed him. And so, the future house-music legend got into the habit…
