Yo, for real … WTF?! Our stupefied disbelief refers to the latest announcement from Speedfreek, Miami’s leading connoisseur of metal, hardcore, and every combination of every permutation of both genres and their extended, interwoven family trees. Just yesterday, we were crapping our Amebix butt-flaps at the news that The Freek…
By now, there’s not much King Britt hasn’t done musically in a career spanning almost three decades. As one of Philadelphia’s electronic dance music pioneers, Britt enjoyed massive commercial success in the ’90s, through his Sylk 130 project and as half of E-Culture with fellow luminary Josh Wink, with whom…
He was asking for a “big booty ho” on his birthday, but we’re pretty positive that 2 Chaniz wrote Santa for a couple of “dem strippers” this Christmas. The lucky bastard just booked a gig at New Time’s favorite strip club, King of Diamonds. Hip-hop’s explicitly heterosexual equivalent of disco’s…
Fiscal cliff, shmimal shmilff. You’re a baller. You aren’t worried that your stock portfolio will be worthless on January 1, 2013. That’s why come December 31, you can afford to be irresponsible with your money. And there is no better city to be financially irresponsible than Miami. This is a…
Are you mad bro? It’s understandable. Have you seen the state of dubstep lately? It’s all big drops and wobble sirens and buff dudes in silly tank tops. But it’s OK ’cause The Vagabond and its Get Low crew are going to make all the bad feelings go away. They’ll…
Miami’s 13 Best New Year’s Eve Parties
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Life in Color at Miami Beach Convention Center December 28
Leftover Crack at Churchill’s Pub December 28
Bright Light Social Hour at Culture Room December 30
B.B. King’s New Year’s Eve at Broward Center for the Performing Arts December 31
In Miami, New Year’s Eve isn’t just one night. It’s a weeklong marathon of bubbly, unabashed beat-freaking, and already-broken resolutions. The party starts tomorrow night. Just check the cut for Crossfade’s six-day NYE 2013 party guide. See also: -Miami’s 13 Best New Year’s Eve 2013 Parties -Most Expensive New Year’s…
Way back in 1987, when the members of Capitalist Casualties — one of California’s most revered first-wave powerviolence crews — were coming up with a name for their band, what do you think was the inspiration? Are they talking about victims of capitalism? Or is the moniker a reference to…
This Chrismahanukwanzika, Drake did something really, really crazy. He walked into a Walgreens. And it must have been the first time since late November 2011. Because the “greatest ever” rapper just realized the commercial giants of the world have been stacking cake all year by marketing his hashtag swag word…
Can you hear that tropical drum? It’s just our beat-freaking hearts pounding in feverish excitement for the official embarkation of Hard’s Holy Ship!! electronic music cruise. Like, have you seen the artist and activity schedule? It’s going to be three amazing days on the high seas. And when we say…
It’s Christmas time! Yeah, we’re all fucking excited. Or excited about fucking. We’re not sure what it is about the holiday spirit, but all that humbuggery really gets our gifts ready for the ho-ing. We stockpiled our apartment with mistletoe, and we’re not going to stop ordering takeout till we…
When Miami throws an end-of-year blowout, it’s guaranteed that everyone is going home broke. And drunk. And accompanied by some creepy-sexy stranger who’ll ask for money in the morning. So if you wanna wake up in 2013 with empty pockets, a booze-damaged brain, and a bed full of hot mess,…
Each year ’round the holidays, Crossfade readies itself to receive an influx of letters from Miami-Dade County hip-hop heads asking the one question that plagues rap fans around the country: What should we stuff our favorite rapper’s stocking with this year? Well, rather than replying to each letter individually, we’ve…
Pop gossip. Most of us want to believe that we’re too intelligent and cultured to be fascinated with such gutter-trash information, but the reality is we all love to sniff the dirty underwear of the stars. Whether it’s a child star blossoming into a full-fledged sex symbol, a battered woman…
Fang With No Fraud, Powerhouse, To Be Hated, Out of Sorts, and FWA Presented by Idle Hands Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, December 22, 2012 Better Than: An Xmas weekend spent with anything besides loud abrasive music and old friends, reminiscing about those who are no longer here, in a sea…
We here at Crossfade imagine this was the conversation, which must have taken place on Deadmau5’s couch while cuddling adorable kitty cats. “Baaaaby, I want to go to Ultra this year,” said Katt Von D, all tatted and pretty and in some tank top. “But shnookums, Ultra Music Festival and…
