As sexy hit machine Lenny Kravitz might say: “Come On Get It.” Now, if the UR1 Festival’s two-day love-in with Kanye West, Lou Reed, Jane’s Addiction, The Offspring, Fun., Slash, Santigold, and 50 other sizzling superstars wasn’t already the steamiest gang scene ever planned for Art Basel Miami Beach week…
Nouvelle Vague Presented by the Rhythm Foundation Grand Central, Miami Friday, November 2, 2012 Better Than: Watching a punk and/or new wave band cover Bossa Nova standards. When French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux sat down and drew the blueprint for Nouvelle Vague, we bet they had a “Eureka!”…
Two years ago, if you told us cute little Hannah Montana would chop off all her hair and make a sexually explicit song with dubstep producer and porn star enthusiast Borgore, we would have LOL-ed in your face. But not only has Miley Cyrus and Mr. Gore recorded a song…
If Mitt Romney smoked a joint, nothing would happen. Because robots can’t get high. But Crossfade’s backing Obama. Like most Americans, we’ve smoked marijuana. And we’re not afraid to admit it. We also recently spoke to B-Real of Cypress Hill about why weed’s a good thing, why voting is important,…
Hulk Hogan and Kanye West walk into a bar…. No, seriously. The Hulkster and Yeezy spent Halloween together at LIV, where Kayne’s girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, was celebrating her 32nd birthday dressed as Catwoman. Adhering to the couple’s superhero costume pact, West rocked a convincing Christian Bale-era Batman suit. However, he…
You’re dead. But that doesn’t mean you can’t earn big bucks. Shit, croaking could be the best career move ever. Forbes recently broke down this year’s most paid, most dead celebrities. And six of those ultra-wealthy, superdeceased folks are in the music business. Nothing’s gonna stop them from selling hit…
Bobby Peru. Special Request. Hip Therapist. Wooly. Those are just a few of the guises that UK DJ-producer Paul Woolfoord has assumed over the years. And his sound is just as elusive as his artistic identity — straddling house, techno, UK hardcore, and bass. Nevertheless, in spite of his sonic…
Before the show, Steve Aoki tweeted, “MADRID!!!!! HOLA! IM HERE IN YOUR CITY! READY TO PARTY WITH U! SOLD OUT TONIGHT! WOOHOOO!” But Halloween went bad in the Spanish capital, where Aoki’s concert ended in tragedy after three women died in a post-show stampede. Spin reports that paramedics were called…
Backed by DJ Eric B’s expertly sampled soul-funk-R&B ejaculations, late ’80s rapper Rakim was a true hip-hop innovator who broke from the first wave’s Mother Goose rhyme schemes and party-shout vocal delivery. The duo is regarded as one of the all-time greats. Rakim sans Eric B? That’s a slightly different…
Plenty of pervs (including certain particularly twisted members of the Crossfade staff) would probably pay for the pleasure of being punched, kicked, and slapped in public by Latin pop sexpot Paulina Rubio. But not her former male assistant, Mr. Felipe Restrepo Betancur. This guy’s suing Ms. Rubio for allegedly beating…
With just six days left until the American public elects the 45th President of the United States, Latinos for Obama surrogate Marc Anthony is back on the campaign trail rallying the Spanish-speaking troops to re-elect POTUS. Scheduled to appear at an event later this evening with First Lady Michelle Obama…
Plan B From Outerspace With Holly Hunt, Crucial Taunt, and Andrew W.K. 2 Churchill’s Pub, Miami Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Better Than: Throwing a party on a Native American burial ground, moshing with mummies, and Trick-or-Treating at Britney Spears’ house. Miami has a tendency to turn every holiday into a…
It was the second seizure heard ’round the rap world. A year after Rick Ross suffered a pair of mid-flight epileptic episodes, Lil Wayne’s private jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Texas following the Young Money Cash Money capo’s own medical nightmare at 30,000 feet. As a…
There’s just somethin’ ’bout Kreay. The O-Town rapper has copped a lot of fame recently, leading up to her major label release and a big nationwide tour that she can only describe as “crazy.” Her travels will bring her to our very own LIV for a special performance on Wednesday,…
What two things do Chris Brown and anradical Islamist terrorist have in common? Easy! They both treat women like shit and occasionally wear the same clothes. Still struggling to trigger the think-before-you-act part of the brain that humans typically rely on for day-to-day life, Breezy thought it’d be a good…
In the immortal words of hip-pop visionaries Loving My Friends and Others, more commonly known as LMFAO: “We’re in Miami, bitch.” In fact, we here at Crossfade are drink-all-day, play-all-night, party-rocking freaks who spend every Thursday-through-Sunday getting wasted in the megaclubs, wearing Vans, and stumbling in the sand with a…
You’d be hard-pressed to find a greater authority on house and techno — and the area where these two EDM genres overlap — than Steve Bug. As head honcho of the seminal Berlin imprints Poker Flat, Audiomatique, and Dessous, he’s emerged as one of the transatlantic scene’s foremost tastemakers since…
The Who at BB&T Center November 1
Askultura Album-Release Party at Churchill’s Pub November 3
Six Best South Beach Club Parties, November 1 to 4
OWSLA Tour at Grand Central November 1
Glen Matlock’s Acoustic Anarchy Tour at the Vagabond November 2
