For the last decade, Trina has been a reigning member of the 305’s rap royal family. No doubt, she is the Magic City’s Diamond Princess. And nobody rocks those blinged-out “Red Bottoms” like her. She’s raw, real, and regal. She’s badder than all them other bitches. But Ms. Trina is…
Man, you ever get the feelin’ that today’s music ain’t got the same soul? Well, as Motor City rambler, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and facial hair aficionado Bob Seger once sang: “Call me a relic, call me what you will/Say I’m old fashioned, say I’m over the hill…
Question: What do you get when a girl who lives by the motto, “its not about the program its about what you do with ur brain,” gets her hands on Garage Band? Answer: Grimes (nee Claire Boucher), a 23-year-old bedroom dweller, witch house dabbler, and dark electro wizard from Montreal,…
Seven days ago, we here at Crossfade got word that Spotify and Midtown’s Ricochet Lounge were putting together a four-day Art Basel Miami Beach concert series, dubbed Music Loves Art, starring Nas, Theophilus London, TV on the Radio, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. At the time, there weren’t many…
UPDATE Ultra Music Festival has finally announced its Phase 1 lineup. Check out Ultra 2012’s 92-act roster, headlined by Avicii, Tiësto, and David Guetta. Just like the rest of the beat-freaking world, we here at Crossfade are rabidly anticipating Ultra Music Festival’s imminent lineup announcement. Two weeks ago, we received…
The rich and famous don’t really dress better than the rest of us. They just get away with looking ridiculous ’cause their shit’s gaudier, flashier, and way more fucking expensive. Take Kanye’s getup the other night at his and Jay-Z’s Watch the Throne gig in Miami. Dude was wearing a…
We here at Crossfade were so stoked about “summon[ing] the righteousness of reggae and Jah’s blessedness” (and, uh, toking on that ganja) at tomorrow’s second annual Bayside Rocks Festival. But sadly, Bayfront Park’s front offices have just contacted us to confirm that the 2011 editon of Bayside Rocks is officially…
On the night of Thursday, December 1, 2011, a waxing crescent moon will be hanging, dead and icy, in a jet-black winter sky as the souls of a thousand damned witches scream for mercy while being burned at the stake inside an abandoned house totally consumed by fire. And it’s…
For the last 68 days, local rock messiahs Jacuzzi Boys have been Glazin’ across nation, delivering the good word to 35 bastions of unfettered heathenism from New Orleans to Austin, Detroit, Brooklyn, Nashville, and beyond. But now, having converted a sufficient number of America’s children to the gospel of surfy…
Two months ago, erudite Englishman, ex-punk, and eyewear enthusiast Elvis Costello was forced to postpone his globe-spanning Spectacular Spinning Songbook tour, including a South Florida show, “due to matters pertaining to the very serious illness of a close family member.” At the time, Costello’s camp was secretive about the identity…
On October 14, the Bawse boarded a plane for Memphis where he was scheduled to spit some hits for college b-ball fans and then go bless a brand-new Wing Stop chicken spot. Shortly after takeoff, though, Mr. Rozay suffered a seizure that caused the aircraft to make an emergency landing…
Almost exactly one year ago, Ultra Music Festival and Winter Music Conference suffered a “deeply complicated and very public breakup” after 13 years of peaceful, symbiotic coexistence. A few months later, just before Ultra 2011, we asked the fest’s cofounder and CEO Russell Faibisch whether “there [is] a possibility we…
Boys Noize at LIV November 23
Tandoori Knights at the Vagabond November 19
Roofless Records’ Cinema Sounds IX at O Cinema November 23
Bayside Rocks reggae festival at Bayfront Park November 19
The festival has been canceled. Check our music blog, Crossfade, for the update.
See the full 25-photo Jay-Z and Kanye West at American Airlines Arena slideshow. Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Tour American Airlines Arena Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Better Than: A motherfuckin’ rap opera at Versailles, teleported to outer space. From the streets to their palaces, Jay-Z and Kanye are…
Question: If you log onto Spotify and search for “Art Basel Miami Beach,” do Nas, Theophilus London, TV on the Radio, and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings pop up? Answer: No, the system just gets cranky, asks the user to check his or her spelling, and suggests trying “different…
Score free tix to the Black Lips’ Art Basel gig at Grand Central. Over the last month, the New York Police Department’s been rife with scandal. In late October, a gang of current and former NYPD patrolmen were busted for a million-dollar conspiracy to transport blackmarket M-16s and handguns across…
If you’re a genuine blues junkie jonesing for that groove, shout, “Riding with the King!” Guitar master, American Roots legend, and celebrity spokesman for the OneTouch blood glucose monitoring device B.B. King has just announced a one-night stand in Miami as part of the the 2011-2012 Knight Masterworks Season Pops…
Every time we here at Crossfade screw up and need to say sorry to our (current) significant other, we don’t bother with sweet nothings, red roses, or awkward attempts at makeup sex. We just pop in our fave Kelly Clarkson mixtape, turn on the waterworks, and let the American Idol…
A couple of weeks ago, we here at Crossfade were delighted to discover a new vid for the Jacuzzi Boys’ “Glazin’,” starring a bunch of singing vaginas. That’s right, actual female genitals, shaved and dressed up to look like the Boys’ singer Gabriel Alcala, bassist Danny Gonzalez, and drummer Diego…
