Say it ain’t so, papo. A year and a half ago, DJ Laz, a Latin booty bass pioneer and 22-year radio vet, shocked fans and listeners by abruptly leaving his longtime home at Power 96, “Miami’s Party Station.” That was April 2012. But less than 30 days later, Laz announced…
It’s not easy dancing with a turkey on your head. Or three pounds of marshmallow yams in your belly. Or an ass so fat, it’s literally full of cranberry sauce. But c’mon, people, there ain’t no party like a Thanksgiving party. Because while grandma definitely won’t appreciate you getting waste-y…
“USA, who’s coming to the Where We Are 2014 Stadium Tour?” That’s right, Directioners … Your Brit boy toys Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson have just revealed their North American tour dates. So far, there are only 21 scheduled One Direction shows, starting with…
“Radically different from what’s happening on the beach.” That’s the ballsy tagline for the inaugural, newly announced Look Alive Fest. And we here at Crossfade can only respond, “Whoa! Yeah! No shit!” Curatorially slammed together by Miami’s Spilt Milk Projects, Brooklyn’s Ad Hoc, and Wynwood’s Gramps, these “two nights of…
What are the chances that a pop star, who’s long craved the love of the art world, just released an album entitled Artpop, and recently acquired two new arty BFFs named Jeff Koons and Marina Abramović, would plan a trip to Art Basel Miami Beach 2013? We here at Crossfade…
Everyone knows you can’t trust a rumor. Or a Reflektor. Last month, though, while still tingling from Arcade Fire’s two-night stand in Miami (and wooed by Win Butler’s breathless promises of “be back soon”), we here at Crossfade allowed ourselves to be seduced by Internet siren calls, originating from “Arcade…
So really, “What is 11?” Ever since discovering E11even Miami’s mysterious and sexy promo campaign (starring semi-nude dominatrices and blindfolded business dudes), we here at Crossfade have been trying to solve the crux of that question: Standard club? Or strip club? “It will be neither,” owner Dennis DeGori insists. Though…
Even good times and irie vibes require some prep. So for next week’s Miami Reggae Festival at Coconut Grove’s Peacock Park, you just can’t forget to pack these three things. 1. Two non-perishable food items, which (before 3 p.m.) can be traded for free admission to the fest. 2. One…
Got Soulfrito? It’s been years since the last edition of this Urban Latin Music Festival. But finally, the 305 is getting another shot of the fest’s Spanglish street party vibe. “We’re pleased to announce,” the Soulfrito folks proclaimed today via Facebook, “Nas and Don Omar as our first two headliners…
Who’s down for some jazzin’, slow jammin’, bumpin’ ‘n’ grindin’ in the Gardens? From March 14 to 16, the parking lot at Sun Life Stadium will be swarmed by 60,000 mature ‘n’ sexy folks for two whole nights of R&B, pop-dance, soul, and other kinds of suave, seductive stuff. That’s…
Still wondering, “What is 11?” Well … Exactly 11 days ago, we here at Crossfade noted that a new nightclub named E11even Miami would be taking over the old Goldrush strip club spot in downtown Miami. At that point, the address and the January 2014 opening date were the only…
The birds are chirping. The sun is shining. The shrooms are sprouting. The palms are swaying. The breeze is blowing. The butterflies are fluttering. The whales are reearrr-ing. The waves are crashing onto the shores of Virginia Key Beach Park. And some roadie who works for the Friends of Nature…
Twerkin’ is the best way to celebrate any holiday. Do it on a pumpkin. Do it on a Turkey. Do it atop a Christmas tree. Do it on a giant candy heart that reads “U R GR8.” Do it on a wrecking ball while naked and screaming, “We Can’t Stop!,”…
Is Basel finally moving to Wynwood? Nope. The main arty party’s still anchored out on Miami Beach. But Flaunt Magazine, 3P Production (the self-described “creative team behind Bardot”), and Mana Wynwood are bringing yet another unofficial outpost of Art Basel Miami Beach to the ‘Wood. During next month’s Basel week,…
It’s always warm, sunny, and green in Florida. Even in February. And that’s why the Virginia Key Grassroots Festival is coming back for a third straight year. “It’s getting cold up north, chilly in NC, and settling around 80 degrees in Miami,” the Grassroots folks and fest founders Donna the…
“Hey, you got to hold on…” That’s just Alabama Shakes singer and axe slinger Brittany Howard asking y’all to keep calm and exercise a lil’ patience. She and her band buds — guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, and drummer Steve Johnson — can hear you screaming, “I don’t wanna…
“What is 11?” That’s the mysterious tagline for a new club that’s apparently set to take over the old Goldrush nudie bar property at NE 29 NE 11th Street (just across the street from Space) in Downtown Miami. It seems (based on the official trailer) that this new nightspot will…
“Space,” Oscar G insists, “was all I ever wanted.” No doubt, during his decades in the dance music game, the 305 house legend has achieved far more significant things (like, say, 12 top-ten hits in 17 years with Ralph Falcón on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs chart) than a residency…
It’s that time of the year in Miami, when surprisingly attractive reanimated corpses, demonically possessed street walkers, evil noise-addled punks, regurgitating ravers, and centerfold models mob the bars and clubs to get drunk, stupid, and possibly naked in remembrance of the dead. Yeah, yeah, yeah, there are probably better ways…
Forget the candy … Halloween in Miami is all about getting drunk and laid. That’s why we here at Crossfade advise against wearing ultra-creepy costumes. ‘Cause almost no one (except maybe that family member whose 4Chan screename is “Uncle Fester”) wants to have sex with a dead nun or killer…
Yo, Mahomies! Only a week and a half ago, Austin Mahone — your fave Texas-bred, Miami-based, Cash Money-signed 17-year-old pop sensation — was forced to postpone his entire MTV Artist to Watch Tour because “I’ve never felt so bad.” But like a true teenage dreamboat, Ameezy (and yes, that’s an…
“We’ll be back soon.” Those were the words spoken by Arcade Fire’s Win Butler near the end of last night’s Reflektors show in Little Haiti. Now, normally, the vague assurance of a local concert at some point in the future is just an offhanded nicety, a tease, an empty promise…
