Wassup, you eager Bieber beavers! So, like, the other day, we here at Crossfade were just kickin, it, struttin’ down the sidewalk, listenin’ to “Baby” on repeat, and singin’ along in the hope of perfecting our imitation of the Justin’s signature castrato vocal range. We were gonna punk some fast…
Considering Lucenzo’s superlucrative connections to the 407’s Don Omar and the 305’s Pitbull (not to mention his obvious appreciation for babes in bikinis and dancing aboard million-dollar boats), it’s kinda shocking that the French-slash-Portuguese singer, songwriter, and producer hasn’t already docked his party yacht at the Port of Miami, skipped…
Too busy chasin’ that chedda (i.e. money) to notice our annnouncement that O’Grime and Metro Zu will be droppin’ swag, Swishers, and dirty bills as part of the August edition of the Crossfade music series at The Stage? Shit, kid. Wipe them $$ out your eyes ’cause we got your…
Shredding hard and stalking America’s highways since 1978, SoCal punk crew Social Distortion has survived several lifetimes of hard living. Lesser punks than SxDx frontman and founder Mike Ness would’ve fallen down, folded, and rolled over into the gutter by now. But 33 years later, the man’s still going strong…
Sasha Grey at Mokai August 19
If you’re in a band, you are probably broke. It sucks. But it’s true. And there are a limited number of ways for a struggling rock ‘n’ roller to realistically collect some cash. You could (A) quit the band and get a real job; (B) ask Mom for the ten…
Let’s face it … The internet-addled children of the digital age don’t have the attention span for a 180-second music video. So why the hell would they sit through Peter, Bjorn and John’s new 37-and-a-half-minute vid? It’s longer than an entire freaking episode of 16 and Pregnant! But if you…
The greatest danger involved in making superpotent sex music is the high risk of inadvertently impregnating an entire roomful of glammed-out party girls. Just ask Chromeo’s Dave 1 and P-Thugg … There is no condom, diaphragm, spermicide, morning-after pill, or contraceptive sponge in existence that’s properly equipped to deal with…
Do you remember the Alternative Revolution? Well, you’re old. Grunge is ancient fucking history. And all those ’90s babies born during the reign of George H.W. Bush are grown up and getting naked for Playboy. OK, so maybe they’re not all posing without clothes in old Hef’s gentleman’s mag. But…
Broward County hustler and We The Best prospect Ace Hood never stops, sleeps, or surrenders. The game is ruthless. And a real player’s gotta stay hard. Just like Hood spits on “King of the Streets”: “It’s blood, sweat, and tears, that be the realest shit I ever wrote/Never stop or…
After four decades of “Breaking the Law,” “Burnin’ Up,” and persuading impressionable teens to dress like S/M slaves to rock ‘n’ roll, metal legends Judas Priest have decided to take a little time off from doing the Devil’s dirty work. Last December, it was officially confirmed that “JUDAS PRIEST, one…
It was a shitty awesome Saturday night at Grand Central. With a seizure-inducing stage show and high-tech fluorescent headgear, DFA crew member Shit Robot (AKA Marcus Lambkin) unleashed a sci-fi dance-rock shitstorm upon drunk downtowners, fellow DJs, and other assorted clubland degenerates. The shit was hot. The shit was solid…
Dude’s got a reputation as a one-man rock show. He feeds entire magnums of pricey champagne to his fans for fun. He crowdsurfs and stagedives like a crusty punk let loose in the club. And he’s got a beautiful mane of long black hair that’s just a little too perfect…
Indeed, beat freaks. We here at Crossfade are fiendishly counting down the days (12), hours (23), and minutes (15) till the Identity Fest finally makes its SoFla stop at Klipsch Amphitheater on August 25. So it’s probably no surprise that we’ve also been obsessively trolling the interweb (e.g. facebook.com/IDFestival) for…
We’ve all wanted to “Crank That” in the young men’s section at Macy’s, right? Or maybe you belong to the camp that’s got a headful of skeezy fantasies about weird fun with Soulja Boy and Kat Stacks in the change rooms. Either way, go get a taste of that “Pretty…
Way back in June, we dropped the inaugural edition of the Crossfade music series at The Stage. It was a drunk punk rager starring Furious Dudes, Bulletproof Tiger, and Secret Arms. By the end of July, a full moon had risen. And so we wandered off into the woods, sucked…
Beat freaks in the MIA gotta wait another 14 days. But right this minute, 10,000 lucky party people in the Midwest are shaking ass with the ID Fest. The moveable electronic music extravaganza kicks off tonight in Noblesville, Indiana, before zipping across the country to Charlotte, Atlanta, and eventually Miami…
MartyParty and Calverton for the Honeymoon Series at the Fillmore Miami Beach August 12
She’s outta the adult biz now. But even when porn star, thespian, and professional hipster Sasha Grey was getting paid to perform explicit sexual stunts in skin flicks, she could also be found turning arty tricks, like selling herself to rich business dudes (and smoldering existentially) in Steven Soderbergh’s The…
Are you totally confused by the phrase “video game music video”? Well, you’re not alone. But as succinctly defined by the VGMV pioneers over at gamer geeksite Machinima: “Video game footage + real songs from real bands = ‘Video Game Music Videos.'” Seems like busy work for bored teenagers. But…
According to the ultimate authority on everything that matters (AKA Facebook), the entire United States of America (or 2,266 FB members) spent last Thursday celebrating National Plank Day. Organizer Dylan Pruitt encouraged “all you cool Planksters out there” to “planksafe,” “show off your planking skills, and plank EVERYWHERE, ALL DAY!,”…
For a hot and humid second, it looked like The Heat Lightning’s What a Mission extravaganza was gonna get smashed by whiplash winds and brutal thunderstorms. According to predictions filtering out of the National Hurricane Center, tropical storm Emily was headed straight for the end/SPRING BREAK and she was screaming,…
