Read part one and part two of Crossfade’s interview with Maná Drummer Alex González. It isn’t out of the ordinary for Latin pop legends Maná to pack arenas and stadiums to the point of exploding. In fact, it’s basically routine. At the end of June, Fher Olvera and his Mexican…
In those hot and heavy post-disco years, otherwise known as the early ’80s, the party people of the world were dying for sexy music that didn’t suck. They desperately needed to shake some ass. But platform boots, full-body jumpsuits, and lite ‘n’ cheesy fluff just wasn’t gonna cut it. So…
Have you heard the officially leaked trio of chilly-hot tracks (“Ambulances,” “White Elephants,” and “Ace of Hz”) off Ladytron’s impending fifth album, Gravity the Seducer? If not, this is the kind of dense and brooding indie-dance stuff that’ll throw you into cold sweats. Like a pretty, paranoid dream on a…
For year-round residents of Miami, the difference between yuletide in December and Christmas in July is really just a matter of degrees. Say 76°F versus 86°F. Wintertime is the eating season and Summertime is the mating season. The former means jeans and an ironic t-shirt while the latter means cutoffs…
Like any self-made millionaire, Rick Ross possesses a keen sense of what it means to be an American patriot. So when the Maybach Music mogul decides to celebrate the independence of this great nation from a bunch of white boys in red coats, he makes damn sure to plan a…
We sent out a million invites to come party with Crossfade last night. (OK, as accounted by Facebook, the actual number was 1223.) And 124 of you said, “No,” about 60 answered, “Eh, maybe,” and a whopping 938 didn’t even acknowledge the question! What the fuck’s wrong? Don’t you like…
Read Crossfade’s full review of U2’s 360° Tour at Sun Life Stadium. Did you think the only things keeping Bono and The Edge busy these days were the careful monotoring of their Metamucil doses and the writing of mediocre music for Broadway adaptations of comic books? Well, you’re way wrong…
See the full 32-photo U2 at Sun Life Stadium slideshow. U2’s 360° Tour With Florence and the Machine Sun Life Stadium Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Better Than: The Black Eyed Peas at the 45th battle for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. On February 3, 2002, U2 played the Super Bowl XXXVI…
Read Crossfade’s full review of U2’s 360° Tour at Sun Life Stadium. A week and a half ago, Bruce Springsteen’s buddy and E Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons died in a Palm Beach hospital from complications following a massive stroke. He was 69 years old. Yesterday, the Boss honored…
Rick Ross is the Boss. And he’s got a personal stockpile of greenbacks almost as huge as the U.S. Treasury’s cash stacks. So needless to say, Mr. Ricky can afford to celebrate American independence and excess in a bling-bang way that’d make even the fattest capitalist shine bright and star-spangled…
Do you really, honestly, genuinely need a fucking reason to come party with Crossfade at the Stage tomorrow night? OK, fine. Here’s a bunch: (1) It’s totally free; (2) I thought we were friends; (3) What the fuck else you gonna do on a Thursday?; and also (4) Furious Dudes!;…
Did you know that 64-year-old NBA legend and leukemia survivor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can still jam? Well, neither did Crossfade till we saw this new vid of the Jabman slam dunking a pumpkin! At first, we wondered if the old man had lost his prescription goggles and mistaken the giant orange…
Yesterday, Crossfade published a blog reviewing Pitbull’s new Planet Pit app for the iPhone 4: “Is Pitbull’s New Planet Pit App Worth Its $9.99 Price Tag?” But we accidentally purchased both the iPad-only version of the app, and another official Pitbull app, this time for the iPhone, that used an…
Ever gotten so drunk you shared a big bag of sticky cotton candy with your best bud? Well, Saturday night at Grand Central, all kinds of weird, silly, uncomfortable, fun, and kooky stuff was going down. There was partial female nudity and dudes in chains sucking back syrupy drinks and…
On April 9, local rap crew ¡Mayday! announced: “It’s official – ¡MAYDAY! has signed to Tech N9ne’s indie powerhouse – Strange Music!!!” Almost exactly a month later, the six-man team hit the road with its new boss, Tech N9ne, and a few other members of Strange Music fam for the…
When Bono busted up his back last year, U2’s 360° Tour was forced to a dead stop. The Irish crooner-slash-crusader needed emergency surgery and time to mend. So the band canceled a bunch of dates, including the Miami gig. Eventually, all shows were rescheduled. But as StubHub headquarters told Crossfade…
Being a talentless human turd with absolutely no sense of shame is one of the key prerequisites for any wannabe “reality TV star.” And while The Real Housewives of DC may have been canceled, Michaele Salahi remains talentless, human, and a turd. She also has absolutely no sense of shame,…
Rick Ross is the Boss. And he’s got a personal stockpile of greenbacks almost as huge as the Federal Reserve’s cash stacks. So needless to say, Mr. Ricky can afford to celebrate American independence and excess in a bling-bang way that’d make even the fattest capitalist shine bright and star-spangled…
The NE 14th Street strip has been hipster territory for years. But wait, here come the gays! That’s right. And when we here at Crossfade heard that Johnny’s Miami, a Dade County outpost of the infamous Fort Lauderdale gay bar and nightclub, was all set to bring beefcakes, boy butts,…
Fight Like Animals at Transit Lounge June 23
The Hundred in the Hands at Electric Pickle June 23
U2 with special guest Florence and the Machine at Sun Life Stadium June 29
