The weekend has finally arrived, party people. And since you live in the Magic City, you know there’s always gonna be a bash to crash and music to jam to even if you’re a little on the broke side. Just take a look at the ten best things to do…
Miami’s Grammy-winning DJ Cedric Gervais is turning 35. And for this milestone birthday, he’s celebrating in straight-up 305 celeb style — by throwing a mega bash under the bright, flashing lights of the Fontainebleau’s fanciest nightclub, LIV. “It’s a family,” the birthday boy says about the club. “They’ve been supporting…
Sorry, Roger Sanchez fans, your boy has been possessed by S-Man. “There’s a season for everything,” Sanchez suggests. “Just like there’s a day, there’s a night. You need to have the darkness to appreciate the light.” It’s been 20 years since the iconic spinner first had the idea for S-Man,…
Bizerk was a 13-year-old kid when he started fetching water for rappers at Circle House, the North Miami studio where artists from Pitbull to Rick Ross have laid down some of their first major verses. At the time, Trick Daddy was smashing the world with hit after hit, iTunes didn’t…
EDM’s biological clock must be ticking. All the big DJs are having babies. It appears the next big trend is child stars. They may be young, but they’ve got moves enough to get the attention of heavy hitters. Famous jocks like Steve Aoki, A-Trak (once a 15-year-old child star himself),…
It’s been said that Churchill’s Pub just might hold the world’s record for having the most live acts in a single venue. But while the massive mission (and accompanying pint-drinking campaign) to complete that count rages on, we here at Crossfade can say it’s no doubt been the home to…
The beer is cheap. The noise is glorious. The ladies’ room is disgusting. The men’s room is worse. For 35 years, Churchill’s Pub has stood at 5501 NE Second Ave. in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood. That 73-year-old guy with the thick white hair and beard sitting in the shadows, sipping…
Oh, Morrissey. On record, he is often compared to a lyrical Oscar Wilde, but his day-to-day outbursts occasionally make him seem like a particularly grouchy Truman Capote. From slagging off the British Royal Family and bitching about carnivores to addressing his sexual identity, the Moz has never been shy about…
It’s Hump Day, errbody! Almost time to slip on your little black dresses, royal blue stilettos, and hit up the flashy streets of the Magic City for some partying, ever-flowing liquor, and non-stop ass-shaking with Sander Kleinenberg, Diplo, Baauer, and so many other sweaty party freaks. Here are the six…
It is Miami’s embassy of punk, rock, metal, noise, and pints. After 35 years under the ownership of beloved founder Dave Daniels, the cultural landmark otherwise known as Churchill’s Pub has been sold. Some are worried about drastic changes. Others expect the place to see another million mosh pits. In…
How does one party like the champ? Well, as Miami booty bass legend and King of Diamonds stripper wrangler Disco Rick explains: “He don’t use $1 bills like everyone else.” Now, obviously, we’re talking about undefeated, world welterweight champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather, whose recent post-fight victory laps have included mandatory…
As Waka Flocka Flame likes to say: “Yea, I’m on that fuck shit those free tix.” The perpetually shirtless ATL party boy has always repped that life. Well, at least since 2010, when he got famous for “go[in’] hard in the motherfuckin’ paint.” Now he’s wilin’ out ’round the U.S.A…
Maybe you spent the past three days hidden in your bedroom, sleeping and watching Cosmos for fear of the insanity that was South Beach during Memorial Day weekend’s belovedly named Urban Beach Week. Of course, if you missed out on all the fashionable highlights, all the protruding bubble butts, all…
Party people looking to keep the weekend going with good tunes and cheap drinks have a new Monday night hangout. Local DJ and producer Niko Javan, who recently dropped an EP via Vice Magazine’s Thump, has linked up with the Mondaze weekly at downtown dance club The Nest. “Basically, my…
Prepare for a blizzard of glitter and the heat of The Violet Flame. In just a few months, English dance-pop pioneers Erasure, otherwise known as Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, will be revealing their 16th studio album, a ten-track electro-pop opus recorded in New York and London, and produced by…
Oh, Morrissey. Though, on record, he is often compared to a lyrical Oscar Wilde, his day-to-day outbursts occasionally make him seem like a particularly grouchy Truman Capote. From slagging off the British Royal Family and bitching about carnivores to addressing his sexual identity, the Moz has never been shy about…
Kill the Zo Grand Central, Miami Friday, May 23, 2014 It’s not uncommon for two or more DJs to band together in an attempt to form some sort of supergroup. The most obvious and commercially successful would be the late Swedish House Mafia. Hanbraekes is a personal favorite, combining the…
There’s nothing like waking up and realizing you don’t have to go into the office today because it’s Memorial Day! That means that the rest of the four-day work week is gonna fly by as quickly as the arrival of summer, especially when you’ve got all these great shows to…
Holiday vacay in the club! In just a couple of weeks, Miami and South Beach will be swarmed with famous rappers, slow jammers, reggae heads, and bad girls wearing bikinis to the beach, bikinis on the streets, bikinis in the VIP. Sometimes known as Urban Beach Week. Also, Memorial Day…
Is the EDM scene kind of played out and boring? Kill the Noise think so, “everything from the guys on the stage to the crowd.” “Pretty much the whole thing, right from the second you walk up to the door, is all a routine that we’ve all been through a…
Microsoft versus Apple. That is one retail rivalry that will never be put to rest. But how does Microsoft win over its customers? By celebrating the grand opening of its eighth Florida store with a free ticket giveaway to see Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, live in concert. See also: Macklemore:…
“I actually wanted to do a mixtape called Iced Coffee back when I was 19,” says QuESt as he drinks an Iced White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks. “Terrible idea. Terrible idea.” The coffee chain’s stores have become temples of freshly brewed ideas for the 22-year-old Miami rapper, who sometimes spends…
