For a musician who once seemed to be everywhere at once, Fernando Perdomo seems unusually humble, if not by choice, then certainly by necessity. And the launch party for his debut solo album, Home is Wherever You Are actually finds him opening for Omine, one of the many acts signed…
Halloween is a holiday for sluts and children. And we here at Crossfade don’t really care about kids. Miami does it super big, and there are only about a bajillion Halloween-themed parties this weekend. But because you can’t go to everything, we’ve boiled our music and party guide down to…
Hey, honey, would you like to have sex? No, not tonight. I’d rather listen to Meatloaf. Yeah, we’ve never said that either, but turns out a lot of Spotify listeners think “Bat Out of Hell” is more enjoyable than actually orgasming. And that’s not all the streaming platform uncovered with…
Perhaps not since the Beach Boys has a musical act been as evocative of Southern California as Los Angeles production duo Poolside. The title of the pair’s 2012 debut album — Pacific Standard Time — gives it away. And the sun-kissed laid-back disco grooves are pure Californian leisure — a…
According to every wave of punk rock, the genre has been dying since it was born. Crossfade disagrees. We firmly believe that, despite decades of embarrassment and confusion, only now is punk rock truly reaching peak appropriation within popular culture. Case in point: CBS has announced a new sitcom named…
Yo, what is going on with Dr. Dre? We’re worried about him. He’s exhibiting some strange behavior; even his closest friends seem to think he might be losing it. He’s almost never seen or heard from, just holed up inside his California studio, in his epic castle-mansion, making beats and…
Look, if there’s any part of you that thinks you might be interested in catching BAD 25, Spike Lee’s two-hour celebration/behind-the-scenes history of Michael Jackson’s 1988 Bad LP, then seriously, get to it. This is a bliss-out. The performance footage alone is thrilling, and Lee has augmented it with archival…
Halloween is that time of the year when it’s acceptable to wallow in the creepy, the crawly, the dark, and the macabre. Sounds like the themes of heavy metal, year-round! Here then, are those most spine-tingliest metal album covers, for your All Hallow’s Eve viewing pleasure. Step inside… See also:…
Russell Simmons on President Obama, Politics, and Hip-Hop
Black Moth Super Rainbow at the Stage October 30
The Dwarves at Churchill’s Pub October 27
George Clinton at Revolution Live October 25
Lynyrd Skynyrd Simple Man Cruise Preparty at Grand Central Miami October 26
Miami Nice Jazz Fest at the Gusman Center October 26 and 27
Lemonheads and Psychedelic Furs at Grand Central Miami October 28
Holy shit! Drake is another year older today. So no longer can we say he’s “25 sitting on 25 mil.” Although, if his lyrical content is any indication, he’s already stacked enough paper to match his new age and then some. Like, seriously, this guy is the king of self-hatred-meets-braggadocio…
Ascolta is Italian for listen, and that’s exactly what local punk crew Askultura want you to do. “Listen to the culture,” says the band’s founder Andrew, a Lakota Nation warrior poet. He and his nine cohorts — two chicks, six dudes, and a beast named Captain on the washboard –…
Another day, another hustle. But stay pimpin’, playa. ‘Cause the light at the end of the tunnel swiftly approaches. You’ve been getting your grind on, but this city will provide you with appropriate after-school activities to help forget all that serious business and corporate blah-blah. This weekend in particular will…
Sex rules! And you know what’s even better? Sex outside! That’s ’cause the threat of being shamefully discovered tickles the universal voyeuristic/exhibitionist funny bone. All people (spanning every continent) either want to watch people have sex. Or have other people watch them have sex. And then sing about it. Here…
Yo, be very, very quiet. We’re hunting rabbits. Skrillex’s OWSLA imprint is going on tour to showcase its variety of sounds and next-level skillset, and we’re going to catch us some choice bunny meat from Kill The Noise, M Machine and Nick Thayer at Grand Central on Wednesday, November 1…
“WOOHOO!” That’s exactly how stoked trance superstar Armin Van Buuren was to hear that he’d won DJ Mag’s ultimate EDM fan poll (again), ecstatically shouting via Twitter: “Just picked up @top100djs no.1 for 5th time! I can’t say thank you enough…!!!” But then the top jock’s excitement levels hit an…
House music is supposed to jack your body. It’s supposed to make you lose your mind on the floor. In a word, it’s supposed to be fun. Cerebral EDM nerds tend to forget that fact, but Heidi Van Den Amstel is here to remind them. The UK — light years…
